The Third

Thus rounds out the last painting I've done for my mothers room. This one was to match the other 2. I used some of the same paint I'd mixed previously. I liked how the mountains came out.

Halfway Through

Wasn't as happy with the reflections/land this time. I think the bushes came out a little better. I tried to keep this one simple... Cause I was painting it for someone elses tastes. Usually I'd put a lot more in it, some trees etc... This was the first time I made green from mixing cadmium yellow and pthalo blue. That was kinda cool. Rather than using Sap green.

Final Product

Abstractification

So my mother has been bugging me to paint her a picture to match her spring decore. I figured I'd give it a shot today. It's by far the largest painting I've done. This sucker was 34" X 40" The camera really doesn't catch the variations and interest of this painting, nor the actual true colors. It's light, its subtle. It was a great excercise in mixing paint. And I'm pretty darn happy with the way it came out. My first non landscaper. It was actually pretty fun.

One thing I've really come to love is that my paintings take on different forms in different light, and each time you look at them, you notice something you didn't previously so it keeps things interesteing. I may decide to do another one tommorrow.

More Supplies

I picked me up another medium sized acrylic pallet along with a couple more knives.

I also picked up another bucket so I can swap clean paint thinner and clean out the old one.

Framed

Bought a frame for my second painting today.

The Third Try

This is my 3rd "official" painting. I say the last one didn't count ;) This was my first painting on canvas. I tried a different type of sky in this one, which gave the painting a whole different feel. This was my first attempt at creating clouds with the fanbrush. I'm pretty happy with them. I'd like a bit more definition, but for a first attempt it was pretty good. Also I've learned you need to use a lot of paint when doing it. I did like how the mountains came out a lot more in this one. The knives feel a bit less awkward and I was able to get the paint to break. When doing them I followed some advice I found online and scraped the excess paint off a few times, then blended, then cleaned the brush, then blended again so there was very little paint on the canvas, then I did the highlights. Then I tapped in some foothills. I ended up covering one of them up trying to create bushes.

Halfway Through

I progressed on trying to create bushes and royally failed at it as usual. I wasn't paying attention to how I was loading the brush initially though. I think I need to go watch Mr Bob and see how he loads it, and actually do what he tells me next time ;)

After that I put in some land for the waters edge. That came out good, then covered most of it up with grass. The reflections came out ok and the foreground land I had the most trouble with. The highlights on the left side just wern't working for me. But I tried a pine tree again, I like the shape better than before, but the highlights just weren't applying right. I was having a very hard time getting the paint to stick.

Final Product

WOOT

I finally got my package. 3 More tubes of titanium white, one of cadmium yellow, some varnish and more paint thinner. Also at Hobby Lobby, I've found that their canvases are fairly cheap, and they come in all different unique sizes. So I'm going to start buying my canvases from there.

They have a good selection of odd stuff, along with the normal and its pretty cheap. I'm thinking that the tallest one there would be best horizontal, with a seascape or something. We'll see.

I also got a 24 X 30 and a 30 X 40. I'm going to wait till I get a few under my belt before I paint on the bigger ones.

All in all I'm ready to do a painting or two this weekend :) It'll be my first time doing one on canvas. I'm going to start out with 16 X 20 and see where it takes me. Should be fun.

I also picked up a few more brushes and another painting knife. I'm gonna see if the knife works any better for me than the Bob Ross ones as I'm having a hard time with those.

One last thought I'm having is it might be best to pick up white pallet as well, that way I can mix colors on it, rather than my normal palet. Hopefully that'll keep my mud mixing to a minimum. The brushes are made of camel hair. Not sure how they will do, but we'll give them a shot.

Jonesin

It's been a week or two since I've gone full force into trying to create a painting. I'm gettin anxious. I'm gonna skip this weekend though since I'm on call. I was quite suprised, visiting Hobby Lobby. They have prety much everything I need besides paint. I'm definitly getting my canvases there in odd sizes. All 3 of my previous paintings are dry. I've been waiting for my package from Hot Craft for 2 weeks now. UGH, where is my stuff! Hoping it wasn't lost or stolen.

I found me some palet paper at hobby lobby to, only $5 for 10 sheets. Gonna be awesome to be able to try out brush strokes on that rather than my canvas, and also I'll be able to see what colors I have.