Uncle Bud's Art Colony

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Keep fighting and praying let God have the paint and go forward.

Keep your brushes wet.

Be a Warrior

Hi gang, it's good to be home.
We'll see where we go from here. If you didn't know I been sick but now I'm getting better.

Keep your brushes wet.

Things are all Blue sky

7:49 AM

Kathy

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I can't find out how to work the update on the blog. So this will be short until I figure it out.

Keep your brushes wet!

In the art store they sell a small frame cut from cardboard, or view finder. You can hold it up to see what part of your picture in nature or home is worth painting.

You may be surprised what is good and what is not. Some parts of the frame of your picture is just not a composition builder whereas other parts make a great picture.

You can make one of these cardboard frame view finders or you can hold up your hands a do the old box with the first finger and thumb with both hands.

The more you paint the more you find the frame.

Keep your brushes wet

Find the Frame

7:37 AM

Kathy

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For the last few days I have felt like this ole' boy. My left leg is trying to get me.

I think tomorrow I will start Chemo. We need to keep fighting everyday we are alive. But we get caught up in our bills, house repairs, and family problems we forget to live.

For me sketching and drawing is part of that living life deal. Let it go free.

Keep looking up and get your brushes wet!

How do you feel

7:24 AM

Kathy

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Monet was one of the best at getting a moment on canvas. Think about how long it takes to draw and then paint a picture. Now try to capture the moment of the wind blowing.

Find the right blue and white and pinks of clouds, then build your sky. Now get the sandy ground and bank of dirt with the bushes. Ah don't forget the back ground mountains.

Now we can put in the reflections of the middle ground in the river. Got all that?

Yes we could take a picture but a painting is so much more.

Keep your brushes wet.

Capture a Moment

9:02 AM

Kathy

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Many years ago I felt that any form of tracing, copying, and or cheating on your art was wrong. When in fact some of the great and most amazing art was a copy or traced.

I had very narrow thinking. In some cases I still have a little bit of that. I know I am a person of habits. We all are to some extent.

Habits and closed thinking is alright for personal habits. But for business and art and computers not so much.

Keep your mind open and your brushes wet.