Thrummie Bizzum

Category: Studio Diary

  • Paint What (Who) You Love

    Paint What (Who) You Love

    That’s the advice I keep seeing in this place or that place where people are talking about developing your art. Paint what you love. That’s what I have been doing today, continuing on with the portrait I started yesterday. iykyk Til the morn, Suzanne 267/300

  • Massive Crown

    Massive Crown

    I’m continuing in the current motivated phase, which I am thoroughly enjoying, and today I finished the portrait I started the other day, and did the first main chunk of work on yesterday. 12×16″ oil on paper I immediately started working on another painting. It not a class, and I only sketched in the underpainting,…

  • Oily Practise

    Oily Practise

    I carried on with my portrait in oils with the interesting eye-roll reference. I think she’s done for now, although I might come back and fiddle a bit more, but for now I am happy with this exercise. I was thinking about my Word of the Year today – practise – and the way I…

  • Eye Roll First Pass

    Eye Roll First Pass

    Lots still to do with this one, but I got further than I expected, and I’m quite happy with how it is going. Til the morn, Suzanne 264/300

  • Let The Paint Flow

    Let The Paint Flow

    I’m firing on all cylinders today, and I’m thoroughly thankful for such a productive and enjoyable day. I painted all day. I painted all day. I’m savouring that, it was perfect. I prepped four wood panels that are potentially going to become paintings for an art call. I have no idea what I want to…

  • Feet

    Feet

    I did not spend a lot of time on art today, but I did bring this little project along a bit. I was hoping to get it finished, but that didn’t happen. I had to laugh tho, because the other day I prepped a bunch of surfaces for painting, and today there’s an artist call…

  • The Pixies Were Here

    The Pixies Were Here

    I spent today doing lots of surface prep, which means there’s basically some substrates with gesso, medium, or tinted gesso, which aren’t very exciting to post on a blog. I also spent a considerable chunk of time hunting for a small stash of collage pieces that I mislaid at some point. They’re for a specific…

  • Layers

    Layers

    I did not have a lot in the tank today, and just did a bit of work on this mixed media on cardboard project. Til the morn, Suzanne 259/300

  • Like Not Like

    Like Not Like

    Today sees the beginning of Art Every Day Month, and this will probably be the year that I can say Yes, I Did, because I’ve made daily art a priority, and I’m OK with that. Something that I’m still learning to be OK with is the art that doesn’t work, even though my logical brain…

  • Eye Roll in Magenta

    Eye Roll in Magenta

    I was going to blend out some of the watercolour just to soften the lines a little, but then more drips happened, and it is Samhain and Halloween, so I decided the harshness worked. A fun exercise. Til the morn, Suzanne 257/300

  • Complex Angle

    Complex Angle

    I’ve been working on this week’s Let’s Face It class today, and the reference is a deliciously challenging and complex angle. If you’ve been following along you’ll know that I’m a wee bit fond of complex poses, so I’m going with the artist’s choice of reference, but choosing my own colours. Before getting into the…

  • I’m Not Joking

    I’m Not Joking

    I performed surgery on her eyes and fiddled with some little details, and she’s finished. 12×16″ acrylic on canvas and I’ve named her I’m Not Joking. This painting, and the one I finished last week, go quite well together with their theme of young women reacting to men demanding they smile. Til the morn, Suzanne…