News - July 2010
New Work
We have had great weather in June, and I can't help think that it must be due to global warming, which is a troublesome thought.
New work - a couple of Zebra pastel paintings. I must admit, the hardest thing for me to paint seems to be stripes, and I am still battling with them this month, although I have managed one. I have also been experimenting with landscape pastel works - hmmm... My opinion is that if you don't have a go and maybe mess it up a bit, you will never learn. I seem have made a hash of so many paintings lately. The only things that I improved with were my paratha's, and I have had to leave them alone, because I eat too many of the lovely things.
The war of my crazy illustrations has been just that. I have managed to draw all kinds of strange trolls and monsters, but none of them are very good. I will keep sketching until I get one that looks right to me. The top half of my Eddie MacKeggie book cover looks good, but I fluffed the bottom of the painting.
See.... we all mess it up from time to time, and for me, time and time again!
Happy painting everyone.
Jo-Anne
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Happy Painting!
Jo-Anne
The Butterfly Saga
Early in February 09...
I was in touch with fab photographer Bob Jensen and in February, I was in the middle of painting one of his photographs of a lovely Gulf Fritillary butterfly. He has the most beautiful photographs of flower mantis, and one of my favorites - a fantastic green spider! Though work is very slow on this painting, I hope that it will show the beauty of the butterflys beautiful wings.
March - Gulf Fritillary - Still! Still! Still! in the middle of this one... Sorry Bob, it is a bit tricky!
September... I might have to try again on a different type of support to see if I can do a better job of this. Oh dear... feeling a little hopeless.
October... Now that it is late in the year I have decided to make a few notes about my inadvertent adventures, especially with this particular subject. I keep trying to get going, and somehow grind to a halt. I think I may have fluffed this painting! Photos at an even later date? Gah!
Please check out his site at www.bobjensenphotography.com You won't be disappointed and can see the things that I am at a loss to paint - for now....
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