A vegetable portrait..still working on shadows and color mixing. My thought is how do you make a painting like this look interesting? It’s all in the way it’s painted, which is a more difficult challenge in watercolor than in oil or acrylic imo. Brushstrokes and paint consistency count for so much in those latter two mediums, not so much in watercolor…
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Still working on #3
#4 A different window, a different view…not sure why I like window views so much, other than they do half the work by framing the composition and I am an inherently lazy painter….
Also I hope somebody notices how nicely these paintings are photographed…!
I absolutely love the portrait of Joe. It's definitively him, with only the most necessary lines and shapes. (What kind of candy was he passing out?) I also love the still life. I saw the shadow very wet and in progress and was sure it was going to end badly. I am delighted to have been wrong. That plate is incredible--the indent, the highlights and the shadows. All your still life paintings look interesting. Also your window paintings. I love how you can paint the same view and each painting is interesting and different. Like your version of haystacks.
ReplyDeleteJoe looks like he is transition from the fourth dimension into the seventh.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw that big old puddle on the zucchini I, like Elaine, thought this painting is doomed and I pretended to think that the pepper was an apple to distract from my distress. I don't think anybody noticed. And now I see that you have snatched beauty from the beastly. Bravo Sister Sara, Bravo.
I like the third frontroom, with the bare tree not distracting from that soft, soft, sofa.
And oh my, such snap in your snapshots!
I really like Joe’s portrait. It’s got tremendous vitality and movement although it’s a very quiet situation. Maybe your best yet.
ReplyDeleteI should do more still life.
I can see many cozy afternoons on that couch. Nice colors too.
Nobody ever complimented me on how nicely my photos were photographed too.