Another How To...this one from Peg

So you've not done a landscape that has satisfied you - ever. Never,,it just has been so bad. Doesn't look real. Doesn't look good enough for a notepad, or a mouse pad or even to keep around.

Here's a quick way to re-launch the landscape, or seascape, or pretty country roadway, with scenic trees and little grassy clumps...

      Okay, here is your blank board/canvas, paint support

Step one -- get some color on there!  

What color?  Doesn't matter, as long as it isn't dark enough to swallow up your future scene.  I use colors that don't get a lot of 'exercise" in routine painting.  Use some white to bring down the intensity.

Start painting - cover enough area to serve as a base, as the warm Italian sun, or the prairie, or a beach.

Consider using a large brush - immediate gratification (and coverage) is a good thing.

That's a big brush - don't let one intimidate you

Time to add the sky, or water, or something blue.  Use a light hue - it's acrylic, it can be painted over.

I mentioned immediate gratification, right?  You should be working quickly now, and depending on several factors, paint needs to dry before being worked over, added to, or completely covered.  Meet my handy friend,,,,,

Don't get carried away !!  Dry from the back, or let the hot air blow over the surface laterally.  None of that "hot as the sun's surface" for your art.

MORE TO COME - 

LIKE FINISHING THE 

LAND OR SEASCAPE

HOW TO RECYCLE YOUR CANVAS IF/WHEN A

PROJECT FLOPS 

LET'S BE SURREAL

ART IN ACTION LONDONDERRY 2013

I have time enough now to put up a couple of shots from Art in Action/Londonderry.  No, no picture of me - as usual , I'm behind the camera.

Here are some of the other artists

 

Here is my booth and some of my work

How to Wish for Christmas

Gypsy Peg is at it again. Two weeks ago, it was time to pack and set up for a weekend in Londonderry at Art in Action.
Yesterday, it was time to fill the car up again, and head for Manchester. As of this afternoon, many of my pieces are displayed in the clubhouse at Oak Brook Condominiums.  Other artists have been invited to participate, and hopefully four of us will colorize the CH walls during the holiday season.
All pieces on display are for sale - be sure to enjoy the view if you have reason to stop by.

Here are some of the paintings you will see:  This one is Forest Light

This is Playtime

 Make a stop at Roadside Stand

Sad, so sad to view Summer Passes So Quickly

  Stop by after the holidays....

The "How-To" of Creating Big Art

You can credit Deb with today's post. I've told you how good her work is. Today, she gives you an overview of how Deb Curtin creates her illustrations.  Read on...

There's a first time for everything. What's that you say? I can't do a painting that big! There's only one way to overcome that notion - just do it! You'll be glad (and surprised!) you did.

 

Start with an unusual 'canvas' - a 4'x4' sheet of 1/4" lauan plywood (subflooring). Give it a nice primer coat of paint.

 

Stick with exterior house paints - all acrylic and you won't have any problems. My colors of choice are yellow, red, blue, green, black and white. Look at the mistinted paints - something a customer wasn't satisfied with, too, for a good deal. Stick with exterior paint, though.

                                                 

 

Copy your planned vision making it at least an 8"x 11" size. Grid it up, do the math and transfer to your 'canvas'.                                    

 

Begin with layers, mixing colors as you go. Use recyclable foam trays, yogurt containers or what have you. The paint is very forgiving and you can try colors until you have what you're looking for in the image.

                                                          

 

Paint what you see in one grid, moving on and blending. Keep looking at only the shapes and forms as you create your masterpiece. If you do it this way you will eventually have a good end product and be happy about what you have achieved. Go for it! And have fun in your success.

                                       COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT YOU'VE DONE!

You Saw the Last Post...

The Gypsies are moving slowly this week - something about this day job situation...
Those jars you saw in the last post are objects you need to find.  Don't start yet - wait for the clues.

Meanwhile, here's some more ART

WHAT'S THIS?

Wait for it....wait just a bit longer for some clues to show you where one or two of these are.
                                                               

See You Tomorrow....or Sunday

My paintings and I will be at Shady Hills Nursery this weekend. So will some of my painter friends. 
Join us!  

And Just One More Thing.....

For those of you who do plan on cruising thru Londonderry this weekend, looking for what's happening, be SURE that you come to Shady Hill Greenhouses/Nursery (1 Adams Rd)  www.shadyhillgreenhouses.com before you continue on up to Mack's Apple Farmstand.

The Gypsies and Co will be in the center greenhouse at the Nursery on Saturday and Sunday.
Some in, pick your art BEFORE your apples.
See you!

                                                                     

Take A Ride - Look for ART!

Enjoy a Fall day - the beauty is fading fast. Take a drive to the orchards, the soft, gentle hills.  Come to Mack's Apple Farmstand (230 Mammoth Rd, and to Shady Hill Greenhouses and Nursery (1 (Adams Rd) this Saturday or Sunday. 

You'll meet New England artists: Frank Moulin (watercolorist) and Anthony Williams (watercolor, acrylics, oil). Chat with us, the Art Gypsies - Deb Curtin and Peg Lipin. 

Take some time to see us at work there and then. Yup, we'll be painting on site. 
Hope to see you there. You'll love it!