Did this about a month ago as a study for my blues which I don't understand very well.
Then I thought I would add some yellows through reds to see how they mixed with the blues.
Then because it was yupo I messed with it, but this one looked too ordered.
Then I messed with it again but now it looked too chaotic.
So then I ordered it up a little. Just right?
Did this one a year ago and I always liked those weedy things in the foreground so I thought I would try it again.
The background is too loud and the weeds could be wilder.
So I am working on this one. The dark blue line needs to be more irregular and the weeds less solid. There will be at least one more.
And this is a cormorant taking off from the Chicago River that I dashed off at the end of class. The others are all 9x12 but this one is 5x7. I may do some more on the subject. It would give me more work with blues, and it looks so normal.
I love that last one. It's simple, elegant, and uses the paint and paper to their best effect. Beautiful! I think the first grid painting may have been worked just a bit too far. As for the "foreground weed" paintings, I remember the first one; the second one seems to have too much order in the chorus line of trees, the sky strata and the landscape lines in the midground. I like the last version of the series. You're right--the sky lines and weeds need to be more fluid, but this one is good. The last two are your best--want to see more of them.
ReplyDeleteLove the bird painting and the one above it. The weeds seem too dark and uniform tho.
ReplyDeleteLike the second one with the colors. Love the bird. That’s a good use of Yupo.
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