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Some paintings far surpass my expectations and some are scary awful, but it's always fun.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Murano Canalside Market



I'm not sure why I'm posting this-I am so not pleased with the way it turned out. It's from a photo I took of a produce market on a boat parked canalside on the island of Murano in the Venetian lagoon. I managed to take a cheerful sunlit scene and turn it into a murky mess! It's on a half sheet-15" x 22". I began the painting back in January, and it quickly became a mess, so I put it aside until last week, when I decided to bring it to some level of completion so I can move on.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Plein Air April 21, 2011



Today we met at SCVWS President Karen Wong's house in Los Altos. She has a lovely garden, as do several of her neighbors, and we all enjoyed painting there. Everyone LOVED her 10 week old puppy, Bones!

Once again I used an Arches 140 lb. block, 9" X 12" and drew with sepia pens before I applied my washes. I went back afterward and added lots more pen. Next time I'm going to try to zero in on a smaller area so I can get more detail. The arbor is not skewed so wildly in reality-I just had drawing issues.

Afterward I went to lunch with Kaaren and her mother, Kay Marinaro. Kay isn't a plein air girl, but we're trying to get her to give it a try! We had a great visit.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Plein Air on April 14th




Last Thursday the SCVWS Plein Air group painted in Elaine Revell's garden. She is moving and downsizing, so she had a garage sale featuring loads of art supplies, books, videos, paper and more, the proceeds of which she is generously donating to the Watercolor Society. It was a nice sunny day and we had a great turnout.
I used a 9" x 12" Arches block and sepia Faber Castell pens with washes. I finally added the last few washes today. I'm happy with the way I was able to get so many natural-looking greens.
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