Showing posts with label gouache. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gouache. Show all posts

Kissing Pears: Art Lesson no. 4

Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 6:57 PM | Posted by mARTa
Kissing Pears in Gouache
This is my gouache painting on bristol board, 9 x 12 inches

Today Annie and I spent the afternoon learning about blind contour drawing. 

 First we stopped by for a visit at my friend Diahn's blog: Art by Diahn to see what a blind contour drawing was.  Annie's eyes flew wide open anticipating this lesson would be challenging.  I told her our brains were going to work very hard with our drawing hand and arm!

Kissing Pears: blind contour
7b pencil in Canson 9 x 12 inch sketchbook

For a look at what Annie worked on today go visit her at Annie's Adventures with Nina.

I love contour drawing and enjoyed sharing the concept with Annie.  And what fun we had bringing out the gouache for us to add color to our drawings!

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Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego, Ca

Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 1:38 PM | Posted by mARTa
Organ Pavilion: Balboa Park
I had the opportunity to spend 4 wonderful days visiting my girl Amy in San Diego, California.  I drove south on a sunny afternoon and enjoyed a few days of shopping, going to the SD Art Museum in Balboa Park and having a languid lunch over sangria and blood orange cosmopolitians at El Prado.  It's difficult to get sketching time in when with a non artist.  Rudy is always patient with me but the girl wants to move on.  But I managed to get in this quick sketch of the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.  While sketching the organist was practicing and it was so delightful to be drawing and listening to a private little concert!  At home I dropped in the watercolour and added a bit of zinc white and rich gold gouache.  
The two hour drive home today was in a heavy rain that made the roads slick and dangerous.  No sunshine in southern california today.  I have a most busy week but will dedicate some time to browsing the blogs and see what you all have been up to!

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My Blog's Birthday!

Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 8:59 PM | Posted by mARTa

Yesterday we spent a wonderful evening of good food, drink and conversation at Dianne and Randy's.  I took her over some of my lemons and blood oranges.  I was happily surprised to see a sketch of them on her blog today.  Those lemons and oranges are really getting around!

I worked alongside one of our younger nurses today who turned 30 yesterday.  I told her this birthday season was in full swing and I was still in a celebrating mood.  So I gave her $$ and she braved a rain storm to go out and buy us both a steak dinner.  We had quite a feast the two of us; still celebrating our birthdays!

But today is another Birthday......MY BLOG'S FIRST!  Having worked all day I didn't get a chance to sketch so thought I'd post some doodling I did a few days ago....I have met so many wonderful artist through these pages this past year.  I've met 4 of you in person and hope to double that this year!!!   Thank you all for your constant encouragement and friendship!!

HAPPY BLOG BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!  

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For Shirley

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 5:18 PM | Posted by mARTa
My friend Shirley over at Paper and Threads posted her lemons yesterday stating a desire for having some lemon squares.   I love lemon bars but had never made them.   With a tree heavy laden with juicy Meyer lemons I asked her for her favorite lemon square recipe.  She so kindly sent it my way in this morning's email.  Wonderful opportunity to bake on this rainy day and to practice another gouache painting.   Also my first try at a watercolour on hot pressed paper.  A bit different from working on cold press but a good experience also.  Thank you Shirley for the recipe!  You are all welcome to have one.  Please tell me how you liked them!


Lemon Squares in Gouache
Gouache on 90# cold press wc paper, 7.5x11.25 inches 
Lemon Squares in Watercolour
Watercolour on 90# hot pressed wc paper, 7.5x11.25 inch

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My Party Continues

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 6:02 PM | Posted by mARTa
Blood Oranges in Gouache
gouache in moleskine

Well, it's a private party today with just my new art supplies and me. Yesterday was a great birthday despite having to work. A very long 12 hour shift with barely a moment to take a break. I feel blessed for I spent it with some of the best people I know. They took up a collection and bought a big birthday cake and took a minute to run into the kitchen to sing me happy birthday before heading back to their patients. I felt very special. On the way home Rudy and I had a rendezvous at our favorite sushi eatery where the bartender who knows us came to the table with a big bowl of green tea ice cream in honor of my birthday!

Today I headed to the library to look for books about gouache and not finding anything headed to Borders but they didn't have anything either. So I came home and after not finding too much online either I figured, like many other things I do; I'll just teach myself. So here is a very bad first gouache sketch done in my moleskine watercolour sketchbook.

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