I uploaded #30 to the website. I painted it twice and probably like it. Soon I will do it less often.
When I see many of my paintings together I start to believe that there is such thing as my style. I should think more about emotions and response but I am thinking about how to paint gold and metal.
Painting fall colors was my goal anyway. Thus, I decided to train myself using the image below. As usual, this image lacks contrast and brightness. And I am trying to figure out what to do with the side trees.
While I like the idea of alla prima, I rarely use this approach. And this time too, I started by reducing white and clear canvas to dirty canvas. My underpainting is a very loose sketch that was done in 15 min. I have not painted the side trees yet. Maybe I will later.
Every month I play a game called Monthly Painting Challenge. It is a part of my presence in one of the numerous Facebook communities. Every month, the lady who leads this activity challenges me (and a few other ladies) with sometimes strange or interesting pictures, usually from sites with royalty-free images. I often disapprove of her choice but consider it a challenge or duty. It sets my mind to finish the job by not dropping it in the middle.
Today I started October painting. It is based on the fall photo made by the lady herself.
As I mentioned earlier, I love flowers but this love still needs to be reciprocal. It means I made multiple attempts to paint them but was never satisfied with the result.
This week I am focused on another attempt to paint poppyseeds.
Oh, these nice, delicate poppyseeds I love them very much but I want you to look free and, at the same time, more polished. There are three small paintings of them I worked together. Two of them are 8x8 and one 8x10. I slightly changed the approach I applied to this kind of painting. They are the painting in progress. Hope to call it done soon.
"I have been painting for several years now. I started when I was 55. My primary motivation was too many white walls in our new house. I want to fill the space with something bright and unique. Lots of my paintings are already on the wall of our house. I love to play with their location and framing. However, soon there will be no place on the walls but I want to paint more, and I want my paintings to live with people to be seen.
I am not looking for my style, but I am constantly learning new things and studying new subjects and objects, all styles are welcome (photorealism is an exception, though). I will continue to paint for my pleasure and continuous development. I love to combine my most meaningful attempts here to see my progress."
Let's see where it goes.
I made reflections on these cherries but discarded them because it was not what I wanted. I spent significant time meditating on this painti...
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