Tag: figurative painting
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Morning Painting
The heatwave has passed, and I got up early this morning and opened the windows to let some cool air in. This is the first time I’ve opened the windows for two weeks, because of the pollution from the fire at Ladybank. I’m not convinced all that has cleared, but the house was needing some…
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Colour Joy
Today’s share is from today’s 100 Day Project. I started out with a ground using Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold, which is a Golden paint that was discontinued a wee while back, leaving many folk scrambling to get hold of some before all the stock went. I have a wee stash, but what’s the point of…
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Sensory Overload
Today has been a LOT. I am struggling with the smell and my allergies are going mad with the stench still blanketing us from the rubbish facility that is miles away. I feel so bad for the people living close to the place because if it’s affecting me this much, they must be in absolute…
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Always Find Time
I had almost no time today for painting due to other commitments, which is quite unusual, but I managed a twenty minute session with my sketchbook, so all is not lost. Til the morn, Suzanne 814/900
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Smudging
Today’s share is a 100 Day Project 6×6″ canvas with a couple of layers of charcoal and clear gesso. I am trying, on this tiny scale, to build layers of charcoal marks for the figure drawing. I might still paint, or I might use soft pastels, or pan pastels. This week’s colour obsession is raw…
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Sketching Day
Today’s share is my daily page in my A3 sketchbook. I was in the mood for sketching today, rather than full painting. Our election result finally tallied after 1am, and the last result was needed to define who came second, and is therefore effectively the opposition. For the first time in the life of the…
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Purdah
Today’s sketchbook practice. It’s election day here in Scotland, and also in Wales, and some parts of England are voting in local council elections, so today marks the last day of purdah. I find it interesting the word for the pre-election period, and the tradition of political neutrality from the civil service and other bodies,…
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The Red Darkness
Today’s share is from my 100 Day Project, returning to a palette and look that I really enjoy. Til the morn, election day, Suzanne 809/900
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Floccing Success
Today’s share is from my A3 sketchbook. I was using up paint on the palette after spending some time in a different sketchbook working on some ideas. I used a big shitty brush and gestural movements, and I like how this one came together. Flocculation update: it worked 🙂 I need to rethink my receptacles,…
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Self Care
This is from today’s 100 Day Project session, so it’s a tiny person. This is the underpainting value study, as I have an idea for a colour story with this one. Everything is roughly where it should be, so this one goes on the nearly-done pile. Til the morn, Suzanne 793/800
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Hot Mix
Today’s 6×6″ canvas utilised a palette of delicious colours resulting from some colour experiments. I have made a bunch of notes of ways to push this combination further. There are only three colours in this mix plus white. Til the morn, Suzanne 791/800
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Warm and Cool
This is naples yellow and a cerulean blue, two colours that are never the same depending on which brand they come from. This particular combination makes me happy, which is a shame because the tube of naples yellow is about to make it’s last blob on the palette, and the new tube is a different…
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