Last plein air painting before going back to school.

Tip Toe Through The Garden
5 x 7
oil on canvas panel

    I painted out in the Dallas Arboretum on Sunday, It was a great place to paint. This was my final opportunity to paint out before school started on Monday and I loved it. I'll still paint out as often as I can. To me nothing beats painting outdoors, even in the heat of summer.
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"Back To School" by Ann Rogers

9 x 12

oil on stretched canvas

Our children will be headed back to school in a week or two so be sure to slow down for kids riding bikes and skateboards or walking to and from school. This was painted from a photo of my first granddaughter when she was just starting to ride her tricycle. She's starting to high school in another week, where has the time gone? 

Chalk It Up...a collaborative piece of artwork

Chalk It Up

48" x 48" Collaborative Mixed Media on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This is stretching the theme of "Back In School".....but a new box of Crayolas always brings back memories of going out and getting school supplies. This piece was a fun and interesting project for me....it was originally exhibited at the McKinney Aveue Contemporary for the membership show. The theme was "Fifteen". The artists are Charles William (Faciall) and myself. I met Charles through the Stewpot Art Program where I volunteer, and we thought it would be fun to work on a piece together...from start to finish. We discussed several different ideas, and one day Charles found a plastic bucket of fifteen colorful chalks. We took them outside on blistering day, and had a photograph session and played with the chalk on the hot concrete in the 105 degree Texas heat. So we had our inspiration and a reference photograph to work from.

We wanted to create something that was fun and exciting. Charles is a very talented artist who works in acrylics...and I needed to adapt to the acrylics since it had been years since I painted in acrylics. I love my oils. Anyway, we got a 48" x 48" canvas and started painting...we had to talk about it all...usually Charles and I sit down in front of the canvas and the art just pours out. We really don't discuss it...but we both needed to make sure that what we were dong was alright with the other. Soon the piece became mixed media and we added chalk and pastels to the paint to give it a chalky effect.

This collaboration was a great experience for both of us. I think we learned alot about art and about ourselves. We exchanged our views on painting methods and techniques, and exchanged conversation about our daily lives. Charles is a an extremely gifted artist, and unique individual. It was an honor to paint with Charles on this canvas. I would encourage you to visit the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas Stewpot website:http://thestewpot.org/art.asp. The Open Art Studio is a community outreach serving the at-risk populations of Dallas. It is open to all people looking for an environment to express and create through the medium of art. Currently, this piece is hanging at Royal Lane Baptist Church.

Hold Tight Sunflowers by Texas Artist Nancy Medina

Hold Tight Sunflowers by Nancy Medina
10X10
Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

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Hold Tight Sunflowers is a small painting that got a big facelift today. I was in a celebratory mood because I finished that big container garden painting in two days. My feet hurt, my back muscles are screaming, but my heart is happy! Summer Blossoms Container Garden will be the centerpiece of my show at The Good Art Company Gallery on Friday, August 5. If you are in the Texas Hill Country, stop on by and say howdy! I would absolutely love to meet you.

I'm so excited about the show, this will be my first featured artist night in the new gallery space on Main Street. I even thought about buying a dress for the occasion, but then remembered I will be hold her majesty, AnnieBee, most of the evening, so visions of a lovely black halter dress were gone with the wind. Besides, I'm white as a fish, with absolutely no arm muscle tone from skipping the gym for studio time. What was I thinking??

Friday, August 5, 2011
5 pm to 8 pm

The Good Art Company Gallery
218 W. Main Street
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
www.thegoodart.com

UPSIDE DOWN

8x8 oil on canvas panel

For July's theme of Upside Down, I bring you an upside down sleeping kitty. I'm watching the evening news right now, and it looks like our temps will drop from 104* to 100*...WooHoo!
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Forms on Aluminum Foil

OK, here is my entry....these reflections are upside down images of the forms.

Fun challenge!

Horizon Series: Abstract Aspens by Kay Wyne

Horizon Series: Abstract Aspens

This abstract aspen painting could be upside down....or reflections of the aspens in the canvas. It is in a more "earthy" palette than I usually work with. It was layered and layered with oils....using my palette knife. It is on a 30" x 30" gallery wrap canvas, ready to hang! Thanks for viewing. Kay

07/11/11 A Destin Morning

This is where I'd like to be. Warm breezes, cool morning, anticipating lots of fun during the day. This painting really called my name! So simple yet it can be challenging to paint!

The sky and ocean have a lot of the same colors so I usually check a painting by turning it upside down! It really sharpens up a painting and any difficult shapes you can't quite get. Try it!

Study for Space Art #1 by Kirk Witmer

Daily painting for July 7th - 6x8" - oil on archival panel
This one was elusive. Not the painting, but photographing it! I took more than twenty photos trying to capture the glow on this celestial body and this seems to be the best of the lot. I'm still not sure this does it justice. If you like this image, you should see it in person.
But again, this is another study in preparation for a larger painting.
So what's this picture have to do with this month's theme of "Upside Down"? This image is actually upside down from the way it sat on my easel as I painted it.
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Summer Heat in the Garden

Summer Heat in the Garden
8 x 10
oil on linen panel
$150

Our theme this month is upside down, There is nothing upside down in this painting, however as I paint I turn the canvas on its sides and upside down to paint. This is a painting that I completed in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. It was a very hot day 104, I think.
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Horned Hat

I'm a wee bit late, but here's my hat.

Lunch in Dallas

All the rest of you "Some Texas Artists Like To Paint" were missed today when we had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory in Dallas. Above: Sue Thompson, in town from Fredericksburg, Nina Dyer, a RISD art teacher, Sharon Hodges, Angela Elledge, Carol Morgan, Kay Wyne, and Ann Rogers. Fun to get together and "talk art" with friends!

Rodeo Up by Kay Wyne

This cowboy is going to be upside down in no time! I loved painting this painting....makes me want to go to the rodeo for a fun time. Thanks for viewing this blog! Stay cool.....Kay

"Watermelon Reflections" by Ann Rogers

8 x 10

oil on hardboard

The timing of the "upside down" theme for the month of July is just perfect since I just painted this watermelon painting for the Daily PaintWorks blog. The weekly challenge was to paint from a photograph but do it upside down (the photo, not the artist). Amazing that when you do this, you concentrate more on shapes and spacial differences rather than on objects. When you finally finish and flip the painting, wow, what a surprise! A great exercise, give it a try!  

By the way, "Happy First Birthday" to Some Texas Artists Like to Paint! Hard to believe that we started this blog one year ago!

The Chosen, Flower Market Day by Texas Artist Nancy Medina

The Chosen, Flower Market by Nancy Medina

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20X20
Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

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The Chosen is a departure from my usual paintings. I began drawing women in dresses and ballgowns in the fourth grade, when my dream of being a fashion designer first began. My first year of college that notion was dispelled when I learned I had to embrace home furnishings in the mix, and learn how to tell a Louis the XIV chair from a chaise lounge. This was a fun painting, and I drew on my watercolor background to lay in a nice soft background, reminiscent of the flowers of the Dallas Arboretum.

Early Morning in the Garden

Early Morning in the Garden
8 x 10
oil on linen board
$175

Our theme this month is hats, so you are probably wondering where the hat is. The answer is I'm wearing it, as I alwys do when painting in plein air. The Fort Worth Botanic Gardens are one of my very favorite places to paint in any season.
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Smiling Sam by Carol Morgan

This is one of my early portraits of Sam McMahon. He is still smiling but is 4 years old wearing a Batman shirt, coozies on his wrists and a towel pinned to his shirt! He won't hold still long enough for me to snap his photo!!

Small Hat Painting by Kay Wyne

This little 6" x 8" oil is on a Raymar cotton panel. I was digging through some of my husband's stuff and found his wool YMCA baseball cap and baseball from years ago. Maybe this painting will bring back some memories for you as you look at it. It was a fun little piece to do....although I seem to enjoy painting on large canvases. Thanks for viewing this blog, and have an artful day! Kay

Shower Cap Lady w/ Pomeranian, by Sharon Hodges

Shower Cap Lady with Pomeranian, 30 x 24

by Sharon Hodges

One of my craziest friends cannot survive without chocolate, a shower cap, and her pomeranian...and not necessarily in that order.  She knows who she is!

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Sunbathing Boy by Carol Morgan

This little guy was sunning for the first time and his Nanny put this cute hat on this precious baby. He just looked so content sitting there like a little Buddah !! He is definitely a waterbaby. Well now he is 3 or 4 years old and I bet he still loves the water. I know his momma loved the painting.