Paint Party time August 30th 2012

Happy Friday

I hope everyone has a nice three day weekend planned

I will be traveling and visiting loved ones

I will be running away from Isaac

although by the time the once hurricaine Isaac

gets up into our part of the country

 it will only be a windy thunderstorm

and maybe lots of gray clouds for  Labor Day

Here is my work in pprogress for this past couple days

I continue to paint pears and to get ready for the Art  Festival

I seem to be in love with the pears

 This painting is taken from a memory of the Lake Huron Home

that my grand parents had long ago

I am still working on getting it right and developing it  further

I just bought some oil pastels to perhaps use ontop of the oil paints

does anyone see any reason not to?
... or have any experience in using oil pastels 

along with or mixed in with oil paint or acylic paints ???

let me know if I am able to do this 

I could use a little friendly advise

-KAT-

Oil Painting - Portrait of Jilly Bean - WOYWW and PPF

Several new oil paintings are in the process

Here is my  work desk 

I moved downstairs from my( too hot )upstairs studio room

hubby  is not real happy I returned my paints to the diningroom

My Bad, My Bad

trying to keep it somewhat clean and neat

I was viewing photos that my DIL  put up on her facebook

 and I love this photo of my GD!

Vacationing at Nags Head Beach  enjoying the peacefulness of

Bubble blowing

She sat in a bright periwinkle blue beach chair

 which even made it a better picture

I think Blue is my new best color

-KAT-

Oil Painting on New Paper product

I saw this on the internet and wanted to share it

Pumpkin Time

found this great autumn tablecloth
at the vintage shop in town
for 1.00 !

I have been noticing all the fall decorations 

 Loveland is all dressed up

 in tall corn stalks and mums and sunflowers 

... pumpkins and gourds.  

The leaves are changing to yellows and reds

on all the trees and bushes. 

 I think it is going to be a spectacular Autumn for natures color ! 

 I'm so excited. 

 Time to take loads of colorful nature pictures 

to inspire us all. 

 I have a plan to try using the Water Soluble Oil paint

 (yes,.. I said that right )  

no more harsh chemicals...It is worth trying them, in my mind. 

My poor fingers and fingernails are so dried out and abused

 from turpentine, linseed oils, and paint thinners.

 They are about four dollars more a tube at the local 

Micheal's and Hobby Lobby here. 

but I figure I'll be saving dollars on the other chemicals, 

and helping the earth a bit maybe.

I've been working on pumpkins lately

I found three pumpkin shaped wood pieces at the Goodwill store. 

 Friday is 50 percent off everything for me  !

( I'm over 50 years old and us old ladies need

 something to look forward to on Fridays! ) 

Thank you Goodwill

I covered the wood shapes in thick modeling paste
and made a pattern in them with a palette knife.

...the leaf is made from heavy paper and painted
and the curly cues are made of copper wire.
the stems are cut from actual pumpkin stems

Think I may add a flower with the stem dangling
from my crow's beak
He wanted to decorate his place too !

check out how to preserve the fall leaves at :


http://niagaranovice.blogspot.com/2009/10/all-waxed-up-with-no-where-to-go.html




 I found the tutorials on leaf preserving
 while reading the lovely blog at :

Peace and joy and Happy Pumpkin Time !!!

- KAT -


I am joining in at ...

Update :finished oil painting and some wire stuff

Some Art Updates

and QUESTIONS

I have been working on several projects lately  

Getting this oil painting ready to hang in the gallery

 for an open house (Art studios night) on Saturday. 

I don't know if I should frame it or not. 

 i don't think i will...but it is still a little wet, to say the least

I want to have a safe way to handle it

 so i may temporarily frame it with a simple frame

and spray it with temp sealant

A few Questions for you All

24 by 36 inch oil painting

 would you frame this?

what color frame if you would?

what price range should i shoot for on this?

added some white to the sky

I am also playing around with wire

do you like these shapes for jewelry

Could you see these metal swirls as a pendant 
with maybe a bead or two added and a simple chain???

it is just steel wire that i flattened and twisted

should i add metallic or gold leaf paint?

should i just buff it with my dremel and sandpaper or wire brush?


Thank you for your artistic and sincere opinions 
Hugs
KAT Griffin
I am linking up to ...

and to...

and to...

http://youaretalkingtoomuch.blogspot.com

yellow flowers

This is an oil painting I did

 from a photo a friend took.

I decided to do it in the palette knife style,

which I enjoy playing around with.

It is now framed and hanging in the studio gallery area i hope to sell it
but it may just be the wrong time of year for a flower painting
we shall see


Happy Autumn


-KAT-

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Oil Painting in the Works

Happy Friday

here is the status of my oil painting of the birch trees

for my sister.

oil painting of birch trees

start with Blue painters tape
on the areas of the tree trunks
and paint in the sky

palette knife used
to fill in the trunks and the foreground foliage

my sister would like a cardinal somewhere in here too
my first attempt failed
do you see where I rubbed it out ?

almost done
I think
I still want to add a cardinal sitting in the trees
slightly afraid i will ruin it though
Trying to get my nerve up
to finish this painting for my sister.

wish me luck  and bravery
Happy PPFriday
KAT Griffin

1. 

Never Give Up

This is a re-post 

of an old art work called

 Tall Trees

I really like this one

palette knife of "Tall Trees By KAT

I am working on a similar oil painting now

 and will post on that one next Friday

Happy Paint Party Friday

HUGS

 Many ups and downs this year.

  I've lost a few... 

 Lately I have been winning a few!  

...because of good friends 

and an attitude of
Not Giving UP! 

water color by KAT

When a door is closed

God opens a window somewhere, some how!

water color by KAT

If we are looking for it! 

We will find the way

this post is dedicated to my little sister
Hang in there 
Never give up the fight !
I Love You

Happy Paint Party

I am still on vacation here in Virginia

 with my eldest sons family

and having fun with my grand-daughter Jilly

we went to Bush Gardens Williamsburg

and had so much fun

Here is an oil painting

I am working on for my sister

cant wait to get back to it and finish it up



here is just a start to my latest oil painting



still a lot of work to do and color to add

I will be able to visit you all next week

when I am home again

HUGS

KAT

just had to post my gran-daughter's painting too !
Im so proud of her
I love her so so much !!!

please feel free to join us at paint party friday
a wonderful group of artists of all kinds !!!