August 31. 2009

oil on canvas panel, 5x7

Morning chair 5x7

I wish I could do a painting everyday. I've been reading some blogs of artists that do that, some are really amazing... maybe I could be amazing too if I got to work on it every day. I love this view from my window in the morning, something about how the light reflects on the building and the chair is interesting to me. One of these days I'll figure out how to actually photograph a painting, maybe a scanner would work better...

8-23-2009

Zach let me have a much needed painting day yesterday. I'm working toward a new look, I know what I want it to look like in my head, but putting it on the canvas is more difficult than expected (I guess my brain pictures are fuzzy). I think I touched on it a little by the third painting. I like the bottom left part of the second painting. I'll get it eventually.

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New work

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View from our Kawaii balcony

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Pears and cloth

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Testing out brushstrokes

The look I had pictured in my head works much better for figurative work than landscapes. Or maybe it's just that I'm SO bored with painting landscapes.

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Mandarins 16x20

On this piece I was focusing mainly on brushstrokes, trying to keep them loose and consistent. I feel like the more I work on a painting (or the more I like it) I tighten up my brushstrokes, and the painting loses all of it's energy. I guess that could also be why I usually like my paintings halfway through, and then hate them at the end. I do not hate this one, I finally feel like I touched on something that I want to pursue. I was also experimenting with using more medium, and I'm really glad I did, it made everything look so much better...it also made everything shine a lot more, and that's always a good thing :)

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Another work in progress

Works in progress

I think that watching paintings evolve is entertaining so I've decided to keep track of this new work. I think it's finished now, but I could always change my mind in a few days.