Uncle Bud's Art Colony

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

This is one of the sets we did for the Musical "In to the Woods."The story is, What happened to "happily ever after?"

This was a fun set to build and paint and my team was super the always came through for us.

The idea here is to paint impressionistic and yet keep the truth of the scene. I love the large format, using the reds, yellows, golds, browns for a "woodsy" look.

I could do this kind of painting in that large scale as well as smaller paintings, in fact any painting is fun to me!!

you see all I want to do is "Keep them brushes wet with paint!"

Giant canvas, Giant scale

12:10 PM

Kathy

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This is the finished painting from yesterdays post. I added an eye stopper, the far trees on the right and left. In the water I added rocks to bring you back into the picture and up the path.

The blue and Alizarin make the far trees shadowy and mysterious. It creates depth and interest.

These Black canvases are a lot of fun and you can make some cool effects. The river looks as if it has ice or some floaties moving down stream. Again adding more movement and interest.

Try this one you will find a fun painting and a great afternoon of relaxing. Blend the light and darks, learn to add highlights, and most of all build your confidence!

So keep your brushes wet and your canvases shiny.

Reflections continued

9:56 AM

Kathy

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I saw Bob Ross do these fantastic reflections and I thought," I can do that."

Is it exactly like Bob's ? no. It's like me and my hand. But it was a fun learning experience.

Just like any thing else in life if you want it bad enough and are will to work for it you can have it! Red Skeleton the old Comedian of my childhood was a great painter and even greater clown / comic actor. He was very poor growing up in Indiana and wanted to paint, he pulled hair from his head and made his own brushes. If there is a will there is a way.

Someone said,"Where do I start? " Start where you are is my answer. grab something a go to it. Paint with a kids watercolor, or Tempera, or even crayons.

These Birch trees, (I love them) are white and gray gesso mirrored above and below. Then I added a thin coat of liquid clear (tm BRS co.) and painted Alizarin Crimson and Prussian Blue on the sides and middle.
When I do the reflections these colors will show up giving a glow to the painting.
This is going to be a two or three part post. Hopefully to inspire you to paint like crazy or maybe like me LOL.

Well get the liquid white and our palette knife we're going to get our brushes wet!

What do I want / Reflections?

8:42 AM

Kathy

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These paintings are on Canvas board, and all are done with acrylics. I was interested in the backgrounds of each one.

Starting from the left to right, the fence post is a reddish sky blended to the white and Light side. The flower painting was under-painted with a teal color very wet, then with an air bottle I sprayed the wet paint around to make drips and "weeds" going different direction.

Next the Chicken / Rooster, I painted the checker board after I did the painting and used burnt sienna to rub an antique look on the board.
Finally the sunflower where I painted a violet back ground. Violet is the complement to the yellow and draws your eye to the flower.

Why did I use canvas board? Well, simple, at the time I wanted to save the cash for some better paint. I used the liquidtex Basics, again because it was less expensive. If you go to the Hobby Lobby store they have a great art supply area and you can spend what you want to or can afford.
or go to : www,hobbylobby.com

I'll be talking more about this in the coming days. Well go buy some brushes and get them wet!

What Paint on What Canvas

8:55 AM

Kathy

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In my Toastmasters club we were taught to have an opening line or phrase for our speech. Everything starts somewhere.

These geraniums pictures came to be with the spring planting two years ago. They bloomed in my flower beds way before they bloomed on the canvas.

But more importantly you must have a way for your viewer to enter your picture and an opening to travel the painting. For example the painting on the left, I used a circle for my opening, first the red flowers on the left then the right and down to the daises. Then back up to the red flowers. the focal point is in between the "V" created by the stalks of the Geraniums.

The painting on the right is more of a spiral or "S" formation. See how the reds start and then curve down to the white of the daises. This keeps the viewer in the painting. If your interested in the "Happy Buck" these painting sell.

You must have an opening but if you do please take them somewhere, Well lets say it together, "Keep your brushes wet." Good!

What is Your Opening?

7:33 AM

Kathy

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My son Andy drew this little flower. We were in our chemo in Columbus at the OSU Wexner Cancer center when Andy said he could draw something as well.

This is true of everyone, you too can draw you just have to start!You can pick up a book on drawing or painting. Take off on a doodle, (people who doodle make more money because your mind is free to work on problems.)

Andy handled this flower very well, he turned a pedal up, as well as picked out some neat details.

Encourage everyone you know to draw! It's fun and maybe profitable.

Also We have our Coloring Books for Cancer patients in full swing right now, $10.00 covers a book and pencils or crayons. If you want to be part of our project email me at this blog and we will get your name on the list for donors.

Thank you and keep your pencil sharp!

Another Artist - Andy

8:25 AM

Kathy

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This is a place that is no longer there. I drew a picture of this dam in 1968 our family vacationed here since the early 50's. This is Northern Michigan near Honour and Big Bear Dunes.

I painted this yesterday in oils just to see if this would work, its fine not a knock out but fun to do.

It is sad to think that so many places are just gone, if you go now to this spot, its just rocks and no lake above. I have caught fish, and swam here, and played for hours not to mention drawn the place a dozen times.

This is oils on board, I think that is a hard set to make do. Acrylics probably would have been better. Watercolors also would have worked but if you don't experiment you never know what can happen.

Well lets dip in and keep them brushes wet!