Roena King's Comments

Well, well... a fellow boater. You had a very enviable ship and a great place to sail.  We are on the Great Lakes, Lake Huron, actually.  Until last year we had a 36' Grand Banks Classic wooden trawler for a decade.  It was old and had been sitting in drydock fore 3 years so there was much work to do.  Woodies are notorious money pits and the older they get the more work is needed to maintain them. Now that its gone, we have a few extra bucks and guess what ... my husband is back working with wood and a hammer .. but this time he's converting the garage into a studio for me.  Lucky me.  Now I can reclaim the living room by moving all this paraphenalia out of the house and into a dedicated space. Although, once winter hits and we have to warm up the car, brush off a ton of snow, etc. I may be wishing for the boat again.

Good Morning Roena,  Thanks for the website Schmid/Keys.  I'll check it out.  Glad to hear that you looked at my photos and like the red Tulips and the young girl.  Isn't she a sweetie. The daughter of a fellow boater, her engaging personality charms everyone. This was not a studio setting and she was not intentionally posing.  The pic was snapped on a bbq day at the local yacht club. Its a small, family sort of place with saggy wicker furniture. Perhaps that's why her personality is so evident. Nothing stuffy. 

Thanks again, for the storage tips.  I'm going to try them out.

I must say that I do like your work very much. I also like the way you post work in progress as there's much to pick up from your approach.  Thanks again for sharing.

Thank you Roena very much for your comments and for spending your time in looking at my gallery! I much appreciate your invaluable input in this site!!!!!

Thank you for looking at my gallery and the compliments!  Still life's are new to me, so just getting the hang of it :)

Yes, I have used the workable fixative with watercolor and gouche and it does work, but once you apply it you can not lift any color out, so it has its place.

Ro, thanks for the information on the transparent white.  My guess was pretty close: very finely ground pigment and different binders, plus some zinc oxide (this also warms the white a little).  I have used Martin Weber Company's Permalba white to do a little glazing, but it is not that transparent, so in reality it would be a scumble.   I see you have made friends with Michael Severin.  He is my closest friend on this site and only one of two artists here that I have met in person; I have actually painted with him in the Sierras and I am hoping he will be coming down here for a workshop in late October.    Stu

Very pleased to be counted among your friends Ro. Can't wait to enjoy more of your painterly wisdom! Glad you are here.

I live in Sonora, California, which is in the foothills of the Sierra/Nevada mountains.  I am very close to Yosemite National Park ...and very, very, near the large wildfire!!! ..Most of my mountain paintings are from the Eastern side of the Sierras along the Tioga Pass.  I have been stuck in my studio since the fires began, that is why I did 2 still life paintings ..rather be outside painting!!!

Hi Ro, thank you for the friend request ...honored to accept.  I am looking at your portfolio and really admire the work I am seeing!  ...welcome to the club!

Great idea, Ro!  I usually make my grid marks with pastel pencils and usually use a very light violet color; it shoes up well and the pigment from the pastel pencil usually will not contaminate the paint.   For my plein air paintings I never put gridlines on but may make very short marks  and cross hatches with very thinned oils.  I think on the images you are referring to the grid marks may have been overstated to show up well in the photo.   For my studio paintings that have an underpainting, I will cover my gridlines early on or even erase most of them after restating my cartoon in thinned acrylic or oil paint with a little OMS.   I'm glad Lori got you signed up for the workshop.  She is an awesome painter and a real pleasure to chat with here.   Stu

A little up date on my portrait effort ... I got to the point where I was disgusted with chasing my tail around in circles so I grabbed the gesso and you guessed it - I painted over the lot!!

I then gridded the photo I was working from and gridded the canvas and started anew.

It is progressing OK. if a bit slowly because I'm not sure what I'm doing. I might put a WIP up in the next week.

cheers

lyndonaus

hi, Ro,  wow it is a digital picture, it's really good, Yes, the sand is really interesting :)  

Hope your weekend is going great.. (((HUGS))))   Angela