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Dear Art Friends,
This is an introduction to my art blog. I have wanted to do this for a long time because between commissions and large gallery paintings I do little oil sketches of ideas for future paintings or just small things of beauty that strike me at odd moments. Because I paint every day, after a while, these little canvases add up. So I thought I would share them with you. I will be sending them out about every week or two. If you enjoy them, please forward them to friends on your email list. If you do not want to be bothered, no problem just cancel the blog.
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Thanks, Nancy Paris Pruden
Archive for March 2010
3/31/2010 | By Nancy Paris Pruden | Comment on this
Golfing in Palm Desert
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Could be Hawaii!
This past January I set my easel up to paint one morning on the edge of a golf course in Palm Desert. As I painted away I was struck with how much this scene looked like Hawaii. The area is so lush, the palm trees swaying, and the grass so green… Man this is Paradise! I hope you thnk this little painting conveys my delight with the beauty of nature.
Golf and plein air painting are great ways for “Grown Ups” to play outside.
Study in Blue
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Available at Harris Gallery, Houston
More Problems to Solve
I had this great idea to paint a painting using the theme of the color Blue. I gathered all my blue and white objects and bought flowers in blue and white and just started painting like mad, again putting too much stuff in the composition just because it was in the right colors… Alas, after studying the painting I had to paint out the irises (too much) and extend the large bouquet (looked like the top was cut off) and make the table round to echo the other circles in the painting. I think this is a more pleasing design.
Again, an example of the first attempt below…
Old Water Tower
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Old Water Tower, Fredericksburg, Texas
This is the second painting I did last Fall at the Oil Painter’s of America Paint Out. I so enjoyed this opportunity to get together with fellow artists and paint as fast as you can for a day. I am going again at the end of this month to Art, Texas (near Fredericksburg) for “Art in Art”. This is the perfect time of year in Texas to get out in the Spring sunshine and just let the paint fly and hope for the best! I’ll get back with you on the results.
Jane’s Roses
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Available at Harris Gallery, Houston
Problem Solving
Jane is one of my friends with a rose garden, which she graciously let me harvest last Spring. I was so enchanted with this embarrassment of riches that I forgot one of the cardinal rules of composition. “Paint the shapes, Not the objects.” Off I went painting roses without asking myself the question, ” Is the shape of the bouquet pleasing? Does the bouquet work in the picture plane?” Alas, I ended up re-streching the canvas and then painting out some of the beautiful roses to make the shape of the bouquet more pleasing. Sad examples below…
Hopefully I won’t do that again.
YELLOW !
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Answer to last weeks question
Thank all of you so much for responding to last week’s question;” What was the first painting on my Blog?” I got a winner at 7:15 AM. from a mother of little children (no wonder she was up so early.) However; many more of you said you had no idea… so I thought I would clue you into the answer which you too can see by clicking on BLOG to the left of this painting and scrolling down to February 2009. The last painting is Azaleas. Thought you might enjoy the symmetry of that.
This week’s painting is a chance for me to explore the color yellow, with the lemon yellow(cool yellow), the warm yellows in the roses, and the vase a dark yellow brown. It’s interesting for me to pick one hue and push it. Hope you agree!
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