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 # 19 Face at the Window

September 30 x 30 # 19 Face at the Window

One of my own reference photos with a tight crop and some Photoshop filters.

Pencil Sketch 5 x 7

90 grm Canson Sketchpad

Sketchbook 3

Sketchbook  3

First some sketches I made a while ago... actually quite a while ago....

 Bottles and Brushes

View of neighbors houses

Simple still life

Tomatoes in a bowl

Recently learned of this challenge from Making a Mark by Katherine Tyrrell .  Haven't used my flickr account in a while and since I am always on the lookout for challenges that can keep my creative juices flowing.  This is a challenge called Every day in May.  They have a complete list  for the daily sketches!!! Really neat!!!

Day One   Favorite Food

One of my favorite food is the simple pita bread. Fresh and warm 

dipped in olive oil and zarta past

Olives on the side!!!

Day 2  A tree nearby

On the border of our yard a large Cypress Tree or as we call them Brosh

Day 3 Curtains

Curtain from my computer  room.

# 55 Pots on Traudi's Window Sill Workshop

# 55 Pots on Traudi's Window Sill

Brunch at Traudi's is always a special event.  So many surprise dishes and tastes.  Sitting in the kitchen nook and looking out at the pastoral views.  I took a lot of window shots for inspiration.  Loved how the curtains made an instant frame for the pots and mobile.

Oils on 45 x 34.5 wrapped canvas

Palette knife

Workshop # 53 Traudi's Window

Workshop # 53  Traudi's Window

Another in my window series... took a lot of photos at Traudi's lovely home... this one is in the bathroom... Did some cropping and manipulations to fit my format...
Oils and charcoal drawing.. I did pre-mix my colors and tried to paint colors shapes and not to fiddle too much....I really want to get to finish a painting in one session..

29 x 35 cm Oils on wrapped canvas painted with palette knife with some charcoal drawing...

 sketch

first stage

Workshop # 51 Lisbon Nook

Workshop # 51  Lisbon Nook

I have had this reference  photo for ages... I had downloaded it from a  WDE event last November from wetcanvas . These a Weekly Drawing Events that start on Friday and continue all week. The event was hosted by Wendy aka Sundiver.. This event had wonderful photos some I downloaded and hope to paint.. The reference library has thousands of wonderful photos posted by its members, me included.  In order to download images you have to be a member and have posted at least 3-4 posts on the various forums..

I loved the subtle colors of this reference. Although I changed some of them.  Did this in stages in my weekly workshop. I tend to work several simultaneously.

30 x 30 cm   Oils on wrapped canvas using a palette knife.

Final

One of the stages

Painting Flowers with Leslie I

Painting Flowers with Leslie I

This month I decided to jump in and take an "online" course with Leslie Saeta... this month painting flowers. A beautiful bouquet of white flowers on the window sill. I always loved the simplicity of Leslie's paintings and hope to learn more about her pre-mixing and palette knife technique.

These post will be work in progress.... so first the sketch.... On gessoed cardboard... 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 " It's a bit cut off..... panel is slightly larger than my scanner head... but you can get the general idea...

Now to start color mixing!!!

Workshop #45 Jug on Elisheva's Window Sill

More on windows!!! Moving inside showing the window sill with a bit of still life. 30 x 30 oils on wrapped canvas.  So far this is one of my favorites.

Decided to give this an up-lift...

30 x 30 oils on wrapped canvas



Workshop #44 Fall Window

Fall has always been my favorite seasons, especially the fall in New England and other parts of the eastern coast. Here in Israel fall is very subtle... no stunning changes in colors... and very short. This painting was very frustrating... it went through several layers,scraping off...new layer... sanding etc.   I was almost ready to trash it...Well somehow it came through..30 x 30 oils on wrapped canvas.

30 x 30 oils on wrapped canvas

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 #42 Outside the Window

Every Tuesday our workshop meets at our local community center.... We work in the main auditorium...  One wall is completely glass windows and doors..overlooking an enclosed courtyard.  This painting is based on one of the photos I made of one section.  Oils on 30 x 30 cm wrapped canvas....brush and palette knife....

Oils on wrapped canvas 30 x 30 cm 

Workshop Old Doors Windows and Walls

This September we again meet in the community center every Tuesday morning.  New beginnings after a very long and sad summer.  Decided it was about time to take out the 10 small canvases  30 x 30 cm I bought at a sale a few months ago.

I love old buildings, houses, walls etc.  Found some wonderful images on the Wetcanvas  Reference Image Library..   These were built up slowly using a quite limited palette of my chromatic black that I make from raw umber and ultramarine blue, ultramarine blue, white and yellow ochre.  Worked mainly with the palette knife.  After each layer did a bit of sandpapering. May do it again on these three.... to soften some of the areas.

 Oils on 30 x 30 wrapped canvas

Door and Wall

 Oils on 30 x 30 wrapped canvas

Two Windows

 Oils on 30 x 30 wrapped canvas

Wide Door and Window

30 in 30 Day 15

Looking Through

Crayons on grey pressed cardboard

8" x 8 "

Day 11 30 in 30 Challenge

Leslie's 30 in 30 challenge 

20 x 25 cm

Oils on gessoed cardboard

Another image of Mishmish looking out the kitchen window.... Mishmish in Hebrew is apricot and out side is an apricot tree... imagine a tree... anyway the tree fell in the last snow storm...

Bit off more than I can chew on this one....  Oils with palette knife on gessoed cardboard.