My Art Supplies My Soul

I started this for the theme "Supples"...

then got a really bad cold which I am still fighting off...

but 'some' energy has come back...haven't had 

one for years..well, this art supply project, got

 me back to finish it...and added colors...really needed 

it in the palette especially....I first did a similar 

Winna Design about 25 years ago on a red sweat shirt...

it still looks like new...as I did not wear it much...

I'll include a photo of it later today...I may have

 taught others to do it...don't recall...so many students,0h,
so long ago....on the shirt the design goes 

all the way around the front and back....

"All That Remains"

In October 2018, the Virtual Painter group is

in Heshima, Japan...on The Ghost Island.

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I got very interested in this place and watched videos,

read what I could .   In the 1890's it was 

an undersea coal mine island...and that 

was what existed there...the mining and the 

workers...a village sprung up....then, the population grew to 

5,259 living in high concrete  bldgs..,,,crowded etc. In 1974 

Minolta, who owned the mines , closed it all 

down and gave the people 3 months to get off the island. 

Thus it was abandoned and also felt 

some Atomic Bomb effects....Now, tourists visit to

feel its eeriness...

   

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Bird Lunch Counter

I put the old straw hat on my picnic table and weighted it with something heavy..

This way, I was able to get tons (well, maybe not tons) bird photos as they 

land to eat the seeds and also could get good shadows and light there. I believe this is a red wing blackbird. Right now, at my kitchen porch window I am getting a great red cardinal who often comes, to lunch with his wife....and a squirrel that is such a  sly one...and practically fearless...he keeps returning no matter what I threaten him with out the kitchen door..he KNOWS I don't mean half of what I holler..sooooooo...seeing as he is a rodent...I thought of spraying  the wooden feeder edge with Mouse Oust....very pepperminty smelling....of course he brazenly came again... I saw him immediately sniffing where I sprayed and halleluiah... he jumped of and ran away.....fingers crossed he stays away ! 

On Ghost Island...

this was done for the Virtural Paintout...where we travel 

with Google guy to places all over the world...this month is is Hashima, Japan

also known as Gunkanjima and The Ghost Island...It first was used for it's undersea coal mine...in the 1890's....villiage grew on top and concrete was used around 1959...it was closed down in 1974 and the mine owner, Minolta demolished it ...giving people 3 months.. to leave....thus the ghostly feel to it if you can go there...only certain people can go inside and photo etc....in this scene there is a temple way up high that had steep steps going down..the boss lived up there. In the front on the right is

the school which still has desks and chalkboards..The red building I do not know anything

about it, except it is the reason I chose to stop and do my  ink/watercolor there...from captured photo.

You Gotta Know

the theme for Inktober in 2018 on this day the 17th is Country music.  I  know any friendly poker game I've ever been in usually has this sung by all at some time...I don't manage to do this fun Inktober  theme
work in October..but just occasionally...I tie myself up with things I love to do and stretch  myself thin sometimes...but not always..

Midsomer Murders

 

I stared watching reruns of Midsomers Murders
 on Netflix...and the location they were
 investigating was  such a HUGE mansion....
I felt I HAD to sketch it---well just a corner
  of the back  I think...it has so many
 chimneys etc. I can't imagine how long it
would take to see each room...for me maybe all day...

Most Mornings

watching a, inspiring Sketch Book Skool
video by Koosje I really HAD to try doing
this "What did you do with your day" type
of post.....I love to take these classes---and
 will the rest of my life..they keep me in
 "touch" with like minds etc. and always
 learning is a good thing I think. Click to see better

 

Doctor's Island Rememberance

"Doctors Island Approach"

 

Used my artist's license here

and show you the first stage of

an acrylic work for me, now.

You also see the new acrylic palette

I love .  I was attracted to this place the second

 I saw it and even more  fascinated to know it

once was called Doctor's Island, located

off the Maine and New Hampshire coasts.

Now known as Pierce Island...this really

made me wonder if my Dr. Pierce that delivered me

 back in 1935, was a member of this family.

And here I was by chance, being so drawn to

the place.  He was a very kind and learned

man.

The Lobster painted on the roof I think

I have seen before, but only in a dream.

 

 

Palette Assemblage Two Views

 

 

 

I love to make assemblages and especially in palettes...

That vintage glove I love !  The theme here is all about

a walk by a hidden brook on the property... combined with

little tresures

 

Around the Place

Every once in a while I decide to photo

 some of the things around here that

I'd like to save on Winnas World... 

  each assemblage has a story for me

to remember and I love to do this type of

expressive puttering around. This was this morning

and I liked the way the light was hitting thing

s as the sun had not been out in awhile

......too busy snowing etc. CLICK

to see much better !

 

Sri Lanka Women Watching Google Camera Car

 

This is the sketch I did from the Google

Street View

 

below is the Google Street View I came upon and wanted to

do for a The Virtural Paintout for April 2016

that is in Sri Lanka.

Below is the completed post in my sketchbook

that started with the sketch, then watercolors, then ink

then Acrylic , then colored pencils...known as "mixed media"

You have to CLICK to see much better..

You will see all three by clicking on them when you get just one--

 click on it again and another one will be there etc.

Please comment or

ask questions...

I love to hear from you.

To Mention a Few

Vanished Friends

 

Hi everybody and a Happy New Year to all!

This shows the progression of a page I

did for The Virtual Paintout for January 2015 where

 the theme for the entire month is Philadelphia.

We can upload up to 3 on the site each month

and this month I may only do one as I have

some other exciting classes to  attend.

Below is the initial pencil sketch done from a

Google Street view I found...that I liked

so many of the details and the two boys

on the steps....I darken the work to

upload so you can see it much better...but it

was quite light.

the next photo show the inking done and that is

also darkened...and not as easy to see as the

scan is. I included the pen which I like

for some work but it turned out it was too thin

for this one and I went over the lines in the end with my

favorite Uniball Vision waterproof fine pen.,,,it

gave me the punch I wanted.  Also I took

this whole work very slowly and you see some of the

notes I made of observations I wanted to

keep in mind. I don't usually do this and thought

 it helped me a lot. 

Here is the final work done in tube watercolors

using waterbrushes for most of it..This street

was tree lined and some people had plants

under the windows etc.  This place

 may have seeds started in the little

 plot by the steps.  The reflections were from

similar houses across the street and trees.

Since this is a small work, about

8 by 5 inches, I left out the coffee cup and

can of soda between the boys...

As I worked on this the song

The Streets of Philadelphia played

over and over in my head and other

thoughts combined to make this a statement

for me on the ones we knew and lost through

the years to the streets or elsewhere---each with

poignant memories and the hope that

all was as it had to be....

 

 

Texture Time

Below see watercolor painting spread of

textures I usually do with acrylics..

I could only do them as I wanted, if

I matte sprayed between layers of

applied texture...

 

Another texture work I love---a photo of

an old beaten boat in a boat school yard in

Eastport Maine....I am shooting upwards..

let me know if you look at

 this upload to Winnas World as I don't

think anyone looks at it

 and have been wicked lax in posting.

Lobster Cove Headlight

This is in the north western part of New Foundland where it is very rocky and the coastline much indented...from a CC photo by Lukester 878.....I wanted to try some sort of study with pastel
pencils I hardly ever touch as I am pretty clueless about them and pastel dust bothers me. One thing leads to another and the lighthouse  beckoned to be my subject to fool around with them.  I played way too much I think, as I felt freshness starting to escape...so that meant stop and here it is
done on toned paper....it was a learning time ....and that's always a good thing...I'd love to hear from you in the comments, if you've the time....the size of the image is 4" by 5"....

Quentin of Roseville

being a member of Julia Kay Portrait group I do

 a portrait every once in a while

and like to try different tools .....this is

using metallic gold and white pencils...

on black paper

Since it has a mysterious feel

 I liked it...although

it may not be the greatest likeness..

it is .......my "take"

If you're a first time visitor to this site

please enjoy looking around and leave a

comment ....

Color Play Page

 

all work on the right side of this

 blog are paintings I have done

 

 

 

Please notice to the right of this post is a place to click

to take you to my flickr site....

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this spread does not scan nor photo good...

if I get the scene side right then the color

tests are too dark....if I get

 the color tests right the scene page is too light....

But...here it is and you get the idea...

you see colors used in the Australia house etc but then

I added and added and then inked the shapes etc.

Kept me busy for awhile...

 

here is the Australian street view

not looking washed out

a shot of some of the many flags that whip around 

when you go to the Big E when it's darn cold. 

Backdoor Shadowplay

Don't forget to left click to see much larger

 

first there was pencil

then there was ink

 

then watercolors

This open door with shadows cast from an overhead

awning caught my eye at the old Mordasky

Homestead...the family I married into

eons ago....this back porch always had so many

plants to care for each day and no awning

back then...

Doors are a photo category I

will add to until my cold still

fingers can no longer

click the camera..

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Hollow Barn Door

In order to have this look 'right' to me

I had to brighten the red parts and

add the light inside... I did happen to see one

through an open door when

 I went by a while back.....it shocked me to see it

as it is always dark looking...all the

colors are dull and middle value in most photos

one might take, which made

 me think...I must  make changes so

 I'll like it--as I've driven by this

place for over 50 years and loved it

 that long, too.

 

Pumpkin at Three O'Clock

I am posting two photos of the finished

watercolor as the scan one on top, comes out

very blue and the photo below is the more natural color...

this lets me see how adding some blue

might look..it's the complimentary  color

of the pumpkin and to me it adds

more punch to what I am after here..

how the light at 3 in the afternoon hit

the pumpkin yesterday

 and how the pumpkin color

showed through the seat holes...

...rang a bell

in my mind and I HAD to capture

 what a bang it was to me.

So, I think the top scanned one

says more of how I 'felt' about

what I saw...