V.R.Gallery SHOP: Carol Marine's Painting a Day

Wednesday 4 January 2017

Carol Marine's Painting a Day

CAROL MARINE'S PAINTING A DAY 1/4/17

Click Here to Bid - 6x6in. - "A Random Assortment"

When the inspiration occurs, I write down still life ideas. Then when I'm stuck, I consult my lists (yes, they are everywhere). What's funny, is that I almost never paint what I wrote down, but rather, an idea that comes from a permutation of the idea. But sometimes that's all I need - just a start.

Click Here to Bid - 6x6in. - "Home From Work"

This is a little scene from a Seattle neighborhood. I was there visiting a bud of mine, summer before last. She would drive me around and whenever I saw a cool scene I would jump out of the car and snap a few shots. If it took a while, or it was a busy street, my friend would drive around the block and pick me up again. How's that for love?!

Click Here to Bid - 6x6in. - "Dappled Wine Bar"

This is from Pioneer Square in Seattle, where a lot of the galleries and cute little shops are. Last time I was in Seattle, I remembered another painting I had done sorta like this a while ago, and decided I'd love to try it again. Dapples are a thing for me.

How do I paint dapples? Well, depending on whether there's more dapple or shadow, I paint that first. In this case there was more shadow, so I painted the scene in shadow first, pretending the dapples didn't exist. Then I came in on top with a kind of half dapple (a value/color halfway between the color of the wall/door/ground and the lightest dapple), and put in the some splotches about where they were in the picture, but maybe placed a little more artistically. Then I went in again with the lightest of the dapples, within the darker dapples, but only hitting some spots, because in real life some dapples are brighter than others. I hope that makes sense!

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