A Worldwide Artists Paint Out

K.Wallis -painting with PPAP in 2003

This coming Weekend (August 11-13) will be the 7th Worldwide Artist Paint Out.There is only one Oregon location four miles out of Hood River at Trucker County Park . After your painting session, stop off at the Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River and see the juried Plein Air Show on view until September 28th.Hope you have time to get out there.

The Newsreader

The Newsreader~ Watercolor over gesso~ Full Sheet

Started this painting last week and I think I have gotten to a resting point. Let it set in for a couple days and see what pops out. I will post a few progress shots.

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Work In Progress

Gessoed Ground~

'Little House' on prepped board. 8 x 7 inches

I'm in the Summer Class Harold Walkup, NWS is running in Portland for 6 weeks. Our assignment yesterday was to coat a sheet of watercolor paper or an old Painting with gesso, create some scratchy texture with a comb or grout spreader, and paint watercolor. I did a small practice one in class based on a landscape(above) and later last night I drew out a figure and started working some shapes and values. It's pretty easy to make corrections with a wet sponge and tissue.
Stage one (below) I have gotten in the habit of placing skin tones first. I am working from a desaturated photo I took a couple years ago. I'm thinking a lot about values as this layer progresses.

I finished last night at this state, pretty rough but getting some values and detail established will help me make some decisions later. I am really liking this surface because I am forced to use more paint and I get a different look than I expect after the strokes dry.....don't forget the easy corrections! I will work on this a little more today and take it to my critique group tonight and see what they think. Thanks for taking a look and taking the the time to comment. ~ Carrie

Phase 2 of Newsreader - Full Sheet

Very Small Success

I can't seem to upload more than one of these small avatars at a time. I plan to make prints of these and put them in 5 x 5 mats or just a little smaller (CD Jewell case) and see how they sell at the Garden Show in a couple weeks @ OSA. I have it listed in the side bar for upcoming shows. Hope you can come.

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I have a lot of reference pictures of goats from the Franciscan Villa in Corbett. We have had a couple invitations to paint up there with a former Montessori teacher that belongs to WSO. We consider ourselves very lucky.

Rose Art Show at the Oregon Society of Artists

I asked Marge E. Johnson if I could display her Sweepstakes winning painting from the Rose Art Show 2009. I was blown away by these "unruly" roses and so was the Juror, Susan McKinnon. The reception was put on at the Oregon Society of Artists, as it is every year, the first weekend of the annual Portland Rose Festival

Schreiners Iris Gardens

Spectacular Iris

Patricia D. Schreiner lived 82 good years, many of them just North of Salem where the family business relocated in 1946. Married to Gus Schreiner, technically still newlyweds, They took up residence, raised 8 children, and continued the iris business. Pat was a subscribing member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, for years she was a fine art watercolor painter along with raising kids and helping out during the blooming season. After Gus passed away in 1982, Pat enjoyed traveling to Europe with friends. Her interests were many - the arts - reading, socializing, gardening and her family. Art work is on display and for sale in the gift shop from local and regional artists.

Oil Painter From the Eugene Area

25 artists painted on location on the grounds open to the public for most of May. Two painting groups,one from Portland and one from Eugene organized this gathering. A few days are still left to watch them work for your enjoyment. You can talk to the artists while they work in oil, Watercolor, Pastel and charcoal. Art work is available for sale. Get directions at Schreiners Iris Gardens.com

Umbrellas Over Easels Dot the Garden

Here is a shot of my painting in Progress; almost finished but I need to lift a few highlights here and there. Thanks for looking and hope to see you out there this weekend.
Carrie

A Sense of Place, PPASP Juried Group Show Reception,June 7th

Announcing a Juried Group Exhibit of paintings by members of PPASP

“Plein Air” refers to painting outdoors on location. “Alla Prima”, similarly, describes a painting technique in which a canvas is completed in one sitting. Plein air and Alla Prima artists are considered direct painters and seldom work from photographs. In the Plein Air/Alla Prima tradition, brushstrokes and drawings will have a distinctive loose and flowing style.

The exhibit A Sense of Place consists of paintings completed exclusively with either Plein Air or Alla Prima methods, employing “first hand observation”.
Juror: Karen Van Hoy
Exhibit Dates June 7-August 29, 2009
Artist Reception: Sunday, June 7, 2009 Noon-2pm

(You are invited!)
Doll Gardner Gallery‎, 8470 SW Oleson Rd, Portland, OR‎
(503) 246-3351‎

(Image on card) Seeking Andrew by Katherine Vanshoonhoven

..A Few More Garden Shots

I had a lot of images that I may use for the garden workshop. Thought I would share a few more. Really liked this sundial.
Stone pathway with just a little bit of architecture.
Pink dogwood in full bloom.