My inspiration came from my recent fascination with all things 'prairie' or 'ranch' themed and my love of contemporary folk art pieces. I've also been dreaming of living a simpler life, breathing fresh clean air, having more modest possessions, buying organic & earth friendly products, etc. I came across a wonderful magazine last week, "Mary Janes Farm" which focuses on organic lifestyles - I love it!!
Anyhow, I'm working on a small set of paintings, this is #1. I snapped pics along the way and decided to post them as I love seeing the progression of a piece and thoroughly enjoy it when other artist's do the same on their blogs.......
step 1 - foundation for bkgd and main subject
Step 2 & 3 - added a camisole and changed a lot at this point: softened her coloring, changed the sky tone, added some puffy clouds as well as a simple landscape w/Shaker-style house.
"A Simple Life", acrylic on stretched canvas, 10x10
Step 4 - brought her hair more in balance, added the branch and bird & added more rosy color to her cheeks.
If you've made it this far, thanks for taking the time. I hope you enjoyed seeing my creative process...which is sometimes, I remind myself, simply enough :>
5 comments:
John Singer Sergeant said tat you need 2 peaople to make art. One to paint and the second to hit the first one over the head before they go to far and ruin the piece.
Thank you for sharing your process! I love seeing other artists' processes, too! I too, want a simpler healthy lifestyle. It's nice to see a kindred spirit! Lovely job!
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Lovely painting Laura. Really soft and sweet. You took the words right out of my mouth. All I've been saying for months now is how I want a simpler life :)
love the simplicity.. and reminds me of my long to live a simple life too.. i had my fair share of complicated things already.. *sigh*
Neat to see your image emerge when we don't know what your vision for the painting is. Thanks for sharing.
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