Monthly Archives: December 2009

Completed portrait

I had a blast with her hair, trying for a balance of detail and soft. Not easy. I ended up with a yellow/green highlight as the other colors I tried just didn’t give that feeling of light. Hair can be such a challenge and she does not have all that much hair showing. Overall I am quite pleased with this painting.

December 27, 2009 – 11:57 am | By Gulfsprite | Posted in Painting | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

Slowly But Surely

I mentioned in my post on Sunday that I was going to start a painting. Yes, I hear you saying “but Christy you paint all the time”. The thing is that I paint all the time in my journal. I only paint two or three canvases a month. It is the stopping and starting I regret when working on a canvas. It just frustrates me, I want to paint a canvas as close to straight through as I can. I’m sure there are painterly reasons for this but I don’t want to get into all that.

December 22, 2009 – 7:09 pm | By Gulfsprite | Posted in Painting | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Art Journal Portraits And A Painting

I hear that Santa might bring me new canvases to paint on so maybe by then I will be ready to paint something fully. Until then I will just play with bits and pieces.

December 20, 2009 – 5:29 pm | By Gulfsprite | Posted in Art Journals, Painting | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Art Journal Updates

I’m working on goals for 2010 and doing a huge amount of research and learning. Being so deep into other interests (even if they eventually lead back to art) I have not had the focus in my journal that I normally would.

December 15, 2009 – 5:26 pm | By Gulfsprite | Posted in Art Journals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)