Friday, March 13, 2015

Time just flies....

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I finished this rooster this week.  Not sure how I feel about him yet.  He is collage, acrylic paint and Pan Pastels on cradled wood (8' x 8").  I am still experimenting with color, contrast and composition and trying not to be discouraged when a work is less than exciting. I am giving him a high gloss tar gel finish- just because.  It's hard to tell here but he is extremely glossy and that brings out his colors a bit more.

I am working in fits and starts - some of the fits are lying on my studio floor - need to think about them.  I started 2 new paintings today. Too early to tell.  They are in the adolescent stage - hard to tell what they will be.  

I am linking this week to Paint Party Friday (happy 4th birthday to PPF).  This is a wonderful web site hosted by the lovely Eva and Kristin - who are as faithful as they are talented and sweet.  Go visit and be inspired. Thanks for visiting and have a blessed and art filled weekend!!!

22 comments:

  1. Love your rooster! He would fit well to our challenges at Art Journal Journey and Moo Mania (details on my blog). Hugs, Valerie

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  2. So beautiful. I love the wonderful triad of primary colors.

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  3. Time does indeed fly. Your rooster is getting ready to crow.:) Great job.

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  4. I love the colour combination!! Very nice work!

    Hugs Giggles

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  5. Haha, I love your description of the paintings being in the adolescent stage:-) Great textures on this rooster!

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  6. Your rooster is lovely. I have feel the same about paintings that I "finish" - I have to live with them for a while before they make the final cut :) Good luck with the new starts and getting them past the ugly teenager stage.

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  7. The sun looks good against the wonderful dark sky. Love your rooster.

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  8. The glossy does show up on the background. I love roosters. It looks great to me. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  9. Adolescent stat, LOL!

    Your rooster looks so handsome!

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  10. Cool! I love the blend of colors on the rooster's silhouette, and the faint print on the sun's silhouette gives it a lot of interest. Blessings!

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  11. Wonderful! I love this cock, great composition !!!

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  12. So nicely done! Love the sunrise theme!

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  13. Wonderful combination of colours. I like what you did with the yellow, looks a bit like hieroglyphs....

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  14. Neat textures in this, cool rooster!

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  15. Love your rooster!
    Happy PPF!
    xoxoxo
    Susi

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  16. Lovely! I love the blue dark background to the orangish red.

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  17. I really like it! 'fits and starts' indeed!!!!

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  18. well hello! :) Nice to see you back blogging. great work on the rooster.

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  19. I think the colour combination is amazing... they are all so rich and have so much depth... I really like it

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  20. Love your rooster ~ the colors and cool stylized design!

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  21. Yes, time flies. And your rooster is a peach!

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