December 2014 Blog Posts (14)

We all have used the Latex gloves to protect our hands from the toxic paints.  I know Richard Robinson also does.  But the problem with Latex gloves is that it makes your hand sweaty and prune-y.  So a very good alternative is a gardeners glove that I have been using for a year or so (shown below).  The front has rubber/vinyl like material (which is thin) and the back is cloth and helps the hand breath and your hand will not be sweaty at all, no matter how hot.  The rubber part covers the…

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Wishing you all my fellow artists a wonderful season greetings and thank you for all the good time you have given me over the years.  

It was a solstice yesterday so now I can look forward to a lighter days and soon spring will spring itself on us/me!

Happy painting my friends!

Getting close to Christmas! And it's time to work on the workshop so will take this week off and get to work. Blog later after the holidays. Then back to composition! WALDA

Day 5 Still figuring out these pictures. Let's see if this works!

My third photo is from the desert with a beautiful multi-armed Saguaro as the focus point. At first I saw again the cross formula with the cactus as the perpendicular and the rocks as the longitudinal. Also the middle rock leads me to another formula called the balance-scale formula where you have a dominant center of interest with similar masses and shapes distributed somewhat equally on both sides. And then I saw the diagonal formula and I could see the lines very plainly.!

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Hi Richard,

Have you ever painted in Ireland or any plans to? I live on the west Coast and we have wonderful Wild Atlantic scenery and exceptional light . Love your work

Doreen

12 of my favorite paintings from this year - ready for you to enjoy all through 2015...…

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Enjoyed doing this painting today. Dappled light is always tricky - more so across striped,…

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Hi, Everyone!  Winter begins & i need something to keep me busy & to find something to do with this artistic energy as my house is filling up with paintings!

So I've decided to work on composition & to post my efforts while blogging.  I appreciate any & all comments.  WALDA

The first photo I chose was taken in Fall & i was very attracted to the color. i think by moving a tree or two, I could use the CROSS FORMULLA & a rectangular frame of reference. See my… Continue

I have been planning to start a blog for a while now.  This one will be a trial run to see if and how it works.  My husband and I are on a RV adventure.  We left our home on November 15 and traveled to Apache Junction, AZ.   We stayed there 2 weeks and thoroughly enjoyed the area.  Being an artist, I had to see the Superstition Mountains while there. I almost completed a plein air painting while visiting the park, and am working to complete the painting now.  We also visited art galleries in…

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Another tiny study 4" x 4"

Stress Ball.  Too cute to take my stress out on… :)