I dont know what to paint…. how can this be true when there are shapes patterns and colours all around us, and yet
Shapes make all kinds of interesting patterns. When you are feeling dry, think pattern, get your pens out.
One man’s junk, is another’s treasure
Winter jackets, Wooly hats – welcome to summer.
Looking forward, Wednesday is the start of July and a new month of Let’s Create. If you have never done a Let’s Create Channel, why not give it a try. It’s something a little different and gives you a lot of freedom.
Best of all we have a zoom meeting on a Thursday morning which allows us to chat and share interesting discoveries about paint.
Let’s create is open to everyone not only those who attend my regular classes – anyone is welcome; in fact outsiders would be warmly welcomed. All ideas are added to the melting pot. We feed on each other’s ideas – like grass carp.
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All posts from yesterdays truth or fiction are either true or have an element of truth.
Quinacridone Magenta is a figment of our imagination. So how do we see it?
When our brains sees waves of light from two ends of the light spectrum, red and violet, our brains invent a new colour to bridge the gap.
I went walking over the weekend and bought and ate this
I went walking over the weekend, found a new house
Quinacridone Magenta is not on the light spectrum, so how do we see it? It was invented by our minds.
This goat would not be able to climb the argan trees to eat the nuts.
We have missed two workshops thank you to the C-virus
Thinking on the bright side, I have set dates to reschedule them.
So the Rhino and Forest Deer are being pushed to the end of the year BUT
why can’t we have an online, live workshop.
More on this, I just need to sort out the technology – I think this could be good fun and quite possible.
As so many missed out on the Kingfisher, I am thinking this is what it is going to be.
The shops opened yesterday – not the coffee shops though – that is all that I am interested it.
All during lock down we have had a computer/ website guru working his magic, undercover and sometimes with difficult asks. Without our Guru Steve none of us would have had this forum to continue painting. It is time we put a face to the name.
One of the projects on our Let’s Create channel has been to exchange colours with a art partner. These colours had to be used by the art partners favorite artist.
As well as using these new colours the remit was to paint in the style of an artist we admire.
Oops – out of our comfort zone.
Jan – Steve’s wife, chose to do this portrait in the style of Fealing Lin. She had a further challenge in that I suggested she only use 2 colours and yellow was not one of them. This threw Jan into a bit of a panic. However, she took the bull by the horns, stood before her easel and went for it – looking only at tones and using Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna, out Website Guru emerged from the paper.
Well done Jan.
‘Really enjoyed painting the landscape, it was different but rather addictive, couldn’t put it down once I had started it, will send you some photos .’
Last week the project for Let’s Paint was a landscape with a difference. We used a rigger (well at least we were supposed to) to draw the contours of the mountains. The setting was Golden Gate, in the Orange Free State, South Africa. A part of South Africa that is dear to my heart which is why I called it Homeland.
I decided to use vibrant colours that made an impact and it is more a design than a painting – yet is still recognizable as a landscape – well I think so.
Have a look a the Let’s Paint Gallery for more paintings done by talented and enthusiastic people.
What a good idea. I was given a little white box this week. When I untied the pink bow I was delighted, proud, honoured to see some notelets. Each notelet is different and has been printed from a painting done by this person during lockdown. Some are from my tutorials on Let’s Paint which is one of the reasons I am both proud and honoured.
Not sure I am going to be able to use them, they may go into my treasure box.
Matisse said that when he ate a tomato he just looked at it, “But,” he said, “When I paint a tomato, I see it differently
Judging by the number of tomato plants in my garden, I will be painting loads of tomatoes.
Lockdown appears to be easing for some people. If you havn’t noticed life is getting that little bit more hectic. If it goes on for much longer I will have to be planing plants on my roof. Having gone up the walls and fences, I have very little space left. Where am I going to put all the little cuttings I have taken during this time?
Let’s Paint June starts today – if you have not had your password, please get in touch with me.
First project up is a landscape.
Steve and I have been looking at the different gallery formats for some time now. We have been listening to what you have been saying.
The galleries have a new style – far more use friendly – have a look and let us know what you think.
