Labor Day weekend is always a busy time here on
the coast. Not only are there a lot of visitors to the area but we are
involved in a lot of activities. I spent an hour on Saturday doing a
sketching demo for an event at our local art center. Sunday our band
played a long, three hour gig at one of our annual local events. The
band has a standing date to play there every year.
I will give a brief mention here, I play a 5-string electric cello in The Sedona Fire Band.
My mate Bob plays trumpet, coronet, and flugelhorn. Click on the band
name to get to the website. We will be recording our second band CD this
winter. Playing music with my bandmates is one of the many joys in
life.
It was a busy weekend. I did squeeze some
painting in but did not have time to post. I will be playing catch-up
this week. We still have a lot of work to do on our new house to get it
ready for the winter as well as upgraded and renovated. We do have some
beautiful views all around. We have a peek of the Nehalem river below us
and of the river valley. The view from the front is framed with the
beautiful coastal mountains. Behind us, we have a nice view of these
trees. At least for now. The waning summer light was just beautiful this
day. I didn't have a lot of time due to rehearsal schedules and
celebrations and all but did my best to squeeze in a painting session. I
was able to do the 10 and 20 minute part before I had to get going.
I am really enjoying the addition of focusing on
values. It is really helping me to see how much I need to push them and
spread out the different values in the composition. I still believe I
need to push my darks and lights further apart.Here is the 10 and 20
minute paintings side by side:
The 10 minute painting looks very abstract but I
am finding it really helpful to get me thinking about the design of the
painting.
Here is a closer view of the 20 minute painting:
I know, none of these paintings look terribly exciting at this point. I am getting excited by how much I am learning!
Tomorrow I get to work on my studio. Currently it
is stacked with boxes and needs the walls and floor painted, the
switches and plugs repaired, and shelves and cupboards put up. We will
be moving all of that out of the studio and I will work like crazy in
the next couple of days to get all the painting done and what shelves
and such I can get up. I can't wait to get all that done and get moved
in!
I will probably not have time to post in the next few days but will catch up with the challenge soon.
Yours in paint,
-Renee
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