Finished another bird painting. This one is a bit bigger: 10X10″ I just couldn’t figure out how to get the detail I wanted in a smaller size. I also changed up my palette colors a bit. I’ve dropped Ultramarine Blue, (using Prussian Blue and Cerelean) and added Gamblin’s Warm White and dropped the Cadmium Yellow… Continue reading Hungry Babies
After talking with some of my artist buddies about the old, weird and ugly artworks we have haunting our studios, I decided that we could build a bon fire and get rid of a bunch of our pain. Then, I had another idea. What if we offered some of our older works (still good, but… Continue reading Sale and Burn Party
Saturday, our last day at Page’s Farm, came much too soon. I missed my hubby terribly but there was still so many things I wanted to see and experience on the farm and in the Wytheville community. Fingers crossed that Page is able to find time to have us come back. I forgot to mention… Continue reading Wytheville Adventure: Part V
I don’t even remember what day it was that Brenda and I went into town and managed to take a wrong turn but ended up with lots of fantastic photos. And Page and Joe took us on another tour of local farms one day. I’m sure the locals wondered what in the world was going… Continue reading Wytheville Adventure: Part IV
I painted a second painting on Thursday, this time I set myself down on the front porch and decided to focus on staying as loose as I could and capturing temperature. We got a short visit from a couple of does and a fawn with spots, but Lucy (the dog) was too alarmed by these… Continue reading Wytheville Adventure: Part III
We arrived at Page’s Farm on Greasy Creek about 5 p.m. on Wednesday. We had left my house about 7 a.m. . So much for the 5 and a half hour drive! Again, the camera came out and I started taking photos. What an amazing place! Page and her son, Joe, gave us a tour… Continue reading Wytheville Adventures: Part II
Last Wednesday I headed down to Page’s farm just outside of Wytheville, VA for a change of scenery and an opportunity to spend time with other artists, paint at least two days and take lots of photos of scenic views for future studio paintings, and talk about some business plan ideas that have been floating… Continue reading Wytheville Adventure: Part I
