Go Fourth....
I did not get to paint today. I spent the morning, and half the afternoon installing and uninstalling from a faulty windows XP installation disc, and talking to the techies at Apple and Microsoft to help me with the partition and installation. I made a 2 hr run to get a new installation disc so I can try again to install it tomorrow or Monday. Why did I do that? I want to use Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 to manipulate my photos to compose references for my paintings.
I already have that so if I partition, I will not have to purchase another software for photo editing on my Mac. At least that is what the plan is.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Another day at the studio. This splurging is taking it's tole. I went to the studio about 9:30 this morning and came home at 10:30. I completed a soft pastel landscape on suede mat-board. This was the medium I am most comfortable with, and most of my paintings are done this way. I have just started to paint in acrylics again after several years away from their use. I think using soft pastel teaches you lots about colour because you see the immediate results of mixing the colours you have chosen. I find that it is harder to get muddy colour with soft pastel too.
I worked more on the crocus painting that I started yesterday but decided to start another "scribble" landscape in an effort to have five for an adjudication in May. I am not too thrilled with how it turned out, I think because I don't like light grounds as well as medium value grounds, but there is probably more to it than that. I'll have another look at it tomorrow with a fresh eye and see what comes to me. I think I should have darkened the land/ solid parts more before I began putting in the local colour. It is interesting to see the paintings in photos at the end of the day. It gives me a fresh view.
I'm not sure what I think of the crocus painting's development. I guess it is development at any rate, whether successful or otherwise. I'm calling it successful so far because I worked on it and it is in progress. Better than not worked on at all.
Well, I'm calling it a day.
Here goes with the photo of the work done today.
I worked more on the crocus painting that I started yesterday but decided to start another "scribble" landscape in an effort to have five for an adjudication in May. I am not too thrilled with how it turned out, I think because I don't like light grounds as well as medium value grounds, but there is probably more to it than that. I'll have another look at it tomorrow with a fresh eye and see what comes to me. I think I should have darkened the land/ solid parts more before I began putting in the local colour. It is interesting to see the paintings in photos at the end of the day. It gives me a fresh view.
I'm not sure what I think of the crocus painting's development. I guess it is development at any rate, whether successful or otherwise. I'm calling it successful so far because I worked on it and it is in progress. Better than not worked on at all.
Well, I'm calling it a day.
Here goes with the photo of the work done today.
I just came in from working in the studio all day! What would we do without deadlines. I belong to a group of artists called Perspective Art group. This year we will be holding our 9th annual Gala, Art Show and Sale.
We rent the community hall in the town next to ours and transform the venue into an art gallery, and hold our two day event. The Saturday night is our Gala, with a small piano concert by Marylou Dawes. Our art is displayed all around the room and on supports in the center in different configurations every year. We serve hors-d'ouevres, coffee, tea and lately even wine. The quality of the work is outstanding if I do say so myself. Each of the artists has a unique way of working and several different genres are shown.
Well it's midnight and I have to continue tomorrow. Want to see what I am working on? They are not finished, but I am happy about them so far.
We rent the community hall in the town next to ours and transform the venue into an art gallery, and hold our two day event. The Saturday night is our Gala, with a small piano concert by Marylou Dawes. Our art is displayed all around the room and on supports in the center in different configurations every year. We serve hors-d'ouevres, coffee, tea and lately even wine. The quality of the work is outstanding if I do say so myself. Each of the artists has a unique way of working and several different genres are shown.
Well it's midnight and I have to continue tomorrow. Want to see what I am working on? They are not finished, but I am happy about them so far.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The First Post
Welcome to my blog. My name is officially Victoria, but I started out being called Vickie as a little girl. I like the name Victoria so I decided to sign my work with my real name and also to let people know I preferred it to "Vickie" as I came of an adult age.
I am an artist in a rural town in midwestern Canada, with a studio packed with my work. I need to get my work out there.... I feel like I am running out of time and space. So, with this blog, my plan is to publish my work to the wide world, a few at a time, with a brief statement about the work and maybe the process.
I am begining with the one I am working on most recently. The painting is inspired by a morning in Thailand. My daughter-in-law's mother goes to this park often during the week to exercise early in the morning. We were thrilled with the outing, and returned a few times more while we were in Sakon Nakhon.
The painting is started on canvas with acrylics.
Well that is all I am going to blog for today. I have made a start. Thanks for being there and reading what I have blogged.
Victoria
I am an artist in a rural town in midwestern Canada, with a studio packed with my work. I need to get my work out there.... I feel like I am running out of time and space. So, with this blog, my plan is to publish my work to the wide world, a few at a time, with a brief statement about the work and maybe the process.
I am begining with the one I am working on most recently. The painting is inspired by a morning in Thailand. My daughter-in-law's mother goes to this park often during the week to exercise early in the morning. We were thrilled with the outing, and returned a few times more while we were in Sakon Nakhon.
Well that is all I am going to blog for today. I have made a start. Thanks for being there and reading what I have blogged.
Victoria
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