Horsha Painting # 2

This painting was based on Sketch # 2 of Leslie's 30 x 30 challenge this past September. I will be doing a series of paintings from my little gray sketch book.

Oils on Cut Canvas

30 x 22 cm

Palette Knife

I did photograph some of the stages, Looking back the first stage was doing OK until I messed it up making the blotches way too dark. I then opened them up by adding a new layer of varying grays. I don't seem to have saved the reference which wasn't of the Horsha near my home,

Stage 1

Stage 2

Charcoal Sketch

What works in one medium doesn't automatically work in another! 

Watching

This simple collage was inspired by one of the photos I took at a lookout in Moshav Amirim.
It was an overcast morning so no sunrise... white sky.
Part of my experimentation with collage especially newsprint with added drawing and painting,

Newsprint collage on cardboard

Graphite drawing plus wash

5o x 35 cm

First Plein Air

I recently joined an Art Association [Hebrew]for my area. One of the activities is going out and painting or sketching in Plein air.  This was my first painting done in an open field near the Yahud cemetery.

Flatlands around our area.  I may tweak this in the future to put more contrast in the trees.  I am really not good at tweaking and it usually ends up worse than it is.  I liked how the tree silhouetted against the sky.

Oils on canvas wrapped on cardboard

30 x 40 cm

Thirty in Thirty Day 24 Landscape Fantasy

I am coming to the end of the start cutouts from my old collages.  This is crayons on a newsprint collage that also had crayons on it.  Had no idea what to call it ... so named it Landscape Fantasy. I really had fun doing these, wish I had more to cut up.

Crayon sketch on paper collage on cardboard

6 x 8"

Thirty in Thirty Day 20 Mountain Trail

This composition reminds of a mountain trail.  Another done with a cutout from collage on cardboard, with added crayon work. It's fun working with sections from old projects.

Crayon work on cutout collage

6 x 8 "

Thirty in Thirty Day 18 Violet Landscape Melody

This is another painted with leftovers from my charts.  An imaginary landscape. It was all violets, purples.and pinks. Photographed it this morning and ready to post.  But then, looked it over and thought I should spark it with some yellows or oranges... don't know if I did the best thing. I am so expert at ruining a good start. Next time I'll try editing changes in Photoshop to SEE if they really work.

Final Tweak

Violet Landscape Melody

Canvas wrapped on cardboard

8 x 6 "

Heleni thought the oranges and yellows a bit too strong so I muted thm a bit...

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

Thirty in Thirty Day 9 Cutout Landcape

This is another of the cutouts that I made while cutting a previous collage painting on cardboard. As you can see the paper was fraying in several spots.  

Like the idea of painting over paper and now looking over the process, I think I will continue investigating the process. Meanwhile, I was interested in reusing the cardboard for the 30 in 30.   Some of the sections being used as startups.

This turned into some kind of mountain scene. Tore away pieces of frayed paper and continued to color using my Caran d'Ache neocolor I crayons.  I did add a few highlights in oil and cold wax. Found that oils with wax would work nicely on these cutout sections.

Crayon on cardboard collage section

6 x 8 "

Thirty in Thirty Day 7 Abstract Landscape

This is another cutout from a previous collage. Used my oil wax crayons, Caren d"ache neo color I, mainly because the oils didn't work well on the thin newsprint paper. May experiment with oils and cold wax on some others and see if it works.

Crayons on collage cutout on cardboard

6 x 8 "

September 30 x 30 # 22 Train and Tree

September 30 x 30 # 22 Train and Tree

Another screenshot from a film about the Trans Siberian Railway.. Didn't scan before adding the color which doesn't really enhance it.... some make it some don't...

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

September 30 x 30 # 6 Cedar Cove

September 30 x 30 # 6 Cedar Cove
even
Another sketch from a reference from the TV series Cedar Cove.... I know the show is a bit "kitschy" but even "kitsch" can be relaxing....  Loved this scene of a group watching the day go by!!!

5 x 7 Pencil Sketch

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

Workshop # 60 Abstract Landscape

Workshop  # 60 Abstract Landscape

I still feel that I jumping into a new field (pool) of painting without really knowing how to swim... but with this painting it started from a sketch that I did years ago for Wetcanvas All Media Art events Sept 28th  hosted by mlou_jhu in 2012.  The Yosemite sketch.

First Draft

oils & cold wax

11 x 14 "

Final

oils & cold wax

gessoed cardboard

11 x 14 "

Workshop # 59 Abstract Landscape

Workshop  # 59 Abstract Landscape

This painting has a history/story. It started out as an exercise from an online workshop by Richard Robinson but was discarded and put in the closet. Here is what I did with the lesson.  Well in short one day I was looking for something and came across one of  the studies and decided to over paint in a more abstract fashion and try to learn the use of some cold wax I had made.  More about how I got interested in cold wax under the work.

Oils on canvas

35 x 28 cm

Cold Wax 

Palette Knife

Canvas from Archive

At first I thought of using it portrait format but it didn't work so I scraped and continued landscape format

Final Painting

First I want to thank  a few artists that introduced me to this new medium,  Sue Marrazzo, Doris Vasek and 

Kathy Elliot  for their support and tips.

Last January I took part in Leslie Seata's 30 painting in thirty days.  During that time I met on line some very interesting abstract work using a medium cold wax. This perked my interest and I started to search for more info about this medium. I have had an interest in abstract work and love the palette knife so thought the technique would be a new exploration in my journey.  Couldn't find any of this medium in any stores but did find a site with recipes and luckily my daughter had some beeswax flakes so I made my first batch, probably not so kosher but that's what I have.   Made a few attempts that didn't really pan so it was put aside till I started on this old canvas.  

I am pretty happy with the result. Love working with texture and scraped and putting on. I am really excited about using this new medium!!!   

Workshop # 54 Potato Field

Workshop # 54 Potato Field

Before going to the painting I want to share a great site that my painter friend Meredith sent me... Savvypainter podcasts.... I am addicted.....very inspiring.... I even painted and listened at the same time. great to be exposed to so many painters and their thoughts and work process.

This another painting from WDE events last November hosted by Wendy aka Sundiver the Potato Field . Decided to post the stages of the painting.. so I can track the WIP.

Oils on 2 30 x 30 cm wrapped canvas using palette knife.... They can viewed as one piece or each as a separate piece.

Finished

stage 2

After sanding

stage 1

January 30 x 30 Challenge # 27 Blocked View II

January 30 x 30 Challenge  # 27 Blocked View II

This is a close up of the blocked view. There is now construction going on that is blocking this view, See Post 7 Lost view.  I cropped in so close that the image was pixelated... I would really like to do this in a more abstract way.. its a bit trivial...suggestions welcome!!!

20 x 20 Heavy Brown paper. Neocolor I wax pastels plus medium.

January 30 x 30 Challenge #1 Drainage Pool View

January 30 x 30 Challenge  Hamei Yoav   View of Drainage Pool

A new year and a new art challenge!!! So Happy New Year to all and good luck on the challenge!!! A special thanks to Leslie for letting us participate in these unique challenges!!!

A time to put our creative juices running.   This is my third challenge and I am very excited first because of the subject and second is that I find myself less stressed then in previous challenges.   This time I will be using various media and formats, mostly small, mainly oils, crayons (Caran d'ache Neo Color I ) and maybe just pencil or charcoal sketches. My motto will be three S'es  Small  Simple Spontaneous.

My subject this time is Hamei Yoav our favorite spa..... with natural sulfur hot baths.... so this will give me a wide range of images which will include landscapes, trees and foliage, people, ducks and geese, and maybe even cats..... The spa is in the south near Kiryat Gat  and Ashkalon about a 45 minute drive.

My first entry is a general view of the fenced in drainage pool.  There is a nice walkway around the pool as well as umbrellas and chairs and tables for those that want to be outside.  The pool also is the home of many ducks and geese.

30 x 20 cm  Heavy Brown Paper Caran D'ache neocolor I, water resistant wax pastels and regular ballpoint pen.

 Hidden under the labels is a link to Location and a google map... Its quite huge so in order to get where you are you have to make it smaller... so I pasted a small image of my location... Blue circle is starting point and red balloon is the spa.

Workshop #43 View from Window

Another of my window series.  30 x 30  oils on wrapped canvas.  I am not sure that this is done, but was told not to touch it..... But in the spirit I am posting!!!

30 x 30 Oils on wrapped canvas

 

Workshop # 40 -41 Watching the River

As you can see I have started to number ALL my paintings whether they were done in my workshop sessions or smaller daily (I wish) at home.  Every painting deserves its place....  The ones done in my workshop usually take 2 or more sessions and I usually work on several at the same time.

These two are 2 views of a reference photo taken this past fall in Greece, both in different approaches.... My main objective was to simplify the  overwhelming amount of information and detail in the reference image.
The first was a close crop of the figures against the river.  Oils on 35 x 35 gessoed cardboard. Several layers with some sand papering between each. Worked with both brushes and palette knife.

Oils on cardboard 35 x 35

I am posting the second painting but I am not sure that it is DONE. After sanding the first layer I added the figures and some branches to the painting to continue working in my next session. To my surprise Heleni said not to add anymore details and that it was finished.  I am still not sure and feel the need to go back in....maybe defining the background, added branches and figures  If anyone out there would like to share their input it would be much appreciated. This was done on a dark earth red toned cardboard. 

35 x 50 cm.  Oils on cardboard

Workshop Landscape on Hard Pressed Cardboard

I have been experimenting with this new format which is a hard 1/8" thick grey cardboard... I use mostly oils which take on a new quality because the format absorbs much of the oil and it dries faster allowing work in several layers... I use brush and palette knife. In this image I also used wax/oil crayons.  Painted on an red ochre background. 

38 x 52 cm

Workshop He Walked Through the Fields III

In this previous post   He Walked Through The Fields  I was not satisfied with just the two tones so I decided to change it adding the touch of greens.  Felt the sky was too blue and added colors to the fields

 Original

Reworked

Oil on stretched canvas 50 x 70 cm. A fragmented approach to the landscape near the spa Hamei Yoav.