Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Minerva Art Fest- Come Join Us! Call for Artists.. !! Plein Air Event- June 2nd!!



Come one, come all!   Sure to be lots of fun for the whole family..

Artists.. If you like to plein air come one down to the Market Street Art Spot and sign up on the day of the paint out, June 2nd at 7 to 10 am.  Cash awards and a reception on June 8th.  Contact Email.

  

The Sax

The Sax
5x7 Oil on Hardboard

Finally found some time to get caught up a bit on the blog postings.  Nope.. I have not been slacking.. :-D  Just had a few things going on.  Like getting the studio finished and dealing with a couple of other things that cropped up.

   Sax was painted for an "All That Jazz" invitational art exhibit at the Market Street Art Spot in Minerva Ohio.  I probably would never have attempted this if not for the fact of the theme.  I found it to be a neat little painting to do and one that helped me stretch a bit in terms of doing reflective items.
   The trick is to think of the reflection as a shape, then put that shape in at the right color.  An artist gets into trouble representing when he thinks of the reflection as light or as an object.
For example, a glass is clear so what do you paint when you paint the glass?  The answer is that you simply paint the shapes of each color.   Easy answer, but its the execution which causes the mental struggle.  It is hard to get your mind to see beyond the object and put shapes to the color (squinting at it helps bring out the shapes.)  A real internal struggle goes on and quite honestly it tires me out doing these little 'thinking/squinting' projects.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Look'n At Cha!

Look'n At Cha!
5x7 Oil on Hardboard
    Been busy and with the weather bringing out all the pollen at one time, just not feeling quite up to painting finished pieces.  With the exception of this little one though, the photo called to me.  I painted it for the May Challenge in the Southwest Forum.  Kay, the host this month, always has wonderful ref. photos to work from, and this month is no different.  Thanks for hosting Kay!