Studio Wall Installment IX

Peaks no.17

Wed. October 24, 2007
1pm

Studio Wall Installment VIII

Peaks no.16

Wed. October 17, 2007
12:45pm

The dark blue of this record of the day would have been augmented by the brightness of the normal underpaintings showing through at places. However, this image was painted over an older painting. Although that gives it an extra layer of thickness, it does little without the a sharp color contrast of a red, orange, or yellow to draw the viewer in.

Studio Wall Installment VII

Peaks no.15

Fri. October 5, 2007
11:45am

In contrast to the rocks in tumultuous water and fog (peaks14), here is the complimentary rocks at a calm midday. It was beautiful out and my new tube of white paint came into good use. i had finished off the dutch white in the fog. good riddance, it was so much harder to mix. i had broken a knife using the end of it.

Studio Wall Installment VI

Peaks no.14

Wed. October 3, 2007
4:30pm

It was a foooggy day. I almost didn't go out to paint. I'm glad i did. There's something quite fantastic when the water and sky are nearly the same shade of white. The rocks seem to be swimming in everything, not just the water. I need to start keeping better track of my tendencies to paint better paintings on crappy days. Days when you have to make things work. Someone says in reference to music and stage presense "it works if you work it". This, i think, is a good result of working low visibility.

Studio Wall Installment V

Peaks no.13

Tue. October 2, 2007
2:45pm

This is the first occurance of painting two paintings in the same sitting. I was so pleased at the results of the previous painting, and had enough time to start another since i was moving along so quickly, that i decided to paint this one. I had a failed painting in my car that i had done the beginning of September that i had been wanting to paint over. I am not as pleased with the results of this second painting. Perhaps, it was not a good idea to rush and paint another. The colors are dreary, as was the day, but it looks muddy and i don't know if the atmosphere of the day is as present as the lack of shape and good color. I am considering painting this one over too, once it dries.

Studio Wall Installment IV

Peaks no.12

Tue. October 2, 2007
1:30pm

I was anxious to get out and paint today. Yesterday was a bust and i couldn't make it out of the house with too many uneventful things to tend to. Today i went to the same area where i painted Peaks no.5 ( www.jessicageorgeart.com). There was not a lot of sun today and it was dreary, to say the least. These rocks were in the shadow of bigger ones and were painted quite quickly with no underdrawing or much thought going into formalities. However, the one formal thought i did have in mind upon going out to paint today was to not paint anything very scenic i.e. horizon line and large recognizable land masses.