During the Winter Break, I found some Christmas canvas
leftover from a project. My kids and I had made several Christmas themed
sayings and trees last year, but they didn’t make it through the storage
without incident. I decided not to hang them this year. I looked at these four
square canvas and thought about using some gesso on them. Since we had used
scrapbook paper on the Christmas crafts, I decided that I needed to add some
more texture to them. Thus, it was time to experiment…
Here, you will see 3 square canvases. (Number 4 was a throw
out. Awful color. Awful composition. It just didn’t work and ended up with
papers sitting on it.)
The simple beach of 3 stripes was just experimenting with
texture and color. A peer in my art class had used something similar as a
background, but I wanted it to stand out.
The beach with orange fish is based on my love of scrapbook
materials. I used water-look scrapbook paper, sandy-look pages, and the fish.
The water and sand got painted over, but I let the fish stand out.
The third painting is based off something I saw on
pinterest. I loved the ocean color and wanted to work on the composition.
Now, the fourth painting I pictured here (the rectangular one) is an abstraction
of a picture I took in St. Petersburg. I liked the composition of boats, but
the light did make for a very interesting water. I am hoping to add some sea
glass to this picture as the sails.
My overall take is that underpainting in warmer coolers has
significantly improved my abstractions. It makes them more interesting and
cohesive.
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