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oon to be 9 years old he is the happiest smilingest and most easy going child i know in fact we say he was born smiling he is so excited about life and he makes all of us excited about life here are both of them together we love them very much and are excited to see what they do in this world posted by carol flatt 13 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday march 11 2019 beyond eleven 9 x 12 pastel on wallis paper speaking as a grandmother i am constantly reminded how fast time passes as a child grows up admittedly i think it s a wee bit fast but who am i to change the schedule of another s life this is my oldest grandchild who honestly was only a little guy recently now he is past eleven and it won t be long before the teen years then young adulthood and beyond we have enjoyed watching him grow and change and become his own personality what a joyful treat it has been and we feel so blessed to see his skills develop his interactions with others become apparent and his interests take hold i have not done many portraits before this but i have been motivated recently by the work of some of my blogging friends who seem to have the skill of portraiture well in hand their work certainly gives me motivation and encouragement i think my next effort will be the younger brother of this boy i m looking forward to it posted by carol flatt 22 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday february 22 2019 long shadows 6 x 8 pastel on wallis paper pears have always been such a pleasure to paint i think i started with a pear composition many years ago and i still fall back on them as a subject every now and then photographing them is yet another story pastel is such a pleasant medium to paint with for many reasons but is has a granular tendency which makes it quite hard to photograph the result is sometimes fuzzy or unfocused even with the best lighting situation it often is a challenge to make it as exacting as possible i very much enjoyed working on the shadows of this trio they each had a super dark portion and a softer section which allowed me to play with the colors included on the pears posted by carol flatt 13 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday january 15 2019 red fox 8 x 8 oil on gessobord red fox another painting based on a pmp photo by steven j berkowitz i m so grateful to all the photographers who generously post their works on pmp paint my photo for artists like myself who do not live in a region where animals like the red fox and others live posted by carol flatt 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday december 15 2018 blue bonnets growing wild 6 x 8 oil on panel i ran across this photo on a website where photographers post photos that artists may use copyright free it is called pmp or paint my photo here is a link to their website they have an abundance of photos from all over the world taken by people who have traveled or wish to share their photos with others i have been very impressed with the quality of the photos many of them pay close attention to lighting conditions which are so important for artists it was fun to work on a landscape for a change it s not an area in which i am proficient i know it would help to do more of them so i would get better right yes posted by carol flatt 14 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday june 27 2018 abert s squirrel 5 x 7 pastel on pastelbord abert s squirrel pastel my husband and i were in northern arizona several years ago trying to escape the 110 degree heat that late june sometimes brings we stayed for sometime exploring and enjoying the cooler air there is a lot of forest land in that area so we went on picnics and hikes whenever we could one place we visited was a ranger s center where one can get all sorts of information on fishing boating and hiking my husband regularly carries his camera and was able to get several shots of this little guy an abert s squirrel the fact we were standing about three feet from him didn t bother his lunch at all he didn t want to give up any of the sunflower seeds in the feeder posted by carol flatt 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday june 12 2018 good memories 8 x 8 oil on panel i remember years ago my mother had a china pattern that she dearly loved she bought the plates cups saucers bowls and platters piece by piece over several years this pattern is called desert rose by franciscan these dishes would be used at family dinners or on special occasions i saw the photo for this on morguefile or paint my photo which are both websites that allow photos to be used copyright free i used to have the pitcher like this given to me by my mom unfortunately with all the moves we have made over the years it was broken but because of a serendipitous posting by a photographer i was treated to another wonderful memory of times gone by posted by carol flatt 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday may 31 2018 pretty in pink 10 x 20 x 3 4 oil on canvas i have wondered if anyone might still be following my blog after such a long absence it has been almost a year i put things on hold because i thought a break would bring back motivation and renewed energy for creative endeavors well it did but i think i broke the rule that says keep painting at all costs other things were involved too of course but i look forward to beginning again and i hope there are still those out there who will come by my blog and be interested in what is happening art wise in my world for some reason i latched on to carnations as a theme and did some paintings with these as the subject this painting was the culmination of the topic i tried several times to manipulate the background color in this so it showed accurately this is the closest i came in reflecting the beige y color i look forward to painting again as well as enjoying the blogging friendships that develop on blogger posted by carol flatt 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday june 5 2017 the traveling companion pastel 8 x 8 a teaching friend of mine visited us recently from california and she brought along her traveling buddy her little dog oreo he s a cutie well behaved and friendly with a pronounced overbite i decided i would forego working on portraits for a brief time in order to do a painting for her of him in pastel it dawned on me only afterwards that this counts as a portrait after all i had to consider some of the same elements as in painting a person portrait but obviously there were some different considerations as well posted by carol flatt 20 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday may 3 2017 anticipation 12 x 12 oil on canvasboard continuing to explore the human face i did some research on skin tones when working on this painting there is so much excellent information and many demos on the internet concerning this topic much of it by known artists who specialize in portraits and or figures you tube artists network pinterest and several helpful articles and books provided very relevant advice there is so much to learn in painting portraits figures i am awestruck by the works i see by so many artists older and contemporary i will never accomplish anything close to their mastery but i m learning more every day about what to appreciate in these artists works posted by carol flatt 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday march 26 2017 study of woman s face 6 x 6 pastel i had fun with this first effort of a portrait of a young woman there were moments of doubt as well as i tried to work with values in the skin tones trying to get the correct value for a particular area there was a lot of comparing values of one area against another i found it s difficult for me to go deep with values in the shady parts of the face when you lay out a swipe of brownish pastel stick which according to the gray scale is the right value and see how dark it looks you begin to wonder nevertheless for a beginning effort i was pleased with some aspects and realized it ll be a long road to success that s okay i know that however much or little i learn it will be certainly more than i know now i found a good resource for guidance in the book capturing personality in pastel by dennis frost mr frost was an english artist who lived from 1925 1982 he was a professional portrait painter who painted many commissioned pieces but loved to select his own what he called his character pieces those displaying an intriguing personality emotions features expressions and posture traits all helped him decide who showed a unique individuality he wished to express in pastel posted by carol flatt 17 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday march 16 2017 curtain call 9 x 9 pastel it is so good to be back posting once again as planned i used my time recovering to read to research and to plan some projects and themes i d like to try there are so many good articles and visual examples of art techniques on the internet now and i was fortunate to see many demos that stroked that excitement and curiosity button in my head i certainly want to thank you all for your prayers thoughts and kind kind words during that time i m doing well and look forward to reading your blogs and seeing the new ideas and works that you post our weather here is sunny and warm and the flowers are beginning to blossom love is in the air as you can see in these photos my husband recently took posted by carol flatt 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday january 13 2017 a good bye for now message dear blogging friends very early in the morning on january 3rd i suffered as many have before me a familiar home accident funny how fast something can happen i fell and broke a hip and damaged some ribs which all left me with many harmonious color patterns over my body our new local hospital took wonderful care and put me back together with a partial hip replacement lots of helpful meds physical therapy and stellar nursing are easing my way back to walking and all the little things that we take for granted until they are not there i won t be posting for some time and will probably not be able to comment on your beautiful inspiring artworks as often as i would like but from my new comfortable designated daytime sitting chair i can see my tubes of paint boxes of colorful pastels and brushes and books for inspiration so i m sure with time i will not be able to resist the pulls and tugs of the opportunity to make art i will sincerely desperately miss you and thank you once again for all you have given me ideas feedback encouragement and company along this thrilling road of art discovery take care my friends posted by carol flatt 28 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday december 21 2016 tiny beauty 5 x 7 pastel on wallis paper wishing all of you an amazing and peace filled holiday season each of you has been an amazing source of encouragement and friendship to me and i am so grateful bless you all and may 2017 bring you happiness and success in all that you try to do carol flatt posted by carol flatt 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday october 10 2016 side by side 12 x 12 oil on cradled panel the goal for this piece was to incorporate soft or disappearing edges as much as i could i found that using a fan brush really helped with this at one point i thought i might be finished yet i felt it needed something more an artist friend agreed with me and she suggested darkening the values of the shadows from the plums from the jar and in the foreground she said so often if something doesn t feel right the problem often lies with the values she was correct because when i lowered the values of each of the above areas it made a huge difference this painting is done on a wooden cradled panel and i painted the sides the same soft blue used in the painting it may be hung then with no framing if you choose click here to see purchase details posted by carol flatt 19 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday september 19 2016 ready for their close ups 8 x 8 oil on board many many years later i still smile when i remember garrison keillor s monologue about growing up in his small town where everybody grew tomatoes in the summertime you can only give away so many tomatoes so many times so the locals resorted to sneaking around at night and placing them in one anothers cars i laughed because in the small town in which i grew up they really did that there was kind of a unwritten summer competition the neighbors had everyone had grown so many beautiful juicy tomatoes which they gladly shared with neighbors at times we wondered what we were going to do with all of them there were some very creative solutions as i remember i always enjoy painting tomatoes each has their own personality as pears do getting a deep dark red is a challenge for me so this time i added a little black to my cadmium reds or vermilion and it seemed to work alright black is powerful so you have to add it in small amounts until it is the shade you need have a great week everybody fall is beginning to show itself here in arizona with crisper temps in the a m and evenings yaay goodbye 105 to 110 degree temperatures posted by carol flatt 20 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday august 15 2016 tropical vibe 18 x 18 pastel and ink crystals i continue to work in an abstract direction along with the more representational style that seems to surface in all that i do this piece is mostly about color and shapes presented in a grid format composition i ve used this exact color combination before in another abstract work described in an earlier post i ve always been a blue green kind of girl for whatever reason the process was lots of fun as much of the background is spontaneous and does it s magic mostly out of my control i used uart 400 paper for pastel which allows for a wet wash with a large brush i wet the surface and sprinkled three different colors of brusho ink crystals over the wet surface the crystals react to water in exciting ways similar to what watercolor does when you drop alcohol on top here s a photo of my uart paper after it dried you can see how the wet crystals powder spreads merges and blends the only control i have is the amount put on the direction it flows you can tilt the paper as it reacts and blotting it if you wish to modify the depth of color or rework that area as i said above i used a grid 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