Aspen Stream
6x8in oil on canvas panel $125. SOLD
I was invited to paint with a friend today in her beautiful new studio.
It was wonderful.
Artist Note.
Fracturing landscapes is interesting. I am going to have to do quite a few
of them to learn the ins and outs.
When I was painting the water I found I could quickly lose the wet look.
The waterfall came and went so lots of scraping off and
starting again on this one.
I did enjoy painting it and learned some neat stuff, but feel I need to do
more of them before I offer some techniques.
Julie,you have captured the beautiful atmosphere of the mountains in the summer! I Love It!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rita. Although I love the desert it makes my visits to the mountains even more enjoyable because of the extreme contrasts.
DeleteThis is breathtakingly beautiful. I do hope that you do many more of these-- I'm looking forward to them!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your very kind comments to me. I've been a huge admirer of your work for some time now. Gloria Z. recently bought one of your paintings and brought it in to the studio, where we clustered around it and admired it. Were your ears ringing? Your paintings are even more beautiful in person!
How nice of you Ann. Thank you. I enjoyed reading about a group clustering to look at the painting Gloria took in. We artists are the same the world over...we look, examine, enjoy, critique, and hopefully, get inspired. You made my day!
DeleteThis is lovely...I wish I could sit beside it and just listen.
ReplyDeleteListening is what I love best about being in the woods. The sense of peace, birds chirping, leaves rustling and best of all the sound of the water. Thanks, Lisa,
DeleteBreathtaking is right! I let out a gasp when I opened this post. This little gem is smashing! It has a lovely abstract quality to it but there's no question we're looking at water.
ReplyDeleteWow - how nice to read that! Thank you so much for passing it on.
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun painting to paint I can tell. Yes, abstract, but definitely water with a pleasant sound. Lovely scene.
ReplyDeleteGlad you can tell it was fun. The sound of water in the woods can be magical... don't you think?
DeleteOh, Julie, the water. The color and the movement. You think you have lots more to learn but I am not so sure....it beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSunday I am off to the Sierra's for a week so no painting, two grandchildren, 4 and 6 and two dogs, just not a safe thing to do in a cabin. But photo's galore and I will definitely be looking for a stream or two.
I am really pleased you like it Helen. Thank you.
DeleteHave a wonderful trip.
I love your work and the fractured look. How or where did you learn this method?
ReplyDeleteHi Pat, I have been developing it for a few years but it has only recently come together most of the time in my paintings.
DeleteSee answer below for where you can learn more if you are interested.
Beautiful. I hadn't heard the term "fracturing technique" before you. Interested to learn more.
ReplyDeleteHi Jean,
DeleteThis is a copy of a reply a few days ago regarding my posts of fracturing.
Hi - how can I explain...If you go back to May 2nd 3rd and 4th you will see the tool and what it does when I use it...put that together with May 19th and the whole process is shown visually as well as explained.
The tool is only a home made shaper - you can buy them.
A whole pile of us artists work with breaking edges, usually by swishing an edge with a fast stroke, smudging or matching values. That could be too obvious for the style I wanted so I had to develop by trial and error, what I could do that I liked.
Hope this helps. I do appreciate your interest.
Ahhhhh!! those beautiful colors, Julie. The waterfall looks absolutely perfect...I always look forward to every one of your posts!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit Hilda. You made me feel real special.
DeleteThis is such a wonderful! piece, Julie! So peaceful and you definitely got the water to look like water. Not an easy task I think the fracturing looks great but I enjoy your candidness in saying it's a learning process. That didn't seem to stop a sale! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteJen
Beautiful painting! Love your ' fracturing ' technique . The water looks great and I love all the colours!
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