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| "The Cob - Walking Away" Oil on Canvas 10 x 8" ©2012 www.kathipeters.com
My vegetable garden is in fall mode.My perennial gardens are growing rampant. I have been busy painting and drawing .....and studying.Yes ,studying. I recently bought several books in my never ending quest to tweak my artwork and stretch as an artist. I strongly feel that if I want to grow as an artist, I need to read and learn from artists past and present.So I study!!
But I have been painting too. The above oil painting is of a Welsh Cob.....our Welsh Cob mare, Victoria. She does NOT like to have her photo taken and dislikes even more having me doing a painting of her. What started as a plein air painting became a studio painting as she decided that she had had enough of me. And as the days get shorter and the afternoon sun dips lower and lower in the sky I felt the need to paint my last roses blooming in my studio garden. I just finished this 6 x 6" oil on copper......so two paintings done recently. I have been drawing too This is good! 
"Last Roses Of Summer" Oil on copper panel 6 x 6" ©2012 www.kathipeters.com
. So what books am I reading now???? "Hensche On Painting" What have I learned? To get OUT OF THE STUDIO.....and paint outside to learn color!! And I am also reading "Childe Hassam - American Impressionist" So what am I learning there? [It is a big book!] that I need to paint more!! That being said....I am off to paint! |
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Still Studying - After All These Years
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6 comments:
I think your painting of Victoria is wonderful and it shows the movement so well of her walking away. I can almost see her half looking back at you!
Je suis très heureuse de pouvoir à nouveau admirer votre travail. Je rentre à peine après plusieurs semaines d'absence.
Deux très jolies oeuvres... Victoria ne veut peut-être pas se prêter à la pose mais je pense que vous l'avez parfaitement bien capturée.
Dame Automne a décidé de faire son entrée vite cette année... vous avez eu raison de peindre vos dernières roses... j'aime beaucoup l'éclat de vos couleurs.
Gros bisous à vous.
Your paintings are always beautiful but I understand your need to grow and push beyond your boundaries as an artist. Godo for you. xo Jenny
Thanks Ann!! Ah, this IS a view I see VERY often with Victoria!! Her walking away! LOL I think I know it by heart!
Martine,Glad you are back from vacation....missed your input!
Have a creative week!
kp
Morning Jenny! Yes, studying and stretching...all important!!
kp
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