Nothing like a really challenging painting to take your mind off your troubles, eh? ha ha Not sure what I'm thinking here. Working from 2 photos taken at Shaker Village of the dyed wool on display. Working on a half sheet of Killimanjaro 140# coldpress paper and working with the complements so the orange will go next to the blue, the red next to the green, and so on...that's my plan, anyway. Although I wouldn't hold my breath on this one being finished any time soon. It takes a while and I seem to "need" to draw in those strands with a small brush and then smoosh it all to get the rough look of wool that's a bit ragged!
The title = Stranded = came to be right away and Stevie Ray Vaughan's song, "Crossfire" began playing in my head as soon as the title came to me:
Stranded!
Caught in the crossfire.
I was stranded,
caught in the crossfire.
Turn it up...check it out...get off your behind and dance dance dance!!!
So you've finally gone crazy! This is going to be legendary, I'm drooling already *runs to check out that song*
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great painting in progress. Neat idea, almost an abstract work of color and shape.
ReplyDeleteGreat subject matter! I also love what you're doing with the colors!
ReplyDeleteYou take as long as you need to - just don't forget to show us when you're done cause it looks so interesting thus far.
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O'tay.... I danced :) Quite a workout! Heart's pounding away.....
ReplyDeleteLove your new painting and color ideas!!! Take pleasure in the journey :)
If you listen to SRV while painting, you should zoom right through!
ReplyDeleteI like your plan re the complements; it's going to be beautiful.
I've never seen a composition that begs for laying down complementary colors beside each other better than this one! Good move, Rhonda. I think this is goign to be a winner, if you don't go crazy first with all those strands! What about a rake brush for the strands? Keep in touch with the WIPs, I don't want to wait until you are finished to see this again!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely crazy, Teresa! ha ha Do check out the song - and dance!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Peggi, Angela, Pam (glad you got up and danced!), Laura (yes, maybe something easy listening for this one to come along slowly? ha ha), and Susan. I don't have a rake brush and will just slowly work on this one but don't worry, I have another 1/2 sheet working at the same time very wet-in-wet and juicy so I go back and forth between the two so I won't go too crazy.
I'm loving it! Like the idea of the complementary colors, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm also do a crazy one - of corn! That will be on the blog soon.
Keep going slow, between the two paintings, and this one will turn out great!
No speakers, so can't dance tho! (Can't dance anyway - 2 left feet).
What lovely subject matter - this looks like a good one to get your teeth into - also going to check out the song now, it sounds familiar...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deb and Cathy :) Deb, your warm painting is looking great already - I don't think I could have poured this one with all the complements in there it all would have been mud!
ReplyDeleteCathy, hope you danced to Stevie Ray!!