Charm, showing off the only braids that will stay in her endless mane.
Category Archives: photography challenges
What’s your favorite light flavor?
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
Posted in art, landscape, light, oil paintings, photography challenges, Sky Pads
Tagged art, artist challenges, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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Climbing the hill
This one is testing my confidence a bit. As we make our way together towards the upper right hand corner I keep wondering why the paint is not applying itself as smoothly as it usually does (yeah, show me paint … Continue reading
18 down, ? to go
Finished this one a couple of days ago but let it sit just to “make sure”. Then photographed it last night. I had a lot of trouble getting rid of the shiny glare until I remembered that I neglected to … Continue reading
Posted in art, exhibit opportunity, gallery show, landscape, light, oil paintings, photography challenges, Sky Pads
Tagged art, gallery show, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads
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Meet me in St. Louis
I was “gone” from WordPress last week because I accepted an invitation from my best friend in grade school to visit her in St. Louis where we had spent our childhood. I took Amtrak from Chicago, which was a lot … Continue reading
Posted in museums, photography challenges, St. Louis
Tagged Arch, botanical garden, Eero Saarinen, Forest Park, light show, Muny Opera, St. Louis
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Two steps forward, one step back
Sky Pads #18 is waiting while its base layer of poured paint is getting good and dry. In the meantime, I’m working on the drawing, waiting for the paint on the framing material for #17 to dry, and took the … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, light, oil paintings, photography challenges, Sky Pads
Tagged art, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads
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Some day in a nearby gallery…
My frustration at photography is increasing exponentially. I have very strict parameters for photographing my work, I have used them consistently, but the results are deteriorating. Or else it’s just what I posted a while back–that this particular painting is … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, oil paintings, photography challenges, Sky Pads
Tagged art, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads
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Sweet Sixteen part 3
The lily pads amazingly enough still look like they’re sort of “flying” over the background. I was hoping to keep that effect rather than having them blend into the surface texture like the previous paintings in this series have portrayed … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, light, oil paintings, painting techniques, photography challenges, Sky Pads
Tagged art, artist challenges, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads
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Number 3 in the start gate
Yes, I know “start gate” is a silly metaphor for a house, but I stand by my contention that “house” is only one letter away from “horse” and therefore I should be able to use it with equine abandon. I … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, landscape, light, oil paintings, photography challenges
Tagged art, artist challenges, landscape, oil painting
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Short and sweet
Several more layers on this one, especially on the tree trunks and the house. Tree trunks probably have four layers–took that many to get a good “bark” look. Will be tackling the foliage next. I visited the cottage a few … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, light, oil paintings, painting techniques, photography challenges
Tagged art, artist challenges, landscape, oil painting
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Chez Carroll
C’est fini! At least it is unless my client finds something that needs fixing. This painting is quite shiny due to copious use of gloss medium. It looks rich and deep in person, but the shine makes for a dicey … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, light, oil paintings, photography challenges
Tagged art, landscape, oil painting
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Alli Farkas Artist Adventures 