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Friday, August 27, 2010
This was a fun week for art. On Monday, Peggy, Donna and Cheryl, three of my watercolor artist friends came over to paint. The painting below is what I painted. It is watercolor and gouache on a canvas panel that has been coated with fiber paste, an acrylic medium made by Golden. I'd never worked on it before and one minute I was enjoying it and the next I was cursing at it. Most of the colors were liftable but some were not; I would probably use it again. I like the texture that it created and it is fun to experiment with different supports.
Ruffles
7" x 5"
Watercolor & Gouache
On Wednesday, I went to see the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach. If you've never seen it, it's pretty incredible. It's a theatrical production recreating works of art using real people and once it is shown in the correct lighting, it becomes very 2 dimensional and really does look like a painting. We are lucky that we have the Laguna art festival so close to us. There are also 3 different venues for local artists showing a big variety of art all summer long. I look forward to visiting each summer.
Yesterday, some friends and I went to the Irvine Museum, one of my favorite museums. The Irvine family owns about 2000 paintings and they are shown in the museum in different exhibits. The exhibits change several times a year and they have traveling exhibitions also. I believe that most, if not all, of the paintings are done by California artists from the California impressionist period which was from the late 1800's through mid-1900's. I love impressionism and a lot of these paintings were painted en plein air in the Southern California area so they show the pristine beauty before all of the building took place. The colors and style are exquisite. I highly recommend the museum to anyone visiting the Orange County area.
I finished the week out today by painting with another dear friend. Margery was my mom's best friend and is the mother of one of my wonderful friends from high school. Margery and I try to get together to paint every week. Of course, sometimes we do more talking and eating than actually painting but that may be why it's so much fun. I have been planning to try doing a 20 minute sketch to submit to the 20 minute challenge for quite a while. I'm not much of a drawing fan and I tend to be a very slow painter so this was something new for me. I rose to the challenge and cut some plumeria (again) from Margery's yard and set the timer. I was very tense, hoping that I would have enough time to finish it to the point that it looked like something. I was going to post it here but can't bring myself to do it because, well.... because it looks like it was done in 20 minutes. If you would like to see it, please visit the 20 minute challenge blog.
Ruffles
Image Size 7" x 5"
Watercolor and Gouache
Unframed
$100.00 including shipping
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