Mother and Baby Boy is an acrylic figure painting on canvas.
It can be purchased in my Miz Katie Etsy shop here.
Small to large size prints are also available here.
How I take photos of my paintings
before – dark and gloomy
As I said yesterday, I’m on a painting break. I’ve decided to spruce up my Etsy shops with new, improved photos. I finished up my Art by Katie Jeanne shop last week, and now I’m on to my Miz Katie shop.
after – lighter, brighter, prettier
Like I’ve said a few times now, I bought a new slr camera last summer. It has 24 megapixels, whereas my old Nikon only had 6 or 8. You probably already know that the more megapixels your camera has the larger the prints you can make. The higher the megapixels the better quality your photos will be, too. Long story short, I’m able to make much larger, better quality prints and photos now.
This is how I take photos of my paintings
I also bought new lighting last year, and have a photography table set up specifically for taking photos of my paintings. These were all big changes. I used to use my worktable to take photos of my work, and I’d have to clear it off every time I needed photos. Now I have a table in my office with a nice white lace tablecloth on it. It’s some different than that dark old paint stained table I was shooting on. My paintings look 100% better now. Don’t you agree?
before
Now
Slowly, but surely, all of my Etsy listings (roughly 1000, including all those expired. ack!) will have these new bright shiny photos in them. I just need time to retake all the photos of my paintings. Then there’s a little thing called editing each one in Photoshop. This is why I’m taking a studio break. It’s a long, daunting process, but so worth the time. Every time I see a listing with my old photos in it, I cringe. So dark and gloomy. I’m going to work my tail off until all my listings have these new lighter, brighter photos, even if it takes me all spring and summer to do it. Don’t worry. I’ll still be blogging. I’ll probably update you now and then on my progress.
It makes blogging soooo much easier
Abstract paintings that still need a lot of work, but I’m on a painting break right now. More on that tomorrow.
Sure signs of Spring.
Maudie and Harold
A small pile of heart rocks that my husband collected for me. Yes, this is only a small pile. You won’t believe how many heart rocks he has gathered for me. I feel so spoiled, and unworthy. I tell him that, but he just laughs, and brings me more.
Work table
Here’s the thing, sometimes I love my camera, and I take 500 photos a day. Literally. Other times, I completely forget I even own a camera. Weeks go by, and I take maybe 3 photos. This probably explains why my blog has been bursting with photographs this week, and other weeks, meh..not so much. I seriously need to keep up this pace. It makes blogging soooo much easier when I have photos to share. I don’t have to sit here, and think of something to write. What a relief.
Abstract painting in my art journal
One of my favorite things to do in my art journals is abstract painting. Nothing is expected of me, and I can experiment all I like without any worry of the outcome. (I don’t ever actually worry about the outcome of any of my artwork, but it’s still nice not to feel pressure to make something pretty) The texture on these pages, I wish you could feel it because it’s what makes these pages really special. I love to run my hand over the roughness of all the layers.
On the easel
This is the painting I posted last week titled Time Tested. I didn’t realize I had taken photos of it in progress or I would have posted this first. Oops!
I used to do a series called On the Easel, and I showed progress shots of a new painting just about every week. I fell out of doing that, but I’m thinking I should bring it back. I’m always looking for something to blog about. The hardest part for me is remembering to pick up the camera or phone while I’m working. Usually my hands are completely covered in paint, so I don’t like to stop, and clean up every few minutes. It interrupts the flow, and I tend to work very fast. I’ll try, tho..it might be fun, at least every once in a while.
In case you’re wondering, the kitties are home, and doing fine. They are even more hyper than usual, and keeping them quiet for the next 2 to 3 days is going to be tough. I think, at best, I can keep them away from Sweet Pea, but keep them quiet? I highly doubt it. So far, all they’ve wanted to do is run around, and wrestle, as if nothing happened. Maude just had Harold around the neck, choking him so hard he started coughing..I had to go separate them. haha
I have them up here in my office, but it’s a constant “dodge Mom and run FAST” every time I try to open the door..they want out, bad!! Other than feeling cooped up already, they seem like nothing ever happened. The only weird difference is the noise Harold keeps making..it’s like a constant little mrrrrow noise. He doesn’t seem in pain or anything..maybe it’s the meds making him more vocal than usual? Or maybe he has lots of stories he’s trying to tell me of his adventure to the vet for the first time?
I’ve been an emotional mess
Set of 6 4×4 acrylic abstract landscape paintings
Set No 1
It was an absolutely gorgeous 85F day here today. It was a little too warm for me. I had to dig out some shorts.
Maude and Harold kittens
My little babies are off to the vet today to be spayed and neutered. We were going to have it done last month, but decided to wait until they were a little bigger. It is surgery, after all. My stomach has been in knots. I worried all last night, and didn’t sleep well. I haven’t been away from them for more than an hour or two since November. The house is soooo quiet, and will be until they come back sometime tomorrow. Even though they have been creating complete chaos, and there’s never a dull or quiet moment since they’ve come to live with us back in November, I miss them so much. And, if it is quiet for a moment, I know I best be checking on them because 9.9 times out of 10, they’re doing something they shouldn’t. 🙂
So, yeah, it’s much too quiet around here, and I’ve been an emotional mess. Sweet Pea, on the other hand, haha..well, let’s just say she’s getting some much needed uninterrupted rest. This morning she was kinda funny, tho..she couldn’t believe they weren’t hiding around here somewhere, so she kept swatting the air, hissing, and growling..just in case. It didn’t take her long to figure it out, she went on a complete tour of the house, and she was soon back in bed, snoozing. When she’s not sleeping, she’s prancing around like she’s queen of the house, once again. Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!! The annoying little brats are gone!! I’m bracing myself for the hissy fit she has when they return. I think we’ll have to keep them separated for a week or two, until the kittens heal.
Oil Landscape Series
6×6 Oil on hardboard
Landscape Series No 49
Available here
I did an entire series of these landscape paintings. It was just before all this lovely warm weather we’ve been having came along, and the actual sky outside was gray. It might have snowed, I can’t remember now. It was pretty dismal, and bleak. Dark, and dreary for a week or more. It was even a little too moody for someone who loves winter as much as I do. So, I got out my oils, and for several days I focused on mostly blue sky, and green grass. I wasn’t using photos for reference. These came straight from my imagination. That’s the marvelous thing about being an artist. You make your own world. You don’t need permission from any outside sources. You are in charge of everything, including the weather.
This oil landscape series is available here.
I’ll be adding more once I have the photos edited.
Strawberry shortcake
Flower Series No 155
Spring has sprung in the midwest. We went from cold, and snow to 75F overnight, it seems. It always amazes me how that happens. Sweet Pea has been enjoying time on the back porch. We haven’t introduced the kittens to the porch yet, and we’re thinking we probably won’t. It’s one thing that Sweet Pea has all to herself to enjoy without interruption. She puts up with so much from them as it is. They are quite pesky, and get on her nerves, since she’s a big cat and all.
These little 4×4 mini paintings look so great blooming in my studio, I hate to part with them. I don’t know why, but when I look at them it reminds me of strawberry shortcake. This new little floral series is available directly through me here. March special – buy 3 4×4 mini paintings, and get one free!!
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