“Rhythm” Abstract Art Painting in Oils on a canvas panel. 9”by 12”
Too cool for you"? or not cool enough? One thing tho when it comes to both, Music and Art one can’t survive with out the other. Here is “Rhythm” Abstract Art, Painting in Oils on a canvas panel. 9” by 12” sometimes, I paint with out the music, rarely…
I do Other stuff…but I mean one thing a time
Smile life is a trip
“Letting go”
Flowers and vase painting Size 3” by 3” History about artwork: Letting go of the old and embracing the new, self acceptance is a beautiful thing!
Titled: “Stubborn”
This is the Sister painting ACEO, the use of high key colors, not paint beauty but what we see” Titled: “Stubborn” Size 3” by 3” History about artwork: Using stubbornness to comply with positive.
“in your shoes”
Learning to be up building rather than tear others apart, it has to come from training the heart.
“Practice”
Modern approach to dancers at the park practicing, their arabesque and balance as well as stretching, had the opportunity to take a couple of pictures, with the help of a friend.
The beginning of a series of future paintings will have the both of them” soon! A simple study a sketch in action of the model.
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Size is 2.5” by 3.5” The miniature lets me revise where could be improving, as well as position test, colors etc.
work in progress
Painting size is 24” by 36” made in oils using the technique Italian term “Alla prima” also known as wet in to wet.
History about Artwork: This painting is a dream not long ago where, established and plotted different ideas, the blue jay is a bird that in repeated occasions has being seeing all over along with the red cardinal.
Please note:this painting has of course an exaggerated flower, and a calm peaceful sky ~ and it will be titled “Hope” or “The gift of”…not sure yet … on the mean time is my greatest pleasure to show you part of the process.
With an accurate color scheme the process becomes much easier, If is possible doing skin tests on the palette until you get the right mixture. Remember that you are not only doing a portrait, but a human being. It is also important to record which colors where combined to utilize in the portrait since not everyone has the same skin tone.
For this portrait we started with a simple sketch with burnt sienna, burnt umber a little mixture of yellow ochre. This is just for the preliminary sketch with out measuring and adding, in this portrait the face factions are done later on, everything goes by view of the muscle instead and of course relying heavily in the measurements of the human head or better say anatomy.
When it comes to eyes, think open orbit, the bones, muscles and inside the eyes, their texture, remember the softness, with out forgetting eye lids, not to miss the shadow when it comes to the muscle, remember the out side light and how it reflects, jumps from your eye back to the object and from the object back….
This is just the technical part of making a portrait a little information. Because I know repetition is important, as well as passion for sharing, teaching and learning to progress, this is all practice and error so it is, we continue painting, pushing the brush for our sake, because we need to…
Painting coming a long and drying wile at it…. time to start another watercolor.
I like to introduce you to a new oil painting. Still Life in Oils 12” by 12” and for the obvious playing with the background which is painted simultaneously with the still life, aiming for texture and a good color scheme letting it rest or stepping back .
Working from photographs, but ahh que mas da, tengo que jugar con lo que esta a mi alcance en el momento si al verlo te hace feliz, lo demas no importa~
Titled “timid”
Today a beautiful day and sunny! this bouquet of roses flowers from my neighbors yard. Hard to resist a decision had to be made. Sketched under the sun, noticed they are huge like peonias* but with less petals…
The beautiful pink colors still can’t be mimic by paint. Holding the brush straight as if a charcoal and giving a straight forward response with the brush to mimic form… and there you have it!
The painting measures about 7” by 8” drying happily at the moment .
This is the song that inspired the process… hope you enjoy!
remember to continue creating!
“on the Atsion lake”
Say yes to random! see what else is there in your reference photos? There is a vast potential for more than just one painting in one single photo, action painting is a way of keeping your mind, fresh and full of ideas.
For this painting Anders Zorn came back to mind a master in completing he's figures with a limited palette and whom I’ve had the pleasure to study for the past several years. The randomness in action of must of he’s nudes figures gave me the zing to try this one out, abstracting as much as possible every trace of detail.
Miniature Oil sketch painting landscape
Today wile running errands took a second look at the same spot behind the nearby department store. This beautiful Idea came up wile the image was still fresh in mind, allowing to be painted from memory and with freedom to do some changes with out relying in a reference photo or camera.
The purpose also record the end of summer, wile the trees are in full green and the sky looks like if it never rained.
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Bailando tango
The not so simple task of composition in a developing painting, some come out as paintings some don’t make it… but the idea is passed on to the next, at the moment re arrange or positioning the figures in the case of the sketch, 9” by 8” how both subjects interact with each other is important. The idea for the next oil painting. After, the 20” watercolor is finished, put on hold for the past weeks since my health being on a storm.
Explaining in details the technical part of painting is important, gives an idea to the viewer about the research, time dedicated and value.
Use small paintings for larger scale paintings, it will help you to plan a head and with time, as well as to choose a color palette and correct your previous mistakes. It will give more strength to your drawings, and must importantly, will help you in your composition.
Each painting should be looked as a continuation of the previous, if you dabble in watercolors or any other medium, use it as a preview of what’s next in your painting projects.
The canvas irregularity's made this painting a challenge. nevertheless, The Lilly now sits happily drying. The background greens and darks makes it to stand out. This painting will be done for sure again in a larger scale.
Born out of the inspiration from this resent watercolor painting, where the flower sits down on a teacup.
