Category Archives: light

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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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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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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Looking great in light or darkness

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Alli Farkas

    Unlike the first two photos of this painting in a previous post (the background and the beginning of the pad formations) this one is a bit brighter. It is really close to what the painting looks like in … Continue reading →

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It got dark all of a sudden

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Alli Farkas

If you were in love with the poured paint initial version of this piece– I guess this latest version could be somewhat of a shocker. I’m sure it will be hard to convince you that the three coats of paint … Continue reading →

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Short dive into the pond

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Alli Farkas

Footnote: how annoying it is to see the background change (it hasn’t, by the way) depending on time of day and quality of light in the very same space each photo was taken. The middle photo is probably closest to … Continue reading →

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OMG #23!

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Alli Farkas

This is the first time I’ve been able to create a paint pour background that runs in two different directions. I have something special in mind for the lily pads which will accompany it but will wait for viewers telling … Continue reading →

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Probably ripe (cranberry)

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Alli Farkas

It was a long meditation to decide what color would work with that bit of muddy background that I started with. Below are photos from the beginning up till the one above. All that cranberry at first looked too brilliant … Continue reading →

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Now what??!!

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Alli Farkas

OK, so does this look like mud or what? It just goes to show that no matter what you do, the paint seems to have the last word. This is my usual preliminary wash, this time for Sky Pads 22. … Continue reading →

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