Mixed Media - A Whiter Shade of Black

I had this one in The Martini Girls' ArtBar Show; theme: a whiter shade of black
I had fun painting it. It's a multi-layered, mixed media painting.

Had to shoot at angle to override glossy finish.
Used photoshop elements to fix camera distortion but not able to fix all of it in the time I had

http://digital-photography-school.com/correcting-perspective-in-photoshop-and-photoshop-elements/
http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/03/08/barrel-distortion-correct-leaning-buildings-in-photoshop-elements/
http://www.joeldamesphotography.com/photoshop_elements/perspective_crop/perspective.html
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/keystoning/

oconto river near copper culture trail

Painted Oconto River while waiting for jer to ride past on his bike. Lot of traffic on McDonald street near Copper Culture Trail.

I faced the wind and it was very windy but not windy enough to blow over the guerilla box or close it's lid. Used damp palette to combat wind's drying effect on paints. I think the cerulean blue made a nicer green with the cad yellow medium.

 Some rough pen sketches

A more detailed pen sketch.

8x6 acrylic, Forest Junction, 8/2/15

Decided to paint this. I liked the layering of dead end sign, house, evergreen tree, and the windy road.

I'm using http://picresize.com/ to crop and resize pictures on a very lousy, old, under-powered computer

I drew in watered down burnt sienna. Then mixed 2 greens using cad yel med with ultramarine blue (darker green) and cerulean blue (more olive green). With white I used 5 colors. I picked this particular yellow cause it matched the sign.

I do a lot of layering of thin layers and draw with the end of the brush. I think it's because I learned pastels first. I may go back later with an art marker to label the sign.






The nature center is having Prairie Art next weekend just down highway 10 in Brillion.
http://www.brillionnaturecenter.net/your-visit-programs/special-events/art-in-the-prairie

pen sketches; Forest Junction Wisconsin, 8/2/15

Did some pen cartoons in my 3.5x5.5 notebook to see what I felt like painting. Very windy. I was where the friendship bike trail met up with the Fox River Trail to Green Leaf-Green Bay.

 For some reason, these pictures refuse to go on the blog right side up. I've tried multiple times and now I've run out of time and can't work on this post anymore.

7/29/15 zentangles on cardboard

Went over to Martini Girls Gallery for journal night.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Martini-Girls-Gallery-Studio-LLC/143690212401991

Used my stabilo fat woody pencils. They blend well and are water soluble.

 Used art markers.

 Glued some shavings from the stabilo woodies with faux glaze.

7/28/15 acrylic of brick house, hangers for panels

Long day, so just went painting by my friends house Tuesday evening. She has a very beautiful garden.

Wales Village Hall, in process oil pastel, 6x8, 7/17/15

John, Vivian, and I went to Wales, Wisconsin to plein air paint. Very scenic and the women in the village hall were very nice. They took our picture but I don't see it up on their website or facebook page.

The weather started out cloudy but then the clouds started to break up and the sun started showing up at times. So decided to put in the shadows. We had a nice breeze so it was pretty comfortable. However by the time we left the sun was out and it started getting hot. It reached over 90F and was very humid.

I stood up and when I sat down, all of sudden I saw the left edge of the window on the other side of the pillar so I put it in. I liked the reflections of a house in the window echoing the pointy top of the post. However you can't see the reflections in the photo.

We spent a lot of time talking before starting to work so didn't get as far as I would have like to.

 John is using a flow additive from Home Depot for Latex paint. He wants the acrylic paint to not drag so much. I found a similar additive at Menards but didn't buy it. I forgot the names.

Learned how to fix keystoning in photoshop elements. Quite a process, but it works good enough. See http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-fix-keystone-issues-in-photoshop-elements/