Kiwi in tempera/oil combination. Tempera stage #1.

Beginning of tempera painting over imprimatura is looking exiting and mysterious.  I have to change amount of egg medium to make sure that paint works for me the way I like it... And most of the time it is successful. I can not wait to see this finished, BUT... to have it finished well, I will have to take my time...

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... to be continued ...

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New Still Life with Kiwi. Update #1.

I finished my work with ink and sealed whole painting with initial layer of oil. It has to be very correct, but doesn't really have to be totally perfect at this stage... And it is not perfect. Claybord is not the easiest surface for Oil paints, but after it took the primary layers, things will be getting easier and more controllable. I;'m very much looking forward to it.

My next step will be value modeling in tempera. Much more complex, compare to the ink version.

Looking forward to start on it! 

Still Life with Kiwi. WIP.

Another show project and it is just what I called it - still life with kiwi. When finished it will be one more Oil painting, but mean while I'm working on underpainting with india ink and now it is more-less watercolor. This stage is the most complicated and most important. I'm working on Ampersand Claybord and didn't make my final choices on how exactly I want to see it finished just yet... 

I still have time, I just wish I would have more of it.

Back from Wyoming.

 

Soon it will be a month after my last blog post.. This summer keeps me away from posting, one thing happened after another and I only have so much time to do it all. 

This month I pulled my husband Jim off his job to make me a company during my trip to the West.   

 It was very intensive event, lots of driving, visiting  Wyoming and Idaho, staying for a while at art Mecca - Jackson Hole, cruising Tetons and Yellowstone with my new camera.

Trip was totally priceless and it was a great opportunity to finally meet some of my friends with whom we only wrought each other online... for years. But never met in person till now.

After few days in Jackson, Jim and I  went to see   Gary Keimig @ Silver Sage gallery in Duboise.

 If we ever will be at Jackson and will have some extra time to spend this is definitely place to visit. Road to Duboise is all about beautiful scenery and you have a great chance to meet all the sorts of wildlife there... especially if you will  pull of main highway. We saw eagles, grizzly bear and many landscapes to die for. Sure I'm going paint some of it, but not all at the same time. Meanwhile I'm suggesting you to visit (OK, just virtual visit this time, but maybe if next time you are in Wyoming you will stop by to see his beautiful paintings!)

 http://gkeimigart.blogspot.com/

Riverscape in Oil.

"Foggy River" 

Oil on board 8 x 10" 

One more of my small 8x10" what I'm playing with for the last few days. This one was mostly painted by memory . Morning fog on Susquehanna.

Just like the rest of those little paintings - available on e-bay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140594708556?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 

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Audubon Artists juried show at Salmagundi Club, NYC.

"Orchids in Ruby Glass" Oil on panel. 

Today I received some great news right out of my mail box... My painting "Orchids in Ruby Glass" was accepted to Audubon Artists annual show @ Salmagundi Art Club, 47 Fifth Ave., NYC. 

It is a great honor to me and.. my first show in NYC! Good news - I should be back from Wyoming right before show will be open and hopefully will be able to attend reception!

Mean while I urgently need to frame the painting and talk with my shipping agent about delivery... complicated part about it is - I'll be out of State when it all will need to be done, but we hope to figure out something.

I see a trip to faming shop in my nearest future! 

"Morning" pastel on Wallis.

"Morning" 

Pastel on Wallis board 9 x 6" 

Sometime last week I finished this small painting, I think It came out nice, even at some point paper was giving me hard time, because this was not "museum", but 'pro" grade and it is slightly different and doesn't handle wet applications too well, even it was mounted... Anyway - it is finished, it is... I think nice. And I full of other ideas.

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Another pastel cooking!

"Morning" 

Pastel on Wallis board 9 x 6" 

Last night started another pastel painting. Very small, good study size. I took the same subject what I did before in Oil Pastels - scene from the local wooded area... sun-lighted and simple.

I want to keep this one very light without heavy pastel layering and to do so I started with watercolor underpainting. I put all major shapes down last night, dried it and started with some pastels... just like a hint of color to give me an idea what I'll be working with... I like it so far and hope to finish later this evening after I'm done wandering around and do things what have to be done first. 

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"Round Bales at Dusk" Pastel on Wallis board 9 x 12". Study #3.

"Round Bales at Dusk" 

Pastel on Wallis board 9 x 12" 

And one more study of good old bales. Wallis paper mounted on board. 

Oil stain for underpainting and well... pastel!

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Hay Bales study in Oil and Pastel.

"Round Bales at Dusk" 

Oil on board 10 x 8" 

My latest painting consisted of some attractive looking Hay Bales we met on a way to our veterinarian office the other day. I had to retun there with my camera and get few pictures. I did some photo adjustments and then painted those round things first in Pastels and then in Oil too. 

"Round Bales at Dusk"

Pastel on Wallis 12 x 9"

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