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| "Ooh Lah Lah" 11" x 11" image $145 SOLD |
“Ooh Lah Lah” came into being because I’m excited about the
Golden Globe Awards tomorrow night. I love all
that movie star stuff! J On tracing paper, I did a free hand drawing
of the girl all glammed up. To check up on my drawing skills, I then placed the
drawing over the actual photo to see how well I did. I’ve been doing that lately, because I want
to improve my drawing skills so much! I
used to think of myself as a pretty good drawer, but really lack confidence in
that area lately as I’m really looking more critically at my skills and trying
to improve each day. Next, I drew a
value sketch using only 2 values. This
is my road map while I paint. At the
very end, I decide where to put the darkest darks, depending on what I want to
accentuate. When trying to think of a
background, I came up blank. So, I
looked through all my 30 minute color studies and found the one pictured below. I made a few changes, but it gave me a good starting point. I did it on January 27th of
2011. That year, I had the goal to do a
30 minute color sketch using Tombow markers every day for a whole YEAR!!!! Yes,
I said a whole year! I only missed 2
days, due to totally forgetting! How can
one forget when you’ve been doing it for that long??!!!! Life gets busy some days-- that’s how! Anyway, I love being able to page through the
color studies and be inspired for either a total abstract or a background for a
semi-abstract painting. Be sure to check out Leslie Saeta's blog to see other artist's paintings from this challenge. I notice that many have dropped out by now. Sure hope I make it to the finish line! Below are my first nine paintings. I couldn't get the 10th one on there.
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| color study that I used for inspiration (left) value study (right)  |
Your sketching is great and so is this painting! I have loved every single one so far.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rolina. Your comment makes me feel really good.
DeleteWOw... for a whole year! that is dedication. Awesome idea! This one is so sassy. Guess you would feel sassy if you were up for an award! I absolutely adore this palette. The green with the blue, the black and the rust. I am so glad I discovered your art this round! Love it all!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sheila. I need to be cheered on, so your posts mean a lot to me. I have oodles of ideas for this series, just running out of steam.
DeleteHang in there... I think I can, I think I can...
DeleteI love how you combined that abstract pattern with your figure!! Lots of inspiring work on your website Karen! PS. Any connection to Sweden with the name?
ReplyDeleteThanks, "a power". My husband's family is from Norway, and his mom had a little Swedish. Me, I'm a mutt. :)
DeleteI love this painting and all of them in this 30 challenge!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to do the color challenge, and what dedication to do it for a year!!!