tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86233384257534865362024-03-13T10:31:25.436-05:00Southern PainterRobin Roberts - Oil paintings, Serene and Southern -
Finding the uncommon in the ordinary aspects of life.
RobinRobertsArt.comRobin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.comBlogger322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-44014619240626675042016-09-14T23:40:00.000-05:002016-09-14T23:40:43.664-05:00LEATHERRecently our painting group tackled painting from life. One of the painters brought us a collection of equestrian necessities - leather boots, a saddle, halters, real brass hunting horns....I was sooo excited. All the painters did an amazing job in a short period of time- from set up to lighting the different collections, to designing and painting. And - we had to turn the overhead lights off to have acceptable lighting, and they still pulled out great studies. I didn't get to work from life, but I did get photos. <br />
Here is how my study is going:<br />
First, the photo. <br />
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Notice I used the beginning of a landscape that didn't go anywhere. You can see the ghost image underneath. Then the loose sketch placing the saddle and a boot.. In the second or third photo you can tell I made the saddle more upright. The boot was reduced to fit the frame and composition. <br />
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I stopped at this point - the next phase will add the stirrup leathers and the halter draped on the saddle. That is the important part of the composition for me. It makes a figure 8 that flows through the composition and links the stirrup leather and stirrup. I'm hoping the eye flow will follow all those curves of the saddle. <br />
I'll show the finished painting in the next blog post.<br />
We observed many things in that session of painting leather in the dark:<br />
* where things are place or not placed on the 'rectangle" makes a rhythm.<br />
* it's easier to move parts of composition (things, objects) in the light/dark phase than in the second or third stage when we start applying paint. Yet changes can still be made almost any time. <br />
* brushwork makes a big difference<br />
* there are many ways of tackling a painting. Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-68501556451395210292016-01-06T20:21:00.000-06:002016-01-06T20:21:07.433-06:00Day 7 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Day 7 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge.....<br />
A place and time I would like to paint over and over till I have the "sunset look" I'm seeking. At this stage I may refine the big shapes more and let the sun glow more.Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-64028446090847708242016-01-05T19:07:00.001-06:002023-03-03T15:50:49.713-06:002016 Second Try<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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So ...not in my usual painting place, and out of a regular schedule at home, I'm attempting the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge by Leslie Saeta <a href="http://30paintingsin30days.weebly.com/" target="_blank">www.30paintingsin30days.weebly.com </a> .<br />
Todays' attempt seeks to correct my tendency to be too regulated in a small format. I set up another painting station and made sure my edges were more interesting and somewhat more colorful too, from yesterdays attempt.<br />
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One thing I've definitely have learned in 5 days is that small format is not productive for me. Below is the small painting from yesterday that I didn't post since it's so puny. <br />
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This one is 3 by 5 inches. All I can say is that the design filled up the format!Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-44893609269027764522016-01-02T20:54:00.000-06:002016-01-02T20:54:08.890-06:00My Juice This Morning<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Have you heard of Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge? <b style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #47494c; font-family: Helvetica, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;"> </b><a href="http://30paintingsin30days.weebly.com/blog" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #dd4a38; font-family: Helvetica, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank" title="http://30paintingsin30days.weebly.com/blog">http://30paintingsin30days.weebly.com/blog</a><br />
What else are we going to do in January? This month I'm not in my regular routine and painting place, but I still want to use the challenge to paint (or draw) everyday. Yesterday , the first day of the challenge there were over 600 artists posting.! <br />
So, in this little painting I'm still teaching myself values. It's always darker or lighter than I think and it takes pushing to get it right. <br />
This month I'll be happy to get 30 little studies, but also I should paint a few larger ones also. <br />
It's good to have a theme or plan at any time, and since I haven't settled on one yet the theme so far is : sights from my daily rounds. <br />
This morning it was an unusual treat to go out for breakfast and order juice. Everything in this diner was soooo shiny it made the orange juice look extra good. Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-10795969688220771892015-09-24T20:44:00.001-05:002023-03-03T15:51:14.040-06:002015 Building a Body for ClydeThis is Clyde - an actor in a local movie about the famous Bonnie and Clyde. I am using his photo I made at the Selma Pilgrimage a few years ago in our class on figures. <br />
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Clyde will make a good subject so that we can learn to build the form - from the ground up, so to speak.<br />
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Here is how it went together:<br />
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1. Clyde is tipping his hat on a shady porch. Starting with placing his feet and declaring where the top of his hat lies is the beginning. From there, the angles of his body are figured from bottom to top and out the sides where his arms and legs go. <br />
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2. This is painted over a sanded off previous painting that didn't make the cut. This second layer of oil paint works easily over the previous one. The light marks are where the sanding went over the textured gessoed layer. I am totally ignoring the underneath colors.<br />
Determining where the sun strikes across his body seems important, as well as the cut of the coat as he raises his arm to tip the hat. <br />
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3. Still building color by color - which is shape by shape. Where the shadows make dark shapes makes definition - just have to get them measured. Grey hair suggested on the head, which needs to be tilted to the left. that's done by cutting the background (bluish) along the right side of the head. The shirt can't remain that intense and light.<br />
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4. Working on the arm and hat to get that tilt of head......where is that ear? Shadows in the folds get more important,<br />
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5. Got to have some skin color in shade and the grey hair defined and the "air" on the left side of the face, and also the vest separating from the coat needs definition. And the hand. Just after this, I start to make a suitable background with something like patio stones for him to stand on. <br />
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6. So he gets buttons. and some suggestion of the grey short beard. Later I will suggest more on the hand and the shadowed face. <br />
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The body is built starting at the feet, determining where the angles of arms and legs fall in relation to the head angle. That gets refined with every brushstroke.<br />
Tomorrow in class we'll see if I can rebuild him. I have the advantage of painting this once and the students will be painting this without the familiarity I have. <br />
Thanks for following!Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-5773314166238254552015-09-24T20:35:00.001-05:002015-09-24T20:35:08.839-05:00CLYDE LIVES ON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Clyde is back. In our September painting class I chose Clyde again for our study project. He has turned out to be quite cooperative - a good study for form and we don't have to worry too much about mixing color. This turned out to be a good way to learn about building form by color by shape by value. Stroke by stroke.<br />
"Clyde" is an actor in a local movie producer's film about "Bonnie and Clyde" whose photo I made at the Selma Pilgrimage a few years ago.<br />
At left is my first sketch to use for the first class on figures<br />
Look at what the painters did: <br />
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Carrie chose to use negative space and precise but energetic palette knife work for her study.Values are right on, and he has that gentlemanly stance. <br />
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I thought I was the last one to go out West and see places like the Grand Canyon. So recently we spent a couple of weeks "out there". It's easy to be seduced by summer geology. I'm sure I couldn't catch the vastness of the West , so this scene from the train is a nice slice of land to remember the trip. It is the pass northward on the Southwest Chief above Raton NM, on the Raton Creek on the Colorado side. The train chugs northward through the pass on a long slow path, mostly snaking along the creek and over the interstate here and there . This one will get more tweaking. <br />
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the path of the creek bed snaked like the train we rode on. This is over a pass somewhere in New Mexico/Colorado border.<br />
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the lovely lilac sheen on the water contrasted with the warm sandy colors - that was the attraction.<br />
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then I discovered why there is a name for "sage green". Quite different from our southern hot greens.<br />
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A room painted these colors would be cozy.<br />
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thanks for following along.....Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0New Mexico, USA36.750485932721389 -105.1596307754516633.494233932721386 -110.32320477545166 40.006737932721393 -99.996056775451663tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-62847385350979973332014-10-15T21:41:00.000-05:002014-10-15T21:41:42.127-05:00DoOvers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One big idea I learned from <a href="http://anneblairbrown.com/" target="_blank">Anne Blair Brown</a> is the value of executing several studies - in several sizes and not necessarily in color. So I've been invited to paint for the poster for a steeplechase in the spring. I did make studies for this project, and now I have honed my idea down to only 3 horses. I want a definite feeling of motion and using diagonals could be the way to emphasize the speed. <br />
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I've also learned not to be afraid to scrape and start over - all of the painting or just parts. Very freeing. <br />
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Scary Things - normally one wouldn't think of children as scary, but another artist mentioned that the thought of drawing or painting children was somewhat like Halloween when the face doesn't look completely right from the beginning attempt of drawing or painting. That reminded me that every painting doesn't need to be a fully realized finished piece. I wonder why painters are adverse to practice -like piano practice?. I'm not very skilled with figures and faces, but it's really fun to try. And I hope someone else is encouraged to give it a try too.<br />
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Here are the first stages of "baby face" - don't let it scare you away! :<br />
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You can see it went through at least 5 stages not counting the little drawing (with thin paint) done before the actual paint went on. This little study helped get a likeness of that smile and those eyes, and that's all I hoped for. Fun!Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-43767829251197010492014-06-03T19:49:00.001-05:002014-06-03T19:49:49.743-05:00ARTISTS AND ARTISTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To be recognized by other artists is an honor. Artist Ann Caudle of Gallery 100 in downtown Huntsville Al is having a show by 9 artists, including her own work this summer. Huntsville is a great place to stroll anytime, and they are also open till 7 on Thursdays and the gallery is full of exciting new artwork.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #141414; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;">Beginning June 1 and running through <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_172420917" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">August 23</span></span>, </span><i style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #141414; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">Studio 100 Fine Art Gallery</i><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #141414; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;">, owned by artist Ann Caudle, is hosting nine regional artists showcasing their Southern Landscapes. Artists include Jerry Brown, Heike Covell, Robin Roberts, Mary H. Reed, Craig Reynolds, Gina Brown, Carole Foret, Tatyana Hankinson and Katrina Weber. </span><i style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #141414; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">Studio 100</i><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #141414; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px;"> is located at 117 Northside Square. Gallery hours are Mon., Tues., Wed., and Fri. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_172420918" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8am - 5pm, Thursday</span></span> until 7pm and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_172420920" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday 11am - 4pm</span></span>.</span></div>
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Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-27707106183411685772014-06-02T21:34:00.001-05:002014-06-02T21:34:57.397-05:00PLAY TIME<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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They were getting old, and I was getting picky. I took an hour to play and loosen up, enjoying all those subtle colors. Now it's time for fresh onions!<br />
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this time I started using some oil to make a "wash" similar to the way watercolor starts.<br />
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these are in the round file now. The onions are more interesting when they make their own shapes . 11x14Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-22260156202729105092014-03-26T20:35:00.000-05:002014-03-27T18:29:06.751-05:00Let's Visit in Gadsden Al<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm so happy to be invited to the Southeastern Plein Air Invitational event. That means painting on location with the daily paintings on display and for sale at the Gadsden Museum<br />
<u>Save the date: April 9 thru April 13,</u><br />
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It would be fun to see you there - visitors get to watch the paintings come together, and there will be a "quick draw" event on Sunday in addition to the reception where visitors can watch even more. I will be one of 15 experienced plein air painters who will paint at least 2 a day, and each day those 15 painters ' works will go on display at the Gadsden Museum for sale. <br />
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You're invited to watch the artwork come alive daily - The Southeastern Plein Air Invitational (SPAI) lights up early April with new events and locations around Gadsden Alabama.</div>
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Over a dozen experienced <em>plein air</em> painters will converge to paint locations in Gadsden/Etowah County (April 9-13). The opening reception on Sunday, April 13, 2-4, will launch the exhibition of their work in the galleries of the Gadsden Museum of Art through May 2. </div>
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<strong>Downtown: Dusk to Dark</strong> The latest trend in<em>plein air</em> painting is the nocturne—atmospheric works of the night often featuring the artificial lights of storefronts, neon, and street lights. Gadsden’s Broad Street offers the ideal location with a vintage movie theater, period storefronts, and a bustling retail, restaurant, and bar scene. </div>
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<strong>Classic Cars on the Coosa</strong> Gleaming chrome, racy styling, and brilliant color combinations make classic cars an appealing and nostalgic subject for<em>plein air</em> painters. Gadsden’s car club members bring their best to the necklace of city parks along the Coosa River for a day that combines natural and automotive beauty.</div>
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<strong>Dueling Brushes </strong>Prizes, a two-hour time limit, and a picturesque setting make for an exciting contest. In Gadsden’s Historic District, a Victorian house with landscaped garden, a white picket fence, gracious columned porch, and water feature offers the artists many options but they must be quick! Only two hours from start to finish with first, second, third prizes to be awarded and potential sales to me made while the paint is still wet!</div>
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The Southeastern Plein Air Invitational for 2014 offers artists, photographers, spectators, and collectors a diverse experience of on-location painting from workshop to exhibition!</div>
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Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-22694415004663384132014-03-26T19:53:00.001-05:002014-03-26T19:53:46.886-05:00DEXTERITY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dexterity - just look at all this cowboy handles. What a working team. Balance, poise, quickness and accuracy - it should be an olympic event. This one was fun to do. 12x16<br />
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<br />Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-80384003012313071252014-03-18T21:13:00.002-05:002014-03-18T21:13:38.664-05:00DIFFERENT APPROACHES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of those Tennessee creeks that makes you just want to tip-toe across barefooted. I did this yesterday as a demo for class this week using a simple undertone of burnt sienna to make the shapes. The linen panel makes this light approach work well. The paint glides on easily. 11x14<br />
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This tractor done today is on a "gesso board" 8x8 and the process is different - painted color shape by color shape using a springy brush with no undertone - just jumped in on a white surface with those color shapes, "eyeballing" the structure of the tractor parts to build it. The gesso panel is neither slick like the linen nor absorbent. I enjoy these different approaches of brushwork, surfaces, paint and methods. It's good to be familiar with what paint can do in different circumstances - and fun.<br />
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Turquoise bucket -8x8, $200 unframed<br />
Leipers Creek 11x14, on linen panel, unframed $300<br />
email Robin robinroberts4@gmail.com for your collection.Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-34632462367082616882014-03-07T18:59:00.000-06:002014-03-07T18:59:40.044-06:00Did It Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been working on brushwork. It would be nice if I get to the fresher, more energetic look, but I'm far from it. Maybe I'll take this one and let some paint fly - lose something and gain something.....hmmmmm<br />
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<br />Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-18770555664090672772014-02-19T20:52:00.000-06:002014-02-19T20:52:01.770-06:00BUILDING MOLLY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Molly, the lovely Shih Tzu kept a lookout at the door while friends painted, looking both ways with a nap in between. She has light brown eyes and nose and a friendly personality. <br />
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<br />Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-41733355841260664472014-02-10T19:42:00.000-06:002014-02-10T19:42:11.224-06:00THE SCULPTOR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think the "man in the street" doesn't have an idea of how much a portrait can morph through stages. This portrait is my project from a <a href="http://www.miabergeron.com/" target="_blank">Mia Bergeron</a> portrait workshop sponsored by the <a href="http://www.huntsvilleartleague.org/" target="_blank">Huntsville Art League</a>. Mia did her best to convey the importance of values first. For me that is a great challenge - not to mention the struggle to refine my drawing. The workshop was terrific fun because Mia is a super teacher. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JohnMcLeod1" target="_blank">John McLeod</a> is the model - a sculptor. How someone who works all day with grinders, hammers, chemicals, metal and marble could sit still for us for 2 days is amazing.<br />
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One thing that helped at the finish is an apple app recomended by artist <a href="http://www.annmoellerstudios.com/" target="_blank">Ann Moller Steverson</a>. Its called Sight To Size, and it layers photos so I was able to see how far off my drawing was from the pose. Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-10728335525847270192014-02-05T18:10:00.001-06:002014-02-05T18:10:54.840-06:00WHITE PONIES<br />
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Below is the more-or -less finished study. Apologies for the Iphone photos. 11x14 questions? robinroberts4@gmail.com</div>
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Sharing some paintings from November at a painting retreat in Wears Valley, Tn.<br />
First is 9x12 plein air sketch along a pasture.<br />
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this one is "Bill" the deer hanging in the lodge at the retreat. Painted from life on a rainy day during the retreat. Apologies for the bad photo. Wet paint has a glare , and it found a collector before the paint dried to get a better photo! <br />
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Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-61399409541518224882013-11-06T21:49:00.000-06:002013-11-06T21:51:00.462-06:00Cowkick<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Meet Charming - the guy with one eye (black)<br />
On facebook I have posted the recent cow paintings which are at Dragonfly Gallery in Fayetteville Tn. The annual Fayetteville holiday kick off starts Friday with the Dragonfly party from 5 to 8pm. Weather will be nice , so have yourself a merry little time checking the 18 artists featuring new work. <br />
But "Charming " here is just off the easel today. <br />
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<br />Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-77688087755223977612013-10-31T22:11:00.000-05:002013-10-31T22:11:45.740-05:00RECYCLINGMany artists have canvases and boards from unsuccessful paintings. I keep most of them and think of the old painting as a good background - as if I intended the new one to have a colorful background. This painting started life as a floral. This little girl inspired me much more than the flowers, so I thought you might like to see one of the ways I assemble a painting. The only name I have for the approach is "painting by shape of the color". I see colors as having specific if unusual shapes - then I stack them up like puzzle pieces.<br />
And yes, she needs those knock knees fixed before its finished. <br />
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<br />Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-28005099625228828912013-08-07T16:24:00.000-05:002013-08-07T16:24:54.597-05:00CHILLAXIN'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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demo painting (finished) from our recent workshop at <a href="http://renaissanceartgallery.com/" target="_blank">Renaissance Gallery</a> in Northport Al. I had a great time with professional artists and even a young student. there's never enough time to paint, though!<br />
I took the advice of a teacher and concentrated on getting the major object (the figure)as correct as possible first - that's the slow part that's boring to viewers. The workshoppers wanted the chair added at an early stage, since the figure appeared to be floating. It didn't concern me as long as he was in the best area of the rectangle. The chair and the bottle were the last things painted - so easy it would have been cheating to add them earlier!Robin Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359153477284637805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623338425753486536.post-57324407562058196362013-07-30T00:22:00.000-05:002013-07-30T00:22:37.554-05:00Flagrant Copying<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you ever copied the masters paintings? Bet some of you have been to the Amsterdam museum that owns this one. This one is my demo for our monthly class with the subject of copying the famous ones to learn something about their methods. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The title is Restaurant at... (something I can't spell) by Van Gogh 1887. This seemed to be one of the easiest ones to figure out! Ha!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among the many things to figure out - what paints will be like what he used? brushes? application? The class liked the warm sunny look and all tried to add the table except me. There is so much to discover and admire of Van Gogh, and his compositon without the table just doesn't sing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here is my photo of Van Gogh's painting.........notice those lines used for making shadows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what I do with a painting that didn't make it. .. there is much less constraint when I paint studies over an old oil painting. The underneath landscape was just ok. So that calls for juicier paint that will cover the underlying painting. Since it's a study, I'm not as concerned about archival presentation. Oil paint becomes transparent as it ages ,so in many many years the landscape might peep thru. This one probably wont make it to a collectors wall and I have learned and enjoyed pushing the paint around.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one is also my entry for the <a href="http://dixiegirlspaintchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dixie Girls Paint Challenge for Augus</a>t.......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the progression from a sanded old landscape to present day tomatoes - all ready for canning - Is "My Bath Ready Yet?":</span><br />
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