tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29372442423955672532024-03-21T01:25:36.482-05:00diana lynn's painting a dayCreating a painting a day (for the most part.) Inspired by other PAD artists I embark on my journey, brushes in hand hoping to let the inner artist in me out. Painting mainly in oils but also working in pastels, acrylic, and watercolor. diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-59029344016259890862016-04-04T07:14:00.000-05:002016-04-04T07:14:21.186-05:00My Bestest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My first official painting post a year ago, titled "My Best" was my husband ice fishing. My last painting post is from the same photo and titled, "My Bestest." If I had any doubts about the value of this year, I just have to look at the first and last paintings and know this was so worth it. Oh mercy, how much I have learned. My deepest thanks to you all for every like, comment and share. You guys fueled the bus on this journey and I felt your support every day. What next? Getting ready for the exhibits and then... who knows? I have more ideas than time, but I will keep posting as plans unfold. Thank you, thank you and then some. </div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-13017145514966252692016-03-30T07:03:00.001-05:002016-03-30T07:03:31.353-05:00Self Portrait In The Style Of.Vincent van Gogh. When I look at this painting, I giggle. Maybe I have been taking way too much cold medicine. The goal was to have more van Gogh lines demarcating the features, but, my old "control self" kept smoothing and blending. I have one painting day left of this journey and I am going to post the final painting on Monday. Just a little treat to me. "Take a few days." I say to myself. "Thanks!" I say back. : )<br />
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diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-60228337600405542852016-03-29T05:00:00.000-05:002016-03-29T06:26:26.744-05:00Vincent's Clogs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I was in a mood to paint in the style of Vincent van Gogh. I saw this wooden shoes painting of his and I thought, "Perfect." I don't know why I thought that, but I did. I so thoroughly enjoyed doing this painting. His life and paintings are equally fascinating. And, knowing he did it all wearing these stiff wooden clogs. Oh, to walk a mile in these shoes.</div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-11368832161844360912016-03-28T09:06:00.001-05:002016-03-28T09:06:34.630-05:00Brown Jug.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
All I can say about this painting, is that I am happy I was able to paint -- something. Still not out from under this flu bug thing, but climbing back up and making an effort feels good. Here's to your health!</div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-86494488460947782262016-03-23T07:09:00.000-05:002016-03-23T07:09:36.988-05:00Warm Red.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Using a warm red and the same blue and yellow, this apple turned out not much different than the previous two. Biggest difference in all three is probably the background color. This exercise was so worth the time. My color mixing has improved because of it. After painting it three times, I can also say, I know this apple by heart. : ) </div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-16796638138027670032016-03-22T05:39:00.000-05:002016-03-22T05:39:05.380-05:00Cool Red.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The palette I used on this apple had a cool red, a warm blue and warm yellow. I thought adding blue to the mix would make mixing easier, but it didn't. I think the color blending on the Zorn palette apple has an overall richer color scheme. The total opposite of my initial guess. Let's just keep that I was wrong between us, if you don't mind. </div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-54842561018059018832016-03-21T06:18:00.000-05:002016-03-21T06:18:50.071-05:00Limited Palette.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Using just two or three colors, forces you to learn how to mix colors. Using an apple for my subject, I am painting it three different times, using limited palettes. The one today was done using a Zorn palette. Zorn was a Swedish artist and only used a vermilion red, yellow ocher, black and white. I was impressed at the number of different colors you can make with only two colors. Limitless.</div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-37679575810333664342016-03-16T11:11:00.001-05:002016-03-16T11:11:20.237-05:00Full Circle.A sphere. Black and white. All value driven. I should have done this exercise about 10 months ago, but I thought it was boring and unnecessary. I know better today. The point of the exercise is that once you learn how to make a sphere look like a sphere you can paint anything sphere-like. My sphere is off a bit here and there but at least I know what I didn't know 10 months ago. <br />
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diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-61353696541476467322016-03-15T06:58:00.000-05:002016-03-15T06:58:54.959-05:00One For The Cap.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A feather. Tried a different background technique - which translated means, "I lost my way and winged it." Oh yes, the pun was indeed intended. I think the color combination is fetching and it looks feathery. Happy enough. My guess is this is a turkey feather, feel free to correct me. </div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-88469410097445557072016-03-14T08:56:00.001-05:002016-03-14T08:56:16.688-05:00Bottleneck.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Maple syrup. The real stuff. God's way of making a mediocre pancake-- spectacular. The only bottleneck I see around here are buckets of sap lining up next to the syrup cooker. I do like the way this painting ended up. Good composition with the slight crook of the top cap and the color of the syrup is pretty close to what I saw. </div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-90450984921320756062016-03-11T06:26:00.001-06:002016-03-11T06:26:25.720-06:00Collage.No painting for today, just a collage of my studio walls with a little over half of my total paintings for the year. In no order of date done or preference. Just felt I had to post something. : )<br />
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diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-49769965225496627452016-03-10T11:06:00.000-06:002016-03-10T11:06:04.536-06:00Segments.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This little segment is brought to you by, "Orange." A joy to paint this was. I gave more effort to the background than the orange and at the end realized getting the level of darkness for the background right makes the segment move forward and pop. Love it when an effort pays off.</div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-27572449153134318862016-03-09T13:49:00.001-06:002016-03-09T13:49:32.852-06:00Time's Up.Will Kemp has a wonderful tutorial on painting snow <a href="http://willkempartschool.com/how-to-paint-a-snowscene-in-acrylic/" target="_blank">Click Here</a> to see it. The piece today is from his lesson. I spent time watching the videos and preparing the canvas and palette etc, but I only allowed myself 1/2 hour of painting time. It was fun to know ahead of time when I would be done. This exercise may not have produced a better painting but it was so much more relaxing and that is a wonderful way to paint. <div>
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diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-85644044591535169562016-03-08T13:23:00.000-06:002016-03-08T13:23:53.123-06:00Berry Good.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Today is one of those days when a good plan went right out the window. I managed to get these berries painted despite the flippy floppy day I am having. I planned to do them in oils but somehow I turned a corner and there I was painting away with acrylics. "Berry good anyway." I say.</div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-76096732302866046502016-03-07T06:27:00.000-06:002016-03-11T05:37:13.242-06:00Next Step.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In 1866 a drawing course by Charles Bargue was published. The lessons taught students like Van Gogh and Picasso to see and draw and measure. With almost 200 lithographs of drawings done of famous sculptures and paintings, the book is a treasure. One of my next steps has to include drawing from this book. This foot, is one lesson. Measuring is tough. I measure and say things like, one inch and two small ticks. I am, one day, going to learn how to use a ruler. I am, I am.</div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-83564412079601958732016-03-04T08:21:00.000-06:002016-03-04T08:21:04.052-06:00Compare.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Another do-over. This time I chose a painting I was originally happy with. As I was painting the new one, I realized I have learned a lot about lost and found edges and color mixing. The big difference between the two though, is my ability to see and paint value changes. I also think my ability to photograph the pieces has improved some. The first pair looks like I took the photo as I was riding in a car on a very bumpy road, while hiccuping. </div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-4035304688436242312016-03-03T09:56:00.000-06:002016-03-03T09:56:07.433-06:00Could You Repeat That?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In less than a month my one year painting journey will come to an end. Thinking about the past year I wondered, "Just how did I grow?" So, I looked back at my year and found one of my first paintings. A coffee cup. I don't even think I finished it. I probably filled it with coffee and took a break and that was that. The cup I did today looks like a bit of growth has happened. : ) I will post the first cup painting as a comment to this post. </div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-90457588981209075142016-03-02T10:26:00.000-06:002016-03-02T10:26:31.939-06:00Birch Bundle.Another birch tree grove. Another pencil drawing on black tinted paper. This one feels good to me when I look at it. I think using a black background makes all the colors pop out more. But then I never grow tired looking at a birch tree. I sometimes wonder if they were put here just so we could paint them.<br />
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diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-16679637402711199122016-03-01T10:41:00.000-06:002016-03-01T10:41:21.706-06:00Four And Twenty.Black bird. Just one. No pie. I don't know the name of this bird as the photo was taken by our friend on a recent cruise to somewhere warm and sunny. The shadow and the colors of the bird made the photo strikingly enchanting. This piece was done in pencil and pastel on black tinted paper. The result is a pretty good rendering: dainty enough for a king.<br />
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diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-40517037148164449662016-02-29T15:24:00.002-06:002016-02-29T15:24:31.122-06:00Kalamata.The not so ordinary olive. These pretty little dickens look so handsome in the little white - dare I say it, "olive bowl." Like I would have bowls just for olives. I'm still laughing. I like the different colors between the olives and the way the bowl turned out too. I did not feel like painting today-- hey, it happens, but I dug deep grabbed my olives and came up with this. And then I ate them.<br />
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-15179393454571050032016-02-26T11:12:00.000-06:002016-02-26T11:12:18.334-06:00Sunny Side Up.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I had big hopes and dreams for this fried egg. It fell short on most of them except that it does look like an egg. Pencils can not be rushed: Note to self. I took the photo of this egg while it was in the frying pan... perhaps saying that will help. "Oh, for Pete's sake diana, it's just an egg," I say. Just an egg. </div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-56275850326974633922016-02-25T06:24:00.000-06:002016-02-25T06:24:26.508-06:00Waterlilies.This was a painting challenge on the dailypaintworks.com website. I started it in oils, then moved to pastels and finished with colored pencils. Sometimes it's hard to stick to a decision once you make it.<br />
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diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-91772704940344192632016-02-24T06:35:00.000-06:002016-02-24T06:35:44.603-06:00More Than Red.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Using this simple subject I wanted to use as many colors as possible without just grabbing the obvious red pencil. Good lesson. The richness and depth that came from doing it that way looks good. Cherries are chosen for artwork a lot. Maybe because they are more attractive than say, a rutabaga. </div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-61237148139468963122016-02-23T07:04:00.001-06:002016-02-23T07:04:44.378-06:00Bright Idea.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Another pencil exercise full of minutia. Looking at what I might have changed, I wonder if having the bulb on it's side would have made the composition more interesting. Wait, I just noticed the filament in the center looks like a tiny hand holding a whip. "There's a lion tamer in my bulb." Now that's a sentence you don't hear everyday. : )</div>
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<br />diana lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10081987019102489546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937244242395567253.post-51503354360275124802016-02-22T07:28:00.000-06:002016-02-22T07:28:48.419-06:00A Jar.A blue canning jar. So glad they are making a comeback. This colored pencil drawing was done with my new pencils. A birthday gift from my Anna. Love them. And her. The pencils were made in France. She is all Minnesota.<br />
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