tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546151562965803882024-03-14T04:53:01.876-07:00Donna Shiver Apple A Day WorksArtist Daily Works PageDonna Shiver Daily Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15058811090152243649noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754615156296580388.post-56139532658232234382017-07-05T08:10:00.000-07:002017-07-05T09:02:08.811-07:00<br />
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Getting Out for Perspective</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marina and Beach Study on primed paper, 6 x 9 </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Our weather has brought </span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">rain lately. It's been humid and the yard grass grows so quickly, I have to work harder to keep up during the evenings these days. On the up side, I've had a chance to cloud watch, get some much needed perspective on landscape color, and work up small studies to help me with studio paintings. Here are a handful of results from 3 July. These are fun and quick to do with brush, knife and dabs of thick paint...bliss. :) </span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marina Study 1, oil on primed paper, 6 x 6 </td></tr>
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Donna Shiver Daily Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15058811090152243649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754615156296580388.post-18166742212240762752017-02-23T05:43:00.002-08:002017-02-23T05:49:32.149-08:00<br />
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I painted the two works below with the idea of working big to small, using an economy of brush strokes and mark making. The green apples and grapes show a passage in a recent 11 x 14 painting. I worked out a color palette for the apples beforehand in order to keep my initial brush marks as fresh as possible. The sunset study is 6 x 6. I like this size for quickly capturing the glow in an evening sky. I toned the canvas with a pale yellow and used two different painting knives. These are great to lay on color and clean up is easy. :) A few preliminary studies helped me determine color palette before going out this particular evening. Sunsets are fast acting, so the practice work allowed me time to think, paint and start again. I managed to get this in a 35 minute session with an economy of marks with knife. As with any subject matter, close observation and memory are helpful during the process. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail from 11 x 14 - Counted Brushstrokes Exercise - economy of marks</td></tr>
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My class demo on the right shows one way I choose to work big to small. This method allows me to simplify form and rely on directional line, and larger shapes at the beginning of a work.<br />
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I start with intersecting line to explore and define the shape of the figure, height versus width. Tonal value comes next; presenting a more graphic image. This helps me establish spacial relationships within the figure. Once light and dark patterns are laid in, I can look more at the negative space surrounding the figure. This helps me check proportion and make adjustments.<br />
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Refinements come as I feel satisfied with initial shape, proportion and value. This is one way I can begin a drawing or painting - it works well and I use it often when questions arise. Focus on the larger shapes first reminds me to put aside the name assigned to a particular subject matter. In this case the figure is a closed shape with angles that are pretty easy to read. I can rely more on those identifying shapes, directional line and pattern at the start of any work. I also love the crop of dark hair on the figure. It provides a great dark pop in a key area of the composition. <br />
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Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the day. I invite you to visit me at <a href="http://donnashiver.com/">donnashiver.com </a><br />
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It's the first of February and among other things, I'm working on ideas for classes. Practice runs with different exercises help me develop a visual language that I pull from when it's time to demonstrate and talk with students.<br />
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The doing is part of the instruction and my hope is that this provides a framework for students going forward. I share my thoughts concerning methodology - how I approach the start of a painting, or my take on brushwork and handling the painting knife - always fun. I work to convey language that clarifies process or information in terms of the physical effort. Maybe it's the Art History student in me, but my intent is to give students process and terminology for whatever comes next, painting, exhibitions, talking with patrons...Happy Painting Processes. This includes drawing, value and perception of form as shape.<br />
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I do this with full understanding of the time and effort needed to make art. It took me a long while to make good use of ideas like working larger forms or patterns in a scene to the smaller details that refine a work. Although I was taught the benefits of the grey scale at school, over the years I've come to realize how to see the scale of values and make judgements concerning the pressure to apply to pencil or stick.<br />
Through trial and error I have learned to use the tools of charcoal to benefit a drawing. I've hit walls while exploring mark making exercises with charcoal and oil, but know the benefit of running vertical and horizontal lines to examine relationships within forms at the start of a work. I've benefited from color charts like those below - a real gift. They take time and yet save me waste of time and paint in the end. I can explore color and value process with a small study, which provides opportunity to test and plan out color schemes before moving on to a large portrait, still life or landscape. Let's face it...paint is costly and I value the material each time I paint or purchase.<br />
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The image below shows a typical studio day. I'm preparing two set ups for demonstration in my Thursday night paint class. The study on my easel shows acrylic on primed paper with focus on the smaller bunch of grapes to the left. I use cardboard boxes for set ups within classes to enhance the effect of light and shadow against some diffused lighting. The boxes work well and are easy to transport, and carry paint materials. I've shared this idea with middle and high school students, and have had productive class times using these as a learning tool in terms of how to create a space for still life. The students brought in boxes pulled from local markets and I supplied paint and brushes to transform the interior of the box. We used basics, black, white to achieve grey, with red to warm up the color as needed. Students go outdoors to paint the boxes, returning inside to assemble pieces for still life while the boxes are drying in the sun. The result has been a great painting from life process.<br />
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Below are demo sketches in charcoal that show application of the medium with pencil, vine and compressed charcoal sticks. Thanks for stopping by...I invite you to visit me at <a href="http://donnashiver.com/">donnashiver.com</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approach to Basic Shapes in pencil, demo</td></tr>
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comment on the difficulty involved with the<br />
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Seeing is the thing...or shifting to another way of seeing objects gives us the visual knowledge or language to break down shape and form.<br />
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Lighting helps us to illuminate objects and gives us information to shape the illusion of mass or volume. Of course good lighting also works to create mood which can add a great deal to any drawing or painting.<br />
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Getting back to the act of seeing or the idea of perception...the question is what do you see? A vase...two figures...both? I remember these exercises from school, and the truth of course, is they are meant to induce mental conflict. It forced me to problem solve; to decide not to name the forms and do the work of looking at shape and form; positive space versus negative space and do the work. <br />
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If I'm truthful each time I set out to draw or paint, this process takes place and I'm forced to look at the simple shape and form, light and shadow, line and lack there of to create a work. The encouraging idea is that I get more and more comfortable with every work, and am able to get to that place of seeing things in terms of the basics...the simplicity. Thank goodness :)<br />
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Sketches in ink and charcoal - thanks for stopping by and Happy New Year!<br />
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Peace and Health All<br />
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I enjoy a quick study in oil and the selective process involved with a 30 or 60 minute block of time. It forces me to simplify. Time is short with these exercises, so I make the best of the minutes I have and get straight to the point of things - shape, local color and value, refining only those elements time will allow. <br />
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This is not to say that all things work well or even as I'd like with each session, but confidence grows as skill increases and soon enough, I feel more in control of the painting. It's not unlike the act of creating form. By this I mean, the flat circle must become more like a sphere before it can resemble an orange. Whatever we do, our personal growth is very similar...one step at a time we get there. <br />
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<br />The 45 minute study below is from summer 2016. It shows the bridge at Victoria Landing not far from my home studio in Woodstock, Georgia. I travel this bridge every day and love the area. Before starting the composition, I toned the panel with a brighter earthen color. This shows through in places and helps to balance and compliment the green foliage along the bridge. I used brush and painting knife to complete this painting.<br />
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A recent study for a portrait commission. It's an honor to render this drawing...such a beautiful dog. <br />
Thanks for stopping by. I invite you to visit me at <a href="http://donnashiver.com/">donnashiver.com</a><br />
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Ever lose yourself in something? You know...that feeling somehow that you may be on the cusp of a new way of seeing, yet dangerously close to losing all sense of what is up or down? Despite any uncertainty, for me hitting the wall this way can be a good thing. :)<br />
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I'm referring to exploration and process....ideas and mistakes...taking a leap that feels good even though it comes with the occasional and probable skinned knee. Band aids count as a drawing and painting surface, right? :)<br />
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Attached are a few things from the past weeks, demonstrations from oil and acrylic classes plus studio work. I've also attached a flyer for my PaperMaking Workshop which started up at the Cobb/Marietta Museum of Art in Marietta, Georgia this past weekend. We have four weekends of fun in November rather than the three listed on the flyer. I secured a make up day for all concerned. These are nice to have as a back up so we can get more accomplished, and have room to breathe some. Getting classes worked out for the coming months, Charcoal, Painting in oil by the lake and more PaperMaking too. Hope you enjoy and please visit me at <a href="http://www.donnashiver.com/">donnashiver.com </a><br />
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I've read this quote many times. I'm told it comes from Einstein - figures. Whatever the case, it always seems a good fit for my daily life. Today is no different. <br />
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The attached painting is my demonstration from this past Thursday night's acrylic class. I'm working to learn things about acrylics that I might share with a class of seven. Although I don't know much about this medium, it's teaching me so much - for example, how to find harmony from the disconnect I feel between oil painting that I'm familiar with, and acrylic painting which I know very little about. I am relying on my knowledge of drawing and application of paint. The beauty of acrylics is they dry quickly, that said, the drawback to acrylics is they dry quickly. :)<br />
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I'm accustomed to working with paint plus odorless Gamsol in stages of wet in wet. Of course we can work with oils in layers but the processes are still different. Whatever the case, in this time of learning to teach, I find myself identifying even more with the final line of this quote"...In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." Isn't everyday this way?<br />
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Here's another small work in acrylic. Thanks for stopping by and please visit me at <a href="http://donnashiver.com/">donnashiver.com</a><br />
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I picked flowers this morning for a small study. The set up is basic - leftover matboard serves as a dark background for the bright petals which I showcase in a little oil bottle from the kitchen counter. My grandmother's tablecloth offers a bright value to the surface of my dresser. The grape gives a nice dark value. I'm keeping to my idea of minimal brushstrokes or painting knife marks with these little paintings. FuN!<br />
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Off camera to the left I have a window with northern light. I like this lighting effect for the soft quality it offers the subject matter. It's constant in terms of the color and does not burn out areas of the composition. Some days I place subject matter in a shadow box made from a larger cardboard box. I cut a hole in the box just large enough for my light source to illuminate the darkened area and cast raking light over whatever I'm painting. This morning I placed things out this way because I only expected to work for a hour and fifteen. Sometimes the set up can take me a good hour to work out what with decisions on set up. It's good to just throw some things out at times and see what I get as a result - a less is more kind of thing.<br />
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This small work gets me ready for the day, and is my post for Day 21 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. <br />
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Enjoy the day all and thanks for stopping by. Please visit me at <a href="http://donnashiver.com/">donnashiver.com </a><br />
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I put together a study this morning for an acrylic class I'm teaching
the next eight weeks. We're looking at basic forms, sphere, cone,
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The cone image to the right is charcoal - a demo for a class in charcoal. It gave me the idea to <br />
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I do a value study in charcoal before beginning a painting in oil. This set up for my charcoal class was about the economy of mark making - how to interpret the light and shadow, plus print with a direct light source using minimal marks.<br />
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So I'm done with painting for the day and am left with a bit of color on my palette. It's seldom very much, but I don't want to waste the product. It's too costly for that, so I usually do one of two things with leftover paint. With knife in hand I might scrap up the remains of the day and store it in an empty tube purchased at the art store. These metal tubes are great for this and I can seal up the open end with pliers. The combination of all colors makes various warm and cool gray tones for future paintings. <br />
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Want to share this lovely toned tan paper by Strathmore. I get these pads pretty often and enjoy the quality of the mark made against the paper. The tone is nice and would be great with a bit of white chalk to accent the brightest areas of highlight.<br />
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The painting knife is pretty great for loading up the paint to a surface. It often makes me think me think of the juicy texture involved with the process of icing a cake. While both are wonderful, of course we eat cake and paint a canvas. That said, there is a certain excitement that naturally goes with loading my painting knife with buttery paint, and moving it about the surface of my panel or canvas. It takes me to another place where control sort of goes hand in hand with a level of abandonment. :)</div>
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I look for shapes, light and dark patterns, keeping values in mind as they work with painterly applications of color. Once I get past the initial layer or two, there is a point where the acceptance of more paint just comes into play. Lemon with Cherries is an example of painting knife work and is my post for Day 14 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. </div>
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Along with brushes, rags and medium, I have a good supply of knives equipped with pointed tips, or shapes; some for spreading, and others that I use just because they help me cover large areas of canvas quickly with a mother color - like those I might use for greens in a landscape. My favorite knives have great flexibility and give nicely so I can apply paint, scrap it away in places, and push it into the surface to model or sculpt at will. Fun things...</div>
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Today's post shows practice pieces - the first is detail from a 24 x 18 study with oranges, next is a sketch for my weekend charcoal class, and then a practice landscape sketch in acrylic for a painting class. Study with Oranges is my post for Day 13 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. For more information on this event, here's the link<br />
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I found this small coffee pot at our local thrift store. It look so nice with a single lemon that I worked up a charcoal study as preparation for my Saturday class this week. We always refer back to basic shapes, cone, cube, cylinder, pyramid and sphere when working a still life with direct light source. The facets on the side of the metal pot can be broken down as basic shapes within the basic shape of the pot - great! They also offer shading which helps define the structure of the object. <br />
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This small landscape is a practice acrylic work using the very few acrylic paints I own to date - a blue, yellow, umber and white. Two weeks ago I was asked to teach a painting class. I understood it would be a session in oil, but to my surprise everyone had purchased acrylics. It turns out this is an either or class and the students get to choose. Oil and Acrylic painting processes are similar and very, very different at the same time.<br />
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I work to paint every day. This does not mean I complete every painting I begin. Some are wiped away and never seen again. A daily routine does give me time for practice with color, brushstrokes and thought process. I work toward completing paintings for sales, commissions and exhibitions. I ask myself questions because oil painting, like all things, takes time to work out.<br />
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Questions often start with "how do I paint this or that object?" "What is the mother color of that tree line?" "Does the color or value I'm looking at seem warm or cool?" And a big one..."How is it the world looks the way it does?" There are others but these come to mind.<br />
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Time restraints involved with daily paintings prevent me from overthinking. I work on the larger picture, form, shape, space, value. This process translates to painting outdoors when I must make the most of each brushstroke - painting economically to communicate a scene before the light shifts. I rely on small surfaces in these instances, working in 90 minute intervals. After this time frame, lighting changes are too great and I move on. I can return on a similar day and pick up the painting process, or begin a new painting.<br />
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So keeping in mind my idea to limit brushstrokes with these daily works, Coffee Press...is my post for Day 12 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. This work was painted using brush and knife. The composition is based on the small letter j. <br />
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This photo shows how I might approach a subject in terms of color. I made up a color chart to better determine how to paint this large old jug. Love the character of this object so I did multiple charts. This is one example.<br />
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It's a teaching day for me, but I have these really lovely maple wood panels and have wanted to try an oil primer on them to see how well they will accept paint. Painting the background on this panel was fun. I prepped the wood by sanding and giving it two applications of oil primer. The surface accepted paint pretty well, but it took three layers to build up the surface paint.<br />
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I'm using this one for Day 10 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge - time to pack up and head out. I hope you all have a good day and thanks for stopping by.<br />
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Studies help me to learn so much; those things that work and also what does not. These practice paintings are not always the strongest work, but they allow me to examine subject matter with no preconceived notion - other than the learning involved. In this case, I can practice the figure and go forward with a working knowledge of what to improve upon. I've put together several smaller paintings this summer as prep for a series of larger pieces, 24 x 24 size paintings. I got out yesterday and did a few others. Here is Day 9 for Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge and a few of my finds...<br />
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This sparkling water can has interesting color. I have put it together with orange and grapes previously and enjoyed the process. See the attached photo below.<br />
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This time I chose a different setting and focused on the capture of light across the composition. It was fun and allowed me to vary brushstrokes and painting knife marks.<br />
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My daily sketch from last evening, these objects were great to consider in terms of minimal brushstrokes and limited color. Sparkling Water with Green Apple & Grapes is my post for Day 8 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. I start a new painting class tonight and hope to get a good demo for tomorrow's post. Until then, Happy Painting all and thanks for stopping by.<br />
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Study for Waiting is my post for Day 7 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. I'm working each of these smaller studies with the mindset of economy; a minimal number of marks and brushstrokes to complete the image. A limited palette is helpful. <br />
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I enjoy working the figure so I practice often. It's great fun and learn or refine things with every attempt. Simplification helps me. In the beginning stages of any work I rely upon directional lines and shapes to help me break down still life, landscape or the figure.<br />
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A simple curved line can be the first step in creating a figure. Whether I'm working with vine charcoal or brush, I begin the mark and use the whole of my arm and shoulder to create the flow of this line. It's one swift motion.<br />
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Additional lines indicate limbs. A sphere works for the basic shape of the head, oval for the torso, cylinder for the pelvis, and smaller spheres make up the joints. These last indications go a long way toward helping me gauge proportion.<br />
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Here is the breakdown of a gestural work and the resulting refined sketch for Practice in charcoal. I may do three or four of these, with various poses before starting a refined sketch.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by...Happy Drawing, Happy Painting. I welcome you to visit me at <a href="http://donnashiver.com/">donnashiver.com </a><br />
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These shallots were sitting at my desk yesterday. I love their coloring. I'd been working on a drawing for a while. Switching gears keeps me sane...most of the time, so I picked out my size 8 or 10 angled brush, a smaller palette knife and my glass palette of red, blue, yellow and white. I can't be positive of the size anymore of my brushes, the print wears away quickly; I guess most of the time. <br />
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The set up for this was very quick. I placed the items on a cloth just under a lamp with a daylight bulb and started painting. Light across the objects was my goal, so I kept things brief; lights first then mid tones and the addition of darker values to ground things.<br />
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This is my post for Day 6 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. Thanks for taking a moment to look and I hope your day is good. Please visit me at <a href="http://donnashiver.com/">donnashiver.com</a> and be well. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Bowls, Red Apples, oil on 8 x 10 canvas</td></tr>
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Simple Forms...love them and learn from them every day. They provide familiar shapes that I can refine, push and abstract. I enjoy the freedom and the boundaries.<br />
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Keeping with limited palette and brushstrokes, this is my post for Day 5 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. I've also included a charcoal on wood from my studies about the art of dance. Our daughter is a wonderful muse. <br />
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This is one of many reasons I often choose a painting knife - the ease of clean up. A wipe of my rag, and it's done. :) It also gives me choice concerning the mark I make. I can get movement and unique color combinations. I enjoy the way paint moves with a knife. It's behaves much differently than it does with brush. Hidden somewhere within the blade I may discover grayed down red or blue hues that comes forth with great abandonment. I love that...<br />
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Still keeping the economy of paint in mind for this study, I choose it for Day 4 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. Please visit me at <a href="http://donnashiver.com/">donnashiver.com</a><br />
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Below are photos that show some of my process with a Blind Contour Drawing Exercise. These are fun and meant to be super fast. I place a hole through a sheet of paper to block my view of the paper I draw on. I look only at the subject when I draw. The idea is to look at the subject matter and really focus for seconds at a time on the edges of the object, and even the surrounding space. I number these and look at progress in just five minutes time. As I said, they are super fast and great fun. They really work to inform me as I take a closer more refined look at these same objects.<br />
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Today was a full day of teaching and meeting with a client. I'm pooped...so as I stick to my idea of working pieces with limited palette and brushstrokes, I put together this set up of lemon and grapes. The light and dark nature of this work appeals to me - patterns give me guidance every time and I can always use that. :) It's my pick for Day 3 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge.<br />
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This watering can belonged to my grandmother and it seems the perfect object for Day 2 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 challenge. I continue my focus of economy in palette and brushstrokes with this fun study.<br />
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I called my grandmother Abby, short for Abigail. She preferred this because, in her words, she was "too young to have a grandchild." I think of her whenever I use this can in a still life or to carry water to plants. I think of pulling weeds alongside her in the garden, or how we'd tie up tomato plants and the conversation in between all that.<br />
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Shape and coloring draw me to this can. I appreciate the deception of this simple vessel, which is anything but easy. It makes me think about perspective, value and how to push color theory. Not unlike moments with my grandmother...all good stuff.<br />
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One...Two...Three.....and so on... :) <br />
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I've been cleaning out the garden the past two days, ten minutes here, twenty minutes there helps me take breaks and enjoy time outside the studio in the afternoon. Our limited number of tomatoes made me think of restricting the number of brushstrokes in a tomato study.<br />
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So I started Day 1 of Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 painting challenge with the idea of using no more than 50 brushstrokes. These are fun and I learn so much. Limiting my palette and the number of times I move brush or knife across the surface of a painting helps me stay mindful of the economy in painting. I work to make the most of the time I have and take in the broader shapes. <br />
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The garden blooms have been fading the past weeks so I've tried to take advantage of the last of these with set ups in the morning. I enjoy the exploration of color and shape. I'm looking forward to fall of course, but I'll miss these lovelies.<br />
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Included below are progression shots of a nest study in charcoal. I found this one on the ground last fall. We are fortunate to have so many birds - I love them all over the yard. Their nests fall from the trees later in the year and I bring them inside to study. The weaving of these structures amazes and confounds me. <br />
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The summer months are almost gone now...school is back in session and I'm looking forward to Fall. Already I'm seeing evidence of leaves on the ground due to a less rainy season these past few months. I walk our dogs before seven each morning and fallen leaves are all over areas of the park grounds. Yesterday evening I cut grass and mulched a bunch of dried leaves. We do seem to be catching up here in Woodstock, Georgia as thunderstorms return to the area in greater frequency these days. Although I would not trade my sketch times out for anything, I'm glad to see the rain - we need it and watercolor has always worked for me. :)<br />
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I worked on these from the beaches around our area. They are great fun and a real learning experience. In the coming weeks I plan to translate these small works, 8 x 8 and<br />
6 x 6 studies, onto 24 x 24 size canvas. I'll include more sand and water, but am looking forward to playing with abstractions and exploring these color palettes on a larger scale.<br />
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The small painting of work men was done on a random outing one day. There was a traffic jam so I pulled off the road and painted from my car under the shade of a tree for a half hour or so. The flow of traffic was better afterward and I had a new small work to show for the time....better than the frustration of stand still traffic any day. :)<br />
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Lastly I am posting two still life works with fresh produce. We get weekly veg and such from local farmers - always grateful for this - I also enjoy our own garden and the harvest from family now and then. Yes...I am thankful. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perfect Onesie Study 6 x 6, Make A Splash Series</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Active Wear Study, 6 x 6 Make A Splash Series</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Dress and Cap Study, 8 x 8 Make A Splash Series</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work Men, 8 x 8 oil </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Produce Day 8 x 10 oil on canvas<br />
- oranges from my mother in law's tree </td></tr>
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