As I've been engrossed in the studio with a new series of Vermont landscapes, I'm finding I miss paying attention to the little things I see every day here at home or out in the changing weather. So I'm back to doing small "journal paintings" in the morning as a warm-up for studio painting. My rules (hey, I'm a Virgo) for these are: 8" x 8" gessoed board, seven colors (white plus six primaries), directly observed, and no more than ninety minutes. Here are Indian mango pickles that I bought in Montreal, because who could pass up that color.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Journal: Indian Pickles
As I've been engrossed in the studio with a new series of Vermont landscapes, I'm finding I miss paying attention to the little things I see every day here at home or out in the changing weather. So I'm back to doing small "journal paintings" in the morning as a warm-up for studio painting. My rules (hey, I'm a Virgo) for these are: 8" x 8" gessoed board, seven colors (white plus six primaries), directly observed, and no more than ninety minutes. Here are Indian mango pickles that I bought in Montreal, because who could pass up that color.
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6 comments:
I like the idea of a warm up first thing and what a great painting you have.
I'm not sure I'd want to eat a mango pickle, but the colors in this are delicous :)
I agree, I'm not going to be sampling these--purchased for the painting, not the eating.
Thank you, Ann. I'm setting my stopwatch for ninety minutes, so it's a warm-up exercise, and not my day's work.
Amazig pictures and paintings!
Congratulations
Thank you for your comments, Antonio and Martine!
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