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Today I’m experimenting with a few more color grids. We are traveling to the beach next week, where I’m sure sand, surf and shells will occupy my painting inspiration, so I wanted to get in a little more abstract work before then. I like the direction the abstract work is taking this summer and I hope to get a little further with some themes to take into the fall.
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.
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!
Sunlight can do some pretty cool things to a tabletop.
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