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from my studio from my studio a safe place to talk about what happens in my studio my head and at my easel monday july 18 2016 an artist teaches yesterday i drove to the weisman museum at pepperdine university to a talk and demonstration by one of my art mentors david leffel the drive itself was a landmark for me as i fear la traffic i found the traffic doable on a sunday and actually i d only driven to malibu which locals will tell you is not la what to me la kind of goes on forever anyway the talk and demo were the types of things my bucket list is made of priceless below are some highlights and quotes from david s talk when painting more to less variation do not be too specific too soon leave doors open to possibility david uses highlights to direct the viewer s eye create a lot of nothingness to make the something more important when painting backgrounds warmth creates depth coolness creates flatness when painting foregrounds it is the opposite warm colors bring forward cool colors recede to render is to illustrate to paint is to sculpt the more transparent the shadows the more it makes an object lift up the light designs the technique is not as important as the intelligence behind the brush be aware of people in the portrait first and that it is a painting second have a concept first and put the pieces into the concept orchestrate what you are seeing into a visual delight in a good painting there s a dialogue unfinished finished this is so the viewer can read into what the painter has left undone 5 8th finished is your goal leave 3 8th of the painting to the viewer to finish david has not favorites in subject matter it s all about the struggle of effectively putting paint down when the stomach is full the head is empty every painting is a self portrait it is a portrait of the intention behind the painting in each painting do self examination understand what you re looking for hone your technique but be clear about your intention and get that into the painting posted by karen at 8 38 pm no comments sunday january 17 2016 making a splash here s the painting so far it s almost complete but i need to put it aside for a week as the paint is slightly dry and getting tacky not good to keep going at this point i ll look at this under different lighting and think about what else needs to be done two areas that i ll be concentrating on are value corrections and details in focal areas a warning to myself don t overwork this i want this bird to give the impression of taking flight not feel tight another reason to set this aside for a few days posted by karen at 3 31 pm no comments wednesday january 13 2016 a work in progress i thought i d share a work in progress i enjoy sharing my process but this is not for the faint of heart as most of my paintings go through an adolescent phase from hell 0 with oils i enjoy starting loose very loose with a watercolor underpainting see above as this first step helps me visualize my finished painting and i find it relaxing it also helps me check my composition drawing and value patterns this step can also be done with oil and turpentine but i used a light wash of watercolor here in the top photo you can see the original photograph from a generous photographer friend of mine thanks don anderson along with a small value sketch if you look at the actual painting top you can see where i ve drawn grid marks lightly on the canvas this is how i check my drawing to make sure my proportions are correct not much worse than getting 3 4 of the way into a painting and then realizing your basic structure or drawing is flawed the background is not finished but this feels like a good start i ve loosely blocked in the swan don t get scared the marks i ve made are mostly for landmark purposes and how i begin to map out darker values ok after posting these scary photos i d better finish this in a few days huh i ll post the next or finished photos as soon as they re completed thanks for viewing posted by karen at 6 27 pm no comments monday november 23 2015 studying some masters hi i m working on a a series of paintings that will not be published until they are nearer completion i m excited about this new venture and have been studying painting away it s hard not to share each step but for now i will upload and share what i m doing as i take short breaks from my series i m keeping my balance by choosing a few older paintings that weren t quite right and tweaking them my aim is to ether cure or kill these paintings why well why not let s see if i can salvage a few of these this example was obviously inspired by vangogh i admire this artist s work and enjoy studying his style color and brush marks the top painting was my first attempt at some flowers i d picked from my yard i liked the energy of the brush strokes but man those colors were yelling at me they were saying lay off the caffeine karen below i ve dulled the background colors trying to keep with my initial idea of energetic brushstrokes i enjoy painting this way less thinking and more from my heart posted by karen at 12 48 pm no comments monday august 31 2015 traveling buddha second attempt at buddha is heading south quickly this brings to mind the most popular question people ask artists so how long did it take to paint that i wonder if observers really want to hear about the hours of practice runs actually i m going to let this painting simmer tonight and in the morning may do some experimenting with this sometimes it s nice to give up on my painting as it frees me to experiment i ve pulled a few of these out of the gutter it s alway interesting being an artist posted by karen at 5 18 pm no comments monday august 24 2015 a video worth watching joseph raffael hello thought i d share a calm and inspirational watercolor video this watercolor artist has been a favorite of mine for years joseph raffael is a contemporary watercolor artist american but lives in the south of france love the music that also accompanies this video relax and enjoy https www youtube com watch v ddkfl6qyiga ps he s also got a fantastic book you can get on amazon titled reflections of nature paintings by joseph raffael posted by karen at 1 50 pm no comments monday august 17 2015 demos from hope s watercolor workshop hello here are two workshop demos i think i d title the top painting something like who says sunflowers have to be yellow the bottom painting is unfinished yet i believe it says what it needs to say my point is that many times in art or watercolor less is more i ve had a few questions about the palette or paint colors we used in our workshop basically i used a warm and a cool version of each of the primary colors plus a few others these colors vary from manufacturer to manufacture that s all good it just takes experimenting until you find the specific colors you enjoy some of my favorite paint companies or manufacturers are winsor newton daniel smith holbein schminke however there are several others that are also top quality here is the basic palette i used aurelian yellow cadmium yellow alizarin crimson or permanent rose or rose madder genuine cadmium red cadmium orange french ultramarine blue cerulean blue burnt sienna or indian red raw sienna making colors sing by jeanne dobie is a wonderful book focusing on practical lessons in color and design jeanne shares fun lessons on mixing beautiful colors this is available on amazon com let me know if you have other questions happy painting posted by karen at 1 17 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to comments atom favorite sites qiang huang blog heron dance subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments links karen young studios kyoung studios facebook fan page transparent watercolor society sumi e society of america portrait society of america pastel society of america national watercolor society iowa watercolor society california watercolor association american watercolor society somewhere in zion followers blog archive july 1 january 2 november 1 august 4 january 1 december 2 june 3 april 1 march 1 february 1 january 1 september 17 may 1 april 1 march 5 february 2 january 1 december 2 november 2 october 1 september 1 august 8 july 2 june 5 may 1 april 5 march 2 february 4 november 1 october 1 september 2 june 1 december 1 november 2 october 2 september 3 august 6 july 3 june 1 may 1 april 4 march 2 february 3 january 5 about me karen i paint primarily in watercolor i m active on local and national levels recently i ve been working with a designer painting a series of paintings on beautiful impressionistic interiors view my complete profile welcome to a warm place that ponders life and art popular posts an artist teaches yesterday i drove to the weisman museum at pepperdine university to a talk and demonstration by one of my art mentors david leffel regatta ii day 9 of 30 days wish i could say it s going so quickly it probably is i m feeling knee deep in this challenge one good th a video worth watching joseph raffael hello thought i d share a calm and inspirational watercolor video this watercolor artist has been a favorite of mine for years josep pthalo phthalo thalo and prussian about this painting and all of that gorgeous green grass i learned a lesson about how scary pthalo green can be to a watercolor painting that certain color of red i ve been painting with different groups of artists each day searching for communities of other artists i can paint converse w a work in progress i thought i d share a work in progress i enjoy sharing my process but this is not for the faint of heart as most of my paintin studying some masters hi i m working on a a series of paintings that will not be published until they are nearer completion i m excited about thi demos from hope s watercolor workshop hello here are two workshop demos i think i d title the top painting something like who says sunflowers have to be yellow a day to remember well today was emotional i thought i would start with that to shut down any outside ears that could not take this kind of talk making a splash here s the painting so far it s almost complete but i need to put it aside for a week as the paint is slightly dry and getting tac simple theme powered by blogger