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Sunday, July 31, 2011

July - painting



It took two tries to get this painting the way I thought July should feel.  
My first attempt was a sad striped bow.
 Terribly dreary little thing that I carefully painted, and re-painted, and re-painted all the stripes until the painting itself just flopped off the deep-end.   

So a new canvas, a deep breath, and a fresh start turned up this deliciously bold turquoise bow :) I wish the photo were better, the background has touches of pale yellow and the variety of blues, grays, and purples is much greater than in the photo.  Sigh.

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11 comments:

  1. Audrey HackmanAugust 1, 2011 at 5:17 AM

    Karen, I love your thick paint application, and of course, the color is gorgeous. Are you painting wet into wet?
    Audrey

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  2. Poet Whale StudioAugust 1, 2011 at 6:41 AM

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  3. Poet Whale StudioAugust 1, 2011 at 6:44 AM

    Lovely July!

    Posting a correction...the free photo editing program is Irfanview.
    Color adjusting so far has been rewarding using that program (better than my old Adobe program).

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  4. Kate LewisAugust 1, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    it's simply lovely, karen. i really like your thick brushes of paint and your splashes of orange!!!

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  5. Karen AppletonAugust 2, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    Thank you Audrey! A lot of it is wet into wet, but I also really love to put a blob of paint down and the next day it is slightly stiffer or stickier, and work back into that sticky paint. This is really great for building up a thick area. Like on the right facing white of the package you can see the slightly warmer gray first layer, then the next day I applied that cooler gray right on top without the two blending. :) Thanks for your questions!

    Thank you for the tip Poet Whale!! I will definitely check out Irfanview!!

    Hey Kate! Thank you, I'm so happy with this little painting! :) Much better than the sad little stripped one you saw!

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  6. MaryAugust 2, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    I really like July...I love all your paintings!

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  7. Mary AnneAugust 8, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    I originally saw your work on another blogspot called A GIFT WRAPPED LIFE (or I think that was where I saw it.)

    So happy to discover that you have your own blogspot and I look forward to visiting it often. I absolutely love your paintings, you are just so talented!

    Mary Anne

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  8. Karen AppletonAugust 9, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    Marlo you are too kind!!! Thank you!!

    Hi Mary Anne, and welcome!! Thank you for stopping by for a visit and thank you for your wonderful compliments!!

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  9. Ruth AndreOctober 30, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Love your blog and your paintings.

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  10. Shelley WhitingNovember 9, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    I love your use of impasto. The paint looks thick and creamy. Beautiful work.

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  11. Karen AppletonNovember 9, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    Hi Ruth and Shelley! Thank you so much for stopping by and for the kind compliments!! Always greatly appreciated!!

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