From B&W to Color

Here is my entry for week 35-36 on DSFDF!
Karin posted a beautiful Pennsylvania landscape in B&W. Challenge was to break away from the conventional and as Karin said "invent the colors based on what information you have."

This is a crayon sketch using Caran d'Arch Neocolor I wax-oil crayons
Black photo stock paper A4 [11.75"x8.25"]

WDE May 22 2009

This past weekend challenge was hosted by Jean Aka Jakesgram I chose 3 of her references: the tree trunks, Mandeville flower, and the urban scene of the Petit Casino.

Trunks


Graphite done in my small Zap sketchpad

Mandeville

Lyra watercolor crayons on black photo A4 stock paper This is a work in progress!!WIP

Petit Casino
This is also a WIP... bit off more than I can chew with this reference.... but will stick it out and finish the job!!!



Oils on canvas pad 11.5x8.125" Did some sketching over the underpainting with my oil crayons and will continue in oils...

Sunlit Path

Done in oils on canvas pad 11.5x8.125. This was done for WDE challenge of April 24th 2009 hosted by dupliKate on WC.
Here is the reference.

Catch Me if You Can

This is another seascape done in oils on canvas pad 11.5x8.125". The reference photo was taken by my daughter of my grandson and son-law at the beach. I fell in love with the spontaneity of the scene. Painting figures and especially those you know is quite stressful....you want to at least get some likeness but also keep the work from being too overworked. This photo is not the finished piece.... I forgot to photograph the finished one before I gave it to my daughter. Will add it later...

More Beach Scenes

I really liked doing the beach scene for DSFDF so decided to do a few more. Found this scene on wetcanvas by Yorky's Beach and promenade at Lyme Regis, Dorset ...

Done in oils on canvas pad 11.5x8.25 inches



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Wet Canvas WDE April 24 Hosted by dupliKate Bruce at little cove

Done in oils on canvas pad 11.5x8.25 inches



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Beach People

This was done for the Different Strokes for Different Folks bi-weekly challenge. Reference image can be found here. It was a double challenge for me because I wanted to learn more about wet on wet techniques. Up till now my oils have been more or less done by layers. I like to work in a more spontaneous way so I will have to find my way between the two different methods.

Took a print of the reference image that I cropped and changed a bit to my art class where I seem to have more confidence. Done on a canvas pad 11.75"x8"

From carol - mywork

Really have to work on figures... drawing and painting!!!!

Forest Girl

This is the beginning of a new oil painting. The references for this are a photo I took of a small wood area near a beach in Cape Cod. I added the nymph type figure in the woods. It still has a bit of work to complete... hope to get that done next class.

This is a small canvas 30x40 cm /12"x16"