tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340508495758513312024-03-05T14:41:09.299-08:00angela-calmucAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-61069235663945902092013-06-29T07:44:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.317-07:00Porto Heli (πορτο χελι) Greece<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXyM3JV1Ex4/Uc7tczldxqI/AAAAAAAAAfY/n8FldZZFLls/s946/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wXyM3JV1Ex4/Uc7tczldxqI/AAAAAAAAAfY/n8FldZZFLls/s400/image.jpg" width="252" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Porto Heli watercolour copyright Elizabeth Tyler 2013</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The subject for this watercolour painting, I have just finished, is unusual for me in that it is seen from a further distance than I normally choose. I've taken a pause from the close up, in detail, frogs eye views I often become totally absorbed in.<br />As the view is seen from a boat the sea makes up most of the foreground as opposed to more traditional paintings of coastal towns where the sea is in the background.<br />Painting in a boat has it's problems of course. The repetitive rocking motion of the boat isn't a great problem as long as it is caused by a light breeze with soft small waves. Your body and brain compensates so you don't even think about it. When the wind really gets up to something near gale force or when a motor yacht charges by at full speed ploughing through the water like a bulldozer, <u>that's</u> a problem.<br />The other problem in this case was a very high motor boat that moored in front of me, taking my view. I had to wait for the wind to change direction before I could get a glimpse of my subject again.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KLB5JLXqkOo/Uc7riucO9wI/AAAAAAAAAfE/idaW924SH7M/s1276/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="269" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KLB5JLXqkOo/Uc7riucO9wI/AAAAAAAAAfE/idaW924SH7M/s320/image.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sitting in the cockpit trying to get the last details done.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1ZourgJsqLU/Uc7riU2rOnI/AAAAAAAAAfA/NqBpj8fiLqk/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1ZourgJsqLU/Uc7riU2rOnI/AAAAAAAAAfA/NqBpj8fiLqk/s640/image.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My subject on th left, the obstruction in the middle, my boat "Aquarella" on the right.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-65851020854859001342013-06-08T05:24:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.329-07:00Near and far.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtc-8EpmXEkohZB-jCYKpOTKyOYMRi7XQI5_mCH0O-C5JX27OkQ_Qze1Pj9rvDbfFtiJe40U9QQfDpEp5ltYm0QW5GG0-a59Ku93QZPh9diIXPY63LJDiEVjfthVoiGBO6uGuGwsum2GKa/s1600/pebble-shore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtc-8EpmXEkohZB-jCYKpOTKyOYMRi7XQI5_mCH0O-C5JX27OkQ_Qze1Pj9rvDbfFtiJe40U9QQfDpEp5ltYm0QW5GG0-a59Ku93QZPh9diIXPY63LJDiEVjfthVoiGBO6uGuGwsum2GKa/s640/pebble-shore.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pebble shore watercolour 36 X 46 cm © Elizabeth Tyler 2013</span></td></tr></tbody></table>The muddy water of the harbour, where my boat is moored right now, isn't so inspiring so I took a long walk on the beach far away where the water wasn't so polluted (as it unfortunately often is here in Greece). At last both the colour of the pebbles and the water itself was clearer and all the colours came to life. It was late afternoon, the wind had dropped and the waves had turned to ripples, slowly washing ashore. I chose a very low viewpoint in order to get a close look at the stones at the same time as being able to include the sea as a backdrop.<br />The challenge here was to be able to create the impression of depth and distance. I wanted the background very soft and diffuse but still keeping the foreground extremely sharp and detailed. I often try to use this effect when painting both watercolours and acrylics but it's equally challenging every time.<br />The water was very shallow, barely covering the stones, but even so the blue colour was really intense, reflecting the late afternoon sky.<br />In the painting all the stones and the foreground were masked first with Art Masking Fluid so that the water could be painted freely. Prussian blue and Winsor blue (red shade) were used, plus a touch of burnt sienna where the waves stir up the sea bed.<br />At first I had painted the stones in the water too clearly and defined so they looked like they were lying <i>on</i> the water instead of <i>in</i> the water.<br />So I went about scrubbing all the edges with a trimmed, wet hoghair brush. The streaks of white in the water were done in the same way. I finished off by drawing lines with a white aquarelle pencil. These lines were also scrubbed to soften the impression and create distance.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHf8e8XhSAsNnv8KM1hcbvQNsvJEhEcfGkwlIYoD8JrN61iy9HrcwAP5WF5ZurndUzuwO9HptiuIw4Rxt4fYMcg6LmlOhfYedaCyfDkNuxpH-1bwa4031K43S9W0sof8jHfNobRFFDNLu/s1600/softening-whitelines.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHf8e8XhSAsNnv8KM1hcbvQNsvJEhEcfGkwlIYoD8JrN61iy9HrcwAP5WF5ZurndUzuwO9HptiuIw4Rxt4fYMcg6LmlOhfYedaCyfDkNuxpH-1bwa4031K43S9W0sof8jHfNobRFFDNLu/s320/softening-whitelines.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Softening edges with a trimmed hoghair brush</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-34852199677949682032013-06-03T00:08:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.336-07:00Same, same but different.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTPlo0CeoXHVFphbC55f5FwP-etUcFQq-nSPZLYRWZ6sOteriqfMOo_MX_Ka-o0sLKdpOtMKh5G0GcUxNqVM_78Eeya4HZ6PGaH9Ln-ForS9CnnrkV38UJU98MMxWp6VNFTfeTZ7YdrrC/s1600/watercolour-final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTPlo0CeoXHVFphbC55f5FwP-etUcFQq-nSPZLYRWZ6sOteriqfMOo_MX_Ka-o0sLKdpOtMKh5G0GcUxNqVM_78Eeya4HZ6PGaH9Ln-ForS9CnnrkV38UJU98MMxWp6VNFTfeTZ7YdrrC/s400/watercolour-final.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pebbles watercolour 25 x 45 cm © Elizabeth Tyler 2013</td></tr></tbody></table>A pebble beach with multicoloured stones can be found anywhere in the world and it is a favourite subject I often return to. In Greece the water is so clear it's almost invisible, resulting in soggy, wet sandals when I'm walking along the waterline. It is of course right here the wet stones are at their best and most colourful. Many is the time when I have collected a few, only to be disappointed on getting home to find them dry, dull and non-descript.<br />In this watercolour I wanted to show the enormous diversity of the pebbles and stones. Not only in colour but shapes and sizes, surface textures and markings. Even the sand under the ripples of water is not just yellow but has it's own special character and is after all a compromised collection of minute and microscopic pebbles with similar colours. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-71343479602493344772013-05-06T08:54:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.344-07:00The Net<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pannAlEIl6EVq_KCV1hFheOtRqEo3Qb8K0gvMbcRel9YRmR1gKk5mTUDoDFdjpu0W55K9-H7PALvg4Z6Zuzcmyb7i3x4sqTlmfB8aLF7aKw8WVkNQPOBo57y8mfEpxW3jgNQO5Czj5wF/s1600/net-utanram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pannAlEIl6EVq_KCV1hFheOtRqEo3Qb8K0gvMbcRel9YRmR1gKk5mTUDoDFdjpu0W55K9-H7PALvg4Z6Zuzcmyb7i3x4sqTlmfB8aLF7aKw8WVkNQPOBo57y8mfEpxW3jgNQO5Czj5wF/s640/net-utanram.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Net" acrylics on canvas 180 x 110 cm © Elizabeth Tyler 2004</td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bjB5Zh89WMdJ0Yfc_noQU-KRwqsFAXnwye9l-ICLCpxWxFsGtO9QTnmEVBSWrpuD894OHRY8bh-W3Oa1gCnO4TkjHf2KXJBEUPvm26nqu44jGNN9iZ9lepgRtWJDKNGzoo_IDssS0yZR/s1600/net-close.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bjB5Zh89WMdJ0Yfc_noQU-KRwqsFAXnwye9l-ICLCpxWxFsGtO9QTnmEVBSWrpuD894OHRY8bh-W3Oa1gCnO4TkjHf2KXJBEUPvm26nqu44jGNN9iZ9lepgRtWJDKNGzoo_IDssS0yZR/s320/net-close.jpg" width="320" /></a>I found the subject for this painting on the quayside of a fishing harbour on the island of Corsica some years ago. The contrasting colours of the net against the sea made a dramatic effect which appealed to me. It was really a challenge though to keep track of all the lines, ropes, floats and the net. The underlying shadows of the criss-crossing lines help to give the impression of depth. You can see that some of the ropes are stiff from the salty water of the Mediterranean, so they don't fall in soft uniform curves but have their own stubborn will.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />If you look closely, the intricate network is tied and sewn together with small knots. The fisherman's patience for this tedious, time consuming work must have been far greater than mine when I painted it all.<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-12288252747660501122013-04-14T14:53:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.352-07:00The watercolour "Helenium" found a new home in Norway<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocX45e1qg2nlfC6nOYObx3ILl0H7gblc8NCbFnSKLwyZWS1rc9NhDk97JxCGxFKlBQ2ybIUppMrAx16oaoxJkYeDBiqAHyfkHIS8j1FSK1KgZ7zJ5pCit3Ub_SSAwtmp5G7KSqcwWKtX7/s1600/whitebutterflypainting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocX45e1qg2nlfC6nOYObx3ILl0H7gblc8NCbFnSKLwyZWS1rc9NhDk97JxCGxFKlBQ2ybIUppMrAx16oaoxJkYeDBiqAHyfkHIS8j1FSK1KgZ7zJ5pCit3Ub_SSAwtmp5G7KSqcwWKtX7/s640/whitebutterflypainting.jpg" width="267" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helenium 95 X 40 cm © Elizabeth Tyler 2011</td></tr></tbody></table> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The open studio event went well this year with lots of positive visitors, enthusiastic art lovers and interesting people. One painting was sold to a family living in Norway. A problem arose though when they tried to fit the rather large painting into the car's roof box to transport it home. They had taken measurements and thought it would fit, but the streamlined roof box had rounded corners and no matter how they squeezed and tipped and turned, they just couldn't close the box. In the end they put it diagonally over the back seat. I hope both the painting and the family arrived home safely.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4hkZqU2vLVvN8-5IVsvYv3KLamh6sGnVVj4Y80IQhuqLQd8AGzz2chgDBkE1VQrSV3hbmun0qu4s_BV3Val0yqi5Hi58f7w9hORt7xqwBY7W1ccuTJifbI2w1-4rGWbO1N9y39QBFqcA/s1600/takbox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4hkZqU2vLVvN8-5IVsvYv3KLamh6sGnVVj4Y80IQhuqLQd8AGzz2chgDBkE1VQrSV3hbmun0qu4s_BV3Val0yqi5Hi58f7w9hORt7xqwBY7W1ccuTJifbI2w1-4rGWbO1N9y39QBFqcA/s400/takbox.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-49752211096526554252013-03-27T12:44:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.359-07:00Open studio event<br /><div class="aboveUnitContent" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px;"><div class="userContentWrapper"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxrJwBWFu1NPq2TfvoxSryuWSkQpEakaEy2KcpfarQpBhATCz0pRj4WEh95702J8j6H2JLJyQ7JdZjs58m-2DjGVa-ZrZf2TvIy_vEaYFU1t5vPIprpZNPLdniSs9Xq2ngOursgDYRgFA/s1600/konsthallen_e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxrJwBWFu1NPq2TfvoxSryuWSkQpEakaEy2KcpfarQpBhATCz0pRj4WEh95702J8j6H2JLJyQ7JdZjs58m-2DjGVa-ZrZf2TvIy_vEaYFU1t5vPIprpZNPLdniSs9Xq2ngOursgDYRgFA/s640/konsthallen_e.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="_wk" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="userContent">The painting I was working on previously is now finished and framed. As the subject was seen in the warmth of the late afternoon sun, I've called it "Evening Glow". It is now representing me in the group exhibition for all the artists participating in the annual open studio event "Konstrundan" here in southern Sweden. The exhibition in the Landskrona Art Hall opens Good Friday along with all the artists studios. We are 148 artists here working with many different techniques so the event is usually quite popular. I have been taking part in this event since 1997 and the number of visitors has increased every year. Normally over 2000 in my living room during the 10 days so I won't be painting for the next couple of weeks and tomorrow I'll go to bed early.</span></div><div><span class="userContent"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="photoUnit clearfix" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative; zoom: 1;"><div class="_53s uiScaledThumb photo photoWidth1" data-gt="{"fbid":"238931829583954"}" style="float: left; position: relative;"><a ajaxify="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=238931829583954&set=a.142901842520287.42783.142882212522250&type=1&relevant_count=1&src=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-prn1%2F901333_238931829583954_1607041733_o.jpg&smallsrc=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-prn1%2F522397_238931829583954_1607041733_n.jpg&size=992%2C1323&theater" class="_6i9" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=238931829583954&set=a.142901842520287.42783.142882212522250&type=1&relevant_count=1" rel="theater" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-79262451917543240952013-03-24T14:35:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.367-07:00Painting magpies in the snow - or not...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYTK2a93ZFFOr9D2QFkxfJc5dlg7Lh2lU2ohP1jGN8WbjI8Gp5bZV5rq2MdzOLQpn1u_suM4EaV5YeW2N0ATW6KeRtSJafxbMWqQqN8fpbOk_jTqA0ef3lZGiBk3gwH5rD5gP-tZS77aV/s1600/2skator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYTK2a93ZFFOr9D2QFkxfJc5dlg7Lh2lU2ohP1jGN8WbjI8Gp5bZV5rq2MdzOLQpn1u_suM4EaV5YeW2N0ATW6KeRtSJafxbMWqQqN8fpbOk_jTqA0ef3lZGiBk3gwH5rD5gP-tZS77aV/s400/2skator.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I photographed these two magpies from the kitchen window earlier this year when there was a lot of snow. At first I rendered them as they were, surrounded by white snow. Afterwards I felt the the background was rather boring and nondescript. So I started letting a blade of grass or two peep through the snow in places. Then I went on and on painting grass, blade after blade, day after day. Different shades of green, yellow and blue were added. On and on I went, almost like the sorcerers apprentice. Painting shadows between grass straws, lightening up, toning down, overlapping in places and finally adding the taller grass and twigs in the foreground.<br /> In the meantime the snow has slowly vanished from the garden, the days are longer and spring is almost here. The magpies have moved up into the pear tree where they're building a nest. I'd like to paint that too but it's way out of reach, they know what they're doing so I'll leave them alone now.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNq4mVd5lgQ2okUdVPBv8tpwh5psMls4QSIeJs2UfHRtcmHPKVTFQ7Yb8d1jseEGhGoU3rq2uGxjdX2J0LlJFmOTz6Pnuaefp42DFm5BaOh6arO0BD1krwcYhZFoyLEZGTuEljk7riEmI7/s1600/magpies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNq4mVd5lgQ2okUdVPBv8tpwh5psMls4QSIeJs2UfHRtcmHPKVTFQ7Yb8d1jseEGhGoU3rq2uGxjdX2J0LlJFmOTz6Pnuaefp42DFm5BaOh6arO0BD1krwcYhZFoyLEZGTuEljk7riEmI7/s640/magpies.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magpies acrylics on canvas 35 x 110 cm © Elizabeth Tyler 2013</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-59208439032506655642013-03-17T14:09:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.375-07:00Garlic<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJZ1dRcjKwUhgvY5X997G7dGj1Bhikf9Nb2V-Xz50qm6Qn_G1CpOxZYuKqZX_LTcH2J6ddlRd-XKbq2dh1fNMNNP5y3tb4kWcJpvYEyLA7j1FTRWGLDonhk9LLP1qWbWgigtynHe7qUj-/s1600/garlic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJZ1dRcjKwUhgvY5X997G7dGj1Bhikf9Nb2V-Xz50qm6Qn_G1CpOxZYuKqZX_LTcH2J6ddlRd-XKbq2dh1fNMNNP5y3tb4kWcJpvYEyLA7j1FTRWGLDonhk9LLP1qWbWgigtynHe7qUj-/s640/garlic.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garlic acrylics on canvas 90 x 120 cm ©Elizabeth Tyler 2002</td></tr></tbody></table>Sometimes inspiration comes from an unexpected source. Making dinner one evening, while I had my reading glasses on to look at a recipe, I took a closer look at the garlic I was holding in my hand. I had just broken some cloves off and what was left was some thin transparent flakes of skin, the root and the rest of the cloves. The garlic wasn't just white but many different colours ranging from yellow ochre, pale purple, blue and brown. I've never been much good at cooking so the dinner was no success, my mind was elsewhere as it usually is. I couldn't wait to start painting the garlic. The painting was much larger than life so I could render the garlic in every detail. I chose complimentary colours for the background in order to bring out the pale shades of the subject itself.<br />The painting was sold a few years ago but the other day I was glad to have the opportunity of seeing it again in its present surroundings, a beautiful private home in Helsingborg, Sweden.<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-61016125586934361132013-02-26T15:06:00.000-08:002013-09-28T00:41:52.382-07:00Step by step painting rocks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2q0NCOpvs0A0hay8jg3QqbHe3C92vYdRLlUrIDzjq4RZsn-CvAFOSF8DrUafi5VuVyhyBuCyCMnm0bTtl50QlFvSrSmw45rBOFZ9RcsLO9XyakAKJfZ-taMLY92at1IaYdvZuDuJBcRr/s1600/step-painting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2q0NCOpvs0A0hay8jg3QqbHe3C92vYdRLlUrIDzjq4RZsn-CvAFOSF8DrUafi5VuVyhyBuCyCMnm0bTtl50QlFvSrSmw45rBOFZ9RcsLO9XyakAKJfZ-taMLY92at1IaYdvZuDuJBcRr/s640/step-painting.jpg" width="578" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting "Rocks", acrylics on canvas 150 x 110 cm © Elizabeth Tyler 2013</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Step by step, week after week I worked on this painting and now almost 2 months after I started, the finishing touches are added. At least I <u>think</u> these will be the finishing touches, the last brushstrokes, the final blobs and the umpteenth layer. I just have to leave it now for a while to let it rest and mature by itself. I might contemplate picking up a brush again to do some small adjustments but right now I need to do something else. It's often necessary to turn your back to work that has demanded so much attention for so long. In a few days I'll be able to see the painting in a new light and decide if more has to be done.</div><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-80033315364123205642013-01-28T14:16:00.000-08:002013-09-28T00:41:52.389-07:00New Exhibition<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9JRFQS9DPYU9ik7mtbHISd8OAeu5x2Tvd7Y1qNj5lxfiVGfvWiUiWgFYBmzef-gBJBT33lAGfOBAHfrV6pXo9z3GrVMrepth1mSGaWFUNmkWtLCE7MaP46pD8XARceR9AKEDnvaf_P5U/s1600/entrance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9JRFQS9DPYU9ik7mtbHISd8OAeu5x2Tvd7Y1qNj5lxfiVGfvWiUiWgFYBmzef-gBJBT33lAGfOBAHfrV6pXo9z3GrVMrepth1mSGaWFUNmkWtLCE7MaP46pD8XARceR9AKEDnvaf_P5U/s640/entrance.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance hall of the Assa Abloy company Landskrona.</td></tr></tbody></table>At the moment I have a small exhibition in the beautiful entrance hall of the Assa-Abloy company, (entrance systems) in Landskrona Sweden. The architecture of the hall comprises a decorative pool through which underwater stones can be seen. This happens to be exactly the same subject I chose for my acrylic painting "Over and under".<br />Although my painting is from the Mediterranean, the subject is universal and coincidentally matches almost as if tailor made for the hall.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJqtTel_nmxaXeTGqCyiWMG3rugBRhD4TrSjLWmptT_zKBw_5zitEXCBav16sUFL1j3vilc65L4qinRkwQXhosjMDysuBIxYWSWVw4FRzLOY9DYbhYpsrmH-UOJGRXrZoqiqM32vEHnba/s1600/thruwater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJqtTel_nmxaXeTGqCyiWMG3rugBRhD4TrSjLWmptT_zKBw_5zitEXCBav16sUFL1j3vilc65L4qinRkwQXhosjMDysuBIxYWSWVw4FRzLOY9DYbhYpsrmH-UOJGRXrZoqiqM32vEHnba/s320/thruwater.jpg" width="230" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Over and under" acrylics on canvas 150 x 110 cm © Elizabeth Tyler 2009</td></tr></tbody></table>Apart from this acrylic painting on canvas, the exhibition consists of watercolours, etchings and lithographs.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-4965570996291751902012-12-10T14:14:00.000-08:002013-09-28T00:41:52.396-07:00Freezing the subject without getting cold!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghY3clyzEpxiAGs-FkYf-_cv4E6QYfQtQz1ilHNyVinNLOJwBStoXNGGRFgmRWRVWeRctJBsNvK_x_UadtRu72WhpqOKtoscpV-mUTwDKnA0yxibIXv42AAbHQ9GqMhYgR9yIDJbZCZyos/s1600/robin-behind-branch-s.tif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghY3clyzEpxiAGs-FkYf-_cv4E6QYfQtQz1ilHNyVinNLOJwBStoXNGGRFgmRWRVWeRctJBsNvK_x_UadtRu72WhpqOKtoscpV-mUTwDKnA0yxibIXv42AAbHQ9GqMhYgR9yIDJbZCZyos/s400/robin-behind-branch-s.tif" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Robin</b> photo Elizabeth Tyler © 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Finding subject matter on a cold December day in Sweden isn't always easy, especially since the number of daylight hours is very limited. Although I enjoy plein air painting and always prefer to do most of the work on location, there are days when it's simply not practical. Taking reference photos for later use is of course a good solution and one many artists resort to. Its not cheating as long as they are your own photos. In order to paint birds a good camera is almost a must. But even so it still requires sitting for hours in the freezing cold waiting for the right moment.<br />Believe it or not, the photograph on the left is taken through the window while I sit in the warmth of my kitchen. It still requires hours of waiting but at least I could sit in comfort.<br />Firstly I arranged the scene by placing logs and stones on a baking tray filled with water. This was put outside the window on a garden table so the height was suitable for the camera tripod. I waited for the water to freeze then sprinkled bird food on the logs as bait.<br />Inside the kitchen I rigged up a black curtain to minimise reflections and hide the camera which I stuck through a hole in the material. I connected the camera to the computer with the remote shooting function and waited for the right moment. And waited...<br />Hundreds of photos later I managed to get this one plus a handful more. I don't know if I will actually use it as reference for a painting yet or maybe it's best as a Christmas card.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRWKFySo7-JMbuK0r0lxBE2CfWx7-DImHjmzCTLJj3c45nkJ5UBnlL491v0zBwbTMAVgO3kbJJWDiKwV_uVugna8syncFMO8WdaESM3PIuJ22m3UfvTCRId50mpCfJ6JwLENGkp8f8IYw/s1600/kitchenphoto-s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRWKFySo7-JMbuK0r0lxBE2CfWx7-DImHjmzCTLJj3c45nkJ5UBnlL491v0zBwbTMAVgO3kbJJWDiKwV_uVugna8syncFMO8WdaESM3PIuJ22m3UfvTCRId50mpCfJ6JwLENGkp8f8IYw/s320/kitchenphoto-s.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking photos from the comfort of the kitchen</td></tr></tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-34101219612741927922012-11-10T02:04:00.000-08:002013-09-28T00:41:52.450-07:00Cover illustration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_Fd7m16RtnajctMv3D9GCKtQACwsuSNJOY0H80F_cpl8UDcFmlaZlXlSHSBx8bCjFWsqYTwZqDulSH-88QvNHsz5PrLiyj5aOQltizgYgsfhvyIA8be6ZZkcCx8HXwbBtUZi4R_A0vhN/s1600/3geese-m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_Fd7m16RtnajctMv3D9GCKtQACwsuSNJOY0H80F_cpl8UDcFmlaZlXlSHSBx8bCjFWsqYTwZqDulSH-88QvNHsz5PrLiyj5aOQltizgYgsfhvyIA8be6ZZkcCx8HXwbBtUZi4R_A0vhN/s400/3geese-m.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 14px;">Refelections, watercolour 35 x 46 cm </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> I have just been informed that my watercolour painting "Reflections" has been chosen as the cover illustration for the book "Festival of writing 2012" a collage of writing edited by Debi Alper. The festival is arranged each year by Writers Workshop, the world's leading consultancy for first time writers, started by the well known writer Harry Bingham. The festival hosts some of Britain's best-selling authors and publishers. So I am very honoured to have one of my works on the cover of the book.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-86534600282505405122012-11-04T06:45:00.000-08:002013-09-28T00:41:52.504-07:00 Art blogs targeted by dishonest spammers!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/avatars/wahooart-1349115714_600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/avatars/wahooart-1349115714_600.jpg" width="167" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sharron Davidson", Austin Texas, <br />Pinner on Pinterest with a <br />keen interest in art<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Unfortunately I have had to enable comments moderation, so from now on no comment will be published without my consent. This isn't because I only want positive comments! but because my blog is being bombarded with spam from "Peter Pascal" and "Scott Davidson", not their real names of course. By googling a sentence in one of the comments I've had, I found out that they send thousands of computer generated comments to art bloggers. They pretend to be interested in your art and then have the audacity to write that it's better to buy another artist's reproduction from their company's website Wahooart. There you can choose between hundreds of awful reproductions in any size or colour. When I googled Wahooart I found it on Pinterest represented by a Pinner called Sharron Davidson with a very glamorous profile picture. She has 38 boards, with 541 pins all from Wahooart. When I did an image search of "her" profile picture it turned out to be a photograph of a Bollywood actress called Sonali Bendre! I wonder if anyone would want to buy anything from a company represented by dishonest people with false profiles? I suspect Sharron Davidson, Peter Pascal and Scott Davidson are one and the same person. So to all serious, hard working artists with blogs I would like to give this advice: Enable comments moderation and don't allow any comments to be published without your consent! If you are on Pinterest, don't support this glamorous art lover by following her!<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/imagedata/2012/jul/Sonali-Bendre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" src="http://www.mid-day.com/imagedata/2012/jul/Sonali-Bendre.jpg" title="http://www.mid-day.com/imagedata/2012/jul/Sonali-Bendre.jpg" width="138" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bollywood actress Sonli Bendre<br /> http://www.mid-day.com/imagedata/2012/jul/Sonali-Bendre.jpg</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-81515825701019334642012-10-24T14:03:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.557-07:00Colours in Autumn<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjUm9mVZNfAp4F1RzHbYxWC1e-7hulW5eATVK2Vfpo9v5OITOw5ZOe8yRRJkGU0UDf1QJ9ckUYtKsj0_74savA4tRb091PTjIxXoqJOIauYXvxqRBzzSrFdiFrW5ODJLpy5HCNeRX9nBh/s1600/septembershore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjUm9mVZNfAp4F1RzHbYxWC1e-7hulW5eATVK2Vfpo9v5OITOw5ZOe8yRRJkGU0UDf1QJ9ckUYtKsj0_74savA4tRb091PTjIxXoqJOIauYXvxqRBzzSrFdiFrW5ODJLpy5HCNeRX9nBh/s640/septembershore.jpg" width="433" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">September Shore, lithograph 27 x 40 cm © Elizabeth Tyler</td></tr></tbody></table>Now the leaves are turning colour adding a little warmth to the chilly autumn air. I made this lithograph to depict a combination of two of my favourite subjects, an autumn leaf and a pebble beach. The eight transparent colours I used created numerous nuances where they overlapped each other.<br />The colours were:<br />Ultramarine blue<br />Cobalt blue<br />Hookers Green<br />Yellow<br />Sepia<br />Crimson red<br />Vermillion red<br />BlackAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-17777144953716950062012-10-09T11:15:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.611-07:00Red Cabbage<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0AAU3ZjFZgam-VZPnGaPk0UyPb_DUtkOaoq-N2C3WaeBR2PE10etCrp12IA1arTyKYkmzj6Soo3rHjS8RIVqWrXR-aSpdwF4vvTMOciqei5c85TKtZN0sbYF7tHmheKBSGDLn5beqgbj/s1600/cabbage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0AAU3ZjFZgam-VZPnGaPk0UyPb_DUtkOaoq-N2C3WaeBR2PE10etCrp12IA1arTyKYkmzj6Soo3rHjS8RIVqWrXR-aSpdwF4vvTMOciqei5c85TKtZN0sbYF7tHmheKBSGDLn5beqgbj/s400/cabbage.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red cabbage watercolour 57 x 77 cm © Elizabeth Tyler </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I've had a request asking me to show which colours I used in my painting "Red Cabbage" featured in the downloadable video<b> </b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/6018-a-closer-look-at-watercolour-painting-techniques" target="_blank">A closer look at watercolour painting techniques</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">on "Mindbites".</span></b><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mwMxfBRutpXuK5jZUZBFV-ZDw4jpjnAbjdCDCAzc7WD-obV2ESK3ldZBju7VMiTJGZSVGY_H8k1bvLtPmkqjqEgIzqPDAXSRpZtutWEn6UGsf0DT2Zn8IjeUsrkyyFBC7KlfqpVA48aR/s1600/colours.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mwMxfBRutpXuK5jZUZBFV-ZDw4jpjnAbjdCDCAzc7WD-obV2ESK3ldZBju7VMiTJGZSVGY_H8k1bvLtPmkqjqEgIzqPDAXSRpZtutWEn6UGsf0DT2Zn8IjeUsrkyyFBC7KlfqpVA48aR/s400/colours.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colours used in Red Cabbage</td></tr></tbody></table>All the colours are artist quality from Winsor and Newton and apart from Paynes grey they are in tubes. The reason I use tubes is because my paintings are normally quite large so I mix suitable portions of diluted colour in pots. You can extend the life of expensive brushes a lot by dipping them into diluted colour instead of wearing the bristles down on half-dry tablets.<br />Paynes grey is the exception though because the intensity of this colour is stronger in tablet form.<br />The other colours used for this painting were:<br />Cadmium yellow,<br />Ultramarine violet,<br />Cerulean Blue,<br />Winsor blue (red shade)<br />Sap green,<br />Pthalo turquiose,<br />Quincridone Magenta<br />and Winsor green ( yellow shade)<br />Here's a link to W&N's colour chart (no I'm not a shareholder!)<br /><a href="http://www.winsornewton.com/products/water-colours/artists-water-colour/colour-chart/" target="_blank">colour chart</a><br />If you want to see all the techniques involved in the painting of Red Cabbage, the whole video is available full screen HD (streaming) or on DVD. (PAL or NTSC) as part of the 75 min video <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"> </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.pulsarproductions.com.au/commerce/search/products/?product_id=ETWR&merchant_id=2736" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Watercolour Realism</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">produced on license by Pulsar Productions, Australia.</span></span></span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-433826303578233062012-10-05T08:08:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.666-07:00A windy day<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUYCjIHiVoGJYkSzLEKWcfUMw9ZQaLMXR1cNic4T16Shp1Yxwh6FMZJbCGI1Dq6t785B7EM1EJjOhCj2qNJ2OsTmixVbGhUWHcYnNL1MwVQn-gBq1BJmdRn-5EHLHUPJFMhiJGHXiieog/s1600/windyday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUYCjIHiVoGJYkSzLEKWcfUMw9ZQaLMXR1cNic4T16Shp1Yxwh6FMZJbCGI1Dq6t785B7EM1EJjOhCj2qNJ2OsTmixVbGhUWHcYnNL1MwVQn-gBq1BJmdRn-5EHLHUPJFMhiJGHXiieog/s400/windyday.jpg" width="272" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"A windy day" lithograph 27 x 40 cm <br />© Elizabeth Tyler 2010</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzhisMv7-1oOcO_GiIWtjdMTxcPmKIq1-24jC4hN5grWZ3ddaTyeV6CdxqsEVIpspB65DnWMkhNwVgNJavs09n7EBBv7cWl_uGWXZNecpCBHAvro-IPXeHqdOwm03-Z8Yk8be7Q6fpF3M/s1600/afterwindyday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzhisMv7-1oOcO_GiIWtjdMTxcPmKIq1-24jC4hN5grWZ3ddaTyeV6CdxqsEVIpspB65DnWMkhNwVgNJavs09n7EBBv7cWl_uGWXZNecpCBHAvro-IPXeHqdOwm03-Z8Yk8be7Q6fpF3M/s400/afterwindyday.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"After a windy day" lithograph 27 x 40 cm <br />© Elizabeth Tyler 2010</td></tr></tbody></table>It's autumn again and the old apple tree we have in the garden is shedding apples and leaves in the wind. I love the interesting structure of the tree trunk with it's layers of crusty bark. It's taken over 70 years for the tree to reach this stage of maturity and not unlike most humans it has great character with the ripe old age. From a distance the trunk looks a nondescript brownish grey but a closer study reveals all shades of green, blue, orange, umber and red.<br />For each of these lithographs I made eight drawings, one for each colour. You can see the whole printing process with some of my previous works here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC71pEhuj9U&feature=BFa&list=ULIX83jfVgxiU" target="_blank">From drawing to lithographic print</a><br />Best to watch in HD ( 720p )Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-61626250765858436552012-09-27T03:20:00.001-07:002012-09-27T03:20:27.054-07:00angela-calmucangela-calmuc..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-62436653851073323482012-09-25T14:05:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.719-07:00Autumn on it's way<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72fBhlNCBu9y2O0Z99k7iYZDjdLWhlkiv7Z5LAEcG9jSbYXxxlCEJ7emd-Isi90RF8u7BsoFEH8dZrzXfmhtW2KkCZmBcp5dTBU4_ONHt3TF9PuD3nvGsUn1Sd4wohV0fsz75X34wSkSn/s1600/leaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72fBhlNCBu9y2O0Z99k7iYZDjdLWhlkiv7Z5LAEcG9jSbYXxxlCEJ7emd-Isi90RF8u7BsoFEH8dZrzXfmhtW2KkCZmBcp5dTBU4_ONHt3TF9PuD3nvGsUn1Sd4wohV0fsz75X34wSkSn/s400/leaf.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn leaves watercolour © Elizabeth Tyler</td></tr></tbody></table>I was inspired to paint this watercolour on a windy day at the beach a couple of years ago. When I came home I reconstructed the scene in the studio. It was important to get the light and shadows right so I used only one light source (a daylight lamp) and suspended the flying leaf up with a fishing line.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-24436997212359589872012-09-11T01:40:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.774-07:00Facebook pageI've now created a Facebook page for my work as an artist where you can keep on track with my current projects, large and small. It's a good platform for smaller notices that are not so time consuming, neither to read nor write ;-)<br />If you don't have facebook, don't worry I will still be posting more detailed information regularly here on the blog.<br /><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The page is here:</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/artist.elizabeth.tyler" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Elizabeth Tyler- artist</span></b></a></h4><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtfBOPoRoZdkVglcVdzKLSWfmSpA7FL2bAy_OnPQ2nRR9ZWCFrIl2JTxxFIROt3vaVw3GtKw7Crjm77Pf0DSyKzg9ezNzUimLGUVXuHhMMZp8usp7zNJ1pHDeM49HekzMiXg6bfIbNr-x/s1600/FBpic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtfBOPoRoZdkVglcVdzKLSWfmSpA7FL2bAy_OnPQ2nRR9ZWCFrIl2JTxxFIROt3vaVw3GtKw7Crjm77Pf0DSyKzg9ezNzUimLGUVXuHhMMZp8usp7zNJ1pHDeM49HekzMiXg6bfIbNr-x/s400/FBpic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />When you get to my facebook page, please click on the "like" tab (under my hand in the banner picture) if you want to see my coming updates on Facebook.<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-51524632290599116902012-08-26T07:10:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.829-07:00Finished blackbird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdJk2WlAb4UIirwcLEg_bkBlhB2ef6TNp0wZF8JTVdxw1uujzWVNDZfjb_hTRP07iaNyrBZD42wvJgFd_mWStnC1MZuxlniG9l7BlaF_aldwtm-2nS8dDVr99G0x0QDbntGTcpcdRCgBS/s1600/blackbirdpainting2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdJk2WlAb4UIirwcLEg_bkBlhB2ef6TNp0wZF8JTVdxw1uujzWVNDZfjb_hTRP07iaNyrBZD42wvJgFd_mWStnC1MZuxlniG9l7BlaF_aldwtm-2nS8dDVr99G0x0QDbntGTcpcdRCgBS/s640/blackbirdpainting2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackbird watercolour 47 x 74 cm © Elizabeth Tyler 2012</td></tr></tbody></table>Today the blackbird painting is finished. I had been thinking of painting a diffuse background or just a suggestion of something in the distance but then I thought it was better without. As it is now the white background enhances the contrast as you see the bird against the light.<br />I paid a lot of attention to the leaves in the foreground as they are nearest and I wanted to give you the feeling they are almost touching your nose. To achieve this it was necessary to draw them from life since they were out of focus in my reference photograph.<br />I painted yellow as a base colour over the whole shape and when that was dry concentrated sap green was added. While the green was still wet I covered it with wrinkled cling film and left it to dry completely. When the cling film was removed there was a very leafy structure all over the shapes which looked great as it was but still needed suggestions of light and shadow. The uppermost leaf is seen from below so it has a slightly different texture and colour. Here I added a layer of Pthalo blue and, after drying time, yet another layer of light opaque yellow. Again cling film was used while the yellow was wet. I then added deep shadows with a mixture of Paynes grey and Pthalo blue and finally created the light lines of the veins by scrubbing with a tiny hog hair brush.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwuDvm-O5lxLNa7hYAI_YPUGtfG8_NphOb9Vady90_zWPU1fVGF4F0805w4GMHVD5SrQsLx0yN4XTihfRihqj1eHzntgSgkFdgXoHUfGvuTBU0_sySQxgHlenKyu-BPWAHGiU58Tkx42U/s1600/cauliflower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwuDvm-O5lxLNa7hYAI_YPUGtfG8_NphOb9Vady90_zWPU1fVGF4F0805w4GMHVD5SrQsLx0yN4XTihfRihqj1eHzntgSgkFdgXoHUfGvuTBU0_sySQxgHlenKyu-BPWAHGiU58Tkx42U/s320/cauliflower.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cauliflower effect</td></tr></tbody></table>The blackbird itself was painted with concentrated Paynes grey and I dropped water onto the surface while the colour was still wet. This creates a cauliflower effect which can be difficult to control, but it helps to hold your breath!<br />I used masking fluid for the straws of grass and painted the shadows between them first. After the fluid was removed I added different shades of green, taking care to render the light with thinner layers where the blades of grass turn upwards. Finally the darker shadow under the bird was added with a thin wash of Paynes grey applied with a wide hake brush.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-62287331058234942762012-08-25T08:47:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.883-07:00Blackbird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjYKdJpWl47qtamoZasvKbpY3-mCC2pISQgYLtgaBNWV5-ODDxoIl9Z3PbYoUQ0YiE3orJxUGcyOJ8rUcrMTz8ca_tCkcugHN_o0kUnUy6Ni5aBgb4Oc1F4nbvFGu7hIwuUWQbeJ44Npi/s1600/mepainting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjYKdJpWl47qtamoZasvKbpY3-mCC2pISQgYLtgaBNWV5-ODDxoIl9Z3PbYoUQ0YiE3orJxUGcyOJ8rUcrMTz8ca_tCkcugHN_o0kUnUy6Ni5aBgb4Oc1F4nbvFGu7hIwuUWQbeJ44Npi/s640/mepainting.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Blackbird, watercolour 47 x 74 cm © Elizabeth Tyler</td></tr></tbody></table>I have been fascinated by birds recently, I suppose because most of them are shy and unapproachable, this makes me want to get near enough to study them even more. Directly after each shower of rain this blackbird would walk around the garden looking for worms. It was so eager and concentrated that it chose to ignore me. I followed it around with my camera and photographed it at a low viewpoint with a 200mm lens. I took about 40 pictures of it before I was satisfied there would be enough reference material for a watercolour. Although I mostly prefer to paint from life, it's not always possible and then I take photographs as reference. I never use anyone else's photographs as I feel the creative process must be my own right from the beginning.<br />In this watercolour I played around with the so called cauliflower effect that many artists try to avoid. This is what happens when you add water to a wet painted surface. The water pushes the pigment away as it spreads out. The effect can be taken advantage of in certain subjects like this where it resembles feathers.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-16078907229776667152012-08-17T07:47:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.936-07:00Painting depth in acrylics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-L-tkvgrK8vbEOZViJl7W5kRt4ZwfzliXr266wdeYYNE79T5VpLZRgwH59VsL1Hd0MPfNzLg1P5ABaipuD4_cTFA1wAAWXQM-cDY5hC60wiIIMPCeoihxad-ZMQ7P8Mm8QtNQhD9C2OS/s1600/me-painting3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-L-tkvgrK8vbEOZViJl7W5kRt4ZwfzliXr266wdeYYNE79T5VpLZRgwH59VsL1Hd0MPfNzLg1P5ABaipuD4_cTFA1wAAWXQM-cDY5hC60wiIIMPCeoihxad-ZMQ7P8Mm8QtNQhD9C2OS/s640/me-painting3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gLvmjj6XZKAt9Ek1ORzjU9oxinGdSA0_J3Gwftj8ImWLpfenMPu-_uz4qN6TG3tp52xvhMMPOPM5euF51BM8E-lUMB-PUZyQASf-VDwyFBs66Yb60YseJF2OovMYQFlIVs5CFqgNwDSz/s1600/detail-midground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gLvmjj6XZKAt9Ek1ORzjU9oxinGdSA0_J3Gwftj8ImWLpfenMPu-_uz4qN6TG3tp52xvhMMPOPM5euF51BM8E-lUMB-PUZyQASf-VDwyFBs66Yb60YseJF2OovMYQFlIVs5CFqgNwDSz/s200/detail-midground.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_Ol2gDZlijNz7hff4gBwDxNoyhk0b6cXMcM_dJ7b6vpS5GPtH0hlv6Xujykg7tvs-Xlm6OlHsjXPN9okhlniOEZeC8JXBEaQlUHtHaV-rPEPIX0uk3Xd-o6-L1scxpavQ0KrwR65ETRm/s1600/bubbles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_Ol2gDZlijNz7hff4gBwDxNoyhk0b6cXMcM_dJ7b6vpS5GPtH0hlv6Xujykg7tvs-Xlm6OlHsjXPN9okhlniOEZeC8JXBEaQlUHtHaV-rPEPIX0uk3Xd-o6-L1scxpavQ0KrwR65ETRm/s200/bubbles.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This is an acrylic painting which I have been working on for some time. In it I have experimented with different techniques to create an illusion of depth and distance. By merging the brush strokes and making soft transitions between colours, an impression of unsharp focus can be achieved. This I did with the rocks in the background.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The brush strokes in the middle ground are also loosened up and there are layers of translucent colour overlapping each other, there is intentionally no attention to detail here as that would only add confusion to the composition.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">A close up view of this looks completely abstract but at a distance you can see the wet, flat stone.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Every time I paint water it's a new challenge. This time it was the bubbles and transparent, small waves that I wanted to describe. You can see the seaweed and some pebbles under the surface. The colours of these are toned down and the absence of sharp edges helps to give the impression of something a little diffuse, as seen through water.</span></span><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br /></span></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhD143ipsTFgU-Le3iSffh3_tXzFsKuDfhonBGS9q4L70kO6eTdlG2bojoeHO6pRPYGe5U2AqtkP27dhFbsW3gHp6XR0Olpjv_SO2ielifuypL4PGjL0NPhMeNndhKpZr5mJW6PTT3OajH/s1600/detailwater2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhD143ipsTFgU-Le3iSffh3_tXzFsKuDfhonBGS9q4L70kO6eTdlG2bojoeHO6pRPYGe5U2AqtkP27dhFbsW3gHp6XR0Olpjv_SO2ielifuypL4PGjL0NPhMeNndhKpZr5mJW6PTT3OajH/s200/detailwater2.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br /></span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br /></span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br /></span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br /></span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times-Roman;">The surface texture on the stone in the foreground is made by flicking and </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"> spattering different colours on with a toothbrush.</span></span><br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> I wanted to accentuate the roughness of the stone in contrast to the soft flowing</span></span><br /><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> water. This, I feel, creates an interesting dialogue within the painting. </span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I love to indulge in details and I could hardly wait to revel in them. By painting the stone's surface with all the numerous spots, cracks and crevasses, it became the focal point I wanted it to be.</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-43756870500977263822012-07-26T11:56:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:52.990-07:00Painting on my floating studio in Greece<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP6deI5zR9D3JwR7i5glVcs8yimjWNk6aPb23nUX3cMX4HGdCSBaHLq8XW8e__jcSY4WthYWqKkBrNtRz5kg0zdzWWwNSGzxhqW5lQS85r7fmYcmZg8qUVj9QNtdRz-dvlmKsG7Y3_Vs9/s1600/paintinginboat3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP6deI5zR9D3JwR7i5glVcs8yimjWNk6aPb23nUX3cMX4HGdCSBaHLq8XW8e__jcSY4WthYWqKkBrNtRz5kg0zdzWWwNSGzxhqW5lQS85r7fmYcmZg8qUVj9QNtdRz-dvlmKsG7Y3_Vs9/s320/paintinginboat3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0NCjRrsHFSZpVlOr-hEYwYOvOxREOJ8nS5dqxvUSIyITkqwXs_QERZir2kRyN-nHTok7vz2L1CFLl-45oleM2-FC2WrmWQ3_M0dC_2XVxRYPUkYD6EnJIkKz0EiCHgEHp-b7ICJ1fqOO/s1600/aquarella3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0NCjRrsHFSZpVlOr-hEYwYOvOxREOJ8nS5dqxvUSIyITkqwXs_QERZir2kRyN-nHTok7vz2L1CFLl-45oleM2-FC2WrmWQ3_M0dC_2XVxRYPUkYD6EnJIkKz0EiCHgEHp-b7ICJ1fqOO/s320/aquarella3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Right now I am in Greece on our small sailing boat "Aquarella". I have all my painting materials on board and the subject matter is right there for the taking. As nearly always in a new place, the first painting I make is of the obvious; like "Sunset-Over-The-Sea" sort of thing. When I've done that it will be time for some more serious work. But in the mean time I would like to try to add some originality to the painting of this obvious subject. Everyone knows that "the sunset over the sea" is beautiful but so what? Everyone takes pictures of it, every evening all over the world so why bother to paint it? I suppose the challenge is to capture an impression and render it in a way that is unique and that no one has ever seen before despite the millions of sunset pics being taken everyday. But I don't really need to take up such an ambitious challenge at all, I might just choose to paint something for myself as a memory of a beautiful evening.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-56800604983427994712012-06-24T13:42:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:53.044-07:00Breaking the old rules of watercolour.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/O3JmXotiMMc?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've just uploaded a new video to youtube about the techniques I used in my watercolour painting "A study in green" This is actually a one minute <u>preview</u> of the video I have on Mindbites called "Breaking the old rules of watercolour"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the 26 minute video I demonstrate in detail how this watercolour was made, using mostly unconventional techniques. I worked on it both outdoors on location and at the studio. Breaking many of the old rules of watercolour painting is something I enjoy doing, it is after all the result that matters. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't know whoever made all these rigid rules of watercolour. As a creative person I hate being told what to do or how to do it. By using a little imagination (isn't that what an artist has?) many different tools, materials and methods can be used to achieve the result you want. And why not?</div><div style="text-align: left;">In the video I show and explain: My way of using masking fluid.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The use of different brushes, pens, sponges, colour shapers, kitchen roll, watersoluble pencils, cutter blades, stencils, saucepan scrubbers, plastic bags and clingfilm.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Not to mention the totally forbidden opaque white!</div><div style="text-align: left;">The whole video can be seen at here<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span></b><a href="http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/19739-breaking-the-old-rules-of-watercolour" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/19739-breaking-the-old-rules-of-watercolour</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454377512776594116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034050849575851331.post-64412425491408187112012-06-18T03:56:00.000-07:002013-09-28T00:41:53.100-07:00Warning: competitions based on facebook "likes"<h6 class="uiStreamMessage uiStreamHeadline" data-ft="{"tn":":"}" style="color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="actorDescription actorName" data-ft="{"type":2,"tn":":"}" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; padding-bottom: 4px;"><br /></div></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}" style="color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4fdf070eac16f5a89896140" style="display: inline;">I'm a bad loser I know, and perhaps a little naïve at times. 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