16×20 Acrylic still life painting
Bouquet of pink and white roses in a white vase
Bright pink and green background.
Flower Series No 151
Available for purchase here
SOLD!!
hidden time sinks
Acrylic still life floral painting
Blue abstract flowers with pink and blue background
Flower Series 152
Fine art giclee prints are available here
This is what 100 hardboard panels look like. On one hand, it’s exciting to have all these blank slates staring back at me. On the other hand, I think the worst part about getting new substrate is all the time it takes to prep them. So, right after I receive a new order from Blick, I know it’s going to take me 2 or 3 days to do all the prep work. Each side of the panel gets two coats of gesso. I like to protect the wood, and I think it lasts longer/looks nicer if the back is painted, also. I have fans setup in my studio year round, so it keeps drying time to a minimum, but still..it’s A LOT of work. These are hidden time sinks. Three days is a looong time to go without pay, so I have to keep it in mind when I price my paintings. Are you giving yourself an hourly wage?
Harold said to wish you a happy weekend. 🙂
When you’re not happy with a painting change it
Before and after
The painting on the left was okay, but I didn’t like it. I put it online about a week ago, and took it down the next day to revise it. I photographed it again, and relisted it. The photo above on the left was taken after the first revision I made. I thought I could live with it the way it was, but it kept gnawing at me. I still didn’t like it, but I had already revised it once. I kept asking myself if I really wanted to go through all that again. It’s a lot of work to pull something down that’s already online. Still, the thought of this painting hanging on someone’s wall nearly drove me crazy. I couldn’t stop thinking about how much I disliked it. I knew I couldn’t let it go out the door like this, so I changed it. Boy, did I, huh?
Whoa, right?!
The only thing I left the same was the vase. I changed the flowers, and background. Now, I like it..finally. No, actually I LOVE it. I think it might be my new favorite.
This painting took me about a month to paint, but it taught me a good lesson. If I’m not happy with a painting, I need to keep working on it until I am. Otherwise, it’s going to cost me much more time and energy. I’ve photographed and edited photos of this painting 3 times. If I had just listened to the little voice inside my head telling me to slow down, and keep painting, it would have saved me a ton of work.
Flower Series 148
16×20 Still life floral painting
Impasto palette knife painting
Mixed media collage art
Available for purchase here
New floral still life paintings
New floral still life paintings coming soon!
Flower Series No 149
Large 16×20 stretched canvas
Acrylic impasto still life floral painting
Flower Series No 149
Available for purchase directly through me here
Art journaling talky talk
I’ve been playing in my art journal with oil sticks, pastels, and chalk. Oh, and paint, too. I made a huge ugly mess. It was so fun. 🙂 I hope you’re taking some time this week to play, too. Let me know in the comments what your favorite art journaling tools are. I’m curious.
Last night I picked up some charcoal sticks, the fat square ones. I bought them more than a year ago, and haven’t used them much. Without planning to I somehow got lost in drawing for about an hour. It was a little weird. If you know me, you know I don’t like drawing. It’s one of my least favorite things to do, but I got swept away.
And, one final thing before I dash off..you’ve probably seen this photo before, but it’s so cute..hard to resist posting it again.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Love,
Harold and Maude
xo
Kitty story time with pictures
Acrylic impasto floral painting
Flower Series No 147
Available for purchase here
The sky has been overcast all day. I opened up the curtains in my studio to let what little light there was out there in, and turned up all the lights. I started painting blue sky, and white puffy clouds landscape paintings in oils. Now it’s all bright and sunny out there to match my paintings. Funny how that worked out, huh?
Kitty story time
ICYMI last week on FB..
Harold, Maude and Sweet Pea got a new box. Not everyone fit in it, as you can see. Harold with his butt hanging out..so cute!! I soon learned it was a huge mistake to give them a box that they all couldn’t play in because there was much tension and jealousy. A fight broke out, and Sweet Pea chased the little ones away, and this is what happened next..
Poor little girl tried to fit, but got frustrated when she could only get half way in. It stinks to be a full size kitty, she tells me. Or, so I think that’s what those growls meant. It’s hard to decipher kitty speak some days. Nonetheless, the tiny box got thrown out with yesterday’s trash, and soon the household was peaceful once again. Well, as peaceful as it can be these days, anyway.
Acrylic floral painting – Flower Series No 146
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
George Santayana
This is an acrylic floral painting on canvas panel. It was painted impasto style with palette knives. Blue and white flowers. Pink and white background. Flower Series No 146 is available for purchase here.
And, a cute, short video of the kittens.
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