I went back to the
view with the fence from the other day and looked down the valley. The fence is along the edge of the golf course on the left and the road is to the right in this view. I took my compact kit again, but forgot to take paper towels. I used one of Gene's old golf towels, but rinsed the brush every time so didn't hurt the towel. I only painted about an hour. The wind was so gusty, it blew over the easel at one point. My paint was drying fast, too. I didn't take the stay wet palette and had the paint on a Styrofoam plate so that sped up the drying time, too. It was an "I give up" situation. I don't know how Gene did thirty miles on his bike. Wow.
I painted this on the back of the
painting I did last week of another valley. It is on watercolor paper and just for practice. I think I am about to figure out the palette for these greens and will try another "real" painting soon.
The view with my camera. There were prairie dogs and golfers around. I couldn't get a decent photo of the prairie dogs and didn't bother with the golfers.
Fencing, too.
Acrylic on watercolor paper, 8 x 10
The painting .. fairly close in color to my painting. The sky needs to be lighter near the horizon, otherwise I am pleased with this. With more than an hour, I might have fixed the ground colors and added in a building or two. I usually put red in the evergreens and I did put some red in the darks, but it doesn't show. Next time!
Morning Cook
Acrylic 5 x 7 inches, on canvas panel
One of Jo's Notions, $50, unframed, free shipping
Back at the house I watched golf (Tiger lost, boo hoo.) and finished the painting I started the other day. It is based on the restaurant from breakfast the other morning. I changed some colors and the counter, which I think helped the painting. My in house critic said it didn't look like the photo. The cook was reaching for something in the photo and I couldn't capture that to my satisfaction, she looked awkward so this is my interpretation. The photos were blurry with no flash, so I won't post them.
Has anyone seen the movie,
Local Color? It looks like an artist's movie that we might enjoy.
The view with my camera. There were prairie dogs and golfers around. I couldn't get a decent photo of the prairie dogs and didn't bother with the golfers.
Fencing, too.
Morning Cook
12 comments:
I like the Morning Cook!
Me, too!! Nice setting and excellent shadows!
Joanna, thank you so very much!
Regina, thank you, too. I was working on having "more gray" in my shadows as opposed to the purple that I favor. I will experiment more with that. I used alizaron crimson and veridian green for the gray and made it a little toward the green as a complement to the red in most places and then toward red in others. I usually don't plan that as much, just go for what I think looks good.
I really like Morning Cook as well Jo - it has alot of feeling and is executed well. Well done.
I like both the paintings! The Morning Cook made me hungrier than I already am! ha ha
Rose, hi there! Thank you.
Valerie, don't you know it. We had a great breakfast there the first time and a so-so one the next time. Must depend on the time or how hungry we were. :) The photo of the landscape is not good. Looks better on my computer. Sigh...
I had to do a double-take on the "golfers" thinking "gopher."
I like the "Morning Cook" also.
Hey, Bag Blog, I see what you mean about the gophers, uh, golfers. Ha. The prairie dogs are rampant here, somewhat like Lubbock....
What is the difference between a gopher and Prairie
dog?
Gene, from Peterson's Field Guide to Animals:
They are both rodents, but prairie dogs are in the squirrel family and gophers are not. Gophers have bigger teeth and bigger claws for digging. They have solitary habits, whereas prairie dogs are social animals.
Bag Blog saw "golfers" and read it as "gophers".
Loved the cook too Jo, great design. I also watched that trailer for Local colors, looks interesting.
Your blog is an inspiration Jo, keep up the good work
Rae
Hi Rae, thanks. I like doing figures, should do more. Sometimes I think I paint just to have something to blog about. Ha.
Post a Comment