Winter paintings

I cut some holly branches and put them in a vase.

Then I started painting....

Added things in the foreground, holly berries, more lime green on leaves....coming along....

Lightened the table top, "put a cloth on it", ( below) LOL!

Still don't think I am finished..should I add something else in the foreground, make the "cloth" less mottled? Pull some pale yellow up into the pink?....

I like to keep my work loose...tending toward semi abstract, very hard to pull off sometimes, but I like how this is coming along!

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Meanwhile, I have finished three more "just for fun" winter paintings.

 

Including a Santa!

 

 

 

Winter paintings

I cut some holly branches and put them in a vase.

Then I started painting....

Added things in the foreground, holly berries, more lime green on leaves....coming along....

Lightened the table top, "put a cloth on it", ( below) LOL!

Still don't think I am finished..should I add something else in the foreground, make the "cloth" less mottled? Pull some pale yellow up into the pink?....

I like to keep my work loose...tending toward semi abstract, very hard to pull off sometimes, but I like how this is coming along!

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Meanwhile, I have finished three more "just for fun" winter paintings.

 

Including a Santa!

 

 

 

Magic moment for Sophie-how I paint....

Amazed by a bubble machine, Sophie gazes in silence.....her brows knitted, puzzled!

I am trying to make a special painting for her dad!

Simplify the background garden and make her face and the bubbles close

I succumb to the temptation of glitter....left here by my SIL, Melody!

It gives me a shimmer on the orbs...not totally like a shiny bubble, but still fun! ( my friend Gayle says she read that "glitter is the Ebola if the art world!) LOL!

 

Time to work on her face for awhile! The weather was so dry yesterday, that the paint was almost dry as soon as it hit the canvas! Sort of a challenge!

I had to use several steps to get this close up of her face printed out...

Now I am struggling working on getting her to emerge!

I can see that she is looking older than she is, and that I may not want to make her frown as deep as in the photo...or is that the real charm here???

 

By looking at these side-by-side on the computer screen, I am able to find what is needed...usually!

Several short painting sessions later, I am getting there!

Above, her face needs to be fuller and childlike.....

Better,.... now to fix the color and shadows on her and finalize the garden......fun!

Below is the final painting. I am not going for realism so much as the charm and joy of the moment!

Brush stokes of unexpected color ad movement and energy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The magic of quilting....or "Hen Party"...almost finished!

BTW! For some reason, every painting in the post is cropped on one side....grrrrr! BUT if you click on the painting, you will soon see it full size!

I quickly painted this group of ladies around a quilting frame...

 

Worked on it and still it troubled me....lots of ways....but color dominance was an issue! Too many divas, I love color and get carried away with it ....and I tend to paint without a thought out plan for each piece...just jumping in and seeing what I create....this has collaged papers to represent quilting fabrics...

Okay, so the pink, busy background had to go...I decided that blue would be my dominate color...

That's better....and now it is close to being finished.....

I think I need to make more smiles! Quilting is fun! A real hen party....sorry guys.

Finally finished!

 

 

 

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Meanwhile, I am hard at work on a new painting/collage of hens!

I like this pose...so I prepared a canvas with green and blue textures, some from dry brush and some from monoprint with a gelli plate. Then I placed the chickens in the sandy farmyard....just paint, so far.

Then I looked for papers and fabrics for collage....

The upright hen was given a dramatic eye from a design in some art papers....the "sun" is rice paper spirals,the sandy ground and some of the feathers are more fun rice papers....the I found a fabric from Kaffe Fassett which works in well for the other comb and eye and some in the plumage......still have to finish the palette knife work on both hens....but they are coming along!

Back the the final paintings soon!

This is finished too! Signed by the artist! Lila R.

 

Chicken collage

Inspiration photo from a magazine cover...yes, this hen is a cover girl!

I started with a white canvas textured with red paint from a brayer and stencil.


After painting thick black and white paint with palette knife...and highlighting with turquoise, yellow, purple.

Adding some houndstooth black and white fabric for fun! While painting this, it seemed to call for a midcentury retro look....so the check was a good idea.....

Finally, a bit more collage on the canvas and paint on the chicken! and the red and white paper is reminiscent of a kitchen towel or table cloth....

One more photo, showing how the edges of canvas are finished using the last of the houndstooth and more red acrylic.

This canvas is 10" X 10" and is ready to hang on your wall!

This artwork is for sale! 

$55.00 + 6.00 shipping