Paint Party Friday Post- Cincinnati

Happy Friday

Painting a few new canvases this week
The  Mason/ Deerfield Art Alliance Fall Art Show
 is coming up very soon and I think
I will be ready enough to be comfortable with my display
 of my works
...but I am sure next year will be better for me
I need more experience at these shows

Here is another Cincinnati Riverfront oil painting

 

I want to keep it impressionistic

...so I guess it's done

What do you think?

-KAT-

Painted trees on PPFriday

I was not happy with the last tree painting with the cardinal
so I have started a new tree oil painting
This is the first stage of it
 I need to work on this a lot
but here is where it stands as of today
Busy busy busy
with a lot of other stuff going on right now 

close up shows a bit of dripping  

This close up is cleaned up a little more

 no drips anyway
LOL

 also working on....

(more to be added here
later today )

Hugs from rain soaked, Ohio ! 

Sun Where are YOU ?

- KAT -

Mother Owl and Baby

This is my oil painting of a long eared owl.

 relatively uncommon and very seldom

 spotted around here   

they are here in the winter 

and spend the summer farther to the north in Canada.

I like the rusty reddish color of its feathers

and its white" mustache and beard "

I wanted it to appear to be at night
in the moonlight

I painted on a large

(36 " by 16 ")

piece of old roofing slate

at least I think it used to be part of a roof at one time

painting on slate is very different 

I think it is fun to work with the bumpiness of its surface

 It works well with the palette knife style I used

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I plan to post a special giveaway

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Friday is so Fun, Saturday is going to be a hard day to get through...

Happy Friday(almost)

Friday is always a pretty great day

I am joining "Paint Party Fridays"

Everyone is so nice and so creative

I love this group!

I started out
if you remember with the 18 by 24 inch canvas board
the Masking tape thing again
I don't know why but I like doing this

...first days painting
was posted a few days ago

 Thursday morning, I added more white and orange and browns

then later on Thursday I did a little bit more
 with some smaller branches using the palette knife,
  I slid in both north/south and east/west directions
on each branch
I am trying to get the effect of the
Shaggy bark or lake  Birch

...Saturday 

is the Annual Fall Art Show/ Contest 

in  Loveland, Ohio's Nesbit Park 

right on the Little Miami bike trail

 a wonderful spot for an art show

 here in little Loveland.

The weather will be fall like

 but sunny and not too hot or too cool.

Perfect right?

NO

I am dreading it

I volunteered to help set up 

and sit at the "Loveland Art Studios on Mains" booth

It's how I'm punishing myself

I think

But actually I do want to help out.

during the art show all day Saturday.

I'm sort of sad to be absolutely dreading going there 

...but I really want to be a part of the art show some how!

 I am not aloud to sell any art 

... and only can show one item on a booth display.

I applied to have a booth and show my art

 ( even to pay 75 bucks for the booth ) 

 to be a part of the artist community here in Loveland

BUT...sniff- sniff

I was not picked to be one of the lucky 80 artists

  NOT aloud to set up a booth in the park and ....

...I'll continue this  later maybe.

 (I'm a big CRY-baby)

I'm also linking with:

working on some art...and my mood...

"Valley Day"

My life is a roller coaster 

What do you do to get out of a valley 

and back up the hill 

?

Getting out into nature ?

 The beach

 The mountains

Even if it is just my backyard

it helps to swing on my porch swing

  and soak up some nature

 Nature
Joyfully whispered in my ear...

"Kat... do something about your bad mood

go out and get what you need to be artistic today"

"don't wait"

"don't hesitate"

"do it !"

So I did

 Today I am happy to be working on an oil painting

 (sorry if you are tired of my trees )

and also playing around with wire and beads

...my new experiment

in creativity

 I tape off the trees
I'm not sure why I feel the need to do this step
I just like to keep things defined

Then I slather on some blue and white

 for the beautiful  blue sky

Then I pull all the masking tape off

This is very messy

buff color for a base color on the trees

I just put on some sky and the light and shadow of it
and the base color for the trees
To Be Continued ...

here are the supplies to make some
casual pendants
with large gauge wire
and some beads... crystals( C Z )
and waxed linen string

 non tarnishing wire
pounded flat

so my valley day

is on the upswing now

at least going down is fast

and up is more gradual.

Hugs  all

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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