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Hours to paint

2/27/2011

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I had 4 "free" hours today and decided that I would use those for painting.
I got a lot done.  Organized and tidied up.
Then I painted.

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I tried using a dry brush technique for part of this one.

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This was fun. I used all sorts of different techniques and oil pastels, too.

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I don't know why this turned out like this - but I like it!

Part of the fun of painting for me is starting to paint and having absolutely no plan whatsoever
and seeing what happens.

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Trying new things

2/23/2011

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I got some crayon-type oil pastels and have been having fun with those.
I also have been trying to use other "tools" to paint without showing brush strokes. 


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work in progress

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I like this one.
Now I need a title for it.

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close-up

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scratched through the paint and used the oil pastels too

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Not sure this is totally done.
Next pic shows what I painted over...

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I was quite OK with
painting over this one. 

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I was thinking cityscape when I did this and a friend on Facebook saw Easter Island.
Come on over and see my "helvismith"  page on Facebook.   I post there almost everyday.

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Still February and I am puttering along...

2/19/2011

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I like painting the "village" scenes.  So I plan to make more and more of these.
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This is a big 4'X4' canvas that I am working on.

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Village with three orange trees

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Village with one orange tree

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I got some oil pastels and have been having fun with those!

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Worked on this today.  A city scene.
(in my mind, at least...)

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Another city scene

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Not a city scene...

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February and the light is coming back...

2/3/2011

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Mornings are a little lighter and the sunset is a little later and
does that feel good.  
Makes me want to paint paint paint!

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I did this outline and then...

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Colored it in. 
This was a LOT of work as I had to go back over ALL the black lines twice.

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Thought I was done - but then decided to fill in all the spaces.

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