Tag: acrylic on canvas
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Realism and Abstract Tussling in my Brain
I finished this portrait in my A3 portrait practise sketchbook. I started her yesterday, and I wasn’t really liking the way she was going, but I came back to her today and brought her to a conclusion. A Cassandra for our times. No-one will listen to her. When I moved onto the second canvas, which…
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More Hands
Another varied day in my studio thanks to this idea of trying to do art before everything else. I wasn’t quite as disciplined this morning, but I caught myself and got back on track. I made a concertina sketchbook yesterday, and it’s brilliant. I did some fun play in there, and that got the juices…
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Disrupt the Line
I decided to act on an idea that has been brewing, and spent most of my time today prepping canvases with gesso, and then I got some of them to the stage of having a red ground, and I got the first drawing down onto one of them, mostly so I have something more interesting…
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Mute Pink
I pulled this one out again, and started trying to fix what was bothering me about it. The skin tones were too pink, a hazard when you are obsessed with red grounds. I still don’t think I am happy, but I am happier than I was with it, and it was certainly a better experience…
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And Then There Were Three
I worked on things that can’t be posted yet, and also brought this triple set on a bit. Til the morn, Suzanne 673/700
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Canine Intervention
My sometimes lodger on canvas. I will try not to fiddle with this any more, because I could so easily lose the likeness. Til the morn, Suzanne 670/700
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Extremities I and II
I don’t think a painting is ever finished, but I have called time on these, beaten my deadline by a day, and written up and submitted the forms for their inclusion in the small works section of an annual exhibition. More on that in the new year. Ta da. Also, I am amused by today’s…
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Nearly There
This one is almost, almost finished. Just a couple of tiny adjustments that I am noticing in the photo. The pair to this canvas is needing a bit more work, so I am aiming to finish both tomorrow, which will be a day ahead of the deadline I set myself. Clever me. I suspect the…
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Dragging Myself to the Finish Line
I am within touching distance of the finish line with this one, and the painting that is its pair. I’m really hoping I can get the finger out tomorrow and resolve both of them. Ran out of daylight again for the photo, but that’s life here in Scotland in December. Til the morn, Suzanne 663/700
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Knuckle Down
I worked on a few different canvases today, and I was avoiding these two, which are under my self-imposed upcoming deadline, but I did pick them up and do some work on them, so I can pat myself on the back for that. They are looking a bit washed out in the photos which is…
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30×30 Incoming
As it turns out the judging thingy I was trying not to think about yesterday wasn’t yesterday. The dates are listed in a confusing way, and I’m not quite sure if yesterday was anything at all. Nothing happened, and it looks like the actual date is around the same day I have a self-imposed, sorta,…
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December Already
Batching the 12×12″ canvases today, and I played around with the colours on this one. In my sketchbook the painting that inspired this one was a very limited palette, and I have extended the palette a little, which I am starting to enjoy. I really like the version in the sketchbook, but this one looks…
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