Favorite Paintings: Gary Bukovnik

Posted by Joye18 on July 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I love color, fine drawing, and watercolor, so how could I not like Gary Bukovnik’s work? Here is an example of his gorgeous watercolors taken from his site: Gary Bukovnik.

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He makes full use of the 3 primary colors: blue, red and yellow in a simple composition.

Sketching

Posted by Joye18 on July 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Initial sketch

Practicing one’s craft is essential to keeping up skills. When I started to seriously paint 24 years ago, I faithfully sketched almost everyday. Anything was a subject, a chair, bird, the person sitting across from me at the doctor, my piano, feet, oh, I sketched everything, it was a delight! It made my creative juices really flow. I came up with various designs and compositions for future paintings. It also gives your brain the time to center and focus about what you are looking at. After sketching, you get into the art mode, not the over thinking state.
Somewhere along the line, I stopped sketching on a regular basis. Too many things to make, not enough time. But I have promised myself that I am going to attempt to bring sketching back into my everyday life. I have added to my repertoire, watercolor sketching. These sketches I did last week by a stream. Many impressionist painters sketched in watercolor to give them a basis for a later painting. It is a free way to sketch with color.

2nd sketch

Wow, my creative juices are flowing again!

List Fun, My Accomplishments for the Last Year

Posted by Joye18 on June 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I have missed List Fun being away, so here goes this week’s list, list my accomplishments for the past year. You can read more about the list at Listography.
Let’s see, I guess we will start with the bigger, more obvious accomplishments and get smaller:
1. I opened a real boutique in my home town of Elkins Park, Pa.
2. I kept up writing my blog, averaging about 4 posts a week, and I still like doing it!
3. I have learned even more about web design, uploading videos and making them.
4. More paintings in my portfolio, watercolors and oils and I love them!
5. I made some of my artwork into jewelry.
6. I can think of lots more, like I have kept healthy, life is good, but is that really my accomplishment?

What have you accomplished?

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I will be vacationing through Fourth of July, so see you again next Tuesday!

Back and ready to create!

Posted by Joye18 on June 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I have been busy with wedding, babysitting and general family stuff! I have had such a good time and now am itching to get back into my studio to create! Back to my paintings, and fabric stash, what to do first? This is always a question.
Here is what I have in my queue…..
1) finish oil landscape
2) make more fabric bags
3) design some summer tops
4) make new scarves
5) knit some loose summer tops!

What are you busy with now?

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A Day in the Life: New Hampshire Oil

Posted by Joye18 on May 17, 2011 · 2 Comments

I have finally finished my large oil landscape of New Hampshire I painted this from a photograph by my friend, Ken Olivenbaum. He said that he snapped this photo while driving in New Hampshire with a view of Mt. WashingtonI love the way it came out with the dreamy colors in the distant mountains! What do you think, any good titles come to mind?