Back in the Studio Again!

Back In The Studio Again!

Yea!!!!!

It's been about two weeks since I've painted

and I sure felt rusty when I started this morning.

I went outside and picked tulips and various types of daffodils and had every intention of making several still life set ups and painting all of them today.

Well. . .

things didn't go exactly according to plan.

(Do they ever?)

First problem -

no canvases primed, toned or ready to go.

It's always a great idea to have a few canvases already toned and ready to go so when you get the inspiration, you can actually paint.

 So, why do you tone a canvas.

Many artists tone canvases so the warmth or the cool colors show through the painting rather than that bright white.  

Burnt sienna is often a color used, or a light grey.

I went for a greyish purple because I wanted the color to contrast with the orangish-yellow daffodils.

If you go to your color wheel and look at the color opposite it, that is a complementary color, and they work well together.

So I knew what I wanted in these paintings so that tole me what color to tone my canvases.

 

    Next I put a lot of different colors I would be using in the paintings and then went over the paint very softly with my wet hake brush blending all together.

I used several different color schemes and on the top left, I got  the paint really wet and let it drip. 

I don't know where I'll go with that one,

but it's ready when I am.

I have several different size blue Ball jars in my stash of props

and I love to paint them.

 I set up several still lifes using the various jars and flowers.

 

 If one is good, two must be great, right!

 Then three must be near perfect.

Unfortunately,

since I haven't painted for a while,

I struggled with the first one so badly,

I wiped it off.

But I did get something I wasn't quite ready to torch.

 Any way,

here is today's efforts.

Nothing else is coming out of hiding.

Have a great day.