Carol's Art Blog

Finally, finished

carolsartblog — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:11:35 +0000

: 12×12 oil on canvas

Last summer I arrived back in Boston with a generous bouquet of hydrangea. As the blooms dried, they each became subtly shaded and fragile, irresistible to both me and the cat. Here’s a painting of one of the remaining stems prior to its feline encounter.

I started this before Christmas, and needed to select a replacement flower when returning from my cross-country jaunt. It’s satisfying.

Sketch book 12/31/11

carolsartblog — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:18:32 +0000

Saturday: exploring silky drawing and painting on mylar

carolsartblog — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:11:38 +0000

Part of what appeals to me with this technique, mylar, graphite and oil paint, is the accidental or spontaneous quality. so suggestive and responsive and lush. I also like how it remains possible to wipe away the work quite completely until its dry. Lots of fun today.

No Black Friday here – it was graphite; also no earth tones, I mix my own.

carolsartblog — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:49:12 +0000

I started first with loose sketches on mylar with graphite (powder, bars, and pencils) then added oil paint. Perhaps overworked, knowing when to stop is always a tricky thing. This hydrangea is from a bouquet I brought back from Vermont this summer – a variety that grows wild in the edges of Bennington College’s campus, they survived the hot ride home and ultimately dried beautifully.

I then moved on to a linen canvas 12×12, planning a more sustained painting with the same hydrangea on 2x4s arrangement – this is the easel and my set up. . . . and may I say I will be adjusting the background values, but can I blame the camera?

A new computer is not a simple thing to add to my life.

carolsartblog — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:56:09 +0000

The old Mac was 6 or 7 years old, and unfortunately, none of my old software runs on my lovely new machine.

Test scan

I have files to transfer from the backup disk- art, music and everything else, online banking complications to unravel – oh, and switch to a local credit union at the same time, and the decisions on software to be purchased or downloaded and installed. Today I located and downloaded a driver for my old scanner – and it now works! I like my scanner - I can scan transparencies – I have many slides to someday digitalize.