YOU WIN SOME AND YOU LOOSE SOME...

OK...this is not what I call a win of a painting.  What a journey this one and I have had!  I started off with a total abstract in mind and kept adding more of this and that...kinda like when you try to mix a color...after you put in more than 3 you start to get mud...and really that is what this turned out to be.  AND THAT IS OK!  Not all our attempts will be wins!  I DID learn  throughout this process...#1...I am not quite ready for abstract...look what sneaks in at every chance! HA...#2...I needed a better plan...when you don't have some sort of solid plan it can turn to mud really quickly!!...and #3...DON'T beat a dead horse...I KNEW several steps before the end that this was not going to go anywhere...and that I should either rip stuff off...sand it down...beat it senseless with a hammer...SOMETHING else but to continue on...SO, this one goes away and I begin again with something new and fresh!!  SPEAKING OF...my little grandson and his wonderful parents are here now...look at this fresh face instead!!

I just can't resist that face!!  Until next time...I'm ever learning and growing!!

HAPPY CREATING!

"LOLLIPOP FOREST" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA PAINTING OF ASPEN IN ABSTRACT © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Lollipop Forest"

12" x 6" mixed media on 1/8" MDF panel

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This is the second painting from my abstract tree workshop.  I've had this in my head for awhile now, so was glad to use different approaches to make it come to life.  You cannot see the reflective quality of the painted foil in my streams, but it looks much more reflective in person!  FUN DOINS!

I'm still playing with my "abstract" tree piece...I DO still plan to put some pine in there somewhere...so, I can only call it abstract, not NON OBJECTIVE...who knows, maybe one day I'll get there!!

You really just have to click on it to see the detail...but, on I go with it, and I'm having FUN!  I HAVE to finish it in the next day or so as I've already entered it into a show that delivers on Saturday!  WOW, am I crazy or what!!

Back at it!!

HAPPY CREATING!

WORKSHOP FUN! "PURPLE OAK" © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Purple Oak"

6"x12" mixed media on 1/8" MDF panel (ready for framing)

$140
If you want me to cradle this piece please contact me at art4life44@hotmail.com.  It will be $20 more.

For two days I was in workshop heaven!  

Carol Nelson (my wonderful artist friend) presented a workshop on abstract trees!  HOW COULD I RESIST!!  So, I went and played with different materials and all sorts of fun artists.  "Purple Oak" was the first piece I came up with.  I used corrugated cardboard for the oak trunk and burlap for the foliage of the tree.  THAT WAS FUN!.  I used old cut up watercolor painting paper for the other tree trunks.  If you look carefully you can  still see my signature paper streaming across (I couldn't resist putting my own "stamp" on it!)

Yes, we made stamps too...mine is below and I did stamp in the background before I got busy with other stuff!!

Carol and I have been artist friends for years.  I've taken a different workshop from her twice before.  Her energy level and knowledge are awesome...Her paintings are incredible, and her willingness to share information and materials is phenomenal!  If you ever have a chance to take a workshop or class from Carol you will NOT be disappointed!

Tomorrow I will share in detail my "Lollipop Forest" (aptly named by Carol by the way)

HAPPY CREATING!

BIG MOON and PARTS OF THE WHOLE

Boy if THIS doesn't inspire!  It's supposed to be the night for the biggest moon of the year...or something like that.  I know BIG MOON isn't it...but you get the point...I was able to take a pic through the trees last night...OOOHHH  AAAHHH...

That was merely an interlude and a grabber because I'm in the middle of a two day workshop and haven't had time to paint on my big ole abstract "ish" piece...but I did add a little bit of texture and paper...Painted the top portion blue, and as I was doing it I was reminded of when I was 5 and we drew lines for sky and earth and the sky was blue and the earth was green...kinda interesting that I did that again...I think it's FUN!

Sorry for the terrible pic...I'm late, I'm late (as the rabbit said to Alice).  Have a great creative day!!

HAPPY CREATING!

EXPERIMENTING AGAIN!

This doesn't look like much yet...to you on this screen it must just look like white blobs and some stick things and some line stuff...YEP, you're right...it is...but I'm experimenting with or playing around with abstract that would fit MY style and it is a challenge. FUN DOINS!!  You might have to click on this to see the slight green color and the cheese cloth.

Sitting in church the other day I found my mind wandering a little (it does that sometimes), so I reverted back to what I always did when I was a kid in school...I focused my mind on drawing and lo and behold I was able to hear better!  If you're not an artist you may not understand this...but a calming thing for an artist is to focus visually and the mind can focus on several things at once!

I heard the preacher better and I came up with some compositions for my abstract that were just in the forming stages.  This one had some trees in it...sorry folks...there may be trees in my abstracts for awhile...or maybe not...that's the fun when you experiment.

Originally I had trees painted in there and strong lines and criscrosses in modeling paste to the left and top right and I sanded it nearly off...Here is why...I felt the lines of modleing paste were too strong...not where I wanted to go...and I put the trees in WAY too early.  I didn't want to do JUST that...The top and bottom have cheese cloth glued down for texture...I used Gac 100 on the surface to seal it and then glued down the bottom section of cheese cloth and THEN gesso'd the whole thing...I wanted the wood to show through at this stage...

And that is where I am today.  To keep this in line with the way I like to work I plan to stream some paper a bit...still deciding on what color to add and how much...but right now it is exciting to see where it might go!  Stay tuned!!

HAPPY CREATING!