Hi readers of this long lost Studio Journal!
I appreciate you checking in.
Things have been busy and I have not worked on this
for some time.
But I wanted to repost this one since I am publishing the painting to my
So from here on this was written in 2018. Enjoy!
Geez, I'm definitely not the best blogger
in the world.
I had to go back and correct some things on this blog
from past challenges
AND
I haven't posted about our Salon Challenge #6!
Which was:
We all found a poem which we thought
might inspire a painting and threw those into a hat.
Breakage, by Mary Oliver was chosen ...
(side note, Barbara and I chose the SAME poem!!!!!)
So there were really 3 different poems in the hat.
It was my turn to choose parameters for the challenge
- which were:
1 - paint a non-objective abstract
(cannot see recognizable "things" in the painting)
2 - unlimited palette
3 - unlimited size
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| The poem, read out loud felt just right for me to use Cold Wax Medium with my oils, and yes, layers - many layers. |
I learned a thing or two during this whole process.
Moonsnails have a romantic name, and are quite pretty
but they are a predatory snail
eating mostly bivalves
such as clams, mussels and scallops. They drill a hole
and "suck out" the bivalve!
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| Drew some sketches to get in the mood. |
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| I prepared my board with gesso mixed with Iridescent Gold acrylic |
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| With the idea of a shell with whorls, I wrote the poem on my board in waxy pencil. |
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| My palette (I think): aliz crimson, sap green, ultram blue, transp oxide red + white |
The following photos (I remembered!) are progress shots.
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| Thought I would try to save some words, but it didn't work. |
Tried again ...
Arghhh ... and again
(I really wanted to have some of the writing showing thru ...)
The final below.
After the reveal we were deciding on final viewing direction.
We came upon this and
I like it.
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| Edge of the Sea CWM & oil on panel prepared with gesso mixed with iridescent gold acrylic words applied with black wax pencil 16 x 14 inches with 3/4" frame 17 1/2" x 15 1/2" wood frame is painted white |
Thank you for checking this blog!
I cannot thank you enough for your thoughts and words in
the comments at the end of the posts.
Feel free to check our other challenges, too,
from the lists on the right side in the "blog archive" list.
I still have to post the most recent challenge: #7
and then we are on to our final challenge.
please
stay
tuned!
(Ok, that was from several years ago. I wanted to list this painting on my website, and thought it would be fun to have a link to the story of the painting for those who wanted to
investigate.)
Since that time I did begin and am still working on, my website. Please feel free to ask any questions about any painting you see there.
alll the best,
Teri
