art and thanks
Posted: Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
I went to the ness art group on tues the subject this week was to bring a piece of driftwood, this was easy for me as I have a large piece I found over a decade ago,
it lives in my bathroom, I have drawn it before and once tried to do it in pastels but I had never painted it before, here鈥檚 how it looked when we finished Tuesday,
I went to Jane鈥檚 Blue Pig studio on weds and took it with me to continue/finish, Jane suggested I use some blue in the shadow, complementary opposite just like The Impressionists did, she also said to emphasise the shadow of the sticking out bit to show that it was not touching the surface,
I have a smudge on it which is irritating, I know I can paint it white but that won鈥檛 look the same,
Went to figure drawing last night (weds), enjoyed it again, the tutor said she liked the way I had done the elbow,
Big thanks to eeF Cee鈥檚 fpu for info on my poor primmies, Brown Core sounds very descriptive of the problem so will look it up and hope there is a remedy,
Friday morning update, I did a search on brown core and it is not that as it says brown core rots the roots and the strange (and sad) thing is the roots are very healthy, it is like a scale that goes up the stem and eventually closes over so the primmy can no longer grow, I think this is one for gardeners question time,
really, really surprised to see this post already published at 8.12 a.m. has something changed in island blogging that posts are now published over night or v. v.early in the morning, wow,
it lives in my bathroom, I have drawn it before and once tried to do it in pastels but I had never painted it before, here鈥檚 how it looked when we finished Tuesday,
I went to Jane鈥檚 Blue Pig studio on weds and took it with me to continue/finish, Jane suggested I use some blue in the shadow, complementary opposite just like The Impressionists did, she also said to emphasise the shadow of the sticking out bit to show that it was not touching the surface,
I have a smudge on it which is irritating, I know I can paint it white but that won鈥檛 look the same,
Went to figure drawing last night (weds), enjoyed it again, the tutor said she liked the way I had done the elbow,
Big thanks to eeF Cee鈥檚 fpu for info on my poor primmies, Brown Core sounds very descriptive of the problem so will look it up and hope there is a remedy,
Friday morning update, I did a search on brown core and it is not that as it says brown core rots the roots and the strange (and sad) thing is the roots are very healthy, it is like a scale that goes up the stem and eventually closes over so the primmy can no longer grow, I think this is one for gardeners question time,
really, really surprised to see this post already published at 8.12 a.m. has something changed in island blogging that posts are now published over night or v. v.early in the morning, wow,
Comments
Grand work, IL! You are talented.
Barney from Swithiod crafty if not arty
Your driftwood looks great - the blue shadows helped too. Don't worry about the smudge - I didn't notice it till you said :)
Julie from Lincolnshire
Beautifully painted driftwood... and the blue shadow is the perfect touch.
Conni from NJ
thanks Julie and Conni, I like the blue in the shadow to,
island threads from lewis
Lump of driftwood and elbow very well observed and sorry your primula gremlin still a mystery...have you thought of emailing or phoning the Beechgrove Potting Shed? Much more entertaining and friendly than GQT.
Flying Cat from glued to Radio Scotland Sundays 12-1
thanks Fc, after listening to a bit on the radio and then doing a search for more info I think it is scale insect, apparently they live under an armour coat which is the bit the world sees, doesn't seem to be a cure just dig up and if poss burn but get rid of them so what I was doing seems about all I can do,
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