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Saturday, June 28, 2008 WIP...Maine Harbor, Final?
Looks like it's back to blue again. About ready to call it done.
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Friday, June 27, 2008 WIP...Maine Harbor
I've covered over some of the intense blue. Too much red now. I fixed it in the one above.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 ISAP Newsletter for June... As you may know I'm the newsletter guy for the International Society of Acrylic Painters. We've made the switch from print to online and the result is bigger and better. Of course I'm biased...see for yourself! June '08 Newsletter. My review of the new Golden OPEN Acrylics starts on page 12!
The newsletter looks wonderful & I want to thank you all –particularly Robert Bissett– very much for publishing my interview & news. Also, Robert’s review on the Open Acrylics is very interesting! And I’ll be checking out all the videos suggested in the newsletter as well. I like that there are clickable links inside the newsletter, that’s very convenient. I know how much effort it takes to run an organized group, so kudos to all of you. You do a magnificent job! I’m ever so happy I joined ISAP way back when! Thank you all for your very hard work! L.K. Great newsletter. I can really appreciate the amount of work you put into it. Thank you P.R. Bob, you have done a beautiful, informational letter. Congratulations! I like your color composition for the headers to the pages and your use of color and page composition was great throughout. You filled the letter with a lot of very good, useful information. Your evaluation of the Open Acrylics by Golden was very well done. Your interview of Lorena Kloosterboer was just wonderful as well. Keep up the good work. E.P. This is a WORLD CLASS Newsletter~!!!! CONGRATS.... Robert you rock!!! V.P.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Alaska...
Fritz An old painting from my days in Alaska, late seventies. I was invited to go on a caribou hunting trip in the fall. My shooting was done with a camera. Cold, wet, tired and dirty. It was great!
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Monday, June 23, 2008 Sunny Yard...
White Church
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Sunday, June 22, 2008 Self-portrait with new OPEN paint from Golden!
Self-Portrait
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Saturday, June 21, 2008 First with new OPEN paint from Golden!
Not available in stores til next month, Golden OPEN acrylics doesn't Hay Field - First Day of Summer
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Friday, June 20, 2008 Day at the beach
More like forty-five minutes at the beach between dropping paintings off for one show and the opening of the couple dozen shows of artwalk. First hot day of the year at 84*, nice.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008 Plein Air Paint Out...day 2
Red Hay
Birches
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Plein Air Paint Out...day 1
Loi and I painted at the Power House in Sandpoint in the morning and at City Beach in the afternoon. Don't know if the paintings can be saved.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Two Updates...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008 Pond Road
Pond Road
Another beautiful day...three in a row!
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Saturday, June 14, 2008 From the North Bank
9x12" This morning's effort. A near perfect day for plein air. 65 degrees, no wind, no rain, sunny, birds singing, nothing crawled up my pant leg. Old Cottonwood
Old Cottonwood
This afternoon's effort. Last week we discovered great new locations along
the dike road north side of the river. This was from an abandoned trailer
court.
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Friday, June 13, 2008 Reserve Tree...
Reserve Tree
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 From the sketchbook...
Breakwater
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Charcoal Sketching...guest artist.
Emily is home from college. This is her drawing. Very nice.
She had a drawing class
This is mine. Both are on 8.5x11" cover stock.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Plein Air Panel Holder Yesterday the alert blog reader may have noticed a new panel holder on my easel. I made it in the morning without knowing how it would look at the end. Especially wasn't sure how to make the connection from the tripod head to the holder. I'm surprised how light, rigid and functional it turned out!
Holds up to 18" high canvas/panel. The stove bolt above requires a Philips screwdriver which I always have on my Swiss Army Knife. It screws into the insert nut seen below. Note the beveled sides on the 1/4" plywood. That's the part the tripod head grabs on to.
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Monday, June 9, 2008 River Bend
12x9", oil on canvas. Managed to pack up before the rain started. This is along the Kootenai River just west of town near the treatment plant. I was on a quiet little beach as you'll see below.
The scene.
My new Sportsjack. You half sit, half lean. Saves your legs.
This was off to the right about fifty yards. There's a large
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Saturday, June 7, 2008 Called for Rain...
9x12", Oil on panel. Wind and rain for days. Only wind today and some sun. I set up next to the house which blocked the wind pretty well. Forty-five minutes and it was beginning to rain. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow.
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Friday, June 6, 2008 Emily...WIP
Emily, detail
Emily (WIP)
36x24" Oil on canvas Finally getting a likeness. Almost done, I think. Do not try this at home, a backlit portrait I mean. lol! There's lots easier lighting conditions to paint.
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Thursday, June 5, 2008 Maine Harbor...WIP
Maine Harbor (wip) Of course WIP means work in progress. Started working on this again a week or two ago and have made some good progress. The Maine coast is very exciting for artists. Everywhere you turn...almost ready made pictures. I've established a high horizon. The nearly empty foreground contrasts with the interesting background making it seem, by comparison, even more interesting. A compositional tip - all four corners should be different.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Pen & Ink Sketch
Lilac Sketch
While the local quartet called Dolce was rehearsing in the next room... Old Boat, Bonner Lake
Yesterday at Bonner Lake this old thing sat slowly composting. I cropped the photo, used the threshold feature and replaced black with gray-purple.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Bonner Lake Plein Air
Arrived about eight. Applied a violet/purple/yellow/white-ish wash to set the
color mood and value key.
This redwing put on a show all morning flying to and fro. Must have been near his nest.
This stool works pretty well. I used to paint standing up and would prefer that. It was always exhausting. Now I just plain can't do it. The back won't allow more than a half hour or so without complaining. Yesterday I ordered something called a Sportsjack. It looks like a padded bicycle seat on one leg. Your half sit on it, half lean into it. Not quite standing but close. Will review it here next week if it arrives soon.
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Monday, June 2, 2008 Gazebo View Redone
Gazebo View
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Sunday, June 1, 2008 Restaurant Still Life
Pen and ink from my sketchbook, ~6x9". While waiting for our order, Huevos Rancheros which we split, Loi and I did a little sketching from life. Ink keeps you moving forward since you can't erase. You can still make corrections...see the creamer bowl. The light fixture had several bulbs which created four or five shadows. Sketching trains your eye and hand and increases your powers of observation.
Stopped by to see Dalas' new painting. Did a sketch of Joanie's basket planter on the kitchen table. About 6x9". Painting Advice...
From a visitor to my website:
I'm still learning a lot of things in painting like my values and such. I work with a limited pallet. I mostly paint oceans but do a lot of plein air paintings also. I was reading your page and came across how you were using your color wheel .... that really put some info for me... I think this will really help me with my paintings .. today I sat by the lake and painted the water and shadows in the water with the tulles and trees... I started with the brush first blocking in the darks but then I got disgusted with the brush and wiped out with the knife. I painted for 3 hrs and still not done to my satisfaction. So what do you think I should do now .... any suggestions? Thanks, Theresa
Hi Theresa,
My advice: take
what you have learned and try again. That is what every artist does to
improve whatever level he or she may be at.
When I'm
disgusted with a picture, which happens a lot, smearing with a painting knife
or a rag can mean a new start. You might maintain your major shapes blurring
them together a little here and a lot there as seems appropriate. Or you
could give it an overall blurring that retains very little of the original.
Or you can scrap off all the paint leaving just a ghost image which often is
better than what you tried to paint. In any case, this will give you a new
beginning and maybe some new ideas.
I've looked at
some of your paintings on wetcanvas. My first impression is your photos could
be much better. Try stepping outside and taking your photos in open shade. If
using direct sun set the painting so the sunlight strikes at an extreme
raking angle to reduce the power of the rays and avoid glare. Second...not
messy enough. Paint is messy, so let the paint be paint. Let the paint
suggest things rather than try to paint with complete control. I see a lot of
hard edges that you don't really want. Reserve the hard edges for your focal
point.
Hope that helps.
Keep painting and try something new everyday. It's supposed to be fun!
Bob
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