MY PROCESS--DOCUMENTING "WORKS IN PROGRESS"- NEW PAINTINGS AND PRINTS. -- INCLUDES PALETTE AND COLOR NOTES.
Saturday, March 05, 2016
On the Easel Today - VALDEZ - 30"x24 Work in Progress (Underpainting)
VALDEZ (New Mexico) - 30"x24" Work in Progress (underpainting) - Colors are mixed with MGUnderpainting White and distilled turpentine. Trees: Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna. Rooftops: Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue. Earth Tones: Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Yellow. Shadows: Dioxazine Purple and underpainting white.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
NEW WORK STATION!
24 February 2016 - My new work station! Switched my easel to the north end of the large room in the studio next to a row of windows and under a great skylight. Had been working near a southern exposure - glare, reflected light - not good. Now I don't have to adjust for the glares, my palette is well lit and I will be able to mix my colors more accurately! Sometimes it takes me a while! Am excited to see what happens next! DC
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL - Fine Art Prints, greeting cards.....
SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL (Truchas, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
AFTERNOON VISITORS - Fine Art Prints, greeting cards.....
AFTERNOON VISITORS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints in a large
selection of sizes (framed and unframed), greeting cards and other great
items now available at Fine Art America - http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair.html
Monday, February 22, 2016
ESPIRITU BLANCO - Fine art prints, greeting cards...
ESPIRITU BLANCO (Truchas, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting -
fine art prints in a large selection of sizes (framed or unframed,
greeting cards and other great gift items now available at Fine Art
America - http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair.html
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
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