White Bowl Reflections 1

This is my piece  for The Color of White Challenge by Susan Abbott at The Daily Paintworks. Placing one or two items on top of a patterned surface, painting the reflections you see. I chose an abstract painting of mine, which I posted yesterday,  for the surface and that made it quite interesting for me. As usual, using an economy of brushstroke,and looking closely at value shifts, this came together in an unexpected, and pleasing way!

Transform

I've been down with seasonal allergies which turned into asthma, then bronchitis.  I'm on antibiotics now and finally got in the studio for the first time in days  Starting to feel like myself again! I've been thinking about the challenge from the Daily Paintworks, and decided to use this abstract oil painting as the patterned surface. Check back tomorrow and see how it came out!

Abe Works

Here's my submission to The Daily Paintworks Challenge. This came from Raymond Logan and was meant to be done using A) ultramarine,burnt umber,and titanium, B) full color, C) do both and post together,or  D)Do your own thing. I kept it simple and chose A but then got utterly and sadly, bogged down. Ready to start scraping at it today, I said what the heck and submitted as is. I will use the challenge to paint some more portraits and see where it goes, rather than labor painfully over fixing this one. Always a lesson to learn from honest Abe! Thanks Raymond and DPW.

Avocado

Continued with the one brushstroke, each stroke mixed individually. More thoughtful process requiring very close observation. This is definitely a challenge for me, to slow down. Surface is a lovely little blue stool, which I will paint one day! I love how one painting leads to another.

Roma

I'm catching up from being on vacation, so am just posting today the One Color per Stroke Challenge from The Daily Paintworks. There are already almost 200 entries, which really shows how this type of exercise appeals to so many people. I, too, want to focus on paint application! I remember being told not to be so stingy with paint by my instructors,yet I think I can still hold back. This exercise forces you to mix it up,pick it up, and put in on!

Yellow BIke In Progress

Had started this 30x30 painting with a burnt sienna toned canvas, using a palette of cad red, alizarin crimson,ultramarine blue,cad yellow and titanium white. After doing the challenge seen on my previous post, I decided to use the burnt sienna as my red, and ochre as my yellow. I'm liking the range of greys,warm and cool, and will hold off introducing any of the cadmiums as long as I can. I am so in love with color so this is a challenge in itself; will see what direction this goes in.....!!

Zippo

My latest effort from The DPW Challenge.   Michael Naples came up with the challenge of painting this Zippo lighter (my Dad had a big collection of them) using only Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, and Titanium White. A limited palette to be sure, but a large range of values and temperatures can be made from just these 3. A fun challenge that makes me want to try a few of my Dads' old lighters and paint them from life, rather than a photo. I love it when a painting leads you to another painting!