Tuesday, May 20, 2008

bayfront

(3.5x5 each)
For future painting ...

... and the bristol board cover for the small folio I'm preparing for Drawing Day.
I bought some bristol board awhile back and had put it in my pile for the Salvation Army, never having tried it (it's got a very slick surface; kind of like Yupo, with which so many are currently enamoured). It's a light card-stock weight and I thought a piece might serve as a folio for my Drawing Day sketches.
Maybe this'll be the back cover, and I'll do one with many more more cherries for the front ...
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3 comments:

Mineke Reinders said...

Laura, you have been so productive, I can't keep up! The bayfront sketches are lovely in themselves, and will make great future paintings. I love the single cherry for a back cover, too, very effective. I sympathize about the Yupo-like paper... I feel guilty every time I take out a sheet of Arches and see the Yupo languishing next to them, but I just can't bring myself to try it again just yet. I know some people do wonderful things with it, but to me it seems unresponsive. Anyway, I love seeing what you do with different themes and materials!

Ruth said...

The boat scenes are great, I look forward to seeing them painted. Yes, that single cherry is very sweet. I just love white space.

William Evertson said...

I agree with Mineke - you are on fire - I like the single cherry - but I LOVE your last post of the four cherries! I am reminded of a a famous (at least in Japan) of Mu Ch'i, who painted a celebrated picture of six persimmons. Simple means, yet everything in it's place. Simple work - nothing left to chance. What a feat! Best