"Fresh after Rain Storm" is acrylic on museum wrap canvas 16" square with painted sides 1 3/8" deep,can be hung with or without frame,
for sale $150.
Yesterday afternoon the sun came out after the rain then a blue bird sat in the walnut tree for a minute. I watched by a warm wood fire in the shop looking through the windows that I had just cleaned. In the evening the thermometer dipped almost to freezing, there were predictions of snow, and I took my paints to our warmer garage adjacent to the house. This morning there was a skiff of snow on the bare ground and some in the trees.
The snow melted before I finished writing my thoughts on boycotting on Rain's blog.
http://rainydaythought.blogspot.com While writing, I had an epiphany. I am going to paint volunteers for government. There is so much anger in the world, I want to celebrate the good hearts and importance of volunteers. I will start painting my husband who has volunteered his whole adult life assisting the government. He volunteered for the Whatcom County Mountain Rescue in Washington State assisting the Sheriff department and boarder patrol for about ten years. Now that he is fully retired he is volunteering for Oregon Department for Fish and Wildlife.
In yesterday's post in regards to drying of paints in our shop, once a barn and very cold in Oregon, I am continuing to research different paints. I am waiting for answers to my questions from several other paint manufactures including Grumbacher and Stephen Quiller. The different manufactures have different paint properties. Grumbacher requires a varnish to make the paint have integrity. Quiller has acrylics with body similar to oils. I have always liked the intensity of Lascaux Aquacryl. A small amount of color goes a long ways. Liquitex Super Heavy Ivory Black is light for a black. Hair driers can be used to dry Liquitex but Golden paints can crack if exposed to strong air flow. Reading all the information on acrylic paints is a real eye opener for me. I'll be writing more about what I am learning.
My husband is photographing the makeshift fishing platform.
A few branches of the log break through the surface. Below is the lake looking towards I5.
Yesterday afternoon the sun came out after the rain then a blue bird sat in the walnut tree for a minute. I watched by a warm wood fire in the shop looking through the windows that I had just cleaned. In the evening the thermometer dipped almost to freezing, there were predictions of snow, and I took my paints to our warmer garage adjacent to the house. This morning there was a skiff of snow on the bare ground and some in the trees.
I am learning about the differences between Golden Acrylics and Liquitex. There is no latex in Liquitex and only a small amount of amonia. Golden has other additives and also requires 40o F to dry. I am still working on finding out temperature requirements for Liquitex.
"Nature Walk View at Salishan" is acrylic on cradled wood panel 12" square, with 45% edges so the picture can be hung in the corner of any room or appear to float an inch and a half in front of a flat wall. For Sale, $100.
I am painting acrylic again today. Although it is pouring down rain the north east side of the shop doesn't get the rain. This was a favorite resting place for our sheep when we had them. Here I am between the rat poison and the lawn mower. Instead of starting a fire or turning on the electric space heater, I used a hair drier. The paint should be dry enough that I can go back and finish the painting. I love fit when the sun comes out after the rain as it is doing now.
My own clay model didn't have cheeks, or the characteristic ceramic treatment of eyebrows and mane. Another problem with my Foo is that people in Albany, Oregon cannot tell my illustration is a dog let alone a ceramic one. To my knowledge Chinese brush paintings are of nature not of ceramic images of imaginary animals like their lion sculptures. And I agree that a traditional Chinese rendering is not suggestive of a modern neighborhood in America. A different medium like pastel would show the ceramic quality and be compatible with the location of the story.
Unknown to the water pipe layers today, their yellow rain gear caught my eye. Now I am trying to analize if there is any hidden meaning to three workers and a big screw. The painting is gouache on paper 12" x 9".
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