Progress of a painting

http://vimeo.com/95666186

Here is a short video of the progress of an oil painting.

painting in oils

I picked up my computer yesterday and it is like having a good friend come back into my life.

It has been years since I painted just with oils. I have been using encaustic, sometimes combined with oil for about 15 years.


I was inspired by a beautiful new model we are using for life drawing, and will be posting progress of some oil sketches. Photographing the progress is very helpful. I tell my students that after an hour, the eye doesn't see the same, so looking at the photos gives me a new perspective.

I am thinking that I like the beginning painting better than the last. I do start to get picky with figurative work. What do you think?

I'll start with just a few and tomorrow post the whole series of another one.

And The Winner Is......

I still am without a computer. It is being repaired and I really miss it. I have been without it for two weeks. My mini iPad is great, but it can't do what my laptop did, so this posting is minimal, to say the least.

I am announcing that Brenda L is the winner of Pay What You Want and this painting will soon be shipped to her. Thank you to the others who responded . Your replies were heartfelt .

I will post a part of Brenda's comments on my FaceBook page, since I can't figure out how to get an attachment on this blog.

Pay what you want

There is one week left to get me your bid on the painting, and why you want it.
I am sorry that I can't post any images because my computer died last week and I am doing the best I can with my iPad.

Encaustic and oil painting, Pay What You Want

 Please check out this video offer and let me know why you want this painting and what you want to pay for it.  http://vimeo.com/92954894

Water Icon, oil and encaustic

I did 4 icons with element themes. This one is water. The element of water rules emotions,;the ocean. lakes, steams, ponds, wells, rivers, intuition, and the womb.

Aphrodite, the goddess of love is emerging from a lotus on the center panel while dolphins play in the background.  On the left is Vivian of the Lake form the Avalon tales, holding the sword Excalibur that came from the waters and was returned to their depths after the rein of King Arthur.  On the right, the angel Gabriel guides the beings who live in the waters.

At the time I made these icons, I was living in Ashland OR. In the center of town is  beautiful Lithia park. I would hike there and also spend hours sitting and watching the cascading waters come tumbling down from the top of the mountain. The back of the icon is my interpretation of those wonderful falls. It is painted completely in encaustic.

oil, encaustic, gold leaf on panel

Here is another 3 Eves, but much larger. It is about 4 1/2 ' high. I do not have the exact measurements, since it sold over 10 years ago.It can be used as a room divider. I made the smaller one first and continued the theme with this one.

front

(see the explanation in the last posting)

I cut out the panels with my jigsaw and joined them with brackets after all the sides were painted.
Once again, I layered encaustic over the oil painting and carved the patterning with a sharpened chop stick.

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