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| Nemesia - a bit fussy but has a delicious vanilla scent |
It is early afternoon and we have retreated indoors to escape the heat of the day. It was very pleasant sitting outside for lunch. Rick had his magic mat to keep him cool (Kat bought it for him during the last heatwave) and we had cold beer to keep ourselves cool. The air was filled with vanilla scent wafting from the Nemesia flowers fighting with tones of manure; the farmers are muck spreading today.
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| Rick on his cool mat |
This morning Paul and I went into Lincoln to buy a couple of canvasses for my next art project. The bare walls of the kitchen need a splash of colour. I wanted the biggest canvas in the shop. Paul persuaded me to buy something a bit smaller that would actually fit in the car. I think I might have bitten off more than I can chew.
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| a sensible size of canvas that fits my easel |
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| my choice of canvas! |
I'm pleased you are doing your own colour canvases. Do you have a colour plan in mind? I imagine that you have.
ReplyDeleteSort of - but anything could happen really. I just want to avoid anything muddy. I bought a palette knife too.
DeleteI suggest that you use acrylics, fast drying and easier to use than oils.
DeleteI was given a whole load of water soluble oils so I'm going to give them a go. I just know it's all going to get very messy.
DeleteI would still go out and buy some acrylics.
DeleteLooking forward to seeing the results.
ReplyDeleteIf it's a disaster I won't show it!
DeleteDid Rick have room in the car with the canvas? Yes it hot and my Nemesia are doing well too.
ReplyDeleteHe was at home guarding my kitchen.
DeleteOh I'm really looking forward to seeing how you fill your big canvas - 'cos I have TWO like that!! I've already bought a set of good quality household size paint brushes and two rollers (small and medium) plus several pots of acrylics to eke outnthe tubes I already have. About 2 years ago I bought a job lot of canvases, being sold on eBay by the daughter of an artist who had passed away; all sizes with the 2 large ones needing a separate car journey to collect because of their size.
ReplyDeleteI know what I'd like to paint - a seascape and a Moorland scene - but I have yet to make a start. Huge, blank, white canvases are hard things to face!!!
I shan't leave them blank. It might work, it might not. You should start on yours and then we can compare results!
DeleteYou could just do a Jackson Pollock with it out in the garden. Hurl colourful paint at it and call it "The Supernova". Maybe you could also get Rick to walk across it.
ReplyDeleteThat would be really messy - cleaning Rick's paws afterwards.
Delete"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent." - Vincent van Gogh
DeleteI can't wait to see what you come up with! After working with oils in college, I used mostly acrylic for years. Last year I needed to do a painting for a friend that I knew was going to take me a while to complete, so I used oils to keep the surface workable as long as possible. I've really enjoyed it. Hope you like your water soluble oils!
ReplyDeleteI was gifted the oils after casually saying I'd never worked with them before and would like to have a go. Perhaps I should have stayed quiet!
DeleteI quite like the reflection in the canvases plastic covering. I agree with Rachel, buy acrylics. I hate white canvas, and always given them a thin washy coat of Burnt Sienna before starting. It takes away the fear.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about a thin wash to start with.
DeleteGrey or burnt sienna are both good. A good messy wash.
DeleteJust going into Lincoln. What a lovely thought. Is there still an art shop at the top of the high street on the right just before it narrows to become The Strait and Steep Hill. Wish I could remember its name.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately Ruddocks closed down a couple of years ago.
DeleteThere is another art shop on Steep Hill called Bluebird. Sells art materials etc.
DeleteI can't wait to see what you come up with. What a fun project.
ReplyDeleteI'd go for acrylics too.
ReplyDeleteCheck out You Tube and a series of videos about painting using a colander! These lead to other ideas, all producing abstract and colourful paintings.
Or you could try a massive, semi abstract sunflower, based on your heading photo - that would tie in nicely with those lovely stools in the kitchen !