Welcome to Barb's Daily Creations! I have lofty ambitions - I want to post a new drawing or painting every day. The purpose of this, of course is to stay creative and on task artistically even when I may not feel the muses calling, prodding and pushing. I hope that you enjoy my humble efforts, because, ultimately, that is the purpose of creating art - to enrich lives - mine and yours. Thanks for visiting!
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thursday, January 27, 2011
A Cold Walk in the Park
This is my daily painting - a watercolor which is 12" x 6" and is painted on 140 lb. cold pressed watercolor paper. This painting was done entirely in Antwerp Blue, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Light Red, and Paynes Grey.
I don't know how long I will do this because I have other artistic obligations I am anxious to attack - but I can tell that this is helping me loosen up and attack the paper and is taking away that ever present fear of the empty, white paper that I think most artists experience to some degree.
Hi, Enjoying your daily paintings and I check them as often as possible, here in Israel. Speaking for myself only, I wouldn't mind if you had to miss a day or two or three but I would be sad if you discontinued completely. Therefore I suggest, if it has become a burden (or threatens to become such), what about a weekly painting? By the way, have you seen http://www.dailypainters.com/ ? Nicole
Nicole, I plan to post whenever I can - so keep checking! I am obsessed with painting, so there will be paintings. Thanks for following me clear from Israel - I am honored!
Hi Rhonda - funny that you should mention the warmth of the people walking - a friend told me that where there is back lighting as in this painting, that there should be warm colors as a halo around the object, so if you look closely, there is red-orange around the tops of the figures. I discovered that I forgot shadows from the trees so I plan to go back into this painting and add some shadows today.
6 comments:
Oh...it certainly does look cold! Nice use of colors. You create such beautiful paintings in so little time- i admire and envy you!
I don't know how long I will do this because I have other artistic obligations I am anxious to attack - but I can tell that this is helping me loosen up and attack the paper and is taking away that ever present fear of the empty, white paper that I think most artists experience to some degree.
Hi, Enjoying your daily paintings and I check them as often as possible, here in Israel. Speaking for myself only, I wouldn't mind if you had to miss a day or two or three but I would be sad if you discontinued completely. Therefore I suggest, if it has become a burden (or threatens to become such), what about a weekly painting?
By the way, have you seen
http://www.dailypainters.com/ ?
Nicole
I like this one a lot - there is cold in the scene but warmth in the two people together :)
Nicole,
I plan to post whenever I can - so keep checking! I am obsessed with painting, so there will be paintings.
Thanks for following me clear from Israel - I am honored!
Hi Rhonda - funny that you should mention the warmth of the people walking - a friend told me that where there is back lighting as in this painting, that there should be warm colors as a halo around the object, so if you look closely, there is red-orange around the tops of the figures. I discovered that I forgot shadows from the trees so I plan to go back into this painting and add some shadows today.
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