Go find paintings you never finished!
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| Marble Canyon |
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| Nankoweap Canyon |
About two years ago I started learning how to paint with oils. I used watercolors for many years and even then did not spend a lot of time painting. When I started with oils, I used the paint much like I did watercolor paint; very thin. I started painting some images from a whitewater rafting trip through the Grand Canyon, but put them aside. I'm glad I did. I've learned a lot in the last few years and I think these paintings are better than if I had finished them before. In a few years, I may look back at these paintings and say "I could do better." I finished these paintings, and two below, in record time. It helps if you have 75% of the painting completed.
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Blue Beached Boat
SOLD |
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| Boogie Board |
NOTE: A year later (2/21/12), I looked at the two canyon paintings and thought about taking them out of the frame to make some improvements. This is a good thing! I've developed better painting skills over the past year.
2 comments:
Very nice, I like the perspective of "Marble Canyon". The deadline for the artist residency in the Grand Canyon is coming up (April 1), you should go for it!
Kathy, Thanks. I'm not in as good shape as I was when I did the rafting trip. They might have to helicopter me out!
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