A FRIEND SENT THIS TO ME TODAY
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the
day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear
bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.



TAKE TIME TO LIVE....

I have seen painting that moved me and made me think.. As I look at my latest paintings this past two weeks... are there any that show rain.. cold...heat.. any emotion?
THAT WILL BE MY AIM THIS WEEK..

I  have stated before that art has opened more doors than I even thought I would beable to pass through.

NEXT WEEK I will teach a   drawing class. I would like to use the park for

inspiration. The drawing of the  barn below is from a  photo I took years ago with a group of artist from Louisiana.

As we traveled to Georgia for a watercolor workshop with Tony Van HASSETT , we saw this barn

near the gas station. I remembered traveling the same area with my father and mother.

 This drawing would be an example of dark ,mid tone, and light. The brightest brights and the deepest darks are in sections to create the illusion of shadows.
By using hard pencils  H and HB , I made the trees in the background seem to be behind the barn. I used them also, to suggest that the barn had an advertisement for a local tourist draw back in the 40'snad 50's.

This is a pastel I did

when my daughter had her first child Richard. Richard ..Bud is 25 now .

 

 

I was interrupted when writing the last post. I did not want to lose  my last post.
I wanted to add to the pictures and paintings the fact that I painted from the IPAD when the bus was rolling.
THERE  was not alot of down time for me to paint. I did some of paintings below on the ipad as  we  viewed the sites.
 WHAT is this fascination with rocks and  streams I seem to have?

 I am just back from a great trip TO THE WEST.
UTAH,WYOMING, IDAHO,SOUTH DAKOTA . I highly recommend TRAFALGAR TOURS for their attention to comfort and details. I FOUND THE DRIVER AND  GUIDE  so kind and considerate of the older , less able to maneuver travelers. The trip was made more  enjoyable by the planned trips to museums . JACKSON HOLE IS A GREAT  place to visit for artist  and  collectors of  art.                            I painted the top scene from the balcony of our hotel in Jackson. Also, the second painting of ASPENS was done from the balcony. I fell in LOVElove with theTETON mountains .

IT is not easy to know what you like. Most people fool themselves their entire lives .... robert henri
THE ART SPIRIT

I WILL  show three paintings I did this week.While I like the methods used in them, they are not the same .
What method I use depends on the subject. I could use the same through out but I seem to resort to
past workshops from the different teachers I have experienced.

The following are acrylic on mat board. I love to work on toned backgrounds. Especially dark warm colors.  A CONTRADICTION I ADMIT TO EVEN WHEN I JUST START A PAINTING.

This will be the painting I teach in NOV. AT THE MASTER THE POSSIBILITY CLASS.

my long time art friend

Theresa Trahan sent this set up FOR A STILL LIFE  to me . I missed

on my drawing of a darling white and blue pitcher.

BELOW  IS A PAINTING  I did studying Dreamer Toll Perry 's painting.

THE painting below was done by JUDY Rudolph . I t si a watercolor she did in my watercolor class a few months ago.

more of my schedule will be on my web site.

 

MORE ROBERT HENRI

In the drawing of a tree there is a dominant line of growth throughout.

Some times your treemust be so specialized that an expert on trees would be  fully satisfied.

Other  times it does not matter if it is even a tree.

watercolor full sheet

 

WHY PAINT PEOPLE? MARY WHYTE WRITES(Painting Portraits and Figures in Watercolor : "Having an interest in painting people opens
up an even greater world of  possibilities and rewards. The human face is an endless landscape of shapes ,texture, and nuances of color.

This is a watercolor done on traditional watercolor paper.

It was painted from a photograph.
The painting below was done on  a n IPAD.
 

This sketch was  also done on the Ipad.

I am learning about this skill called painting , rendering, creating.

Mary Whyte

paints real subjects in a real way. I need to take some pictures of attempts I have made  lately to explain what I mean.

 

YESTERDAY THE ART GROUP FOR OTOW  MET in the  art room . We welcomed Vince back and then painted till 12 noon. Here are some of what we  accomplished.

DOLORES painting a palette knife flower market



Margaret painted a beauitful scene.

Vince portrait painting. Welcome back. My contribution was a
palette knife flower market scene . Dolores and I created a similar painting.

Then I came home to paint and produced this syudy

of a DREAMER TOLL PERRY  painting. She works in oil and  I find that my pastel almost produces a similar look that I am really enjoying looking at and working with.

I want to take several paintings  i started out in my traditional way. my boring way.

Stay tuned.