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"

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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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and that will take you back for a long ways etc.

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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...

 

 

 

Some Recent (August 2013) places

 

 

A quick choice of three photo taken recently--the barn is down the road and no matter what time of day you drive be the light will hit in some sort of pattern that catches my eye...these

barns have been disappearing for years as the cost of maintaining them is

beyond reach for many....

 

On a day trip yesterday, the brick apartment building in Boston stretched out to include hundreds of rents..

and right next to it and across the street the same sort of apartments have

been taken by Boston University students....and the  surrounding streets again had...

apartment buildings where you step out of your rent onto the sidewalk and start off to someplace..

 

 

How I love to get a chance to eat breakfast at a restaurant with somebody.

This place, in town, has a 1950's theme which brings back

memories.

 

Rural Sketchers 2013 Something Metal (5)

I am unable to post on my lost

flickr site...so thought I'd see if I could here..

these are from a collection of openers hanging by

the sink......

...... and below is a favorite pin of

mine I got at Orphane Annie's in

Auburn Maine---a place I LOVE

to browse in....and usually buy

some vintage jewelry

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RS 2013  Something Striped....No7