Tag: acrylic painting
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Gisèle
‘It’s not for us to have shame – it’s for them.’ Gisèle Pelicot acrylic on wood panel 12×12″ Til the morn, Suzanne 270/300
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She’s Almost Here
The pic is a little off because the daylight ran out, but this is where I got to today. I’m very nearly finished, just another hour is probably all I need, so I will be finished tomorrow. I had a crisis of confidence this morning and decided I would not be finishing the painting by…
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Portrait with Hands
I spent several hours on this, and I am hoping that I will get her finished tomorrow, and maybe, just maybe, get another 12×12″ board filled with something. In between working on this precious portrait, I put a ground down and some background stencilling on another board, so it’s just a case of invoking a…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Let Them Cook
I have a bunch of unfinished paintings and projects, and I used to give myself a hard time about finishing things, but I am now embracing the idea of having lots of unfinished things that are simply cooking until I feel moved to come back to them. This one has been cooking for ages, and…
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Clown Paint
I pulled this out of the unfinished stack and did a little work on her this morning. I didn’t have a lot of time as we had visitors today, but she’s back on the easel with a fresh pair of eyes, and I think she’ll probably end up with a fresh pair of eyes. Til…
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Woman With Fringe
All the sketches and paintings and play that danced out of a single reference photo, and across the pages of this blog, are part of the story of this finished painting. I think we get caught up in the presentation of art on social media as being fast, instant, easy, and maybe that’s true for…