To Mention a Few

Vanished Friends

 

Hi everybody and a Happy New Year to all!

This shows the progression of a page I

did for The Virtual Paintout for January 2015 where

 the theme for the entire month is Philadelphia.

We can upload up to 3 on the site each month

and this month I may only do one as I have

some other exciting classes to  attend.

Below is the initial pencil sketch done from a

Google Street view I found...that I liked

so many of the details and the two boys

on the steps....I darken the work to

upload so you can see it much better...but it

was quite light.

the next photo show the inking done and that is

also darkened...and not as easy to see as the

scan is. I included the pen which I like

for some work but it turned out it was too thin

for this one and I went over the lines in the end with my

favorite Uniball Vision waterproof fine pen.,,,it

gave me the punch I wanted.  Also I took

this whole work very slowly and you see some of the

notes I made of observations I wanted to

keep in mind. I don't usually do this and thought

 it helped me a lot. 

Here is the final work done in tube watercolors

using waterbrushes for most of it..This street

was tree lined and some people had plants

under the windows etc.  This place

 may have seeds started in the little

 plot by the steps.  The reflections were from

similar houses across the street and trees.

Since this is a small work, about

8 by 5 inches, I left out the coffee cup and

can of soda between the boys...

As I worked on this the song

The Streets of Philadelphia played

over and over in my head and other

thoughts combined to make this a statement

for me on the ones we knew and lost through

the years to the streets or elsewhere---each with

poignant memories and the hope that

all was as it had to be....

 

 

Texture Time

Below see watercolor painting spread of

textures I usually do with acrylics..

I could only do them as I wanted, if

I matte sprayed between layers of

applied texture...

 

Another texture work I love---a photo of

an old beaten boat in a boat school yard in

Eastport Maine....I am shooting upwards..

let me know if you look at

 this upload to Winnas World as I don't

think anyone looks at it

 and have been wicked lax in posting.

Lobster Cove Headlight

This is in the north western part of New Foundland where it is very rocky and the coastline much indented...from a CC photo by Lukester 878.....I wanted to try some sort of study with pastel
pencils I hardly ever touch as I am pretty clueless about them and pastel dust bothers me. One thing leads to another and the lighthouse  beckoned to be my subject to fool around with them.  I played way too much I think, as I felt freshness starting to escape...so that meant stop and here it is
done on toned paper....it was a learning time ....and that's always a good thing...I'd love to hear from you in the comments, if you've the time....the size of the image is 4" by 5"....

Quentin of Roseville

being a member of Julia Kay Portrait group I do

 a portrait every once in a while

and like to try different tools .....this is

using metallic gold and white pencils...

on black paper

Since it has a mysterious feel

 I liked it...although

it may not be the greatest likeness..

it is .......my "take"

If you're a first time visitor to this site

please enjoy looking around and leave a

comment ....

Color Play Page

 

all work on the right side of this

 blog are paintings I have done

 

 

 

Please notice to the right of this post is a place to click

to take you to my flickr site....

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this spread does not scan nor photo good...

if I get the scene side right then the color

tests are too dark....if I get

 the color tests right the scene page is too light....

But...here it is and you get the idea...

you see colors used in the Australia house etc but then

I added and added and then inked the shapes etc.

Kept me busy for awhile...

 

here is the Australian street view

not looking washed out

a shot of some of the many flags that whip around 

when you go to the Big E when it's darn cold. 

Backdoor Shadowplay

Don't forget to left click to see much larger

 

first there was pencil

then there was ink

 

then watercolors

This open door with shadows cast from an overhead

awning caught my eye at the old Mordasky

Homestead...the family I married into

eons ago....this back porch always had so many

plants to care for each day and no awning

back then...

Doors are a photo category I

will add to until my cold still

fingers can no longer

click the camera..

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