Sounds interesting, Flowercat! I am always curious about stories with botanists in them.
I do some writing every now and again, I generally end up with a bad draft of around 60-70k or so words, then I put it away and forget about it and get distracted by something else.
Most of my storys stay in my head or get a bit put down on a few paper scraps that end up trashing up my desk until i lose intrest and find a new idea.Sounds interesting, Flowercat! I am always curious about stories with botanists in them.
I seem to have let Inktober slip a little because it's given me ideas about a series of ink drawings I now want to try out.
If you haven't already you should read Haruki Murakami's "Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World".
I agree but she wanted the background a bit blurred so the figures were the focal point. I also agree that there needs to be sunlight on the figures and all in the foreground but I have trouble making them up with no reference.
Congratulations - that's exciting! Don't be surprised - Ayin has a great eye.
Yes! Yes, we do!This is the final varnished version. Do we see the rabbit?
Congratulations!!! I see the rabbit. I love the changes. I'd also play ignorant if they say anything about it. It's still a stellar work.Well folks I'm ecstatic to report that one of the three paintings I submitted was accepted to be shown at the gallery exhibition. And Ayin, it was the one you liked the most! I like it the most also.
I hope I don't get in trouble though because now I notice in the prospectus that they reserve the right to reject any works that have been altered since the acceptance. I just did some minor things like reducing the chroma of the far shore and accenting the beach part a little. There is no substantive change. I think they would have to be looking for a reason to do so. This is my first go-round with this kind of thing so maybe I can claim ignorance.
This is the final varnished version. Do we see the rabbit?
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This is the website for the show. I didn't even realize that there is cash prizes! https://www.eastendarts.org/gallery/50-reasons-why.html
But arrgh there is a reception and I will have to talk to people! Guess I need a new shirt. Some artist spiel. Maybe some business cards? What am I getting into. I guess it could change my life. It's a little scary.
Advice gladly accepted.
Sno, this is coming along wonderfully and I know you'll knock it out of the park. Not having a reference is infuriating though!
I found a FB site where members can share one painting a month from focus images. This is my first - probably a WIP. Image of pindan sands I from northern Wrstern Australia, around Broome area.
That’s an awesome work!
Beautiful WorkWell folks I'm ecstatic to report that one of the three paintings I submitted was accepted to be shown at the gallery exhibition. And Ayin, it was the one you liked the most! I like it the most also.
I hope I don't get in trouble though because now I notice in the prospectus that they reserve the right to reject any works that have been altered since the acceptance. I just did some minor things like reducing the chroma of the far shore and accenting the beach part a little. There is no substantive change. I think they would have to be looking for a reason to do so. This is my first go-round with this kind of thing so maybe I can claim ignorance.
This is the final varnished version. Do we see the rabbit?
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This is the website for the show. I didn't even realize that there is cash prizes! https://www.eastendarts.org/gallery/50-reasons-why.html
But arrgh there is a reception and I will have to talk to people! Guess I need a new shirt. Some artist spiel. Maybe some business cards? What am I getting into. I guess it could change my life. It's a little scary.
Advice gladly accepted.
That's one hell of a lot, my friend. Totally exciting to hear that Conan O'Brien bought six (!!) pieces from you. You don't get to say that every day. I know that show was rough in several ways so, in that regard, I'm glad it's done. I LOVE both these new paintings, especially the 2nd one. That's part of the series from family photos, yes? I can't stop looking at it. The detail, those expressions.Long update:
I'm working, and not working on a few different things. Mostly writing a book, but I say that with a question mark? It's a book's worth of vignettes. I'm about halfway done with the rough draft, I think. But I've also been going through a lot of depression and physical pain, so I've been trying to take it easy.
My 6-week show finally ended last weekend. It went, "okay." Not as I hoped, but I guess it could have gone worse. I shouldn't complain as I made some sales. I even sold six works on paper to Conan O'Brien and his wife Liza (and got to meet them) which was very cool, but I just barely came out even. This is my own fault for making too large of an investment in the show. I did make a "walk-through" video and stuck it up on YouTube if anyone wants to see it.
Now I'm trying to get back to painting. I just finished a piece I started during the show that is a continuation of a series I've been working on for a long time. Not a great photo, but here's that one:
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And I started another for a new series, which I've hardly worked on at all. That one seems to be staying in the same place, but I work on it a tiny bit at a time here and there:
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Then there are those gouache on paper collaborations that I have to get back to. I have to start two of those before Wednesday because my collab-partner is leaving the desert for a while and wants to have two with them to work on while they are away. I'll do my best and see if I can get those done in a hurry.
Finally, there are some mixed media abstracts I very much want to start (no hurry on those), but I have been having trouble figuring out the substraights for them. I don't know if they will be made on clay or wood. I got some clay to play with but firing them will be an issue. I also kinda hate how clay feels on my hands and they will be very heavy to hang on a wall, so I'd have to make them pretty small. Whereas, if I create them on wood, I can make them any size I want. I just have to figure out how to make a profile for them, which feels tricky to me.
We just bought a really great woodworking table, however. We painted the base with blue milk paint which was fun. That will help in making the substraights out of wood for sure.
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We also have a table saw and a jig saw, so maybe I'll go the way of wood. The clay seems daunting and even more expensive to me--renting a kiln and all. The pieces I want to make will be odd shapes, not squares or rectangles. They will be oil paint, paper, and fabric. If they were on clay, they wouldn't have those elements, but they would have texture instead.
So that's what's up with me lately. Sorry I've been absent on the forums.
I hope you all are having a great autumn so far.
