Tuesday

Oh, wow, the weather is awesome today! I had errands to run, and chores to do  :(  but, I hurried as fast as I could to finish everything on my to-do list, so I could grab my brushes and paint! I finished my little rooster, so I hope that you will enjoy looking.
Blessings and Happy painting,

Sunday

I'm sorry to have skipped my posting for a few days, but my husband and I took a most welcome trip up to the Texas Hill Country. Not that the leaves were turning their glorious colors yet, nor was it (finally) cooler weather, but because we just needed a break! We stayed in a wonderful B&B that used to be a stagecoach stop-over. The house we stayed in was built in the 1840's. It refreshed me, and I can hardly wait to get back to my painting!
Happy painting to all, and praying blessings are being sent your way,
Sandra

Tuesday

I just finished a lay-in for a small acrylic painting, with heavy impasto, that I hope to work on more tomorrow. I love to switch from oils, to acrylics; maybe a drawing or two, then some pastels every once in awhile. It keeps me motivated! There are so many interesting medias when it comes to art, including collage,pen and ink, charcoal, airbrushing, watercolors. The list goes on and on. So many people say they can't draw or paint. I read an interesting article the other day, that states," When people say they can't draw or paint, what they are really saying is they can't draw or paint realism." This may be true, but with a little effort, most everyone can make something artistic! I can't carry a note of music on the right scale, but I can sing. I just sing to make myself happy. The same goes for art- make yourself happy with what you like to do!Don't worry about what others think or say.

Happy Painting!
SRC

Tuesday

Good morning! I finished up my seascape painting last night. It is in oils, on an 11"x14" stretched canvas. I limited my palette colors, trying to produce a more flowing,peaceful scene. Credit for the photo reference goes to Marion Boddy-Evans.
I named this one "Sand and Sea Horses"

Thursday

Yahoo! I really got some painting in today. It was actually pleasant in my (covered patio) studio. I probably had an hour w/o my A/C on! :) I even went back to my "challenging" Indian painting (the one I said I would hide in a closet for 6 months). I am just too stubborn to give up on anything! I am working on three paintings. I hope they are all what I want them to be!

 Blessings to all, and Happy Painting!

Tuesday

Have you ever had something really give you a hard time, and you were so determined to "beat it", but the harder you tried, the more you failed? Well, I am at the point where I am going to have to say,"You won" to one of my paintings (whatever that really means) Does a painting really fight against an artist? I have worked for many hours on this portrait, and the more I paint on it, the worse it becomes. I have tried allowing it to dry, so the paint won't mix and make mud (that's what happens when you paint with oils and you don't allow your layers to dry).I have tried changing my palette colors, even using the colors and paints suggested by several famous portrait artist;but nothing is helping! I hate to give up on anything, so I will say that I am going to lay this one to the side, (like in my deepest,darkest closet) and start on something new. Maybe 6 months in storage will give me a different perspective on it!
Happy Painting!

Monday

Yeah! I think I have called my longhorn finished. He is rather a big boy, on a large canvas ( 24x30). I used  thick paint in some areas, several large brushes, and changed my mind about so many things, so many times.It is a wonder that I could ever really call him finished. I hope you will enjoy looking at him.
Happy Painting!

Wednesday

No rain today, so I painted for hours on my longhorn. I can hardly wait to finish him. Since he is on oils, I have to be patient! I take lots of digital photos of my paintings in stages, so I can see my work from a different perspective. I do move back, away from my painting at times, take breaks, etc., but I find that seeing the painting on my computer screen shows me my mistakes, and/ or areas that need work a lot more clearer than any other method I have tried so far.

Blessings, and happy painting,
Sandra

Monday

I hope everyone had a blessed Labor Day. I labored in my studio; layering paint on my longhorn! Isn't that sentence rather like a tongue-twister? :) It stormed at my house, and we lost power once, but my husband grilled burgers while I painted. I can hardly wait for him to retire, so I can paint more- if he will cook like he did today- yummy!
Happy Painting!!!

Saturday

Wow, the days fly by! And, when I am painting, the moments fly like a breeze on an April day!
I am working from a photo of a longhorn bull. I don't know whether he is a Texas Longhorn, or another breed, as my husband and I have heard different stories and are looking at different articles on longhorns. It seems there are so many breeds that we didn't know about in the USA! Interesting stuff.
Anyway, I took this big guy's photo on a TX Hill Country getaway a few years back. Right now I have the lay in, but haven't decided whether I want to paint him with a palette knife or brushes!