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Todays doodle by Schiros: From drawing to painting

Todays doodle by Schiros: From drawing to painting: After watering Lines and Painting A local art supply and gallery Boundless Arts has an open studio once a month, which is a g...

From drawing to painting

After watering

Lines and Painting

    A local art  supply and gallery Boundless Arts has an open studio once a month, which is a great get together time for artist. 
A still life is set up and everyone can paint or draw it, or work on what ever they please in the company of friends.
This time I decided to combine drawing and art. I used Derwent Woodless Aquatone watercolor pencils, violet and yellow to draw the still life, pushing myself a little bit more, used only parallel lines. Using parallel lines keeps me focused on my line work and offers a consistency to the work.  With watercolor pencils it is easy to turn your sketch in to a painting, just brush over the lines with a wet brush.  Finished up with a focal point of the fish in light red.  Another pencil I like by Derwent is the Inktense with these once dry, the color is permanent and can be worked over with other media.
Time for art is great, time with friends and art is priceless.

Before watering

New from Old

Ok this is done now.

  I like to leave a painting that I think is complete, setting out where I can view it daily for a while.  Often paintings I thought were done when I first put the brushes away, tell me a different story after viewing for a while.  Even paintings that do look finished will give me ideas for a new painting.  This is an example of one that I thought was done but as it set out it realized it need more.
Another reason I like to view them is to see if they keep my interest, it is a huge part of a good painting. 

This is a follow up to that last blog the painting that started a small series, and in the end the original even changed.

And Then There was Three

the third of three, 10 by 8 inch oil on canvas panel

The other night I got out the water based oils and did a practice, the basic still life. 

Not having use oils in a while decided to keep going, but on another painting.  So I decide to see where I could go with the same basic objects, and one addition.  The addition was the fun object that really got me going.  So now there three and I see a little series getting started here.  

the first of three 10 by 8 inch oil on canvas panel

the second of three 10 x 8 inch oils

One more adventure in printing

White ink on Black paper

  

  I have 2 more weeks to my printing class; it is going by so fast. The class is at The Flint Institute of Arts, and is taught by Bill Stolpin, great teacher check out his web site:  http://www.stolpinart.com/
  The class started with easy print methods, using scratch foam, and easy cut rubber, both fun and easy to work with.   We moved on to lino cuts and wood cuts, which are harder but can give you great detail.  Of course now I look at everything and think huh can I carve and print that.  

   Found out cheap foam plates work, don’t last long but you can get a few prints out of them.  Last night I noticed some kids craft foam, and had to give it a try.  Well it was no fun to carve just wanted to crumple up, but being stubborn did it anyways.  I did it but don’t plan to do another, really not worth the work involved. Got an interesting print out of it and just thought I would share.  

white ink on red paper

 

Also here is my very first woodcut, there will be more to come of this method.

black in on white paper

on red paper