MONDAY

THIS  MORNING , I WAS  ABLE TO UPLOAD  PICTURES. I  WONDER IF IT  WILL CONTINUE  WORKING. 
SOME  TIME AGO  ,I  POSTED A  QUOTE THAT  A  FRIEND SENT  ME  ABOUT  THE  GOAL   OR  DIRECTION AN ARTIST  WANTED  HER  PAINTINGS  TO BE  CRITIQUED  BY... I WANTED  TO WRITE  UP THIS  CRITERIA AS  A  CHECK  OR  REPORT  CARD  FOR  MY PAINITNGS... SUBJECT AND  MOOD RATHER THAN  JUST  A  RENDERING...

WISH I COULD  CLAIM THIS AS AN ORIGINAL...I COPIED IT  FROM SOME OTHER PERSON'S PAINITNG.

I THOUGHT  OF  THE  MOOD  EACH ONE   SEEMS  TO DEPICT. 

THEN  I LOOK AT  JUST  "PRETTY " PAINTINGS..

DO THEY HAVE A  VALUE...?

MONDAY SEPT 27

YAHOO..IT IS WORKING AGAIN...

MORE  TO COME  ...I HOPE..

THURSDAY SEPT 23

I HAVE  TRIED  TO CLEAN  COMPUTER  SO THAT I CAN UPLOAD  PHOTOS OF  LATEST   PAINTINGS.


I WANTED TO SHOW  THE  WAY I HAVE   PAINTED ACYLIC ON WATERCOLOR  PAPER.

IT  HAS  FAILED  AGAIN. DARN  DAGGUMMIT.....

TUESDAY SEPT 21

I WILL SOON BE  TEACHING  AT  OAKRUN AGAIN  PLUS  A  DRAWING  CLASS  AT  ON TOP OF THE  WORLD MASTER THE  POSSIBILITIES  .

STILL CANNOT UPLOAD PICTURES ....

A QUOTE FROM A BOOK

THIS WAS  SENT TO ME  BY A  FRIEND
When she was painting well...like any artist or athlete, "in the zone" - she saw the world as if preparing to put it on canvas. She would look at the streets, the trees, the people and imagine the type of brush she would use, the stroke, the mix of the colors, the differing lights and casts of shadows."




"Her work should reflect what she wanted, not reality. That was how she looked at art. We all see the world through our own prism. The best art tweaked reality to show the artist's world, what she saw or, more precisely, what she wanted others to see. It was not always a more beautiful reality. It was often more provocative, uglier maybe, more gripping and magnetic."
 
IF THIS  WERE A  REPORT CARD...   WHICH PAINTINGS WOULD MAKE THE  GRADE?
 
FOR  WHAT  EVER  REASON.. THIS  BLOG  IS NOT  ALLOWING  ME  TO UPLOAD  A  PICTURE.

SATURDAY

WHY IT WORKED  , I DON'T  KNOW.. LAST  20 TRIES IT  DID NOT  WORK.

I FEEL THAT  THIS  IS  AM IMPROVEMENT FROM THE  FIRST  ONE  I POSTED.  I DID  THIS  YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  YES, THE  DRAWING  IS  BETTER.... BUT  THE  PAINT STROKES  ON THE  FACE  ARE  AN IMPROVEMENT.  I  DID NOT  GO BACK INTO WET  AREAS  AS  I HAD  BEFORE. INSTEAD, JUST   TRIED TO FEATHER OFF COLOR WHERE  I WANTED  A  TRANSITION OF  TURNING  FACE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT  THIS  IS  FUN AND   VERY  SATISFYING.  THE  SPEED  HELPS   PEOPLE  LIKE  ME...THAT IS  ATTENTION DEFICIT , ADRENALIN JUNKIES...

JUST  FOR  FUN , I DO LANDSCAPES..

MORE  LATER...

THURSDAY

HOW  I GOT THIS  WORK IS  BEYOND  ME. I MUST  HAVE  PLAYED  WITH THIS  AN COUPLE OF  HOURS.

THIS  IS  ONE OF THE  PORTRAITS  FROM MY PHOTOS.  I WANTED  TO GET THE   BEAUTIFUL GRAY HAIR  ON MY FRIEND  MARIE . IT  TOOK THE PICTURE   IN ITALY AND  THOUGHT  I HAD  TAKEN  A  NICE  PICTURE  . SO THAT  IN THE  WORKSHOP WHERE  JANET  ROGERS   LIKES  TO DO PORTRAITS  WITH  A LOT  OF  WHITE  SHOWING... THIS  PICTURE  WAS   ONE OF THE  FIRST  I LOOKED  FOR.

KEEPING THE  WHITES..

DOES IT  LOOK LIKE  HER?  I GUESS I REALLY DID NOT  CARE  IF  IT  DID OR  NOT. I WANTED  THOSE  BEAUTIFUL SKIN TONES  TO COME  THROUGH,

HERE IS  ANOTHER. FIGURE  DRAWING AND  ONLY GIVEN  7  MINUTES  TO DO..