Raining on the beach-#8

SOLD

Building sand castles

rain falling from heavy clouds

Seagulls swoop in-shore

By JPfeiffer 2013

Just cut yesterday's blog post in half and placed it here!

I'm still keen on drawing figures and I was really happy with this one which iis charcoal on paper. I based it on an image by Debra Luccio. I haven't been able to find any figures in poses that I like but this was spot on. Thank you Debra!

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   Then I tried using 'Touch Drawing' technique with water soluble oil paints on tissue paper. The whole image is drawn using fingers and there is no opportunity to rub out the unwanted lines with my fingers as I have been doing with the charcoal. The water lily was just a warm up Touch Drawing but I really like the loose flowing lines that have come directly from my finger tips over the paper which was laid over the rolled out oil paint on a non-porous board. See www.touchdrawing.com for more information.

  

In the evening I ran a 'Touch Drawing' workshop at the station gallery which was so enjoyable. We even had champagne and hot chips while we worked! I'll put some more photos of their work on the next post once I have edited them but here are a few. To top the day off I sold another small framed collage work!

    Touch Drawing workshop at Station Gallery Nov 21 2013

What a Busy Day!

All the things that I would like to do on a regular basis are considered better to do first thing in the morning before you get too far into the day's work. My list seems to be getting longer.

Morning Walk-60 min

Morning Stretches-10 min

Morning Prayer-30 min

Morning Pages  ( Journalling )-45 min

Morning Routine as in shower, breakfast, make the bed, do the dishes, feed the pets etc-60min

That is a total of about 31/2hrs before I get anywhere near the studio.

....and when is supposed to be the best time of the day to do your creative work? First thing in the morning!

Had a great day today playing with rusty metal, white vinegar and tissue paper.

Also making sculptures out of soft tissues, PVA glue and little broken sticks and leaf matter. The first one was made by nature herself.i found it in the bushes while out walking.

I then tried to make my own version and I was quite pleased with the result. Not a very good photo as it was taken indoors at night. 

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This is what I made from the rust stained tissue paper. They are not glued down yet, so this could change. I love the organic nature of these works and I would like to experiment a great deal more with these ideas. The house smells of fish and chips because of the white vinegar that I soak the rust pieces in. The circle at the centre of the flowers are from the imprint of flattened rusty bottle tops I found in the car park next door to where I am staying. Again, not a good photo.

OMNIUM-GATHERUM

The dictionary word that came up for the day on my iPhone captured my attention and I had to find out what on earth it meant? When I read the meaning- a miscellaneous collection, I decided that would be a great title for my next solo exhibition. 

Blow the thematic- line of thought-body of work. I have way to much of the curious adventurer bubbling within. Yes! my artwork is eclectic and yes, "omnium-gatherum" A gathering or collection of miscellaneous artworks, coming soon!

Foster's own room was a cramped omnium gatherum, cluttered with the paraphernalia of daily living.

-- Henry Blake Fuller, Bertram Cope's Year, 1919

 Oil on Pinewood     20 x 20 cm.    JPfeiffer

                                                  

Grounded

I started this painting just before I left Perth and I hope to finish it off over the next few days.

 It is acrylic on canvas and the size is about 91 x 55 cm. I haven't titled it yet but it has an abstract aussie landscape feel about it. 

 I enjoyed painting the solid bold and organic shapes that look like boulders. Thinking I would like to pour some clear glossy resin over this one to contrast with the earthiness and textured surface treatment.

In fact 'earthy' is what this painting is about. I think I will call it 'Grounded'. Grounded is a good strong word for me at the moment and I am very much drawn to mother earth and love down to earth people!

'Gelli Plate' Printing With Leaves

Painting number 7. Lots of wheat fields around here and again I had an image in my head that I was trying to achieve and I never quite get there. Going to work on this a bit more. I'd like to put a little bit more life into the theme, like a little bird on the fence or maybe a farmer in the field. I'll resolve it somehow. Then give it a Haiku poem. 

                                            

Went mad in the studio printing with my "Gelli" plate which is a slab of gelatine about 1cm thick. there are recipes on the internet to make your own, but I bought this one on-line. I used plants from the garden and water soluble oil paints. You can use acrylics also, but they tend to dry up too quickly when the weather is hot.

                                           

                               

                                

                               

Studio Time

Sold 4 paintings yesterday to one of the local ladies who I met through the walking group. Three times a week we meet and walk quite briskly for an hour. Most of them are older than me but there is no dawdling and I'm always knackered by the time I get back.

    4 small paintings that sold

Number 6 painting: Was thinking of all the white roses in the garden that I have been busy dead-heading and watering. Every where is that dry yellow colour now. Struggled with this one.  Sometimes my mind gets in the way of what needs to happen on the canvas and I start forcing a subject into being and that never really works for me.

 

The roses were white

Till the hot sun scorched them brown

New growth will come soon.