Adding many more dots to the grasses I’m continuing to darken the middle ground (the background in the center third of the canvas) and darken contrasting areas in the foreground weeds. I’m doing exactly what I didn’t want to do, and re-painting all the grasses. I didn’t like the first version. I’ve also added a […]
Wing Dancing Painting Stage #8
June 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
To give some contrast to the light color of the birds necks I darkened the yellow grasses in the distance and added a great many pale blue, bluegreen, and blue violet dots to the middle of the canvas. For the moment, this seems to work better. I also brought back some of the darker accents […]
Wing Dancing Painting Stage #7
June 27, 2009 by 2 Comments
I’ve added some detail and rhythm to the lower grasses and lighter toned dots to the Sandhill cranes. I’m not satisfied with the pale background behind the light tan cranes in the middle one third of the canvas. I’m going to find a value and color of acrylic paint that will convey my idea and […]
Wing Dancing Painting Stage #6
June 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
To help establish the values of the bird shapes in relation to the background I began to paint the middle tones with dots. My goal was to have a very bland tan and gold background with camouflaged tan Sandhill Cranes, and I will continue working toward this objective. But, if it doesn’t please me I […]
Wing Dancing Painting Stage #5
June 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I am attempting to lighten the upper two-thirds of the background with dots leaving very little underpainting showing through. The sheer size of this canvas, 48″ x 60″, is making my progress very slow. So far nothing but the dark areas of the Sandhill cranes have been painted, the rest of the birds are white […]
Wing Dancing Painting Stage #4
June 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
More dots are added to the grasses on the lower portion of the dancing Sandhill crane canvas. This painting will receive many layers of dots until I am able to determine if the values and color will work the way I have planned. I can’t evaluate anything yet. Gail Niebrugge, Alaska painter
Begin Pointillism on “Wing Dancing” Painting
June 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I slowly and carefully begin to apply the fist layer of small acrylic dots on top of the wild, abstract underpainting of Sandhill Cranes I’ve titled “Wing Dancing”. My thought at this point is to create a rather neutral, bland, tan and gold background surrounding the camouflaged tan birds with only hints of the colorful […]
Rose Painting Finished!
May 19, 2009 by 4 Comments
The finished pointillism painting “Red Rose”, 18″ x 24″ acrylic on canvas. I enjoyed exploring one color in such depth. I am celebrating three years of writing this blog today. Amazing! In the beginning did not think I could find enough to write about my life as an artist. And, I did not post […]
Rose Painting Stage #10
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
After a lot of work and many, many more dots layered on top of the original dots I think the rose looks redder. I’ve never tried to do an all red subject before, and it is a challenge. Mixing white with red makes pink. I’ve mixed red, violet, orange, and white and still get pink. […]
Rose Painting Stage #9
May 16, 2009 by 2 Comments
I’m sorting out the center petals in this painting of a rose, and finding that I’ve got a few mistakes. But, as I study the work I realize that it is a lot more pink in color than red. It will be a big job to re-paint all the petals but I want to rose […]
Rose Painting Stage #8
May 15, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The outer petals in this painting of a rose are taking shape, I have some problems with the gradation from light to dark in some places the color will abruptly go from dark to light forming a line, I will work on this next. The time has come to sort out the complicated center leaves. […]
Rose Painting Stage #7
May 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This painting is getting complicated, I’m finding it hard to sort out the center petals of the rose. I decided to concentrate on the outer leaves first, then I will work my way toward the middle. I’m leaving the lightest highlights unpainted until the very end, this helps me to establish the mid and dark […]
Rose Painting Stage #6
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
At this stage of the painting I’m developing the darkest areas and blending multiple colored dots to give the rose petals some color and definition. The flower is beginning to take shape. More tomorrow, Gail Niebrugge, Alaska Flower Painter
Rose Painting Stage #5
May 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
At this stage I begin to fill in multicolored dots in the darkest areas of the rose petals, and lay in one layer of pointillism to the mid values. The rose petals look pretty jumbled and hard to define, I think I’ll concentrate on the darkest leaves then finish the medium colored areas before I […]
Rose Painting Stage #4
May 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Filling the negative space with dark colors in pointillism has really let me see the shape of the rose. I think I’ll keep the background dark. This is a very red rose and will take a lot of hues, shades and tints of red, red orange, and red violet to make an intense red color. […]
Rose Painting Stage #3
May 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
As I filled in the darker dots the shape of the rose emerged and making it easier to think about the layers in the painting. I think I’ll finish the dots in the negative space before I tackle any more of the rose petals. Creating the variation in the colors of the pointillism in the […]
Rose Painting Stage #2
May 8, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Once the composition is established I begin to fill in the negative space with very dark dots, starting with green/brown in the lower right corner and changing into dark purple along the top, then blue on the left side. I’m laying dots in the darkest areas of the rose at the same time. At this […]
Blue Poppy Painting Finished!
May 5, 2009 by 4 Comments
Just a few more details and the painting is finished! I am surprised it went so fast, I expected to have to re-paint sections but it wasn’t necessary. This original painting is titled “Blue Poppy” 18″x24″acrylic on canvas. Next I send it to the photographer and finally select a frame. Gail Niebrugge, Alaska flower paintings
Blue Poppy Painting Phase #10
May 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I’ve begun to intensify the blue color in the painting, and am refining the gradations. As soon as I’m comfortable that the undulations in the petals and the leaves look soft, I’ll begin details. Lots more to do first. The dots are overlapping each other and building layers of beautiful color. More tomorrow, Gail Niebrugge, […]
Blue Poppy Painting Phase #9
May 2, 2009 by 2 Comments
As the painting takes shape the dots become dense, I realize that I need to make the whole flower much more blue, an intense, beautiful blue. It looks washed out at the moment. Time to layer more dots over the existing dots with combinations of prussian, ultramarine, phthalo, cerulean and azure, some as tints and […]
