November Abstract Challenge

Tonight's abstracts, A4 on acrylic paper. 2 geometric-ish landscapes from my trip to Brisbane last week. 2 self portraits. Enjoying the beach life.

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Perhaps my last one for the month. Geometric themes: landscapes in layers, boxes or cubes.

Had a few days holiday in Caloundra, Qld. Took some photos, and created these from them.1000013612.jpg1000013613.jpg
 
My jaw has dropped. How do you do that, Jennie? Those images are amazing! You can see beyond a photo and you can see beyond reality. I tried to do one for this challenge (in the style of an artist) and it bombed miserably. It's hard enough to think of painting abstractly in my own style and apparently too much for me to try on someone else's style! :ROFLMAO:
 
Donna T said:
My jaw has dropped. How do you do that, Jennie? Those images are amazing! You can see beyond a photo and you can see beyond reality. I tried to do one for this challenge (in the style of an artist) and it bombed miserably. It's hard enough to think of painting abstractly in my own style and apparently too much for me to try on someone else's style! :ROFLMAO:
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I really don't know Donna, but your posts are so wonderful. Make me feel elated, when I'm often thinking "what the hell are you doing!"
 
Hi Jennie, i’ve been meaning to do more painting this month, but I just have not been well. I had committed to doing the Christmas card exchange and I barely got my cards made. But pretty pumped that I did 🙂,so I’ve been meaning or hoping to do something for your wonderful challenge. I don’t think I’m gonna be able to do it. But if you don’t mind, I tried to find things that I’ve done in the past that may be of interest. These are all tiny miniatures. They remind me of some of your stimulus subjects. Honestly, I just had fun mucking around. That is one good thing about miniatures. I find I’m more daring than with bigger pieces and I complete things more easily. I guess it’s just not much if you don’t like it when it’s 2.5 x 3.5”. What happens usually is I find I am doing something I never thought of, but end up liking! This is watercolour, but there may be a little bit of gouache too. I am intrigued about trying some artwork following some of the artists you have mentioned when able. So I’m glad you put those seeds in my head.
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PaintBoss said:
Hi Jennie, i’ve been meaning to do more painting this month, but I just have not been well. I had committed to doing the Christmas card exchange and I barely got my cards made. But pretty pumped that I did 🙂,so I’ve been meaning or hoping to do something for your wonderful challenge. I don’t think I’m gonna be able to do it. But if you don’t mind, I tried to find things that I’ve done in the past that may be of interest. These are all tiny miniatures. They remind me of some of your stimulus subjects. Honestly, I just had fun mucking around. That is one good thing about miniatures. I find I’m more daring than with bigger pieces and I complete things more easily. I guess it’s just not much if you don’t like it when it’s 2.5 x 3.5”. What happens usually is I find I am doing something I never thought of, but end up liking! This is watercolour, but there may be a little bit of gouache too. I am intrigued about trying some artwork following some of the artists you have mentioned when able. So I’m glad you put those seeds in my head.
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PaintBoss said:
Hi Jennie, i’ve been meaning to do more painting this month, but I just have not been well. I had committed to doing the Christmas card exchange and I barely got my cards made. But pretty pumped that I did 🙂,so I’ve been meaning or hoping to do something for your wonderful challenge. I don’t think I’m gonna be able to do it. But if you don’t mind, I tried to find things that I’ve done in the past that may be of interest. These are all tiny miniatures. They remind me of some of your stimulus subjects. Honestly, I just had fun mucking around. That is one good thing about miniatures. I find I’m more daring than with bigger pieces and I complete things more easily. I guess it’s just not much if you don’t like it when it’s 2.5 x 3.5”. What happens usually is I find I am doing something I never thought of, but end up liking! This is watercolour, but there may be a little bit of gouache too. I am intrigued about trying some artwork following some of the artists you have mentioned when able. So I’m glad you put those seeds in my head.
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Your works are wonderful. I managed some extended hours for small works, not quite miniatures. They're something I'd like to try. Glad my stimulus subjects worked. Sometimes it is riskier to experiment with larger works.
 
Thought I was done. This is just a piece I experiment on. It loosely an image from my block. This morning I experimented with adding some colour wheel opposite colours. Used a bit of gold as well. Didn't work, that'll go next edit.
JennieJo said:
Your works are wonderful. I managed some extended hours for small works, not quite miniatures. They're something I'd like to try. Glad my stimulus subjects worked. Sometimes it is riskier to experiment with larger works.
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Not sure what happened above. Things going haywire. And I can't get my painting to load.it keeps opening my previous post.

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Very cool mini paintings, Christine! These would look great matted and framed! I hope you'll be feeling better soon and maybe even well enough to start more work.

Jennie, there you go with the vibrant colors and graceful lines again. I think your "Going Haywire" phrase is a great name for a painting!
 
That's a great one Jennie!
I love those miniatures, Christine!
You are both so inspiring. If I wasn't so exhausted, I'd be participating.
Sorry you're not feeling well, Christine. :(
 
Donna T said:
Very cool mini paintings, Christine! These would look great matted and framed! I hope you'll be feeling better soon and maybe even well enough to start more work.

Jennie, there you go with the vibrant colors and graceful lines again. I think your "Going Haywire" phrase is a great name for a painting!
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I know. Sometimes I get really worried they might infect other works. :ROFLMAO:
 
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