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Satsuma Blues the process
Confession. Ha ha, yes, I cheated earlier by giving a sneak peak of the painting. I couldn’t resist but here is the proper post ;p Step One. What is the painting for? One of my goals this year is to enter more art exhibitions, especially juried ones. Time permitting is a huge factor and I […]
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February’s Art, Part Three
Poppy continued! Step Eight: Paint. Yesterday I was able to work on the painting a little more. Continuing with the petals and trying to make the oranges work together. Slowly working my way around the painting I added more definition to the light and dark areas. I completed the background. The shades of green used are […]
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Satsuma blues
It’s me again! I have another piece, a small piece that I’m working on for an upcoming exhibition. Conditions: must be 8×8 inches in dimension. Exciting! Was inspired by those beautiful satsuma oranges that still have their stems and leaves. Had to take a pic and voila I think this will be a fun painting, […]
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February’s Art, part two
Hello All, It has been a while. Sorry about that but my site was hacked and I was busy with other things. Lovely right? Anyways, I have managed to work on the Poppy some more. My aim is to have it done in a week. I want to use this image for my new business […]
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February’s art
Poppies elicit many feelings and evoke many a varied thought depending on the viewer. For me a poppy represents beauty and loss. Beauty because of it’s delicate petals and intricate centres. Loss because it reminds me of those who have fallen in times of war, as this is the more widely know symbol for a […]
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FYI
As I mentioned before, I created this painting specifically for a juried exhibition with a theme of Darkness and Light. Unfortunately my painting did not make the cut. I am not sure why. That reason remains between the judges. I thought I had done a good job at conveying the feeling of Darkness and Light […]
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