tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35103527891885835782024-02-19T15:52:56.010-08:00JACQUELINE DAVIS PAINTINGS IN OILJacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-63124242053473727172021-01-30T12:23:00.002-08:002021-01-30T12:23:48.170-08:00Moving Along! <p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWWHVLTiX2NWdmmHcqu8MaITcYYlE0J0hd-FbXqwgF9K2CZ4V4UTC7Pz-PDNW6NSBvdpa-WB8Bmjadsx512BV6TzlAugLAWlUAituHYP_T1l4v0tKTWsHzHVFxr8qlRZ4mSrh2276yg/s930/misbehaving+tulips.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="930" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWWHVLTiX2NWdmmHcqu8MaITcYYlE0J0hd-FbXqwgF9K2CZ4V4UTC7Pz-PDNW6NSBvdpa-WB8Bmjadsx512BV6TzlAugLAWlUAituHYP_T1l4v0tKTWsHzHVFxr8qlRZ4mSrh2276yg/w400-h400/misbehaving+tulips.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Welcome! This blog represents an archive of my work up until early 2018.</p><p>Things have moved on. I may return but for now I now chart my progress via Instagram. </p><p>Please come and join me over on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jacqueline.davis.art/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, visit my <a href="https://www.jacquelinedavis.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> or view available work on <a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/jacqueline-davis-7171" target="_blank">Daily Paintworks</a>.</p><p>Thank you! </p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p>Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-70539577235758478012018-02-13T06:30:00.002-08:002018-03-04T15:35:50.227-08:00Two steps forward, one step back... with white. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know I've been quiet, but I have been busy.<br />
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Here's what I've been up to:<br />
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A neighbour asked me if I would paint a white rose for her. I was happy to oblige since white is something I really want to get to grips with. I figured I'd paint a bunch, let her choose the one she liked and sell the rest or use them for reference.<br />
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I initially painted maybe 7 roses, all on small panels. Some of them didn't work. Here are some of the more successful ones:<br />
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By the time I finished the last one I'd been looking at paintings of white roses by other artists - some good but a lot of them bad - white is HARD to do! The difficulty is, what color do you make the shadows while keeping the flower still looking white - and the answer I can tell you is not grey! - you just end up with a rose that looks like mud and not looking like a flower at all. White reflects many colours and the shadows can end up very dark - but how dark do you go?<br />
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This morning it dawned on me that I have an IKEA canvas with a photo of a white rose on it.<br />
I decided to copy part of it on paper and make notes about the colors I had mixed directly on the drawing.<br />
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I made a very loose sketch with burnt umber on a pad of oil paper (made by Arches) and proceeded to fill it it.<br />
My intention had been to just paint part of it and make notes on the paper as I went.<br />
BUT it was going so well, I just ended up painting in the whole thing!<br />
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I shocked even myself how close I got the colors and how good the painting was!<br />
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<b><i>Now here's the part where I get to 'two steps forward, one step back'...</i></b><br />
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For this painting I had read somewhere that zinc white is semi transparent and good for mixing. I had a little tube of zinc white and decided to give it a go. It mixed so much better than my standard Titanium white!<br />
I put the success of this painting down to:<br />
1. Painting with zinc white<br />
2. Painting large and with a big brush<br />
3. The simplicity of the shapes<br />
4. Using a large reference photo to really be able to focus on and narrow down the values and colors. <br />
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So then just as I was about to order a large tube of zinc white, I did a little further research...<br />
Zinc white apparently dries extremely brittle - so brittle that if you paint with it on canvas, the paint can crack like glass once dried. So you cannot use it on canvas basically (it's better on board or wood but still not entirely reliable) . Since I do intend doing some larger paintings on canvas, there seems no point pursuing any further use of painting where the predominant base color is based on zinc.<br />
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So then I spent the rest of the day researching other whites to see what I could use as a good alternative. I also wrote to Gamblin who have been helpful in the past.<br />
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I have ordered some other alternative whites to see if I can achieve the same success with those. <br />
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<br />Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-52484106323456951962018-02-07T13:37:00.001-08:002018-03-04T15:35:31.195-08:00Hill to the Lighthouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since completing the 31 day challenge, my head wants to go in at least three directions at once.<br />
I'm not sure whether I should tackle them one at a time, or all three simultaneously.<br />
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I get very inspired by art I see, read about and by artist interviews I listen to.<br />
A lot of semi-abstract floral art has caught my eye lately.<br />
I'm also hugely inspired to tackle some landscapes - sea scenes, clouds, open landscapes and scenes with strong value contrasts.<br />
I also have a lot of reference material from last summer I want to take another look at - scenes from Italy, France and from Monhegan Island, Maine.<br />
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This is a landscape I painted today.<br />
This is actually from a really fuzzy
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Initially I painted the roof much darker but I didn't feel it helped with the appearance of distance, so I lightened it slightly and I think it's much better now. I could probably have gone a touch lighter with the lighthouse as well. I might live with it for a few days to see how I feel about that. <br />
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I forgot that for the Strada Easel Challenge, I'm supposed to post a photo of all 31 paintings. But I sold a few and gave one away in a competition (oops!) so some of these are just a printed out substitute. Another one in this mix is also sold but I'm waiting for it to dry so that I can varnish it, so fortunately it's still here. I'm sure strada easel won't mind. Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-21767590919692980582018-01-31T09:59:00.002-08:002018-01-31T09:59:43.388-08:00Three Huddled Pears<br />
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 31! </b><br />
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The last in this series of pears. I used another of the boards I had pre-prepared with a magenta ground.<br />
I tried to keep things loose - put down a brush stroke and leave it.<br />
And I got used to painting on magenta. This forced me to used slightly thicker paint than I would normally.<br />
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<b>...AND today is January 31st!</b> I have painted every day for 31 consecutive days. And that's not counting the paintings that were too bad to post!<br />
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This challenge has just been great to get into a routine and <i>make</i> time to paint.<br />
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Things actually got easier, not harder as time went on, which I was surprised by.<br />
I will still be painting everyday, but not posting every day. <br />
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<b>New goals, things to work on and new things to try in February: </b><br />
Experiment more with palette knife<br />
Try introducing some abstract elements<br />
Work larger<br />
Experiment with other surfaces (canvas / linen / cradled boards)<br />
Experiment with other sizes (widths / landscape / portrait)<br />
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I'm not one for starting a painting with a colored ground, but since I'm experimenting, I thought I'd give it another go... and found it a slightly disconcerting experience!<br />
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The reason I don't usually use a ground is because I don't like the wet ground color interfering with the paint I'm laying down.<br />
So I tried a pre-prepared ground that I let dry first and used a fast drying galkyd medium to get it to dry faster.<br />
I went all-in with a bright magenta ground!<br />
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Here's the preparation stage.<br />
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This process forced me to lay down the paint a bit thicker than I usually would, and I think that's a good thing. <br />
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If you look at the three pear paintings together. there isn't a great difference except the one with the magenta ground has more of a 'glow' to it, slightly more abstract perhaps and slightly less naturalistic - I don't know.<br />
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What do you think? Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-63060564902604335732018-01-29T08:43:00.001-08:002018-01-29T08:43:07.689-08:00Three Standing Pears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 29</b><br />
<br />I was so pleased with yesterdays pear painting I continued on today with another.<br />
Pears are such a beautiful shape to start with, they are a winner for composition. <br />
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20 x 20cm approx<br />
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<b> Daily Painting Challenge - Day 28</b><br />
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I didn't have a lot of time today - I didn't get started until the afternoon, so I needed a simple shape to paint - these pears seemed ideal.<br />
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It was also a great opportunity to paint in a looser style.<br />
Throughout January I have really primarily been trying to get to grips with color:<br />
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For me personally, I sometimes feel the need to paint in a tighter style to really understand how those elements work together.<br />
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I have learned a lot about my color palette - I have adopted some new favourites and almost eliminated colors I used to use regularly (Cadmium yellow lemon and Phthalo blue).<br />
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With these pears since they already have a simple structure, I felt freer to paint more loosely. I'm very happy with the result. <br />
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20 x 20cm approx<br />
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 27</b><br />
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My second garlic set-up, this time splitting the garlic open<br />
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There are a million variations and tints of white in this garlic bulb - mixes of white with various yellows, browns and blues.<br />
Painting the laminated wood is kind of cool too. This is a very small chopping board I have. Some of the wood grain effects are achieved just by dragging a brush through the paint. <br />
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Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-80745010445148707852018-01-26T11:56:00.003-08:002018-01-26T12:06:06.118-08:00Garlic on a wooden board<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 26</b><br />
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Let it be said that I completed TWO paintings today, but the first one (a white cup) I absolutely hated.<br />
I spent a couple of hours on it - overworked it and decided I basically just didn't like it from the beginning. <br />
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Not to be defeated (actually motivated by not wanting to post something I was unhappy with) I went for a hunt for something else quick to paint, raided my vegetable box and found this garlic.<br />
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Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-39453232518730753952018-01-25T08:20:00.001-08:002018-01-25T08:21:19.488-08:00Black Tea and a Silver Spoon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 25</b><br />
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Today was a different challenge - I tried to capture the translucency of the paper and wet tea leaves through the bag, as opposed to yesterday which had an un-dipped dry teabag.<br />
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 24</b><br />
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Today I needed something simple to paint because I'm busy with other things over the next few days. Funny how simple is often for the best.<br />
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The little swirl in the string on the teabag was purely accidental and I'm so happy that the teabag cooperated and posed so nicely for me.<br />
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Now here's a dilemma I've been having with my title ... is it 'Tea Bag' (two words) or 'Teabag' (one word)? Most dictionaries have it as two words, but when you look up Tea Cup, it's always one word 'teacup'. That's the English language for you.<br />
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 23</b><br />
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Same cup as yesterday, different perspective!<br />
This cup is a useful prop for this birds-eye view as it has a little flower painted at the bottom, which helps create an appearance of depth.<br />
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 22</b><br />
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I wasn't exactly sure about the composition of this cup and with the teabag - and the square format but I painted it anyway.<br />
I played around with the background with my palette knife, picking up on some of the colors in the cup and cloth.<br />
I'm sticking with the square format for this challenge for simplicity sake.<br />
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The painting is quite tight in style on this one, but wasn't sure how else to attack that zazzy pattern! <br />
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Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-89220143619932645852018-01-21T07:47:00.002-08:002018-01-22T21:28:03.753-08:00Pomegranate and Raspberry Tea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 21</b><br />
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Yesterday I got into a groove painting the swirly white and blue tablecloth, so I got straight onto another painting with the same cloth.<br />
This is one of my personal favorites.<br />
You can't go wrong with a cup of tea. Definitely firmly back in my comfort zone. <br />
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I'm two-thirds of the way through this January challenge! <br />
It's been tough but very rewarding.<br />
There was an update from Strada Easel yesterday that said there were still 500 people participating in the challenge. <br />
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(8 x 8 inches)<br />
20 x 20cm approx<br />
Oil on Gessobord
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<br />Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-54447761243831903912018-01-20T11:45:00.001-08:002018-01-21T08:40:14.508-08:00Lemon Wedges on a Patterned Tablecloth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 20</b><br />
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This painting was REALLY challenging.<br />
I changed the lighting so that I had a strong light behind the bowl. I wanted to see how the light affected the lemon wedges, with some of them in shade, some of them in half shade and some of them in the light.<br />
With this painting I really had to work all over the painting throughout.<br />
When you get down to basics, representational painting is about isolating tiny areas of space and identifying and mixing the color that you see in that space.<br />
The difficulty as we know is that our brains rarely just see an isolated space. The colour of the object we see in a space is also determined by what surrounds that space. (Think about the white gold / blue black dress as an extreme example.)<br />
So to get the colors in the lemon wedges as I saw them here, I also had to paint the shade around the wedges at the same time.<br />
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<i>The tablecloth</i> is not the first tablecloth I've painted and I really enjoy doing them. I get much more impressionistic with tablecloths than with other things I paint, because if I tried to paint a realistic version, I'd be there for days. I varied the color very slightly and lightened the blue to towards the back to create the impression of distance. I really like it. The trick is to paint in all the shading first then paint the pattern on top. And actually it's a lot easier than it looks.<br />
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I was inspired to do the patterned table cloth after seeing this weeks Daily Paintworks challenge<br />
<a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/challenge/the-patterned-challenge/482" target="_blank">The Patterned Challenge</a> and thought I might as well continue the lemon theme from yesterday. <br />
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Also I left the lemons a bit looser because I really wanted to focus on the light in this scene. <br />
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Throughout the painting I took detailed notes about the colors I used for each part of the painting. <br />
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<b>Torrit Grey</b><br />
I have started using up my tubes of <a href="https://www.gamblincolors.com/torrit-grey/" target="_blank">Torrit Grey.</a><br />
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Torrit grey is not a specific colour as such. It's made by Gamblin paints and they give away free tubes of it every year - and every year each batch they make is different. They make it out of all the leftover pigment collected when they clear out their air filtration system. It's a fantastic way of recycling. <br />
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I have a number of different tubes of it. I've been wondering what to use it for and discovered it's great for tinting yellow.<br />
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(8 x 8 inches)<br />
20 x 20cm approx<br />
Oil on Gessobord
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<br />Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-84101435478007509172018-01-19T12:42:00.000-08:002018-01-21T08:40:30.769-08:00Lemons in a Decorated Bowl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 19</b><br />
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One of the things that has been a 'challenge' about this challenge has been being able to photograph the paintings in the right light. Often by the time I have finished the painting, it is 3pm or later and the good light has gone or the light just is bad that day. Yellow is a particularly difficult colour when it come to getting the lighting right.<br />
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When this January challenge is over, I'm determined to keep painting every day, but not posting every day. I'm looking forward to<br />
1. Being able to spend more time and give more thought to what I'm doing.<br />
2. Tackling larger works<br />
3. Waiting for a day with good light to photograph things for posting.<br />
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On another note, after I have photographed the painting, to crop it, I usually just upload for simplicity, to google photos. As soon as I hit the 'crop' icon, all these filters appear.<br />
Usually they look awful, but this black and white version caught my eye.<br />
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I quite like this painting in black and white. <br />
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(8 x 8 inches)<br />
20 x 20cm approx<br />
Oil on Gessobord
Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-75930829365717369292018-01-18T09:18:00.000-08:002018-01-21T08:40:45.186-08:00Lemon Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 18</b><br />
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The title for this one was easy, since the bowl has the word 'LOVE' painted on the bottom of it.<br />
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As promised yesterday - a lemon study.<br />
Though I didn't make it all that easy on myself by choosing a bowl with lettering painted in it. Doh!<br />
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(8 x 8 inches)<br />
20 x 20cm approx<br />
Oil on Gessobord
Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-57026723214379579442018-01-17T17:16:00.000-08:002018-01-21T08:41:37.158-08:00Oil, Vinegar and Basil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 17</b><br />
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Specifically olive oil, balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar and basil.<br />
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Today just got silly if I'm honest.<br />
On a day when I had to get my son to both physio
and orthodontist (different locations) and daughter to dance lessons
(another location) and husband is in Japan I choose to fit basically a full size
painting into a tiny 8 x 8" panel? These are supposed to be studies! What was I thinking? ....
Tomorrow... simplify!!! I might just paint a lemon or something. <br />
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Something clicked while I was doing this painting: Some artists paint
in the main subject matter first, then they paint in the background.
For the longest time I couldn't understand this approach because if you
paint the subject matter first, you then have to be very careful to
paint around it.<br />
I would usually paint the bulk of background first, then paint in the
subject matter so that you don't have to be so careful, then go back
and finish off the background.<br />
The problem, is that you need to match the background to your subject
matter - the subject matter should come first. The background is firmly
secondary - you can adjust the values round your subject matter as
needed to give the subject matter center stage.<br />
As in this painting - the background gets very light in places to really make those bottles pop.<br />
Okay I'm a convert. From now on I'll be leaving the background until later.<br />
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(8 x 8 inches)<br />
20 x 20cm approx<br />
Oil on Gessobord
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<br />Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-38756098254657467642018-01-16T12:48:00.005-08:002018-01-16T12:50:33.711-08:00Oil and Rosemary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 16</b><br />
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I'm really done with painting flowers for a while. <br />
This olive oil bottle is an object I've been wanting to have a go at painting for a long time, because it 'glows' under my kitchen lights. I knew those fiddly bits in the glass would be a challenge but I was actually more daunted by the Rosemary. I wasn't sure how I was I was going to tackle it. Turns out it was a lot easier than I expected - you just need the right brush.<br />
This is my favorite painting so far of this challenge.<br />
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(8 x 8 inches)<br />
20 x 20cm approx<br />
Oil on Gessobord
Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-1764068796414815972018-01-15T11:07:00.002-08:002018-01-15T19:09:27.765-08:00Monday Morning Tulips<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 15</b><br />
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I went out again to find tulips and found these. They are the tiniest tulips in the world. Fortunately I had a tiny blue and white pitcher that fit them nicely.<br />
This is painted mainly with a brush but I also decided to have a play around my palette knife.<br />
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While painting I almost always listen to a spoken pod cast, usually something to do with art. For some reason I get too distracted listening to music.<br />
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Anyway today I was listening to this one about artist Kenny Harris.<br />
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<a href="https://savvypainter.com/podcast/ebb-flow-art-sales-kenny-harris/" target="_blank">The Savvy Painter: Kevin Harris</a><br />
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Afterwards I looked him up and I'm blown away by how good and inspiring his art is.<br />
Love it. He might be my new favorite artist.<br />
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20 x 20cm approx<br />
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<br />Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-71710382949789084332018-01-14T12:33:00.000-08:002018-01-14T12:52:54.286-08:00Cherry Huddle<br />
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 14</b><br />
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I have used this challenge so far to try to crack how to paint flowers. But I had to forgo the flowers today. Little things like family got in the way. Husband to airport, one daughter to a dress fitting, another daughter to a food drive.<br />
So I had to choose something that was quick - cherries!<br />
I painted this in 1 hour 20 minutes, which is quick for me. Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-14793727763365813412018-01-13T11:30:00.000-08:002018-01-13T11:36:08.131-08:00Calla Lilies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 13</b><br />
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A few things about this daily painting challenge:<br />
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<li>It has sparked a ton of ideas for larger paintings, which I'd really like to be getting on with, but can't really start yet because I feel I have to get to the end of this challenge.</li>
<li>It opens you up to having to show all your pieces whether you think they are any good or not. </li>
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I actually went out today to buy some white tulips to practice for an idea I have brewing, but couldn't find any so bought these Calla Lilies instead. So this composition isn't really what I initially had in mind. However I'm on a mission to practice painting all varieties of flower, and this turned out well I think. <br />
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20 x 20cm approx<br />
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Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-23359683272118160412018-01-12T18:16:00.003-08:002019-06-21T18:38:37.351-07:00Pale Yellow Aglow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 12</b><br />
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Flowers are always tricker than you think they are going to be and take twice as long to paint.<br />
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Here's a progress shot. You can see at this stage I have started putting in the yellow and the basic shape is there. I used a fair bit of purple for the shadows on the right of the flower.<br />
At this stage I realised that although the petals are pale, they were too white, so added just a touch of a creamy yellow and went in with a smaller brush to add some definition to the center of the flower. <br />
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(6 x 6 inches)<br />
15 x 15cm approx<br />
Oil on Gessobord Jacqueline Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879082392414724359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510352789188583578.post-58017831457050335302018-01-11T14:40:00.003-08:002018-01-12T17:53:23.478-08:00Rosy-Row<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Daily Painting Challenge - Day 11</b><br />
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Similar composition to yesterday but with three different varieties of rose of varying sizes. <br />
Even though I was trying to keep things loose, the white rose took me at least three attempts. The white has just a hint of yellow. I tried three different pigments before I got a flower that still looked white, not yellow.<br />
I'd like to try a bigger version of this composition at some point. <br />
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I guess this challenge really has become about painting flowers.<br />
So difficult to do a composition like this on a tiny little panel.<br />
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(8 x 8 inches)<br />
20 x 20cm approx<br />
Oil on Gessobord
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