Wednesday, September 12, 2012

# 34 Shed Door

This was done for WDE Sept 7 2012 hosted by Kay aka kreativeK

Shed door  Format Corrugated cardboard with 2 coats of gesso 25.5 x36  Oil pastels with turps
About 1 1/2 hours
This is work in progress... need a bit of tweaking...

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# 33 Antique Shop Door

This was done for WDE Sept 7 2012 hosted by Kay aka kreativeK

Shadows on the door... Format duplex board with 2 coats of gesso 21x19.7 A4 oils wet on wet about 2 hours

Reference photo of a closed antique shop... Loved the way the shadow of the tree fell on the different areas changing their color.  Have to tweak the area under the flowered pot... and maybe make Chester a bit darker!!!
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# 32 Fall Aspens

This was done for WDE Sept 7 2012 hosted by Kay aka kreativeK

Fall Aspens in New Mexico  24x31 Format: cardboard [2layers] with 2 coats of gesso

WIP after  2ours  wasn't satisfied with the foliage so scraped and cleaned it off,
Still find wet on wet quite a challenge and have come to the conclusion that each painting may have different methods of how to start. was trying out a new method where I start with the most vulnerable areas to keep them clean... this method may be good for more simple subjects... not for foliage

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After another hour. Still not happy with the foliage... May try a different method.

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Peeking through the trees.. Chester... part of the WDE challenge