sketch – Anita C. Miller

September 16, 2014April 22, 2015

untitled

Palette notes:

titanium zinc white, cadmium yellow light, cadmium red medium, ultramarine blue, burnt umber

Painting process: The board was brushed with Gamsol then a gray mixture was painted into the Gamsol. The painting was completed a la prima.

May 13, 2014June 23, 2015

walking the dogs

The reference photo and some stages are included.

reference photo -- as you can see, I decided to leave out the second figure — reference photo — as you can see, I decided to leave out the second figure

the gessobord had a slight wash that was dry before I began

started at the top and moved down - here I realize the shoulders are too wide — started at the top and moved down

Colors used: Italian yellow ochre, ultramarine blue, cadmium red medium and burnt umber.

April 25, 2014June 23, 2015

I tried a new product today… a paper made by Arches that is for oil painting. I enjoyed it and look forward to trying more with it. My only slight problem with it is that you can’t wipe paint off completely like you can with gessobords. The paint soaks into the paper.

oil study

August 29, 2013December 30, 2013

2 minute wilderness 6″ x 6″

A fast and fun palette knife painting.

landscape

August 26, 2013April 23, 2014

Denali caribou 8″ x 10″

The driver of our tour bus shouted “Caribou ahead!” and we all reached for our cameras! What a stroke of luck that I was sitting on the left side of the bus and had THE perfect view as the beast ambled by! Denali caribou

August 25, 2013September 23, 2014

10 Alaska sketches

same caribou -- antlers are a challenge to draw! — caribou — antlers are a challenge to draw!

ridge line in fog and rain - looks a bit like watercolor but is really water soluble graphite — ridge line in fog and rain -water soluble graphite which looks like watercolor a bit.

a small glacier — a small vertical glacier — these glaciers are receding fast as I’m sure you already know.

a lone tree -- there were lots of puffins flying around here, too! — a lone tree on a cliff– lots of puffins flying around here, too, but I couldn’t draw them!

moose -- a weird animal to draw -- trying NOT to make it look like a horse! — moose

August 23, 2013April 23, 2014

moose skull arch 9″ x 12″

A very quick sketch. I’m not sure how to depict these antlers – they are so interwoven. This was my favorite thing in Fairbanks. I just did not find the town that interesting and we were sorry we spent an extra night there before meeting up with our group to begin the trip. Our hotel was a little ways outside of town and not near anything in walking distance. We had to take the hotel shuttle everywhere. The driver was very nice but, a bit down on the place and said that alcoholism is a real problem. He was not a native, though, and I can see where winter would drive you crazy in this place. We had long days there — it didn’t get dark until 11 PM! If you talked to the shuttle driver who was native, you got rave reviews for the place. I still don’t understand how they survive the cold and dark of winter, though.

moose skull arch