A warm sunny day makes a world of difference. Today I took advantage of our studio time and went outside and painted. I think we should have studio time more often (hint,hint). Anyway, I decided to paint something simple like a tree branch. It has nice line and creates abstract shapes. I did a series of three paintings. One in full detail. The next focuses on the background to create the dominate shape. The third focuses on the abstract line created by the tree branch. This was good for me. It was so nice to sit in quiet and simply focus on painting. Once again, I was reminded of the beauty of silence and peace. Our culture is so busy and consuming. It is vital to refocus and take a little time every day.
Lydia - what great studies! The most abstract one speaks to me... it captures not only the tree branch shape, but the whole feeling of the sunshiney, joyful, carefree Spring day!
ReplyDeletewoah, the one at the top is awesome. I like the colors you used, colors I would never think to put together. (probably because it's not brown or gray) It makes me want to push myself further with my use of color and it inspires me to keep trying new things.
ReplyDeletevery good job these have reached some thing new for you. are you going to explore it more?
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