You know it must be Friday because I'm showing more paintings. While I was reading up on the pines of Rome, I was intrigued by the shapes of the trees. They're more like umbrellas because of the way they are groomed as they grow—canopy trees—and they are often found growing near cypress trees. So, I set out to figure out how to paint them. I started small.
Then I worked a little bigger.
Then I worked even bigger, but this one was a bust. After it dried, I painted over it in white and started over. The second attempt was better but still not good, so I glued stuff on as a way to salvage it. I scanned in the first page of my Pines of Rome horn music and printed it on textured paper. Then I ripped the paper in strips and laid them out with wire, beads, bits of rusted window screen material, and a tiny horn charm (useless points for you if you can spot it). And I varnished the whole thing. I kind of like it. What do you think? (click on it for a bigger view).
Then I worked a little bigger.
Then I worked even bigger, but this one was a bust. After it dried, I painted over it in white and started over. The second attempt was better but still not good, so I glued stuff on as a way to salvage it. I scanned in the first page of my Pines of Rome horn music and printed it on textured paper. Then I ripped the paper in strips and laid them out with wire, beads, bits of rusted window screen material, and a tiny horn charm (useless points for you if you can spot it). And I varnished the whole thing. I kind of like it. What do you think? (click on it for a bigger view).
Comments
i like the mixed media idea of the larger piece. everything and anything about the trees. it's as if, everything you thought about as you were painting appeared on the canvas.
or is that just me, sugar? ;-)
The little painting looks so cute beside the big one, Robyn.
I love collage; I remember your wonderful altered books from a while back. And the Pines of Rome score on the painting of the pines of Rome is such a good idea.
Excellent and fun.
Dive, I had the altered book in mind when I attacked the painting. It really was fun.
Lynn, wow, thanks! I don't wash my brush between colors usually, but I do tend to wipe it off on paper towels when it gets out of hand. I am learning to only lightly mix, although I often do that on a pallet. I'm not wild about flat colors.
I liked them. Very much.