second try

A Man of 'Feeling' The emphasis in the demonstration which began the class, was on 'feeling'. He talked about 'painting from memory'. Look at your image for as long as you need, several days maybe, then let it go. If you are using a camera , look then' hold the concept', record what you feel. Before using the camera always consider the element of 'feeling' over 'copying' the detail. "sometimes" he said "you paint and you know there is a problem, but you cannot resolve it, even possibly taking years.....but maybe that is the attraction" Some points

• begin with black and white then add colour
• use a lot of medium to begin with dark
• lightbrush strokes over the black
• water more transparent in the foreground, less reflection
• scrape paint when it is too wet or dark
• dust on the horizon makes it more green
• many different colours in the sky, warmer in the afternoon
• soften the edges of the clouds
• mix on the canvas rather than the palette- easier to see if you need to warm or cool it
• minimal palette
• contrast soft and sharp edges
• keep flexibility between realism and abstraction

It all seemed so easy when he did it, making all our paintings come alive as he worked owith us on our own work. A Man of 'Feeling' The emphasis in the demonstration which began the class, was on 'feeling'. He talked about 'painting from memory'. Look at your image for as long as you need, several days maybe, then let it go. If you are using a camera , look then' hold the concept', record what you feel. Before using the camera always consider the element of 'feeling' over 'copying' the detail. "sometimes" he said "you paint and you know there is a problem, but you cannot resolve it, even possibly taking years.....but maybe that is the attraction" Some points

trouble

This is by way of a test, I have not been able to publish my last post...keeps telling me I am 'in error' sounds like a certain religious group! This is a painting from a workshop I am endeavouring to tell you about.

Went to a workshop on Saturday with Charlie Tong. He is a fine artist who commands good

prices for his impressionist/realist works. I am not sure how he wold describe himself. I wrote a piece for the newletter and if you find it helpful here it is:

Promises, Promises

I said I would post on Tuesday....well I lied! This is the still life which has so many incarnations. Following the painting is the original still life. This is the next one which alsochanged a lot and I suspect has not finished those changes yet. This changed as a result of my great nephew inviting me to go to his school on grandparents' day. It was quite "out of the blue" so I was very touched by it.

New beginnings

I have missed being in the loop with posts on the blog so will begin again. I am heavily involved in my local Artists' Society and am now publishing the newsletter....what an exciting occupation I REALLY LOVE IT! I am learning so much about the computer at the same time, now know how to convert the newsletter for emailing....WOW. Anyway this blog is about art so I thought I may show what I am doing. This is one painting, based on a still life it is not finished yet but will post the finished one . Will send another post tomorrow.

post movies

I discovered the wonder of downloading movies, and much to my amazement I exceeded my allowance on the internet, which has of necessity kept me very quiet, but now into the next month, I will be more circumspect. Here are some more natural dyeing the first was in onion skins and then I scattered some saffron These are some books in various eucalyptus leaves

This inside paper was from an old sketch book of my husbands, he was a watercolourist and some of the water colour shows through as well as the sketching

This book "before" and "after"

Our group meets on Monday and I have to finish off the challenges

On Thursday night I went to a demonstration by a painter called Charlie Tong. He came directly from heaven...his painting was amazing, speedy and dynamic using very wide but thin brushes. I have taken a lot of photos, but I feel I must ask him before I put them on the blog....so hopefully it will be in the next post.

A lovely thing happened.

My mother posted me a book from Adelaide, but put on it the wrong address, Julien, to whom the parcel went, found out my mothers phone number in Adelaide, rang her to find out where I lived, and offered to deliver it to me....I am going down to pick it up shortly, but there really are some very kind people.

All we need to be in this world is "kind" I wonder why it is so difficult some of the time.....there would be no conflict!

Palette Change and stitch

If you are a "butterfly" in the Art/Craft sense (and I am!) one needs a lot of space!

This is my studio, with its new shelves....

No, This is my studio

Collecting the rainwater for the new projects

Remember this

Now with the stitching for the "challenge" for our group.

It is astonishing how the eye adjusts to new sensibilities, is it the inspiration which triggers the change or does the new work influence what you are attracted to for inspiration?

Journey

This was the last challenge from our group....".journey" It is so special being a part of a group that constantly,challenges, encourages and inspires each other....and we laugh as well!