Still Life with Crystal & Peonies
oil on panel 15 x 17 (image)
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Silver Rimmed Bowl
16 x 20 oil on panel
Available at Abend Gallery.com
Detail Silver Rimmed Bowl
Munsell Exercises
In between living & painting, I've finally completed some of the Munsell Exercises as recommended by Graydon Parrish at Rational Painting. The investment of more than 3 years, lots of paint & work, and the Big Book of Color is starting to pay off. I've set up the current round of exercises that I finished last fall just to show myself how much I've accomplished - even though they're not perfect - I am beginning to get it! I'll start on a new round of sphere studies soon. As with most things, one must actually do the work to arrive at a deeper understanding.
The value sticks have come in very handy! I started with these:
It's hard to know if I'm on the right track, as I haven't been able to attend Graydon's Color Workshop in person. Learning all this stuff over the Internet by trial and error, not having anyone to critique the work, has been frustrating to say the least, but also very satisfying to accomplish what I have on my own! Thanks Graydon, wherever you are, for starting the conversation and sharing your research and experience!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
2010!
Finally, I'm back!
So much to say...but most important event happened during a blizzard on Halloween Weekend, October of 2009. My husband Steve and I moved into our new townhome - ranch style - all living area on one floor (1500 sq') and all of it is wheelchair accessable! (Steve has MS, so this was extremely important to us.) Second best thing is that this ranch style townhome has a full basement that has become my new studio!
The Living Room has 12' ceilings and 10' ceilings throughout rest of house. My studio has 9' open ceilings! The pictures above show how main part of studio looked when we moved in and 2 of the 3 5' window wells.
It's now May 2010 and I still wake up every day not quite believing that we live in this beautiful place! This is how the studio looks today-
Main Studio and Drawing easel on left
Set up area
Work area from side
Hughes 3000/palette area etc.
Drying Rack/drying box
and table for layout/framing etc.
Panel and frame rack at other end of studio
Last but not least the Artist's Facilities - and miracle of miracle a deep laundry sink!!! (And there's still more room at the other end for normal basement storage and a separate Mechanical Room for the furnace etc!)
Can you tell I'm extremely happy with my new space!
My intention is to update much more often! Tomorrow: more Munsell in the Studio and some recent paintings.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Munsell Maps in the Studio
Here is my Munsell A Frame.
Made with pegboard - perfect
fit for the syringe tips to fit into.
They are all organized according to
the Munsell BigBook. Each has tape
the end with it's correct notation.
This is on wheels so it's easy to bring
close to the easel and push out of the way
when not needed.
Thought I'd better show the
palette in use. This was for part of
Arizona Oranges (wish now I could
change the background color on that one!)
Munsell A Frame from the end.
Great space for storage!
Entering my studio - you can
see the syringes peeking out
from behind the door.
This is my Munsell Palette.
Drawn on grey card stock and
placed under glass. Neutrals are
along the far left/right sides: N/9-1
Across the top are hue notations and
below each is space for at least 3 chroma
notations. Area in the middle is used for
mixing, medium dish, etc. It was the only
way I could figure out how to stay organized
and know what colors I was using.
No more paintings for awhile, instead, here are some of my 'munsell maps' that I've designed to help me better organize and utilize the Munsell Color Space in my studio. Even though I've spent a year studying, mixing, tubing paint and getting the general principles, there is so much to learn and understand.
Recent Work
Shell
12 x 16 oil on panel (sold)
Cherries & Pear
13 x 15 oil on panel (sold)
I just delivered these two to Abend Gallery in Denver, CO.
Gosh, I have so much to learn! Seeing all these images here makes me want to make changes on each one. It's not that I'm picky, it's that I know that I know that I'm missing something that has to do with values, but I don't know exactly how to get to it. Just working harder isn't alway the answer - there is a painting principle that's missing and must be realized before work can truely improve.
A Couple More...
The Tarnished Ladle
30 x 24 oil on canvas
Arizona Oranges
28 x 12 oil on linen panel
(sold)
Vermeer's Table
17 x 15 oil on linen panel (commission)
Canterbury Bells
6 x 6 oil on linen panel (sold)
Orange Blossoms II
6 x 9 oil on copper (sold)
Orange Blossoms I
5 x 7 oil on copper (sold)
Narcissis
10 x 8 oil on panel (sold)
Just so this place doesn't look so empty when I come here, I'm posting some work from earlier this year.
I hope to use this space as a self- teaching tool into my troubling journey with values. Sometimes I get it, most times I don't! First time I posted these, the photos were way too big, but lost the nice comment from Jeff! You were right, Jeff, much too big and I can't figure out how to delete a photo without deleting the whole post, comments and all!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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