MY PROCESS--DOCUMENTING "WORKS IN PROGRESS"- NEW PAINTINGS AND PRINTS. -- INCLUDES PALETTE AND COLOR NOTES.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
TRUCHAS TOWN - New 24"x30" Original Oil Painting
TRUCHAS TOWN - New 24"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen now available - Preview/Purchase.
Monday, February 15, 2016
TRUCHAS TOWN - New 24"x30" Work in Progress (Underpainting Phase 2)
Studio No. 416 - TRUCHAS TOWN - New 24"x30" Work in Progress (Underpainting-Phase #2) - After the initial sketch has dried - using Grumbacher MG Underpainting white and distilled turpentine mixed with regular oil colors, lay in the general theme of light and color. Sky: Cobalt Blue - Clouds: Cobalt Blue with more underpainting white. Sunset Color: Cadmium Red and Cadmium Yellow. Buildings: Earth tones of Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Paynes Grey. Foreground: Paynes Grey, some Cobalt Blue.
TRUCHAS TOWN - 24"X30" Work in Progress (Underpainting#1)
Studio No. 416 - TRUCHAS TOWN, 24"x30" Work in Progress (Phase 1) - Very basic - The canvas has been toned with Gesso and Payne's Grey (Grisaille) - the basic sketch has been laid in with Prussian Blue - some earth tones for the adobe buildings.
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
RIO PUEBLO - New 8"x10" Original Oil
RIO PUEBLO - New 8"x10" Original Oil on Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner now available for purchase - Preview/Purchase.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS - 12"x48" Original Oil
LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS (The Clouds of Truchas, New Mexico) - 12"x48" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - available. Preview/Purchase.
Friday, January 29, 2016
LISTENING TO MOUNTAINS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts.
LISTENING TO MOUNTAINS (Taos, New Mexico) - From an original painting - fine art prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards, great gifts now available at Fine Art America.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - New 16"x20" Original Oil, framed
Monday, January 25, 2016
NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - 16"X20" WORK IN PROGRESS (Underpainting/glazing)
Step #1 - Studio No. 216 - NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - 16"X20" Work in Progress. Using MG Fast Drying Underpainting White mixed with basic colors and thinned with turpentine. Color Notes: Sky: Cerulean Blue. Mountains: Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna (mix these two colors together for an intense dark green) chrome oxide green opaque, Yellow Ochre. Bottom half of painting: various mixtures of the colors above.
Step #2 - For atmosphere - after the underpainting is thoroughly dry, I have used oil painting medium to mix Transparent Gold Ochre and Thalo Rose Red to a thin transparency - will let dry overnight before going in with more glazing.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
ACEQUIA - NEW 16"X8" Original Oil
ACEQUIA (Mother Ditch - Northern New Mexico - New 16"x8" Original Oil on Canvas - Preview/Purchase.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Friday, January 08, 2016
TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Prints, greeting cards, gift items
TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Fine art prints (framed and unframed), greeting cards and great gift items now available at Fine Art America.
Thursday, January 07, 2016
TEJADOS DE CORDOVA - New 22"x28" Original Oil
The First Painting of the New Year!!! TEJADOS DE CORDOVA (Rooftops of
Cordova) - 22"x28" Original Oil on Belgian Line, unframed - $1500. Completed
1/7/16. Preview/Purchase.
MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - prints, greeting cards, gift items
Just something to brighten your day - MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS (Taos, New
Mexico) - from an original Donna Clair oil painting - now available as
prints in all sizes (framed and unframed), greeting cards and great gift
items now available at Fine Art America.
Monday, January 04, 2016
AN EMPTY HANDED LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN.....
4 January 2016 - ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING - New palette -- and the first
painting of the New Year to be completed sometime this week. Resolving
to read and study this year - open my mind to new possibilities - new
colors - even perhaps some new places! Many, many blank canvases - an
empty-handed leap into the Great Unknown. www.DonnaClairArt.com
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
TEJADOS DE CORDOVA - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Glazes)
Studio No. 116 - TEJADOS DE CORDOVA (Rooftops of Cordova, New Mexico) - 22"x28" Work in Progress - The Glazes. Glazes are the dark darks applied with painting medium over the underpainting, Greens: Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. Grasses: Brown Pink, Italian Pink. Trees: Mars Orange, Brown Pink, Italian Pink, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre. Rooftops: Some Mars Orange (rusting), Cerulean Blue, Paynes Grey and some Cadmium Red. Stay Tuned.
Monday, December 28, 2015
TEJADOS DE CORDOVA - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Underpainting)
Studio No. 116 - TEJADOS DE CORDOVA (The Rooftops of Cordova, New Mexico) - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Underpainting). Colors are mixed with Distilled Turpentine and Grumbacher MG Underpainting White. Color notes: Greens - Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Yellow Ochre, Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna. Yellows: Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, some Burnt Sienna - yellow shadows I mixed in Dioxazine Purple. Reds: Cadmium Red, Mars Orange, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre. Blues: Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue and Payne's Grey.
DonnaClairArt.com CELEBRATING FIFTEEN FABULOUS YEARS!
Hello from Tesuque! You are invited to visit my new website at DonnaClairArt.com - switching from the Dreamweaver software program to Wordpress thanks to the help of my good friend and brilliant web technician Dan Kuehn. Fifteen years ago I had the idea that my paintings and prints would sell through an online "gallery" -sincere thanks to everyone who trusted purchasing my work in this new way. It has been a remarkable journey so far.....
The man behind the mirror lives in Questa. We have been working together for about 12 years and through the magic of e.mails with digital photography were able to switch to Wordpress. Dan has convinced me that with some instruction I will again be able to manage my own website. Dan is a great teacher (computer programming at UNM-Taos) If anyone needs a new website or an upgrade on an old site, Dan's the Man!! His prices are fair, he is patient and kind and you can trust him fully with your precious data. Dan Frank Digital Design at FrankDan.com - (575) - 770-3051.
Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous New Year! Hug an artist today!
Best regards, Donna
(505) 983-8306
www.DonnaClairArt.com
The man behind the mirror lives in Questa. We have been working together for about 12 years and through the magic of e.mails with digital photography were able to switch to Wordpress. Dan has convinced me that with some instruction I will again be able to manage my own website. Dan is a great teacher (computer programming at UNM-Taos) If anyone needs a new website or an upgrade on an old site, Dan's the Man!! His prices are fair, he is patient and kind and you can trust him fully with your precious data. Dan Frank Digital Design at FrankDan.com - (575) - 770-3051.
Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous New Year! Hug an artist today!
Best regards, Donna
(505) 983-8306
www.DonnaClairArt.com
Saturday, December 26, 2015
PLACITAS - 40"x30" Original Oil
PLACITAS - 40"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, framed in Gold with Linen Liner. Preview/Purchase.
ON THE EASEL - Truchas, Cundiyo and Cordova, New Mexico
12/26/15
- From my Tesuque Studio on the Easel - WINTER WORK: Truchas, Cundiyo
and Cordova, New Mexico - Stay tuned. Process and color notes will be
posted to this Art Journal right after the 1st of the year!
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