Clear Stream

The Canvas Paper gives this little painting some real painterly effects, I think. I painted from a photo that was posted on the Landscape Challenge at WetCanvas by Kay. I've tweaked the image a bit, adding my own touches and interpretation. The challenge of working from photographs is to make them personal, filtered through your own experience and style.

San Patricio

I saw this charming shot over at the January Landscape Challenge on WetCanvas. This photo, posted by Kay (KreativeK), is the doorway of San Patricio, the oldest Catholic Church in New Mexico, she says. Love the light and shadows. (Thanks, Kay.)

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Tall Grass View

Another sky experiment where I let the blue and white pool and mix on the Bristol paper. I love how it worked out! It really caught that sweep of the sky over the river. But I think it's the sense of being amid the grasses along the Rio Grande that give this painting its authenticity. If I was brave I'd have put in the birds that flock everywhere along this flyway.

$25
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Rocky Red and Greens

The monumental quality of the red rocks throughout the southwest are fascinating, and the natural contrast of red rock and green trees against a blue sky is just stunning. As much as I enjoyed the light and shadow on the rocks, it was the sky that I had the most fun with on this one. It's painted on Bristol paper, which is so hard that the paint stays atop the surface, so for this sky I really rolled on some water and let the blue paint run down as I dabbed in thick white clouds. Whatever happened was fine with me (with only a little urging here and there.) 

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"Gouache Paintings in Small Scale"

Sometimes a small book full of small landscapes is just the kind of gift you need. This 7" x 7" book includes three step-by-step demonstrations, as well as 68 of my little 2.5" x 3.5" paintings.

Each image is printed to scale. The color is quite good and the printing is clear. Look how close the reproduction comes to the real thing:

You can see a preview of it by clicking here. Enlarge it on your monitor using the small View Screen box in the lower right-hand corner when you get there.

Blurb will ship to lots of places outside the US. Check here to see if it's delivered to your area. Your price is only $24.95 for the softcover version.

It's like purchasing 68 paintings in one. Jingle, jingle! Enjoy!

~Deborah

Plane Cloud

This piece is on Pastelmat, which is soft and absorbent and slightly fuzzy. The gouache soaks into the wet fibers and spreads out, sometimes alarmingly independent of my control. But once the first layer dries, the stiff fibers take on a lovely texture and accept lush brush strokes or dry brush treatment well. I find I can tame the accidents, add a certain amount of detail, and add gestural bits that please me. I'm happy with the foreground plane here, as I like the complex and subtle colors. (How do you describe a purple green? But that's what it is.)

$25
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