"Pearls"

I wanted to do a really simple painting of these pearls that I love! I've always like that unfinished look, but the more I paint the more I like it, especially the warm underpainting coming through the cool top layer. 

Don't you love glazing!?!

This is a recent still life that I did, I was experimenting with fabric, and how that could improve my work. I like the directional flow that it adds, helps to lead the eye and adds dimension. When I was finishing this I decided to warm up the painting as a whole with a glaze, and change the background a bit, thanks to my hubby's advice. Seems to flow a little better now. What would I do without critiques? (:

Fine Arts Gallery on Historic 25th Street

Next month I will be featured in a great little gallery on Historic 25th street in Ogden, Utah. 

There will be a Gallery Stroll the first Friday, November 5th from 6-9pm, and my work will be hanging all month. For those of you who went to my show in Provo, there are some works that are the same and some new ones too.

Hope to see you all there!

http://www.fineartson25th.com

Mounting linen on Gatorboard

I have been trying this new technique using linen. Instead of stretching it with a wood frame, I have been mounting it onto Gatorboard. This board looks like foam board but it is very hard and archival. William Whitaker introduced me to it. I have been using it for a while as a board behind my drawings because it is hard enough to draw on, but it has a little bit of give, so you don't have to have a big stack of papers behind the one you are drawing on to soften your surface a little bit. It is also great for behind Frosted Mylar, which is a wonderful painting surface, and also archival. 

Here is a pic of the Gatorboard with the linen mounted on it. I cut the linen to about the right size for the board, then I covered the board with gesso and mounted the linen using a credit card, starting from the middle and pushing out to the edges. It stretches the linen also, then I put a thin layer of gesso on top to seal it, then trimmed up the edges. I have really enjoyed painting on it, it has the great linen texture, but the board is very lightweight and thin. Save space and if you are shipping your work, this would save a lot on shipping costs!

New Drawings

Painting with only 4 colors

These two paintings I did using Burnt umber, raw sienna, ultramarine blue and titanium white. I really like how they turned out, I think they have kind of a soft olden-day quality. (:

Still life in progress

This is a still life that is still on my easel. I'll keep you updated on the progress of it