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A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl. -- Ernest Hemingway
I mentioned that I get a bit intimidated when starting a painting. I'm there. This one will be tough to pull off.
0 Comments Read the whole story of "Holiday Glow" BeatCanvas.com, an Iowa Art Blog, by artist Brett Rogers, 10/12/2006 11:51:54 PM Permalink
Stone
I'm working on the stone wall of my next painting tonight...
...and I'm reminded how very much I enjoy purple, red, and yellow.
It's such a lovely combination of color.
I'm using my small brush and enjoying that too, where I painted my previous painting entirely with the mid-sized brush. Funny how a change of brush can articulate in a completely different voice.
Break over... back to it :)
0 Comments Read the whole story of "Holiday Glow" BeatCanvas.com, an Iowa Art Blog, by artist Brett Rogers, 10/13/2006 10:08:15 PM Permalink
Holiday Glow (Painting Renamed)
Working on the painting tonight and I think I've decided on the title "Holiday Glow." I reserve the right to change my mind of course, but that seems fitting enough for now.
I have detail work to do on the sections that are new, but it's coming along fine, I think. I do need to fix an angle problem that I have in the store window, but I'll get to that in the next go pass at it. (ETC: Now somewhat fixed... at least the angles are better...)
I brought the humidifier out of the shed today and I have that going beside me. With acrylics, I need humidity, otherwise the paint dries too fast to remain useable for long.
I also video'd my work in a trial of youtube... I'll upload that when the video is done cooking.
0 Comments Read the whole story of "Holiday Glow" BeatCanvas.com, an Iowa Art Blog, by artist Brett Rogers, 10/14/2006 8:27:39 PM Permalink
Half-Done
I love painting. I'm halfway on this one... having a great time.
Time for new palette paper. I've worn this one out.
0 Comments Read the whole story of "Holiday Glow" BeatCanvas.com, an Iowa Art Blog, by artist Brett Rogers, 10/14/2006 11:19:46 PM Permalink
Last Break
This is my last break before I finish it up. I'm making my final considerations about color choices and composition.
Posting my progress to the web site here helps me look at it from a fresh perspective and see what problems I might have that I might not otherwise see. On a complicated painting like this one, such a practice is a good idea and prevents serious problems. For example, I would not have caught my error in the window angles had it not been for publishing the scanned image.
0 Comments Read the whole story of "Holiday Glow" BeatCanvas.com, an Iowa Art Blog, by artist Brett Rogers, 10/15/2006 1:45:56 AM Permalink
Holiday Glow
I had a bit of panic at the end of this one with the tree on the right, but I dashed in with some green at the end and saved the depth of it. Whew!
