Ronnie's Ramblings

There’s a great little gallery upstairs in the Brooksville City Hall.  That’s the town nearest to Spring Hill – and me.
I’ve joined the local Art League and the members of the League provide some of the art work for the shows that take place every few months.
Well, it’s lots of fun and gives us an outlet for our artwork.  Our newspaper liaison liked this pic of me so she used it in her write up for the Tampa Times this week.

There are many wonderful artists in our group – I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.  So it’s my turn to have some fun and promote the art.

I could’t get my scanner to work, so I just took a photo of the newspaper article.  Hence – the horrible photo.  Sorry.  Hernando is our county and this is the Hernando insert that comes in the Tampa Times every Friday.

I’ve met some wonderful artists since I’ve been in Florida – both in the Decorative Painters Group and in the Fine Arts League.

Viva L’Art!!!

Well, here I am again playing catch-up.  No excuses…………

I’ve been busy painting and also creating some paper crafted projects.  Today I met with my First Friday Artist friends and as usual, we had a lot to share and we also got in a little painting time.

The challenge for this month was Foreign Buildings.  These challenges are wide open.  You can interpret the subject any way you want – colored pencil, water color, pen and ink, charcoal, oil, acrylic, mixed media, – whatever.  You get the point.

I had seen some paintings rendered in an unusual style and have been thinking for some time about trying my hand at it.  So I found my pictures of England and decided to paint St Peter’s Church at Edensor.   I painted the entire canvas black, then worked the color into each element, leaving dark edges.  I worked several layers with glazes and also replacing the black occasionally  where needed, then working color into the black again so the whole thing wouldn’t look outlined.  So – for good or bad – here is the result.

And here are my friends with their paintings too.  I hope you enjoy their beautiful paintings.

You may have seen the pics from last month.  The challenge was Glass.  Oh boy!  I had fun with this one!

So I might as well throw this one in too.  This was the challenge for December.  We didn’t meet in January.

We all got the same photograph and we rendered the scene or parts of the scene in any way we wanted.

Next Month – BIRDS!

Last night I published a blog note but it doesn’t look like the email note was sent to my subscribers.  So tonight I am sending just a quick note to test the site and see if an email will be sent.  You don’t have to do anything except open the email notification if you get one.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Ronnie

I told you I am in a learning mode didn’t I!?  Well, this one took me a while, but oh I had so much fun.  And I learned so much.

Meet Elliot and his chicken.  I found him on the internet and tracked down the photographer for permission to paint him.  I painted him on a 16″ X 20″ canvas with Golden Heavy Body Acrylic.  When I had most of the work finished, I switched to Golden Open Acrylic for the final bit of tints and shading on the flesh.  I like the open paint for those final steps because it stays wet long enough to blend, and it’s also a little more transparent so it’s easier to apply just a little at a time.

I can’t do a pattern for this one or teach it.  It is painted with permission for my personal use.

The photographer’s name is Lisa Holloway  You can see her beautiful work here http://ljhollowayphotography.com
Get ready for a feast of eye candy!