Category Archives: landscape

A good line…or two

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Alli Farkas

The previous owner of the barn where I board my horse stopped in yesterday to say hi. ME: You look GOOD! HIM: (after a sly pause) I’ll pay you later. ME: (with a sly smile) I don’t come cheap. HIM: … Continue reading →

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Sunshine to the rescue

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Alli Farkas

It’s been cold and snowy, wet, dreary–way too long here in Michigan. I’ve had drawings completed and canvases stretched for the next three Sky Pads paintings prepared and waiting for weeks now because I need warm sunshine to get the … Continue reading →

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G–O–A–L-L-L!!!

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Alli Farkas

Below is the previous version for comparison. I guess your preference would be determined by your appreciation of floating versus more grounded. In the previous version everything was more or less untied from any kind of anchor. In the final … Continue reading →

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Sky Pads 30, part 2

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Alli Farkas

I did say a long time ago that I was going to leave the background “as is” on this one. But…now that I have the plants themselves in place I need to accent a few spots on the background so … Continue reading →

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What’s your favorite light flavor?

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Alli Farkas

Okay, so I wasn’t totally happy with the color scheme of Sky Pads 31, but I didn’t want to paint over it. So I didn’t. The photo in the original post was taken in a “daylight” setting, which brightened everything … Continue reading →

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Two sessions later

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Alli Farkas

I think it’s finished, but I’m going to let it sit for a bit while I back up and start on #30. It’s a bit odd, but I find I like the third version much better when it’s sitting in … Continue reading →

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Running a bit late

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Alli Farkas

It was my intention to have this one finished by December 1. I got all the pesky leaves done but the background was only a suggestion and as such it needs a lot of adjustment. The bright areas on the … Continue reading →

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A two-fer

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Alli Farkas

Just because I wussed out on Sky Pads for a couple of months (or more) doesn’t mean I wasn’t thinking about them. I already had the background washes done in early September so it wasn’t a stretch to get the … Continue reading →

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As usual, looks can be misleading

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Alli Farkas

I’m pretty sure if I showed you the source photo side by side with this one, you’d all be going “gaaahhh, what is this?”  At the moment, it could just be an abstract of a field of yellow flowers. Or … Continue reading →

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This was one for the long haul

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Alli Farkas

Sky Pads 29 required an inordinate amount of rumination. Each time I would complete a section I had to think about how the next was going to go. It all looks harmonious, but this one was tricky because of the … Continue reading →

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