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Friday, March 30, 2012

Feast or Famine .. Blog Wise That Is (painting, sketch)

It seems like I don't post for days and then can't be quiet.  And like I said before, posting on Friday is not supposed to be the best idea.  Well, that is when I have time this week.

Christy, my granddaughter wants the Monarch butterfly painting. I had better get busy and send it to her.

The Monarch, 7 x 5 inches, acrylic on canvas panel.

Most of my paintings are in Killeen at the show.  (Info on the sidebar to the right)  I HAD to paint something new to replace the butterfly at the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild Gallery.  I have had a foggy painting in my mind for a while.  I took some photos of our yard  in the fog as you recall and decided to give it a whirl.

The result was this painting, acrylic on wrapped canvas.  I will display it without a frame but I think a floater frame would look good on it.  I will put it at the gallery tomorrow, March 31, if you would like to see it in person.

One Oak or Two?, Acrylic on wrapped canvas.  8 x 16 inches.

The sides of One Oak or Two?



The painting is for sale, of course, and is $200, unframed.  Free shipping in the USA.  You can buy it through paypal, by check or by credit card.  You can buy now here on my Jo's Notions blog.

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It has been beautiful weather, too.  I sat out on the porch and had my coffee and sketched this morning for Scavenger Hunt 262 with my iPad and the Brushes App.

Number 12, monochromatic - the foggy morning with all the greens running together.

I'm still a bit undecided about sketching on the iPad.  For sure it makes me think a bit.  But is the thinking is more toward how to use the app, than how to sketch the trees?  Hmmm.  This is more colorful than I see it on the iPad, but I just had a thought, it may be the protective cover I have on my screen.  I will have to remember that and allow for the difference.  It doesn't look very monochromatic here.

5 comments:

Regina Calton Burchett said...

I love this tree, Jo, and the misty blue background. The colors are wonderful.

Jo Castillo said...

Thanks, Regina. I had this painting in mind for a while. I will do something sort of like it in pastels. I just didn't have a frame and needed to get something up sooner. I did have fun doing it. One of those easy come paintings.

Joanna said...

(Catching up.)

I like the painting a lot.

I also appreciate the sketch quite bit. :-)

Joanna said...

Quite *a* bit.

Jo Castillo said...

Thank you, Joanna. I read your comment as " quite a bit". Interesting how our brain sees to fill in what is missing or what we expect to see.


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I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." -- Winston Churchill

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