ARTGROUP AT ON TOP OF THE WORLD NEW YEARS EVE

WE PAINTED TODAY... I STARTED  THIS  STILL LIFE....I PAINTED  IN OIL ON BOARD. THIS  ONE  IS  24 BY 24. I HOPE  IT  WILL INSPIRE  MY OAKRUN GROUP TO PAINT  STILL LIFES.. SO  GOOD  FOR  ONES  EYE .  I CAN SEE WHERE IT  NEEDS  WORK. 

THE  MUSE  HAS  NOT  QUITE  LEFT ME.. BUT  MY FEET AND  LEGS  TELL ME  TO SIT  AWHILE. 

VIOLA  HIGGINS  AND I  PAINTED  THIS  SET UP THIS  MORNING.  TIS THE  SEASON FOR  REDS  AND  GREENS..

DEC 27 SUNDAY

PENCIL DRAWING  I WOULD LIKE TO  HAVE STUDENTS  DO  IN MASTER THE POSSIBILITIES CLASS  . I SEE AN ERROR.. NEED TO MAKE THE  BASKET  LESS LOP-SIDED..

STRANGE  HOW  THIS  WORKS.. TAKING  PICTURES  OF  AN ART  WORK AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE  ERRORS.

HOW  ABOUT THIS  PASTEL  OF  A  CHILD.. I KEP MAKING THE  CHILD  LOOK TOO OLD.. WITH  THE  HELP  OF  VIOLA HIGGINS AT T HE  ART  GROUP  THAT MEETS   ON THURSDAYS  ON TOP OF THE  WORLD  ART  ROOM.. I WAS  ABLE  TO MAKE THE  DRAWING OF THE  CHILD  LOOK YOUNGER,, VOILA

GETTING TIME TO PAINT  LATELY HAS  BEEN FAR  AND  FEW  BETWEEN.

CHRISTMAS  SEASON IS  OVER. I HAVE  PLANS  . A  LIST 

TO  GET  BACK TO AND   TRY  THE  IDEAS  I WANT  TO DO  INSTEAD OF THE WAY I HAVE  PAINTED  IN THE  PAST.  GOT  TO  CLEAN  THE   STUDIO.. AND  THROW  AWAY THINGS  THAT  ARE  NOT  TRUE  TO THIS  NEW  PLAN

DEC17TH THURSDAY

JULIA CAMERON THE  ARTIST  WAY WRITES WE  ARE, OURSELVES, CREATIONS.  WE, IN TURN, ARE  MEANT  TO CONTINUE CREATIVITY BY BEING  CREATIVE  OURSELVES.

CREATVITY IS  GOD'S  GIFT TO US. USING  OUR  CREATIVITY IS OUR GIFT BACK TO GOD.

I WILL GO UP  TO THE  ART ROOM HERE  AT  OTOW AND  JOIN  FRIENDS  WHO PAINT BECAUSE  THEY JUST  LOVE TO PAINT.. AND  BE WITH OTHERS  WHO PAINT.

THE ARTIST VIOLA  WHO PAINTED THIS.. IS  SO CREATIVE WITH  HER  RENDITIONS.. VINCE PAINTED  THIS.

MORE  LATER.

WEDNESDAY DEC. 16

THESE  ARE  DEMONSTRATIONS  FROM  OAKRUN  OIL AND  ACRYLIC  CLASS..I KNOW   I KNOW  WHERE  ARE THE  PEOPLE?  THEY ARE  COMING... AND  THEY ARE  REALLY  REALLY NOT  COMPLETE...
HERE ARE  SOME OF THE  STUDENTS' WORK

SOME  PEOPLE  WORKED  ON PAINTINGS  THEY HAD  STARTED

DEC14 MID DAY

 FROM  AN ARTBIZ SERVICE  THAT IS  SENT TO ME.


SEEMS TO BE  GOOD  ADVICE
* Decide to go for it  CHANGING TO PEOPLE  PAINTINGS

* Define success for yourself  WELL DONE .. EVOKES  EMOTIONAL RESPONSE..

* Commit to your vision  .. PRACTICE  DRAWING WORKING ON  ANATOMY AND  COMPOSITION

* Identify and personalize strategies.... SAME AS  ABOVE

* Create good habits SPENDING  TWO HOURS  A  DAY  ON JUST  PRACTICE.. CLEANING  UP ART  ROOM.. PUTTING  AWAY  MATERIALS .. CLEANING  BRUSHES

* Release what you don't love.. THOSE PAINTINGS  THAT  ARE  SO  PERDICTABLE
* Set boundaries.. HMMM?  WHAT  COULD  THIS  BE,, SCHEDULE?  NOT  TRYING TO DO  TOO MANY  THINGS.. SPREADING  MYSELF TOO THIN? STOP GIVING  AWAY  PAINTINGS..

DEC.14 2009 PENCIL DRAWINGS

I AM WORKING  ON  PORTRAITS  AND  PEOPLE  DRAWINGS.. THIS  WEEK.. IT IS  STRANGE HOW   MY DECISION TO DO MORE  PEOPLE PAINTINGS AND  THEN THE  WORKSHOP WITH JANET  ROGERS CAME  TO BE. 

OK 
THIS  IS THE  PLAN.. TO  TAKE  THE   LANDSCAPES.. STILL LIFES... DOWN AND  REPLACE  THEM WITH " PEOPLE PAINITNGS"

PAINTING AT THE  MASON JAR

STAY  TUNED.. MORE  TO COME

SATURDAY DEC. 12.. BUSY MONTH

MY EFFORTS DURING JANET  ROGERS  WORKSHOP,, MORE  WILL COME. I AM FINNALY  THROUGH  WITH  ART  SHOWS.

THROUGHLY  ENJOYED  JANET ROGERS  WORKSHOP AND  DEMONSTRATION. WANT TO TAKE   MORE  WITH HER.

I HAD  MADE UP  MY MIND  THAT  MANY PEOPLE  CAN DO LANDSCAPES AND  STILL LIFE S  BUT  PORTRAITS   OR  PEOPLE  PAINTINGS  ARE  NOT  AS  PLENTIFUL.  I COULD   TAKE  A MONTH OF HER  LESSONS.. A  YEAR..

BUT  WHAT  I DID   FIND  MYSELF.. EXCITED  ABOUT  WATERCOLOR  ... AGAIN. THANKS  JANET...

JANET ROGERS PAINTING... LOOK AT THAT  ATTITUDE...

SUNDAY NOV.29

"The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour. Now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will. Place no faith in time. For the clock may soon be still."

PAINTING  AT  MASON JAR SATURDAY.

A  VERY NICE  DAY OF  PAINTING WITH  FRIENDS.
 

WE  WERE  TREATED  LIKE  ROYALTY BY THE  MASON JAR  STAFF AND  OWNER.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
MARGARET   EDMISTON, VINCE  DIPERI, JOYCE  CUSICK, AND  MOI
 

PAINTING  WITH  FRIENDS  MAKES  GOOD  MEMORIES.

AND  MEMORIES  ARE  THE  ONLY  TREASURES  WORTH KEEPING.

NOV.23 MONDAY

THIS  IS AN OIL PAINTING OF A  TREE  IN CEDAR  KEYS.. THE  MASSIVE  OAK SEEMS TO BE  SEVERAL TREES  THAT   GREW  IN ONE  SPOT.  THE  AFTERNOON SUN WAS  BOUNCING  OFF THE  WATER   . THE HOT AFTERNOON MADE  IT  SO DIFFICULT TO PAINT  FOR  ANY AMOUNT OF TIME .. I DID  THIS  MOSTLY FROM THE  SKETCHES AND THE PHOTOS. I LIKE TO PAINT  WITH WATERCOLOR WHEN THE  SUN COMES  THROUGH THE  TREES AND  IS  THIS  LOW . HOWEVER , I WANTED  TO TRY OIL PAINT. IT  NEEDS  A  LOT OF  WORK STILL.  THE   SULTRY AFTERNOON WAS  MORE   MY GOAL THAN  ANY THING ELSE.

THURSDAY OCT 19TH SWISS GUARD

I SEE THAT  THE  HANDS  ARE  TOO SMALL.. THEY SHOULD BE THE  SAME  LENGTH AS THE  FACE.

FUNNY ,,, THE  WAY  TAKING A  PICTURE   MAKES  YOU SEE THE  ERRORS.. SO  MUCH CLEARER.

STAY TUNED  TO SEE  THE  FINISH  OF  THIS  ONE.

WILL TRY TO SHOW  PAINTINGS  AT  MASON JAR  SATURDAY AFTER  THANKSGIVING.

AGAIN I WILL TRY TO SHOW  THINGS  PEOPLE  HAVE NOT  SEEN IN OTHER  SHOWS,,

I HAVE  ALSO BEEN PAINTING  ON A BACK--NO  FRONT  DROP TO A  NATIVITY SCENE..

TUESDAY

THIS  WILL BE THE  LESSON FOR  OAKRUN THIS  MORNING..

THIS  WAS THE  PASTEL LESSON YESTERDAY..

ON TOP OF THE  WORLD  FROM AVELON PRODUCES THE  BEST  SKIES..

 LOOK AT THIS  ONE..

THERE  IS  A  PAINTING HERE...

MONDAY OCT. 16 PAST PAINTINGS

STILL LIFE  OF  GRAMOPHONE

LORRAINE'S MUSIC..

IRISH MONTAGE..

WOULD  LIKE  TO DO MORE  OF THESE  THEMATIC.

I WANT TO TRY MY SUBJECTS.. IN A  MORE  INOVATIVE  WAY.

I TOOK THE  PICTURES

FOR THIS  IN CAMBRIDGE MA WHEN KAREN AND  PAUL LIVED  THERE.

THIS  IS  PALETTE  KNIFE.. I LIKE THE  LOOSE-NESS...IS THIS A  WORD?

TODAY  , I NEED TO PLAN TOMORROW'S  LESSON.MORE  LATER..

OCT14

COFFEE HOUSE STARBUCKS BUMMER

I DROVE WITH MY PAINTINGS  AND  MY EASELS  TO DOWNTOWN OCALA LAST  NIGHT.

THE MANAGER WAS  QUITE  CASUAL ABOUT  WHERE  I WAS   TO SET  UP. AS  I BEGAN , I REALIZED , THERE  WAS  LESS SPACE THAN I HAD  ANTICIPATED  .. AND  I COULD  ONLY PUT  UP 6 PAINTINGS.. AT  BEST .. I FELT  LIKE I WAS A  HAZARD... I BECAME AS  NERVOUS AS  A LONG TAILCAT  IN A  ROOM FULL OF  ROCKERS. I SO WANTED  TO SHOW  MY REALLY BIG PAINTINGS..I SPENT  MONEY ON NEW  EASEL SYSTEM..

FOR THE  FRIENDS  WHO DID  COME.. I WAS  DISAPPOINTED  FOR THEM.. THEY DROVE  QUITE  A  DISTANCE AT  NIGHT.. AND  HAD  TO ALSO CONTEND  WITH ANOTHER  RANTING  FROM ANOTHER  EXAMPLE OF  THE OCALA  POLITICS.

I AM QUITE  DISCOURAGED.

BUT  EVER  SO THANKFUL  FOR THE  FRIENDS  WHO  BRAVED  THE  NIGHT  TO COME.

THERE  WAS  AN OPENING  FOR A GALLERY IN BELLVIEW  THAT  TOOK A

NUMBER  OF  PEOPLE  AWAY.. AND  THE  PLAY HERE  AT  OTOW.

I AM REALLY GLAD  NOT  MORE  PEOPLE  TRAVELED  TO SEE MY LITTLE  SHOW.. IN THAT  I COULD  ONLY SHOW  SUCH A  SMALL NUMBER  OF  PAINTINGS..

Art of Horse Racing: Reception Pics

Art of Horse Racing: Reception Pics

THURSDAY NOV. 12

MY NEXT  EXERCISE  IN FUTILITY..

AN ART  SHOW  AT  A  STARBUCKS TOMORROW  AFTERNOON.. I QUOTE  HENRI ,ROBERT

THE  BIG PAINTER IS ONE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. HE  THUS DOES NOT PAINT  MEN,LANDSCAPE, OR  FURNITURE BUT AN IDEA.I WANTED  TO CAPTURE THE  BRIGHTNESS THAT  THE  SUN MADE THE  CLOTHES.. I WANTED  TO PAINT  PEOPLE  DOING  SOMETHING.

HENRI SAID  "PRETEND YOU ARE  DANCING  OR  SINGING  YOUR  PAINTING."

NOV 1,2009 SUNDAY

I CAN SEE MORE THAT  NEEDS TO BE  DONE.. HER  KNEE CAN ALMOST  BE  SEEN UNDER THE  DRESS.. I WANT TO USE   OTHER  PHOTOS  I HAVE  THAT  SHOW  HER  FEET.

THE  PLANTS  NEED TO COME  DOWN..

I AM NOT A  CRAFT  PERSON.. WILL NOT  TRY TO DO THAT  GIG..

AGAIN

IT  HIT  ME  THAT  YOU CAN'T  BEAT  A  DEAD  HORSE..

I MET  A N ARTIST  WHILE  I WAS PAINTING THE  WINDOWS WHO IS  LOSING  HER SIGHT.. AND  STILL WANTS  TO PRODUCE  ART..I HAVE  THOUGHT  AND  THOUGHT.. ABOUT HER..AND  I HOPE  SHE  COMES  TO OUR  ART  GROUP.. I WOULD LOVE TO  DO CLAY SCULPTURES 

PERHAPS...

AND  THEN ANOTHERARTIST    WHO HAS  THE  BEGINNINGS  OF  PARKINSON...

HER  ADVICE  .. PAINT  WHILE  YOU CAN..

I DO ,LADIES..

I DO..

FRIDAY OCT 30 COMPLETED JOB

LIKE  ALL TEDIOUS  JOBS.. I PROMISED  MYSELF AND  FRIENDS I WOULD NEVER  DO ANOTHER  COMMISSION..

PAINT  ON GLASS ..IN ONE  COLOR??? YIKES  HOW  DID I GET INTO THIS  ONE?

THE  LURE  AND  PROMISE  THAT  I WOULD GET TO SHOW  MY PAINTINGS  SOMEWHERE..IS  SUCH A  CALL.. I WANT TO SHOW  PEOPLE  WHAT  I CAN DO.. HMM IS THAT  WRONG?

AFTER  I FINISHED , WITH THE COMPLIMENTS  FROM THE   OWNERS RICHARD AND  PATTY. HIS  STAFF,AND THE  PEOPLE  EATING  IN THE  RESTAURANT, I HAD A  PROUD  MOMENT .. AFTER  SOME REAL  DOWNERS

FRIDAY OCT. 30 MASON JAR RESTAURANT IMAGES

HERE IS  WHAT  I  HAVE BEEN DOING  FOR  DAYS.. WELL SOME OF IT.. WILL
TAKE  MORE  PICTURES  OF  IT  TODAY.. HOPE  I CAN  FINISH IT  TODAY.

I AM HAVING  A  TIME  GETTING  THE  PAINT  TO NOT  SLIDE   AND  STAY ON THE  GLASS  AS I STROKE IT..WHEN I PUT A  BRUSH TO SMOOTH IT OUT .. THE  PAINT  COMES  UP ON THE BRUSH..

I WILL TRY GESSO  TODAY.. AND  THEN PAINT   THE  BLACK OVER IT..

MORE  TO COME.

WED.BUSY ART WEEK

I HAVE  BEEN BUSY WITH  ART  THIS  WEEK.

STARTED  MONDAY MORNING AT  7:30AM AT THE  MASON JAR PAINTING  A  MUSICAL MOTIF ON WINDOWS.  TUESDAY , I WAS  TEACHING  AT  OAKRUN. TODAY IS  HERE AT  THE  MASTER THE  POSSIBILITIES  . THURSDAY I WILLBE  BACK AT THE  RESTUARANT.

SATURDAY IS  CRAFT  SHOW. HERE ARE  SOME OF THE  THINGS  I PAINT  FOR THE  CRAFT  SHOW... I  LIKEN IT TO PRACTICING.. ACTUALLY IT IS  JUST THE  PURE  JOY OF  PAINTING..

MORE  LATER..