Today’s sketch is a more abstract take on the lantana blooms from yesterday. I’m not totally convinced about the outcome, but the process of looking at something familiar as simple overlapping shapes is very interesting to me.
Archive for summer of water 2014 – Page 7
I spent a few minutes on the porch this afternoon getting reacquainted with my paint box after a weekend off. Saturday, I put in some pots of yellow lantana with creeping jenny to our front urns, and I enjoyed sketching out some of the different shapes in combination. Inspired by the photos below, I’ve already decided that tomorrow’s painting time will be devoted to an abstract depiction of those lovely yellow bloom clusters. Stay tuned!
“Above the Horizon”
6/6/14
I told my kids that I must be in my “square period” this summer – Ha! I decided at the outset of this painting adventure to do all the paintings the same size, and small. They are roughly 5-6″ x 7-8″. I’m eager to look at numbers of them together at some point to see what type of personal trends emerge.. I’m also rather loving the freedom I feel to simply paint with these abstract compositions.
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