tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427687366594570062024-03-14T05:27:52.836-07:00 Katherine Harra - ArtistKatherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-20570162320863843202019-09-24T12:14:00.001-07:002019-09-24T12:15:56.155-07:00Here's to New FriendsMy husband Michael and I are just home from a cycling vacation in the Eastern Townships of Quebec Province. On this (supported!) VBT tour, we collected some new friends, who may, just may, take a bit of their time to look at my humble collection of artwork here. <br />
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It was wonderful to find out that a number of us were artists of varying levels of seriousness...and media, too (a well-published author of science fiction and thrillers included!). On the very last day I found that one of my fellow cyclists was what I call a SERIOUS artist, with the "chops", degrees, and gallery representation to prove it! I humbly direct you to <a href="http://www.robinremick.com/" target="_blank">Robin's website</a>. What amazing artwork!<br />
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Meanwhile, I find my own gallery on this blog is extremely dated, so I am going to take a minute (or 60) to bring it up to date. I hope you will take time to peruse it. <br />
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Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-90126241269019359552017-04-06T09:49:00.000-07:002017-04-06T09:49:10.739-07:00Pompous? I hope not!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The eight SOBs are getting ready for our May show at Anton Art Center in Mt.Clemens, Michigan. We will have about a half-dozen paintings each, plus a "history room" that will show the background of our group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Art Center will also have on display a book with our various artist statements, so all of us are writing new ones or updating old ones. The following is what I'm using this time around. I always think that writing statements makes me sound pompous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maybe that's the point? </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Art” should <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>be a <u>verb</u>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not a noun!</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>prepare to paint by stretching my watercolor
paper:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I soak it, then staple it to a
backing, and allow <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it to dry taut and
clean. The process is magical for me, pregnant with possibility and hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are infinite possibilities ahead of me
with this sheet of paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may be a
failure, destined to be torn for collage, or gessoed over, or scrubbed, or just
recycled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it’s destined to be a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>personal “masterpiece”, a work to give me joy
and confidence for years to come. </span></i></div>
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narrow. My choices become more limited,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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of art for me is that journey, from the first moment with the blank sheet of
paper, to the ending, whatever it may be (successful or not).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Decisions of subject, color, design, texture
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traditional watercolor techniques and materials, with recognizable subject
matter. I often enhance and expand on my subject matter by obscuring the actual
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Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-69442543507079635462016-12-17T16:23:00.003-08:002016-12-17T16:23:30.120-08:00Almost TWO YEARS!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiSNv1Gj-QQEiaKC5IkC4Vnz7djk_8g8QwCrbDwuM_trOE-OBQGK6nK8-hU3Smit0Gf97PgSIkadtb_EjpjHSEEW-6iszJ_mZQn82w_rJdoNoAr2LCT8QH3tLV8dfB40JE1X3nYYh9i_u/s1600/Soon+after+That.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiSNv1Gj-QQEiaKC5IkC4Vnz7djk_8g8QwCrbDwuM_trOE-OBQGK6nK8-hU3Smit0Gf97PgSIkadtb_EjpjHSEEW-6iszJ_mZQn82w_rJdoNoAr2LCT8QH3tLV8dfB40JE1X3nYYh9i_u/s400/Soon+after+That.JPG" width="217" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoFFq-eeV99E9MW2GpScJiQIxhBkPvarxeT-aOAHUIPRHoHC4ZNOQinf0rkax5Mg7jeZXdf7frHAMhuWZaDxa2ugLgRCfFolU5QA43nrNE8wFKYGT3Qk5RlZOB86mbInfqXcTIHbaD5-A/s1600/Alternative+Sources.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoFFq-eeV99E9MW2GpScJiQIxhBkPvarxeT-aOAHUIPRHoHC4ZNOQinf0rkax5Mg7jeZXdf7frHAMhuWZaDxa2ugLgRCfFolU5QA43nrNE8wFKYGT3Qk5RlZOB86mbInfqXcTIHbaD5-A/s640/Alternative+Sources.JPG" width="216" /></a>I can't believe it's been almost two years since I posted here. It's because of Facebook: for a while I 'published' my artwork here, then I published it BOTH places, and eventually that was too onerous, so I have just been posting on Facebook.<br />
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Congratulations to Lisa Richter, who won BEST OF SHOW for this exhibition!<br />
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Yes, it may be the fall art season, but we have winter here too.<br />
<br />Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-88809251856784602012014-08-30T13:50:00.001-07:002014-08-30T13:50:27.138-07:00Summertime paintingPleased to say that two of my three submissions to the Our Town 2015 show/sale were accepted (no, not the paintings shown here: I'll post them later on). That's a welcome pat on the back near the end of summertime which, for me, is traditionally my time of LEAST painting. And, you might notice, least posting.<br />
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To those blogging art friends who have kept it up (both their art and posting), congratulations on both, and, although I've not taken time to post comments, I have been watching your successes - many of them!<br />
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Hope you've had that much fun with art this summer. If not, just wait. Those other seasons that shall remain nameless are indeed approaching, and maybe you'll find more time to get inside and make art.Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-41887684440988748072014-06-09T07:03:00.000-07:002014-06-09T07:03:59.179-07:00MWCS Members Award!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P7YPF0gLKXs2YF05VKOu-i5ZoPRVGVNYEfd2OnD3RvIhDmrmXpXa1qjnit0UY2KW7L0v5yRcWIV7ubEgSUDkIqyOsFTKghaduZ7Erubuv1ck_HMSfR85SOEbb8My_fp-TxujLMXCyAsD/s1600/MWCS+AWARD+2014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P7YPF0gLKXs2YF05VKOu-i5ZoPRVGVNYEfd2OnD3RvIhDmrmXpXa1qjnit0UY2KW7L0v5yRcWIV7ubEgSUDkIqyOsFTKghaduZ7Erubuv1ck_HMSfR85SOEbb8My_fp-TxujLMXCyAsD/s1600/MWCS+AWARD+2014.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a>Although I've been a member of this organization for a number of years, I'm not exactly sure what "Members Award" exactly means . . . Except that I'm a member and . . . I got it!<br />
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Saturday was the big day - the Michigan Water Color Society's 67th Annual Exhibition - which included a critique by juror Paul Jackson in the morning, a convivial and well attended board luncheon at midday, a lecture by the juror in the afternoon, and finally the awards ceremony we had all (well, I had) been waiting for!<br />
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I'm very honored by being chosen for one of the awards: the company of the thirteen award winning artists is of the highest caliber. If you don't believe me, write to me to buy one of our beautiful catalogs!! (Sorry: fund raising never ends. But the catalogs really are lovely <br />
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Anyway, my husband reminded me to get a picture taken with the award winning painting ("Treepodia"), so here it is for your perusal!Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-57949335174194744262014-06-02T13:51:00.000-07:002014-06-02T13:53:18.512-07:00MWCS 67th Annual at Greater Flint Arts Council<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That's my painting (MINE!) in the upper left of the postcard <u>and</u> the poster for this event. I actually had two paintings accepted into the show, a first for me, and have been feeling guilty and apologizing ever since (the large number of double-selections means that a lot of friends who submitted amazingly wonderful paintings WEREN'T included - not ideal).<br />
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I was part of the little "committee" doing intake in Flint on Saturday, making sure all 70 paintings got there, had boxes, had wires, had white mats, had return shipping labels if need be. A wild and crazy 4 hours indeed, and not enough time to look closely at the incredible artwork. THAT will be this coming Saturday. Hope to see you there!<br />
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I love this picture friend Janice took on Friday at the Lawrence St Gallery reception for the Sisters of the Brush exhibit. That's husband Michael hiding behind me. Next to my left ear is a painting by fellow SOB Barbara Markham. Behind the word "of" is one of my paintings. Laura Host did a wonderful job hanging the show and we were very happy with it.<br />
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We had five of the seven 'Sisters' at the opening reception. Although we won't all manage to be at the mid-month reception either, we hope to have a different mix. And we hope you'll be able to attend. That reception is on Friday, May 16th, from 6 - 9 pm.<br />
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The final week before our exhibit at <a href="http://www.lawrencestreetgallery.com/" target="_blank">Lawrence St Gallery</a>. The image at left is just a detail of one of the paintings I've chosen to show there. I still have to give it a title, though. I've rejected "Tiger in the Sun", it's initial name. I want the title to somehow refer to or invoke the intensity of midsummer sunshine (yes, we DO have that now and then, even here in Michigan). I'll need to have something thought up by tomorrow, I think.<br />
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The seven <a href="http://www.sistersofthebrush.com/" target="_blank">Sisters of the Brush</a> descended on the gallery in waves on Saturday and Sunday, bringing our favorites, looking forward to seeing how Laura Host would hang them on the pristine white walls. As a group we've been known to bring way too many pieces, and too large, so this year we made a special effort to cut back so the display wouldn't look cluttered and art-fair-like. Well, we did TOO good a job: Laura called me later in the day on Sunday, saying, everything was hung, but that we were "short 6 or 7 paintings". I first thought she meant they were MISSING! No, she actually had some awkwardly empty wall sections. <br />
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So the Sisters put their heads together (digitally) and figured each of us could find one more painting to be included. A flurry of drop-offs and pick-ups and transfers, and the additional paintings were delivered and hung on Monday. It looks wonderful.<br />
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The mid-month reception is, startlingly, mid-month, on <b>Friday, May 16th</b>, again from 6 - 9 pm.Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-27851365801448134932014-04-22T15:25:00.000-07:002014-04-22T15:25:09.261-07:00More color, more color!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Recently, one of the artist groups I belong to (Birmingham Society of Women Painters) held a group critique, asking a well known local artist to come critique our work. Most members brought in one or more of their paintings, the original, framed or unframed. This group works in all manners of media, oil, pastel, collage, watercolor, you name it. But what was consistent and remarkable (we all remarked on it!) on this particular day was that everyone had just been through the same long Michigan winter. I never saw so many colorful paintings. <br />
And here is my contribution to that trend. They were all stacked ready to go to the photographer, when I started looking at them (they needed some kind of title penciled on, so he knows how to name the files). I guess I needed color, too - these are January, February, March, and a bit of April. FYI, the two in the center are from Kanuga.Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-40097329213586164412014-04-18T15:33:00.003-07:002014-04-18T15:33:32.234-07:00Michigan Water Color Society Annual - Accepted!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I learned this week that both of my submissions were juried into the Michigan Water Color Society's upcoming annual exhibition. How exciting is that? I'm feeling a wee bit personally perplexed, though, because they are from the series of mostly abstracts that I was working on all last summer and fall after my Kanuga workshop with Mike Bailey. I submitted them because I thought they were good enough, and I like them both, but since then have happily turned back from the abstracts to my floral/pattern paintings. Now, the nod I have gotten for my abstract work seems to tell me, paint more of THOSE. But . . . I'm not sure I really want to anymore. So: what do I do with THAT?<br />
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In this case, having brought the painting home and lived with it a while, it became clear to me that this one (like so many of mine) was about the pattern more than the flowers. So I went with that. I've modified and pumped up and added pattern to the point where I hope it's obvious that the imbalance is intentional.<br />
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I am extremely pleased to have, from this year's workshop, a COMPLETED PAINTING that's not a throwaway. How rare is that? And there are still those other starts, two of which show good possibility, plus a problem-child painting which will keep me challenged for quite a while as I try to solve the problems I created for myself as I started it. <br />
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<br />Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-19844002390651538382014-04-01T19:05:00.000-07:002014-04-01T19:05:35.438-07:00Here we are at . . . . Camp Kanuga!!!<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-8546420441327179942014-03-26T10:36:00.000-07:002014-03-26T10:36:24.349-07:00But I don't have the Blues<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupA9duyUJOoLnorFZp7bohgc-yZ4v-XCVE7ym46QckpLo5oz7NA4xp30wcVFIetUj0La58EoWQkv9ym6kz2YtEgb1iUPi1hyqd0wvHdxxGOdEMlPRDrCqPmMX7R_ekzufOIC4lgIbnd9J/s1600/Rhapsody+in+Blue.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupA9duyUJOoLnorFZp7bohgc-yZ4v-XCVE7ym46QckpLo5oz7NA4xp30wcVFIetUj0La58EoWQkv9ym6kz2YtEgb1iUPi1hyqd0wvHdxxGOdEMlPRDrCqPmMX7R_ekzufOIC4lgIbnd9J/s1600/Rhapsody+in+Blue.JPG" height="400" width="256" /></a>It is very nice to have finished a painting, and, even better, one that I like, just before leaving for Kanuga. What a confidence builder! A few weeks ago, I took a great number of source photos of this bouquet of white blossoms, in different blue glass vases and sitting on a variety of blue silk scarves. This one didn't turn out the way I had planned or even what I expected (so, what else is new?). But I like it anyway.<br />
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I'm all prepared for my "semi-independent study" with Robbie Laird at Kanuga (that's what I'm calling it, I'll report on what it actually is upon my return!). Having chosen maybe a dozen source photos that I liked a lot, I spent the early part of March doing newsprint drawings from them. That exercise helped me narrow down which ones held my interest. I ended up with six favorite drawings. I traced those drawings onto half-sheets of Arches 140, and THEN soaked and stretched the paper onto both sides of three pieces of Gatorboard. This should give me lots to work on when I get there. <br />
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I've never prepared so many "starts" at once before. It has been fun and productive both. I found my drawing skills coming back a bit as I worked. I'm quite excited about what will come next, and pleased that I will have four days to work on all of these. I am already wondering if it will turn into a new way of working for me. <br />
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Do most of you have multiple paintings going at once? I'm usually sorry when I don't, because I am more likely to move too quickly and make poor decisions. Setting things aside for a bit is never a bad idea.Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-84056766427488909512014-03-23T12:24:00.003-07:002014-03-23T12:24:52.783-07:00Get back to work!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This will just be a short post. You will see why: Here I am, spending a nice Sunday afternoon, browsing the blogs of my new blog friends (do you recognize this blog?). But, I am being observed. See that little poster up there at the right? I circled it to make it more obvious. It was recently provided by an art friend.<br />
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And then I'll go. Maybe you should too?<br />
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<br />Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-83303755531699749472014-03-14T06:35:00.001-07:002014-03-14T06:35:50.843-07:00Mentor or Muse at Kanuga 2014<br />
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I would dearly love to know how many of you are two weeks away from Kanuga, as I am.<br />
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Probably I need to insert a brief explanation of what I mean by Kanuga for those unfamiliar with it. Kanuga Watermedia Workshops is art camp for adults!!!! ( Yay!) Okay, a better description: a spiritual retreat facility in rural western North Carolina rents out its grounds for a week. Ten or twelve well known watermedia instructors and maybe 200 artists show up on a Sunday for registration, and then for the next four days everything is about art and camaraderie. Rooms in either a rustic inn or cabins in the woods, meals together at tables for eight in a big dining hall. Art class all day long, presentations and events in the evening. And, after three years, even familiar faces.<br />
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I've signed up for Robbie Laird's (new) workshop that she's entitled, Mentor or Muse. I'm translating the detailed description to "SEMI-independent study" - at least, I think that's what I'll be getting. I was initially very excited about this option, but of course as the day approaches, I'm semi-terrified (this is usual for me before a workshop).<br />
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The materials list is easy: there isn't one from Robbie, I just need to bring what I want to use. I started a list for that weeks ago, so I'm feeling fine about that. But, this time around I really need to know what I want to work on before I get there. So the preparation matters more than usual. <br />
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So far I've printed out a dozen or so possible source photos, and actually begun doing composition drawings from each of them - this I hope will allow me to (1) quickly eliminate ones that are poor choices, and (2) take the 'finalists' and transfer the drawings to stretched w/c paper. I know I'll need three or four to be working on, like I have at home on my most creative days: one to be thinking about, one to be drying, and one to actually be painting. I'd like to take even more than that, just in case. I'm resisting using any of these Kanuga "starts" ahead of time: I want to keep my brush wet (to paraphrase Marilynn Derwenskus) between now and then, but also want to be excited and happy about what I'll have to work on when I get there. <br />
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So: who should I be looking for when I get there? You, I hope. Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-8827403862903894382014-03-10T16:59:00.002-07:002014-03-10T16:59:53.867-07:00Need advice on BLUE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My sweet big sister sent get well flowers (re broken ribs) last week, and they arrived in a cobalt blue vase, my favorite. Today, with a rare day of full sunshine, and a cessation of pain, I took the flowers that were still happy and started taking source photos in the sun room. Loving the blue, I went hunting for background fabrics (I'm not a collector of such things like I know many of you are). I found two shawls, deep blue wool and turquoise silk, and threw them all together in the intense sunshine.<br />
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So now I have 30+ source photos which, because they all have my favorite colors (and sunshine), are breathtaking to me. I'd like to tackle at least ONE of them soon. But I've not painted blue very often or very successfully. So, I'm asking:<br />
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Looking at this source photo, typical of the ones I will choose from, do you have suggestions of the blues I should be using, and how to use them, to give them the life they deserve? (BTW - In stock I currently have ultramarine, cobalt, cerulean, indigo, and pthalo blues).<br />
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I'll go on record. I don't regret at all that I obliterated the "real" desert sky color here. I like it much better having taken the image somewhere else. I DO wish that I'd thought of it sooner, so that I could have done a more delicate red wash of a sunset sky - but because I was going over a cerulean and ultramarine wash, I had to get past that. So, it's pretty heavy looking. Surreal. Maybe that's why I like it. It's certainly unexpected. I find myself thinking already of variations this may inspire - just not now, too many irons in the fire this month.Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-28491248111985083752014-03-06T04:41:00.004-08:002014-03-06T04:41:59.286-08:00MWCS Reminder - projection of entries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-A877i1x6pGsVl44H0Sz1BQ-jz8cGYdn89D5r2s8X4g01T432Qzu6TajXIVq_tyYnUEJEkRKu2L2EAdbHAIpGs6bUcKaElVZRp1NR64eKjisPp4zqu1YFBZOjm6dPMfDe-j5Y7j9OTlKp/s1600/MWCS-logo-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-A877i1x6pGsVl44H0Sz1BQ-jz8cGYdn89D5r2s8X4g01T432Qzu6TajXIVq_tyYnUEJEkRKu2L2EAdbHAIpGs6bUcKaElVZRp1NR64eKjisPp4zqu1YFBZOjm6dPMfDe-j5Y7j9OTlKp/s1600/MWCS-logo-web.jpg" height="144" width="200" /></a>If you are a Michigan artist reading this, please be reminded that this Saturday, March 8th, is the always fascinating Michigan Water Color Society event, the projection of entries for the upcoming annual exhibition. This year the projection will be held at the Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham. Click <a href="http://www.mwcsart.com/calendar" target="_blank">HERE</a> for the MWCS website and calendar. The projection starts at 1:30pm.<br />
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I always try hard to attend this event, because I love to see everything, not just what the juror ends up keeping for the show. As many as 300 paintings are shown for several seconds each, of which only 50 - 80 paintings will later be selected by the juror (depending on the size of the venue). Of the 200-some that are NOT selected, there are still many many wonderful and interesting paintings, and this is the only chance, sometimes, to see them. Michigan artists are a varied group, and there will be a wide range of styles, from abstract to still life to portraiture.<br />
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And (if you entered) you get to see your own work projected on a large screen, an experience in itself : in my recent post I was musing about how photographs of my artwork seem to look BETTER when concentrated down to a couple of inches. When the same artwork is expanded, all bets are off - I am often surprised at which paintings look better, which look much worse that way. Okay, some are even fairly represented too.<br />
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If you've not attended one of these sessions, be reassured that commentary - even whispered - is discouraged quite seriously. Although honestly, I've often heard murmurs when the subject matter turns out to be an especially cute animal.<br />
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I hope to see you there!Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-83344893304145918672014-03-04T08:33:00.001-08:002014-03-04T08:33:28.973-08:00Disconcerting Discrepancies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today's question is, why do my paintings look better in online photos than in person? This one is about to undergo a serious makeover, because the blue sky was a serious mistake. It just looks .. . expected. I had left it for last so as to decide WHICH blue it needed to be, but now that it's done, I am reminded that, as usual, I am being way way way too literal. A red or orange sky would have been more interesting or exciting. So, I took this picture, and two more with colored papers laid over the blue - was going to post them all. But, now, looking at this image online, I like it fine, and am not even going to show you the possible revisions, because you'd probably try to stop the makeover.<br />
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But, still, you should know, the next time I post this, it WILL look very different. First I am likely to try a fairly strong rust-colored wash over that wimpy blue. It probably won't work with the blue showing through. So then, I plan to mix up gouache, to peach or red or something, and go over the whole sky with it. Adventure!!!Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-11675638472126848062014-02-28T06:36:00.000-08:002014-02-28T06:36:00.316-08:00Coloring in - WIPThis WIP landscape was inspired by work of Carolyn Lord. I saw her work in the most recent Watercolor Artist magazine, and thought I'd try a landscape "her way" ( a friendly forgery!) to see if the technique resonated with me and could get me past my fear of landscape failure. It's her use of discrete shapes ('shape painter'!) that appealed.<br />
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And I'm very glad I did, because just about at that point I managed to trip over my own feet, break two ribs, and pretty much ruin the rest of the week (month? months?) for creative energy. I've found out that sitting and lying down are the MOST painful, so when I've had the energy, I've been standing at the kitchen counter to internet surf, or standing at my studio's high counter to just start filling in the colors in this. Like my own personal coloring book, and I'm just about that serious about it. How restful and healing this has been. And, since it's well outside my normal work, there's no pressure, I have less invested in the results. I thought I'd share it as a WIP, and so you'd know to expect to see much less work of mine here than usual, for a while.<br />
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But, blog friends, be warned: with all this time on my hands, I'm watching YOU! Keep busy and keep posting paintings to entertain me, please!<br />
<br />Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-49746108275501114542014-02-25T05:06:00.000-08:002014-02-25T05:06:10.428-08:00Summer color needed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think I'm pretty happy with the results. It's not my best or favorite painting, by any means. But I'm glad I took the chance of ruining it in order to make it right - after all, it's just a piece of paper. In trying this method to pick up color so I can insert another, I learned something: A- it works. B- next time, expect to need places to put balancing color, and save them somehow!<br />
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I need to embrace my failures more - and, more important, risk them more - in order to learn and grow. This was one of those times. Sometimes, though, the end result is so gruesome, it will never be shared - those are the ones that end up covered with gesso and used for occasional cat paintings. Maybe we should start sharing those? But, probably, none of <u>you</u> have anything failures like that . . . . Katherine Harrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00926173580990033616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-642768736659457006.post-54763460538580009832014-02-17T12:38:00.000-08:002014-02-17T12:38:45.009-08:00A gamble, but it worked - a step-by-step.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step one: I arranged orange pieces of w/c paper where I wanted the 'sparkles' to end up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I laid 'frog tape' over all the stencils and on gaps in between: I can be pretty messy. In the past I've had problems finding my pencilled design when I was ready to cut through the tape. This time, instead of tracing with a pencil around each little shape, I decided to try just leaving them there under the tape to be cut out in the next step.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used a sharp blade to cut through the tape, keeping the blade tightly against the w/c paper stencil which I had left beneath. This seemed to help me quite a lot in keeping the cuts very straight and the corners sharp. I don't know if it would have helped as much for curves, I'll have to do an experiment along those lines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used an embosser along the edge of each cut - I could see the tape darken as the seal improved.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used small cubes of magic eraser to lightly scrub (wipe) off the dark paint. I tried not to use too much water, and I blotted frequently with a tissue held ready in my other hand. I changed to new pieces of the eraser frequently.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think the little white places came pretty clean and with nice sharp edges - well, most of them (one of them got too wet and the water bled under the tape). I then painted them with the bright orange I wanted to carry around the page. I'll post the finished painting tomorrow. I'm glad I took the chance on this one, it really did need that additional sparkle. </td></tr>
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