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 

Slippin Snowbird RS 52..51

Slippin Snowbird RS 52..51, a photo by ejmordasky on Flickr.

Rural Sketcher 52...number 51 12 17 2012

Here is my study of The Zulu Woman by Irma Sterns 

this is the 6th  portrait done this way where

you learn how others did their work..

it's like that old saying (by I don't know who)

"Tell me something

and I  forget

Show me something and

I will remember

Involve me

and I will understand".....

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I post my palette that shows the 

reference photo I had to draw from

with pencil and at least an hour to figure it all out...

then there is the pencil sketch and the whole spread

with the collage on the left....

and finally my acrylic work again...

do you have any questions?  If so ,

please comment on this Winnasworld

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a post with A Diary of Faces class where we paint from the old Masters works to
learn from them...what we take away from the exercises...you sort of put on their shoes for awhile.
This particular artist (Georgi Mashev from Bulgaria)  didn't have much to see on line.. but you could gather he did a variety of themes...and was well known for his portraits. He must have used oils and we're doing them in Acrylic, so right there you are swimming upstream trying for similar results..I found in this work of a
girl in white hat and blouse had close values and many colors, such as in the shadow areas...when I was done, I felt I had to add some emphasis here and there as the close values seemed dull to me...on the opposite page is a collage I add for each artist we study...a small bio of the artist info..also a story is
unfolding  with bits found in the collage...first see pencil sketch still needing some work...and the you see the brushes I used and a color I liked for the background  that has had here and there added colors for different values there...then the left side of the spread---isn't his self portrait sort of darkside looking...then the last one down is the final work....all comments are very much appreciated !  Notice at the upper left is a click away from my usual  flick site....I like to use this Winna's World for all the
comments...it is uploaded to my flickr site just to send you here for all the information etc...

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