Monday, 25 May 2015

Carol Marine's Painting a Day - "Small Town Shops"

CAROL MARINE'S PAINTING A DAY   5/23/15
 "Small Town Shops" - 8x8in. -  click to bid

I apologize for the barrage of emails today!!! Apparently they were queued up and went out all at once. The service I use thought they were doing something good by adding a new feature, but I didn't catch it until it was too late. Doh!

A few days ago I ventured out to the tiny town of Oakland, OR, with a couple of my painting buddies. It had been a long time since I painted in a town, where other people could casually walk by and...interrupt. : ) You plein air painters know exactly what I'm talking about, hey? At any rate, I did this one twice. The first time was super tight and absolutely horrible. The second one (this one) I did in about half the time, and the relative looseness of it totally saved things. The only unfortunate part was that the cars constantly came and went, so I had to pick one to be in front and then try and remember what it looked like. Tough!

-Carol
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Saturday, 23 May 2015

Carol Marine's Painting a Day - "A Calm Spot"

CAROL MARINE'S PAINTING A DAY   5/18/15
 "A Calm Spot" - 6x12in. -  click to bid
This is actually a scene from right here in Oregon, done from a photo I took last year at Sweet Creek. I find that a lot of the creek scenes lend themselves to a wide format. Landscapes in general do ... I guess that's why this is called the "landscape" format? Huh.

-Carol
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Carol Marine's Painting a Day - "No Place Like Home"

CAROL MARINE'S PAINTING A DAY   5/22/15
 "No Place Like Home" - 6x6in. -  click to bid
The photo reference for this one (from NYC) was a bit dull and gray, so I decided to liven it up. As soon as I decided that, the sidewalk started screaming to be yellow. And the street, blue. Apparently they don't talk until you give them permission.

-Carol
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Carol Marine's Painting a Day - "Front Yard Bonanza"

CAROL MARINE'S PAINTING A DAY   5/21/15
 "Front Yard Bonanza" - 6x6in. -  click to bid

Here's another scene from around Eugene. To paint the flowers I started with the whitest bits and got them all just where I wanted them, design-wise. Then I put in the flowers that are in shadow. Then I painted the green stuff all around it, and the rest of the scene. Then I went back in and re-evaluated everything, breaking up white shapes that were too big and not "flowery" enough, and putting in a few more teensy flowers around the periphery. Just in case you wanted to know. : )

-Carol
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Carol Marine's Painting a Day - "White Picket Fence"

CAROL MARINE'S PAINTING A DAY   5/20/15
 "White Picket Fence" - 5x7in. -  click to bid

This is a little scene from around my town (Eugene). The fence actually turned out JUST how I wanted it. The approach I took was to paint it as a solid object, really paying attention to the various "whites," like how it gets bluer as it goes around the corner, and gets darker at the bottom-left. And then I cut in around it with the greens, and then put on the little highlights right at the end.

-Carol
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