The New Year Brings Changes

I have decided to make several design changes as well as posting changes in the new year. I have been posting painting ideas and thoughts and discussing techniques. This year I will focus on listing new paintings. This will mean that I will post a blog less frequently. I am going to give my blog a design overhaul, attempting to make it more pleasing to view and give it a professional look. This may take some experimentation and several changes and tweaks until I arrive at the desired look.
May the New Year bring us all a wonderful future. And as always, my life is art!

Time to Reflect, Time to Make Changes

I'm in the process of making some decisions and changes to how I market my art and how I do my art. The end of the year always makes me stop and rethink my plans. I will be in Hawaii in January. I will be doing no online sales but will be painting. In February, when I return from Hawaii with a more focused, less hap-hazard way of producing and selling my art. Organization and reflecting on what works and what doesn't will be the key to seeing the direction for changes that need to be embraced.

Finished Lavender Field Painting

I've finished my latest lavender field painting. Finished product can be seen below.

Slow But Steady Progress

Still painting. Progress slower than expected. But painting going in the right direction. There is more depth of color and also a sense of depth. Progress photo can be seen below.

Underpainting

I have roughed out a new lavender field painting. I basically covered the canvas with a midtone color for each item, roughly painting it in. I will go back and define each area, adding darks and lights and giving depth of color. As the painting develops there will be contrast of colors and a sense of depth in the painting. Below you will see the first step - my underpainting.

Autumn Trees - A Painting Revisited

Below I took an old painting, examined it, and tweaked it by adding more red behind the trees for greater contrast. I also added more depth of color to several areas in the painting. I think it is much more pleasing now. See the final result below.

Paintings Revisited

I read a phrase yesterday that I liked very much. Instead of an artist saying she was "reworking" a painting, she referred to the name of the painting and added the word "revisited" at the end. An artist often looks at a painting that he or she has completed years earlier and sees ways to improve it. They then go back and paint some more on the original painting. I often do that to paintings that I may like but have not sold. I look to see if there is something that can be done to the painting to improve it. So, I will continue to paint new paintings, but also continue to "revisit" older works of art from time to time.