Superstitions

We all have superstitions, use them, even though we know logically that they don't do anything good or bad. It's all in the mind.  Knock on wood, pst pst pst, hamsa hamsa, see a pin pick it up and many more.

This was the concept for this months workshop challenge. It wasn't until I started PYHAS 2019, week 2 that I got some idea of what I was going to do.  Week 2 with Yvonne Morell and I had my inspiration! Loved the process and then more ideas came.

What Will Be Will Be

16.5 x 23 "

Acrylics on cut canvas

Who Can Resist my Sweet Cat

11.5 x 16.5 "

Acrylic on Paper

Collage

Selene Will be Watching Over You

12 x 15 "

Acrylic on Cut Canvas

 I Don't Give a Hoot Hoot Hoot

12 x 15 "

Acrylic on Cut Canvas

Black cats, owls, and eclipses all have superstitions attached to them. I love black cats, the owl is my soul animal, and I have no fear of eclipses or red moons! But I still pick up any pins that I come across!  Hamsa Hamsa!

Thirty in Thirty Day 17 Orange Melody

I am really having a lot of fun doing my charts and the colors left over have helped me with lots of inspiration. for new works, mainly sort of abstract imaginary landscapes. This was painting on a toned canvas using mainly oranges, therefore, my orange melody.  I am a happy camper with this painting.

Oils on canvas wrapped cardboard

6 x 8"

My two Red Charts

Cadmium Red top left

Mixed with other primaries and graded with white

Mixes: l-r

Prussian blue- Ultramarine blue- Alizarin Crimson-Cadmium yellow- Lemon Yellow

Alizarin Crimson

Mixes l-r

Prussian blue-Ultramarine Blue- Cadmium Red-Cadmium yellow-Lemon yellow

Please note that these colors are not perfectly represented. I am not a pro at photography but they do give the general picture. 

I have in the front yard a canopy and an old TV chair that has seen better days.  It's a good place to photograph with shade., but sometimes disturbs the favorite sleeping spot of my yard cats..

Meet Lady, she had to investigate what is going on!!!

Lady

September 30 x 30 # 27 Old Window

September 30 x 30 # 27 Old Window

The reference was from Pinterest tightly cropped and changed.  There was a cat on the ledge between the pots...but it really looked a bit corny so hid him behind another pot inside .

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 25 Star

September 30 x 30 # 25 Star

The reference for this piece was from this week's WDE Hosted by Kreative 
This beautiful cat caught my eye.. so regal.

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 20 Cat Walk

September 30 x 30 # 20 Cat Walk

I think this is Ludwig crawling on Tamara's shelf.  Taken quite a while ago  with very little lighting. Was attracted to the huge huge shadow and the play of light.

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 17 Cat on the Ledge

September 30 x 30 # 17 Cat on the Ledge

A few weeks ago my daughter went o a weekend seminar in Ein Kerem at a Monastery. This is a crop of one of her shots.. I liked the interaction of the various textual patterns.

Pencil sketch 5 x 7 

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 10 Cat

September 30 x 30 # 10 Cat

This is the fourth pose of Traudi's cat.  She is amazing!!!

5 x 7 HB Mechanical Pencil

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 9 Cat

September 30 x 30 # 9 Cat

Another interesting pose!!!! This cat changed poses fast... I  think I shot these 4 shots  in less than 2-3 minutes!!!!

5 x7 HB Mechanical pencil

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 4

September 30 x 30 # 4

This is the second  of Traudi's cat... Was interested in the the negative spaces around her body and the interesting shapes. What strange positions this cat takes...

5 x 7 HB + 2B pencil

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 2 Cat

September 30 x 30 # 2 Cat

At a brunch at Traudi's I noticed her cat on a rag rug in several very interesting poses... I will be making several sketches of these poses. In this sketch I added a bit of color. I am enjoying doing these quick sketches... they are helping get back in the "creative" zone!!!

5 x 7 " Pencil sketch

added colored pencil