Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings: July 2018

Monday, July 23, 2018

1774 Wafting White Water Lily

This started out badly, I was trying a different technique, negative painting with water soluble oil paints. So it was sort of new to me, I have done negative painting before but not trying to do a whole painting just parts of them. Negative painting is working from front to back, it messes with your mind in a fun but sometimes frustrating way. So foreground things are painted first and the background is painted around them. Then in the end up it turned into more of one of my normal paintings. There is the final painting and a wip below. Right before the end the painting was taken to the sink and washed off, something I hadn't done with water soluble oils. I wasn't sure if the whole thing would come off or not. It stayed and I decided I didn't like the plants on the right so rubbed them out. Click them to see bigger. Painting is 9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas mounted on masonite.

Monday, July 16, 2018

1773 Hot Day by the River Plein Air Alla Prima

Forgot to put this one up, its a plein air from the last paint out. Its 5 x 7, oil on masonite in the new technique I have been playing with. This was done at the Old Ft. park in Fort Pierce on the Indian River. Top photo is the entire painting, bottom is a close up so you can see the details. Click on the photos to see them larger.

Sunday, July 08, 2018

1772 Old Fort Park Vista, Plein Air

What I finished painting Thursday, started it last week.This is some more of my new technique. The first is the painting and the next is a close up so you can see the textures. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. I painted it totally on site in the two sessions. This will be our last outdoor session till the weather gets cooler again. It was 95F when I got home! I had lots of fun but I was wiped out from the heat.