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See you all in September. Have a great rest of the summer everybody!
oil on archival panel
© Anita C. Miller 2013
After spending an hour on this, the painting was accurate, but lacked movement. So, I started taking “swipes” at it pretty much out of desperation to make something happen. I think it has some energy to it now, so I’m happy.
© Anita C. Miller 2013
I’m continuing to experiment with color (a different palette) and brushes. Palette used: cadmium yellow light, cadmium red vermillion, quinacridone magenta, ultramarine blue, sevres blue and zinc titanium white. Painted alla prima in about 45 minutes. The brushes used are my new Silver Bristlon (brights) which I am loving.
Also, before starting the painting, I brushed a thin warm color over the entire panel, then wiped most of it off. This toned the surface so that I wasn’t painting on white. I left some of this color show through on the sails and the right side of the hull.
oil on archival panel
© Anita C. Miller 2013
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Yesterday’s photo of Trump Tower reflecting the afternoon sun inspired this little painting. I painted only a very small part of the photo and took some liberties — which is pretty much always the case : )
Palette used: titanium zinc white, cadmium yellow light, cadmium red vermillion, quinacridone magenta, ultramarine blue, phthalo blue and graphite grey mixed with some white to make a light cool grey.
oil on archival panel
© Anita C. Miller 2013
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All of a sudden I’m painting with lots more color and using thicker paint. I can’t really explain why except it truly feels like summer and things should be more colorful. I’m also using some new synthetic bristle brushes which I like a lot. They’re Silver Bristlon (brights) in various sizes and I got them online from Dick Blick.
oil on archival panel
© Anita C. Miller 2013
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Happy 4th everyone!
Later, when it gets dark, we’ll go to the lakefront
and watch the fireworks which are shot from a barge.
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I loved using several blues here.
Colors used: all the Portland greys, graphite grey, sevres blue, ultramarine blue,
cadmium yellow deep, rose dore, and zinc titanium white.
I started by brushing a light glaze of Portland grey light over the
entire panel, then painted into the glaze with the other colors
alla prima and finished in under an hour.
I tried to not blend the brushwork too much in order
to keep it fresh and moving.
oil on archival panel (Gessobord) 5″ x 5″ x 1/8″, unframed
© Anita C. Miller
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This painting was inspired by the beautiful waters of Lake Michigan which is about a mile from where I live. It could be any large body of water, really…. I loved the challenge of painting the waves and giving movement to them. I am happy with the outcome and I can feel the fresh air when I look at this.
I used just Chromatic black (Gamblin) plus white this time to make 4 shades of this blue-green-grey color. This was painted over a Portland grey (Gamblin) underpainting so some of that warm grey color is showing through especially in the lower left corner.
One wave moving toward shore… a progression.
There is a small delay sometimes between when I push the camera’s shutter button and
when I hear the shutter activate. The swallows (maybe 50 of them) are flying around
very fast trying to catch bugs. All photos then, are purely accidental… I like that.
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The sky and lake merge and the horizon is barely visible. A bit ambiguous.
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