Fushia flower from WDE on Wet canvas

Seems its been a long and hot summer.... workshop vacation for two months.... hard to get motivated... no excuses ... with the  beginning of  September and maybe some relief from the heat I am trying to get back into the swing,,, and develop a little more creative discipline... Recently I bought a workshop #24 on pre-mixing grays by Richard Robinson. I love working with grays but my first attempt was really not a success... got too carried away and it was just too muddy and fragmented.... I did do  a wde challenge  hosted by Connie done also using grays.... done on 400 gram cartridge paper ,next time I will coat the paper with either gesso or acrylic paint.... it also was quite dull so did a bit of  oil pastels and blended it with some medium. Size 19 x 19 cm 

Did a tight crop to the Fushia Flower  

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 With added oil pastel 

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Doing another landscape from the references that I got with the workshop.... next post... still disappointed  but not giving in!!!

WDE May 31 2013

Haven't taken part for quite awhile at the weekly All Media events at WetCanvas.  This week Maureen and the moderators put together a great group of images from the RIL..

I recently received  a great gift from Derwent  Art Academy!!! A box of 18 Ink Intense Pencils in a great wooden box!!! So I did one sketch trying out these new pencils!!!

Dramatic Church Landscape
20 x 15 on 400grm heavy stock

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Young girl from Namibian

A4 98 grm sketch pad with an HB pencil... Derwent of course!!!Always looking to improve my portrait sketching. Give this one an 8+!!!

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Still Life Studies

These are two still life studies inspired by the work of Giorgio Marandi.... Wikipedia
oils   palette knife  34 x 26 cm cloth covered kapa board.  Experimenting with various shades of grays /yellows/blues/violets

Light bottles on light background

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Dark bottles on light background

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