Or, as some of us have it, 2020.3 …. hoping all who read this are healthy and managing ok. I have started the new year with participating in all all-new 30 Faces/30 Days challenge.
In the meantime, my last oil painting of 2020, Inna’s Mom, saw me make major changes to my palette. My previous standard had been developed for the landscapes I had painted for many years:. The delicacy of this reference photo brought out how color mixes suitable for harsh daylight would not serve me well. I came up with a soft red violet of pthalo blue with madder lake, a soft bright blue for the background, and instead of using cadmium yellow in my skin tone mix I made a blend of hansa yello and Naples yellow. Here’s to continued playing with color!
I have added some new work to the Oils and Mixed Media pages. In February look for lots of new drawings!
December 2021: New Mixed Media Works
My new page of Mixed Media work is up! These are collage and paint on canvas; so far the four I have done are collage, then tinted acrylic mediums for underpainting, then water soluble oils on top. Currently on the easel are a couple that are collage plus layers of translucent acrylic glazes - look for those in January.
I have also added a couple of new portraits to the Graphite page.
November 2021: NEW DIRECTIONS
After spending a year and a half on intensive skill-building, culminating in my Face Forward show, it was time to reflect on where to go next with these newer tools.
This piece, completed in late October, serves as the bridge: collaging a printout of reference material onto canvas, isolating it with a couple of thin layers of acrylic, then working in oils, found me working much more loosely than I was able to with just the paint.
As things start loosening up post-vaccination I also find myself drawn to working less from online muses and more to local people and places. There are a few small canvases already on the easels, works in progress that point me to the coming new year with excitement.
Tori x 3, mixed media on canvas