Every once in a while I get side tracked from the series of paintings I'm working on and think about a painting I *must* do next. That happened the other day. I was flipping through pics I recently ordered from Kodak Gallery of our travels and I got to the snaps from Portugal. I thought, gosh that would go GREAT in my living room if I can paint that one big. But then I decided it would be lonely without the other Portugal pics, so I am doing a few of the other photos as smaller sized paintings. There are 4 total I'm planning on doing now and I expect this could take a while! But, it will be worth it. I don't think I've ever done a painting with the expectation it will "go" somewhere. So step one is to start the drawing for painting one which i expect to take a few hours. I'm doing the big one first which is a busy cafe scene on the water in Porto, Portugal. The buildings are all bright colors of blues, greens, yellows, and reds. It is such a sunny day that the umbrella tops over the tables are a brilliant white which I am hoping to provide a nice contrast to the rich colors.
As a side note, I've got 3 paintings from Sonoma finished- although I have to confess only one was done on site, and it was actually the view of the marina out our hotel window instead of vineyards! They are getting a few finishing touches and will be posted before the end of the week because we are leave Thursday to go to Italy for the weekend! (it is a long weekend here in the UK- everyone is off on Monday) Until next time...
Ok, first of all - the fact that you managed to PAINT an entire painting while on vacation is awesome! Props to you woman!
ReplyDeleteSecond, I can't wait to see the series of paitnings for your house - I'm sure it will feel a little different looking at your work - knowing where it will go!