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

The Wall

This is another of my newsprint collages.  It took many turns pasting and removing elements. My original conception based loosely on a photo I took of a blooming pink tree with an interesting gate took a different turn as art often does. Don't know if it is finished but am posting while it still sits and I can read and tell if I want to tweak.  The last stage I went over the image with transparent oils, sap green and alizarin crimson to unify the image.

Newsprint collage + oils

50 x 35 cm

on cardboard

Various stages

started color

repasted newsprint

more color

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