Hey Friends, The internet service with Comcast really sucks!! Not just occassionally, but every day I wind up waiting for hours to get a connection. Wish there was some alternative.
The photo above shows the view/scene I was painting. Not very good, you can't see the truck way in the distance, but you can see my base color - Magenta !! I love to start a painting on a bright color.
This photo shows my whole easel thing. It's a cheap Daler Rowney tripod but I like it. It'll work until I can afford a REAL plein-aire outfit.
This shows a very good start. I will take it home and study it and then finish with a few details. Mainly in the truck. I have time to start another, yay!! So this means I come home with 3 paintings. The image below is my finished painting. That red truck turned out way smaller than I thought it would.
We are having a special show at Gallery 108 in October. Otherwise, I would start posting these in my DPW store. I actually think posting these will be a big waste of time because everyone at DPW is a plein-aire painter so my work will be nothing new except if you're looking for something from SW Va. , like our mountains or rivers or ponds. I'll show the other two paintings tomorrow. I've been on this computer all day and I'm worn out. Computers don't come naturally to me (do they anybody) so IT IS work to me. Painting esp. plein-aire is hard work too. But a different kind of work and a different kind of exhaustion. It's good.
PS-A heartfelt thanks to the Jetter family for sharing their farm with us and to Angela for setting it up.
Happy Trails Travel Well
Hey Friends, Some photos I took Wednesday at the Gallery 108 in downtown Roanoke, Va. The shot above is the left window. Notice the face with the 3-D glasses?!
This is the window on the right. I always have a hard time taking a decent photo of these windows. Didn't even try the big main window. Some time I'd like to go by there at night and see what would happen with all the glare and such.
Here is the main stage upstairs with the main or majority of the 3-D images hanging. It's probably hard to see but at the top of photo is a little sign that says"It's a new dimension". This show is about looking at art with the glasses you normally would be wearing at a movie !! It's pretty cool. With the glasses on certain colors will appear to be floating or hovering out from their place on the painting. Mainly the HOT colors and it seems exaggerated with the use of Thalo Blue and green. Hope some of you can make it to the show. The big celebration party is Sunday August 21, 2011 4:30 to 7 pm by invitation only and only because wine will be served.
AND - TA Dah - My favorite little Man in the world - The handsome Mr. Nic !!! Trying to master the 3-D glasses so he can critique the new works !! His fav was the big red heart floating on the sea.
And now he is ready to play hide & seek !!! Have you ever seen such a cutie pie !!!
