hi there, and good morning, or afternoon, or evening. i'm meeting you wherever and whenever you are, cause that's how i roll.
as of starting this post, it is monday, july 19, and my goal for the foreseeable future is to work on sketches and paintings each weekday. i'm going at my own pace, as my body permits, so it may be slow progress, but i'm documenting as i go.
this morning i did a quick sketch (if you remember this is going to be a not-perfect abstract painting of my childhood home) on my drippy canvas with water-reactive pencil and then sprayed lightly with fixative.
i'm pretty pleased to have this unique perspective of the house before it was renovated and the shape of the back was changed. this is the look of many memories playing on that lower shed roof, trying to climb my way up. a happy day it was when i finally had the strength in my little body to fight my way to the crest! that roof is no longer there, as it now has a big, beautiful sun room on top of it, but the base holds the sun room just as strongly as it holds some beautiful memories in my heart.
a little more work to the sketch, and it was onto the fun part of painting this piece! i am going for it this time, and chose wild, fun colors to represent the endless days of exploration i had as a young child.
i decided to make the windows much smaller, and i like that look for this painting.
and here is how it hung on my wall for a while as i pondered the next move.
i'm thinking it needs a little bit more, and am waiting on some art supplies to come in so i can play a bit more on the canvas but with new stuff!
tuesday morning, after thinking about what and how to add, and talking it out with sweetie, i had a plan, and it was good. didn't want to wait for new supplies, i just went in and did it!
here is my final piece, titled "Farm Roots".
i added my swing set and a drippy tree that i saw in the paint to the right, and added the word "roots" in pink, darkened some pink areas here and there and in the windows. i darkened the green behind the house and added a 'bush' to the left of the house to soften the lines and to represent the huge lilac bush that hides that side of the house. all those drips reminded me of roots and i ran with the theme of that, up-played all the drippiness, and used the play of words for the title.
i took a lot of artistic license to this painting and i'm happy and proud i was able to get to this point of experience that i can play with my art instead of trying for exact likeness to the photo.
until later,
jenny
