Hello again painting fans.
This week I’ll be continuing with the shadowed Cape May house. I will be using the photo seen directly below.
I will be using my usual acrylics on a somewhat larger 8 by 8 inch gallery-style canvas.(This is a thicker canvas similar to the one used in the towered house.)
When last seen, the painting appeared as it does in the photo directly below.
Since that time, I have continued to work on the painting.
I’m approaching this one a bit differently and have attempted to establish the shadowed and highlighted areas at this early phase. Accordingly, I have layered dark blue paint in the shadows and a much lighter blue in the lit sections. These areas will probably change slightly over the course of this process.
I’ve begun the roof, first with a layer of ochre, then a layer of a rose colored paint. Why rose you say? I wanted red and rose was the first tube that I pulled from my box that was fairly close. And I wanted to experiment. This color will also change in the coming weeks but provides a good start. Excess ochre found its way into the bushes below.
Finally, I’ve begun the rough outline of the structure next door, seen in blue.
The current state of the painting is seen in the photo directly below.
That’s about it for now. Next week I’ll have an entirely new piece to show you. See you then. As always, feel free to add photos of your own work in the comments section below.
Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.
Paint me a picture of your thoughts.
Wow, you really made a lot of progress this week! I’m also glad to see you still have electrical service this morning;-)
Thanks ID! We had some flickering lights but the power held out.
makes me want to go to Cape May. Is the Lobster House still there?
And you made a lot of progress this week!
Thanks CG. Yep, the Lobster House is there. We were there not too long ago. The wait was long too.
Lots of progress. Hopefully that will continue.
Ah… roof paint in the bushes below — art imitates real life.
Really bold shadowing. Fascinating how that changed everything. I really like it.
I had to look back at the photo upon reading, “…of the structure next door…” I hadn’t even noticed there was a structure next door. If I may ask, why bother with the neighbor’s place?
Thanks! I won’t be devoting much effort to the house next door. It will be mostly in shadow. It will help place our building in context.
I enjoy seeing your paintings. You have a great eye for architecture.
I have been an artist since I was very young, but I found my real niche in the fiber arts as a rug hooker. I am currently working on a piece for a show in August. The theme of the challenge is “Holidays” and I chose Veteran’s Day, thinking most of the rug makers would choose Christmas or Halloween.
Here is the original photo:
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and here’s what I have so far:
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I hope to make some headway on the background over the next week. Then I have to finish the border and bind the edges.
Donna
Thanks! That’s an amazing piece! Good luck with that show. Where will it be?
BTW, feel free to post more of your work.
thanks! i attend the Sauder Village Rug Show every year. It’s a great venue for people interested in making hooked rugs. There are usually 350-400 hand made hooked rugs on display, and I’ve had rugs in the show for the past seven years or so.
Here’s a piece I made last November, commissioned by the former manager of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar house here in Dayton.
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It’s about two by three feet in size. The soldier rug I’m working on now is about 24″ by 30″. But i also make smaller ones, too.
Like this:
[IMG]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d27/Rughooker/DSC02098.jpg[/IMG]
I love it. Every new piece is a challenge, but that’s the fun part for me.
Love those flamingos!
Ha, me too! I’ve done three different rugs with flamingos in them. I had dyed a lot of wool for a big one and had enough of those great pinks and peaches to make up a few more. Flamingos are such interesting looking birds, so they are great subjects.
Thanks for the post! I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Those are really cool. Do you dye all your own wool for them, or just for the flamingo one?
I dye wool for most of my rugs, but I have a pretty sizable stash of dyed wool to choose from. Dyeing is actually a lot of fun, and I could probably get into a serious addiction to it if I wasn’t careful. It’s cool to play with the different colors and do special dye techniques for unique effects.
I made this little rug mat for my niece as a Christmas gift. I had dyed the blues for another rug prior to this one. And yep, this has the flamingo wool in it, too. I use every strip!
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Really cute!
thanks!
Doing the cute rugs is always fun for me. The fish was a big hit with my niece, who’s six. My sister suggested that she would keep the rug “safe” for her, but my niece hid it in her suitcase while they were here for Christmas so her mommy wouldn’t steal it.
Fantastic
Wow. I can’t imagine the patience.
Boran2,
You`ve seemed to have added much more detail in one week than normal, especially for this one, in my mind, more complicated.
Is that because you spent more time on it than usual?