"Kiwi Plate" acssepted into Salmagundi Club "New Members" show.

"Kiwi Plate" Egg Tempera and Oil, 11 x 14"

I'm happy to announce that "Kiwi Plate" was juried in Salmagundi Club 

annual "New Members" show. Painting will be on display at Club's Library

from Monday, May 13, 2013, through Friday, June 14th, 2013.

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"Gardenia Trio" - Richeson-75 Still Life 2013 finalist.

"Gardenia Trio", Egg tempera, oil, 12x12"

Yesterday I received another wonderful news. My painting "Gardenia Trio" was selected

as finalist of Richeson-75 "Still Life and Floral" 2013 competition/exhibition.

This painting will be featured an online show opening at April 3 2013

on Richeson web site. I will be posting link to it when show will be up and running.

"Gardenias" and two my other entries what made it in meritorious category will be also published

in Richeson-75 "Still Life 2013" full color edition.

Finally, the same Gardenia painting will be represented starting from February 25-th

in Salmagundi Club, NYC, as part of their annual juried members only Floral Exhibition.

This show also will be available to see online and I'll post links to that one as well.

Not sure if I'll be able to go and see it in person, but it is a great to have my art work shown there.

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"Gardenia Trio" egg tempera and oil. Finished.

"Gardenia Trio"

12 x 12" Egg tempera and Oil

on True Gesso panel

One again - I didn't post many progress picture of my gardenias, but I was working on it as often as I cold. And finally here is rewarding finish. I'm pleased overall. I definitely will need to work on photoshoot of this painting and attempt to get rid of all reflections, but it is not impotent. Important part - it is finished. I'm happy with it. This will be my show piece for 2012... (as soon it dries)

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Gardenia Trio. Egg Tempera and Oil. Finished underpainting.

I didn't post my progress on this painting, what doesn't mean I didn't work with it.. 

But it was slow process and i didn't want to post it here till I have some more solid picture..

what I happened to have today.

 I finished my black/white egg tempera underpainting.

That was the most time consuming process requiring most meticulous rendering. 

Now it is fun time - I may start with color.. in a few days after tempera feels dry.

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... to be continued ...

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"Kiwi plate". Mische Technique. Finished!

"Kiwi Plate" Egg tempera and Oil

11 x 14" Ampersand Claybord.

Last night I worked some more with my kiwi and finally realized, that if I continue, it will be totally different  painting... perhaps a better one, but different, not what I was imagining when I started. 

My original idea came to its logical end. I'm done with this work.

With this in mind I put it up vertical ( yes, I painted in on flat, just one of those things) to take a good look and decide - IF in fact I'm done...

Next what i know: my desk-lamp dropped down from the shelf on my desk, knocked down a bottle with white spirit (what happened to be open) and all my brushes, solvent went all over place!... What a mess!.. But somehow I managed to rescue thee painting!..

It was a sign to be saying to me:  "leave it along already!". So I do. It will need some finishing touch-up with medium, but no more paint. Perhaps when it will be dry, I'll take better picture of it.

No - back to those Gardenias!

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Gardenia Trio. Egg Tempera and Oil WIP.

So far my kiwi painting is drying and getting ready for me (and I am getting ready for IT) I'' working on some small projects... something like semi-daily paintings... However I'm quickly getting tired of those. Maybe because in my mind I have something bigger and just that beautiful, that my evening etudes looking small and unworthy... One of my latest (but also very old ideas) was to paint some white gardenia in all their glory... I was looking for perfect composition for a while and finally came up with something what I liked.

I also wanted to give a try to so called "True Gesso" panels. I do not have enough time make those on my own, so I had to order some from manufacturer... and when it came, I knew - those are support for my gardenias and jump-started with this painting the very next day.

So far I'm on tempera- underpainting and trying to get right values down and blend everything to perfection or nearly so...  I have to say: I LOVE the board. I wouldn't event try something else for my tempera works from now one. Tru Gesso panels are turned to be true enjoyment and I'm looking forward to do more, but for today, perhaps it is a good time to stop. 

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... to be continued ...

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Kiwi painting with more updates.

After some more oil glazing I had to return to my tempera work and make some adjustments. I like it better now and as soon it dries I'll be ready for more glazing. I feel I'm going meet my own deadline for this painting and should be finished till the end of November, what is great, because I have 3 more big projects to finish till the middle of January and I do not have too much time to do it all.

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... to be continued ...

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Still Life with Kiwi. Egg tempera and Oil mische technique. WIP. First glaze of oils (not counting underpainting).

Yesterday Night (or was in technically THIS night?... perhaps it was) I finished with first glaze of local color. have few pieces I missed, but I have no concern about it... I will do it later. It was nice painting session. I had to stop around 2 AM, too bad... I just could keep going and going. And now I'll have to wait another few days, till it dries to the point I can continue working. It shouldn't be that long, I went with fast drying medium by Charvin. It DIES dry fast and I really like how it works with my paints (what I couldn't say about their glazing medium, for some reason I had a hard time with that one). 

So... till next painting session!...

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... to be continued ...

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Kiwi WIP. Starting with local color.

Started adding some color today... As expected I like it , but really it is a time to stop for the night.

Hopefully I can get back to it tomorrow.

So far this is what I ended up with...

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... to be continued ...

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Kiwi painting... finishing of underpainting.

I still working on last stage of tempera underpainting... This time - over blue glaze. When I'm done with it, it will be nice gray-scale underpainting, ready for local color. It will be mostly appearing as neutral, but in actually it will be so called "optical gray" - combination of all primary colors.

Very intriguing and I'm getting there. 

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... to be continued ...

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Kiwi painting... second stage of tempera work.

Not much to say- I finished second stage of white tempera painting over yellow glaze of oil. This stage is more accurate compare to the first one and I like how medium is acting for me much better compare to very beginning of this work. And now. when it finished, it has to dry few more days.

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... to be continued ...

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Kiwi painting... contitued.

Finished first layer of tempera and covered it with another glaze of Oil...

Another few days of drying... 

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... to be continued ...

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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! 

"Into The Light" Egg Tempera & Oil Cymbidiums. Finished!

 

"Into The light" 

Egg tempera and Oil on board. 12 x 9" 

I'm happy to mention  that I finally called this painting finished.
 It was one of those works what I just can just keep going and gong.
But sometime it should be right time to stop, even perhaps you could do more with it...
Now the only "more" part I have to do - varnish it and frame it... sometime.
As for now I just have to leave it along and let it dry.
I also will have to start shopping for frame, what is always fun part.
Good possibility it will be a nice California Plain Air style frame...
kind of like this one, what I Photoshopped together with painting , just to see, if I like it... and yes I do!

I'm pretty sure I'm ready for another project now and that one will be a complicated one...
I'm testing some of my new ideas and approaches of handling my Oil Pastels... If everything will work out, how I predicted, it could be interesting new way of painting...
But this will make totally different post for this blog.

"Into The Light" Egg Tempera and Oil 12 x 9" WIP.

"Into The Light" Egg Tempera and Oil 12 x 9" WIP.

And nothing new... I still working on those Orchids off and on... I have the same feeling about it as I had with my Oil Pastel "Koi Pond". It is a long-term project, what is designed to be only better with each new glaze applied. Surprisingly, each new layer of paint going on even better... Or I just getting used to it?... mean while my REAL Cymbidum Orchids are doing just fine outside making a company to our dwarf tomatoes. I'm looking forward to see them blooming this fall. 

To be continued... 

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"Into The Light" Egg Tempera and Oil 12 x 9" WIP.

"Into The Light" Egg Tempera and Oil 12 x 9" WIP.

More glazing, more layering and... more drying time. I'm enjoying this painting, every bit of it, but it is not even nearly where it suppose to be yet. Have to wait . Again.  

To be continued... 

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"Into The Light" Egg Tempera and Oil WIP.

"Into The Light" Egg Tempera and Oil 12 x 9" WIP.

Today I worked on Oil glazing. I lost some values on a flowers, but it will be easy to correct later. 
So far I have to be careful to preserve that glow of light what this painting is about. I'm mostly finished with background and as soon it mostly dry I may continue with those delicate flowers.  


To be continued... 

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Painting and disasters.

"Backlighted Cymbidium" Egg Tempera and Oil 12 x 9" WIP.

I didn't post anything for about a week this time.. Reason is simple - I didn't paint. The reason WHY I didn't paint is not so simple - in the middle of last week we got hit by good sized tornado. Local weather, news and infamous local Electrical Company says nothing about this situation. I guess everybody was celebrating Memorial Day.Whole area was without electricity, water, any utilities for almost 5 days with some record breaking heat on the top of it. Humongous trees and  high-voltage wires were down, cars and some houses got damaged - no even word in the outer world... I have one word for it - NASTY.  
Therefore I'm only posting the last update what I took some pictures of right before the storm. Hope to be back to it as soon I can.  

 Trees are up side down all over place...

 This is a view from the top of our drive way down to the house... long way to go!

Attempts to rescue our track... no success.

  

 Irina in front of one of the trees, what are down on a  backyard.

 

Team of neighbors with chainsaws trying to make it to our driveway and get us out.. neighbors are helping neighbors, but no other helps... not yet anyway..

"Backlighted Cymbidium" Beginning of Oil glazing.

"Backlighted Cymbidium" Egg Tempera and Oil 12 x 9" WIP.

This is very beginning stage of Oil glazing... general idea to do it nice and easy and have tempera painting completely sealed with Oil. Tempera has a tendency to act like a sponge and soaking a big amount of oil (medium) in. It gives to the picture matte finish, even after oil was applied. When everything is carefully sealed, I just will continue with glazing of "Oil on oil.

To be continued... 

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