The Judge

Just about done with my latest lighthouse in watercolor. It is painted on Fredrix Watercolor Canvas.


A waiting Suzy's opinion.

Will let it sit for a while and look at it again. If it's acceptable, I will sign, mat and frame it.

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Kick in the Butt

Have just not been in the mood to paint lately. Now I need to decide if I want to hang more paintings at the Nines Restaurant or not. Rotation occurs Monday. Do I want to part with any more paintings I have at home? Guess that is the difference betwixt a hobbyist and a painter. I gave away three paintings this month. Two lighthouses and one rooster. Better start painting to fill the coffer.

I could add one or two paintings to my online gallery at Imagekind.com. Good idea. Thanks.

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Missing Inspiration

Besides me, myself and I having been missing for several months, my inspiration has been missing also. Since the loss of Freda, my desire to paint has been very limited or just plain gone.


She was my mentor.

I did try to work on two lighthouses, big surprise...



but I haven't had the desire. There were several other things that occupied my mind for a while. (Please see South of Tonight (∆±).) Hopefully mañana will bring some spark back into whatever creative talent I have.

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YES!! My New Business Suit?

Today I received my new business cards...



And a tee shirt with a piece of my art printed on it...


Walking billboard... "Need a painting?" Or maybe..." I paint lighthouses."

I got them both from VistaPrint at a VERY GOOD price .

The lighthouse is hanging in our home...



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Silhouette

As you can see, this is another lighthouse but in water soluble oils. Reading a little more about oil painting, I tried some under painting with Payne's grey, Prussian blue, Cerulean blue and French Ultramarine Blue. (I hope I can remember the colors. I left my painting diary at home.)



Prussian blue and French Ultramarine make up most of the sky. Dioxazine purple was used to create the background land masses and create some dark relief in the foreground. The land mass on the right may be too purple.



The moon and it's location happened to be a whim. I wanted to show my wife how easy it was to remove the paint. Using a paper towel, I randomly wiped out a bit of paint in the cloud. It looked good enough to keep. Using a cotton towel, I rubbed out more relief in the clouds. A little Burnt Sienna was used to highlight the clouds and perk up the sky.



I may have used Burnt Umber, a red and some Cadmium Yellow to create the color of the roofs. For the lights I think I used Cad. Yellow, Yellow ochre and Burnt Sienna. A little scratching on the water's surface gave the impression of reflected moonlight.



The tower at one time was very blue and dark. (I cannot find a photo of that tower at this time. It was hideous.) The finished tower is a combination of most of the colors used in the rest of the painting. Using a fine, two inch brush, I blended both the tower and the sky.

Even though this is an oil painting, I used some watercolor methods. I guess I still like using water in my paints.

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