Sun; II

I wanted to share the line qualities of the monoprint textures a dashed off the painting panel yesterday. This was an effort to remove excess paint from a still-too-wet panel and a painting start I had decided to 'wipe out.'

I have lots of good acid-free Strathmore Bristol scraps in my flat files. I placed these pieces onto the damp panel surface and just drew lines or squiggles on them. One of these is the monoprint that introduces linear rays around the sun face. Just lift them off carefully for interesting textures and inspirations for collage or other paper projects.

Do you see those color blocks? That's acrylic over/ under (after/ before) the monoprint process.I am relying on the water/ oil antipathy to keep them separate.

Sun; I

This is the first few stages of a sun painting on a Raymar panel- 11 X 14.


My latest oil medium mix is too slow drying. So, to make lemonade out of lemons, I scraped down the damp painting to remove the previous brushwork. This made the blue gray background. I removed some of the alkyd paint by transfering via monoprint designs onto good art papers. I'll use these in collages later. The linear rays in the photo below are a result of this transferance.

Scraped the panel again (I use an obsolete credit card) and lifted out the lighter areas of thecomposition with a clean flat brush and turps'.

Now that the composition is set and a few darks put in, I'll post this painting's progress and show some of the monoprint stuff, too.

And that makes four...

Our greyhound hoards his toys in one corner of the living room. This is one new work and these have been very popular.

He doesn't like tennis balls but there's Ducky, one-armed monkey, dead mouse, etc.

FAMILY TREE

My doggie brush paintings are a big hit! I'm working on a new series now.

The puppy would be the newest bud on this family's branch.....

SUNS for a rainy day...

 Here are three brush drawings of
'JEALOUS LITTLE STARS.'
Colored pencil, watercolor and gold leaf.
Some of you will recognize this subject; I return to it but usually in color.

Did you know that a star with a face is called a 'Sun in Glory'?

A TRIO OF DOGGIES

And this is the rest of the collection of ink/acrylic sketches of funny canines.

We have an annual dachshund parade here in Key West; it's a lot of fun.

' SMART, TOO! '

PEOPLE like my dog sketches. This one is set apart by the addition of some 23 carat gold leaf on top of the ink / acrylic halo. Watercolor works best for lettering.