tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356180832024-03-13T00:21:50.862-05:00Daily PaintingsAnn SharkeyAnn Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-67212764211233534792015-03-21T00:20:00.000-05:002015-03-21T00:32:39.114-05:00Lupine Trail Curve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These guys whipped past us as we were going up the Lupine Trail, just outside of Crested Butte, Colorado. ...giant grins on their faces. I guess coming down is a bit more fun than going up.<br />
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Watercolor<br />
10 x 8 inches<br />
Starting bid: $89<br />
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<br />Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-87417640674923509542015-03-21T00:14:00.000-05:002015-03-21T00:14:16.332-05:00Two Townines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the full size sheet done from the Lunchtime Townies.<br />
Watercolor<br />
17 x 30 inches, framed to 24 x 36 inches<br />
This is in Moon Ridge Gallery in Crested Butte, Colorado.Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-46786921966641623912015-03-17T16:04:00.003-05:002015-03-17T17:26:18.872-05:00Lunchtime Townies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These two townies were parked outside a home in Crested Butte during lunchtime last summer when I snapped the reference photo for this. I like it. In fact, this is probably going to be my study for a larger piece. The photo had dandelions galore, which I left out, due to the small size of this piece.<br />
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Watercolor<br />
8 x 10 inches, matted in white to fit an 11 x 14 frame.<br />
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Title: Winter Townie<br />
Medium: Watercolor<br />
Size: 10 x 8 inches<br />
14 x 11 inch mat, unframed<br />
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<br />Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-25779162057962478952014-04-18T21:46:00.001-05:002014-04-18T21:46:23.102-05:00Nordic Inn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l57tKpH-yuo/U1Hje5b27PI/AAAAAAAAAuU/y6JNM7MBalU/s1024/Photo%25252020140418214616.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l57tKpH-yuo/U1Hje5b27PI/AAAAAAAAAuU/y6JNM7MBalU/s500/Photo%25252020140418214616.jpg" id="blogsy-1397875584400.4055" class="alignnone" width="500" height="760" alt=""></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">Watercolor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">12 x 18 inches</div><p> This is the Nordic Inn in Mt Crested Butte. We can see it from our balcony. </p><p>The painting took 4 days. I tried to have as much wet-in-wet as possible, learning all about greys which tie it all together. </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-40696717049859974472014-04-17T20:21:00.001-05:002014-04-17T20:21:57.053-05:00Partially completed Nordic Inn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TYsAdNWCg6g/U1B-MnAvyDI/AAAAAAAAAuE/t5jYxXrZhsQ/s1024/Photo%25252020140417202149.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TYsAdNWCg6g/U1B-MnAvyDI/AAAAAAAAAuE/t5jYxXrZhsQ/s500/Photo%25252020140417202149.jpg" id="blogsy-1397784116195.6997" class="alignnone" width="500" height="715" alt=""></a></div><p> This has taken many hours, much longer than I thought. Tomorrow. </p><p>I'm learning the value of washed out greys. They are lovely to put a drop of color in. I'm also learning to go back and soften egdes that were to dark. Using strathford paper is working well, as it forces me to limit lifting out areas. </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-7700635115738289072014-04-14T15:57:00.003-05:002014-07-14T16:55:43.403-05:00Just messing around<br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">This is one of our favorite hikes, Scarpe Ridge. Bandit loves the hikes because he gets carried when he gets tired.</span><br />
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Paper: Stratford 400 140 lb. WC artist grade paints (Daniel Smith and Winsor & Newton): Phthalocyanine blue (RS) for shadows and UMB for shadows. Viridian, carmine and cobalt for atmospheric colors. Quinacrodone gold, Cadmiun orange, quinacrodone burnt orange and quinacrodone burnt scarlet for warm colors. Phthalocyanine green (YS) for my greens and finally titanium, embarrassingly, to cover up my mistakes in the focal area.<br />
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The drawing took forever.. I obviously need to spend more drawing. Ha! I spent so much time erasing that I was certain the watercolor paper would be damaged. The painting went fast at times and slow at others. My attempts were to do mostly wet-in-wet with a decent drawing to create boundaries. Tomorrow is another day.<br />
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24hrs later: Brian really likes this but I am very unsatisfied. It took to long and I overworked many areas. It's most likely a matter of experience with the medium. I think I'll focus on individual aspects of this and try again later in the week.<br />
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Another one of that lighthouse. I just used colors where I thought they would be, instead of looking at the reference photo. <br />
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Brian noticed that the image is darker than the original, especially the blues. I need to figure that out before I post again.<br />
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Inspired by another online image. I'm not sure about this yet. I like the warm tone. This has a bit of cad orange, but mostly it is produced by the quinacrodones: gold, burnt orange, burnt scarlet and balanced by phtalo blue and carmine in the shadows. <br />
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Value study below.<br />
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24 hours later, the pathway shadows are to dark. Focal area is confusing.<br />
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Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-1467343980385616702014-04-10T18:09:00.000-05:002014-04-11T22:18:17.636-05:00Reardon workshop day 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AJZbusBcZVA/U0iwdkguhNI/AAAAAAAAAp4/FHoXLTkSnJk/s1024/Photo%25252020140411221810.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AJZbusBcZVA/U0iwdkguhNI/AAAAAAAAAp4/FHoXLTkSnJk/s500/Photo%25252020140411221810.jpg" id="blogsy-1397272696796.7275" class="alignnone" width="500" height="365" alt=""></a></div><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-88735525118802560042014-04-09T18:30:00.000-05:002014-04-11T21:33:57.787-05:00Reardon workshop, Day 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vb7Pb4WtZNA/U0imEwY_j8I/AAAAAAAAApI/f6Xv8hpfLQs/s1024/Photo%25252020140411213351.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vb7Pb4WtZNA/U0imEwY_j8I/AAAAAAAAApI/f6Xv8hpfLQs/s500/Photo%25252020140411213351.jpg" id="blogsy-1397270037165.1956" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a></div><p>Started with a diluted wash of cobalt on top and cadmium orange on the bottom. Background is lovely...diluted mixture of atmospheric colors: carmine (basically alizarine crimson substitute), cobalt and viridian. The foreground is disappointingly darker that I prefer. The path turned out nice. The focal point is supposed to be the water on the rocks...</p><p>It's not awful.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-9833967186374044732014-04-08T18:20:00.000-05:002014-04-12T12:34:19.028-05:00Reardon workshop day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">
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Blech!! Background way to dark. This is definitely going to be used for the back of the sheet. I did learn a lot. I will post later, after it's been processing for a while. <br />
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A cat from the same book. I forgot what it's face looked like by the the time I was ready to paint it. Ha!<br />
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Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-49110629526202093092014-04-04T15:17:00.000-05:002014-04-11T22:25:07.479-05:00Mimicry for another book. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dhNM5-TiCo0/U0iyEHTZRMI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/r_CjMCQ1BQM/s1024/Photo%25252020140411222500.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dhNM5-TiCo0/U0iyEHTZRMI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/r_CjMCQ1BQM/s500/Photo%25252020140411222500.jpg" id="blogsy-1397273106888.7925" class="alignnone" width="500" height="354" alt=""></a></div><p> This was good practice. </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-37426082194859749902014-03-31T21:49:00.000-05:002014-04-11T21:50:05.283-05:00Lighthouse<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a5eFpZcF5EI/U0ip2oaXyqI/AAAAAAAAApY/uL-EPXBigLU/s1024/Photo%25252020140411214958.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a5eFpZcF5EI/U0ip2oaXyqI/AAAAAAAAApY/uL-EPXBigLU/s500/Photo%25252020140411214958.jpg" id="blogsy-1397271004622.4377" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="666" alt=""></a></div><p> Another brown rimmed painting. This is an internet image I found to paint so I'm pretty much apathetic about the boring results. </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-78475260792692055322014-03-31T13:00:00.000-05:002014-04-11T21:26:56.914-05:00Prickly Pear copy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-uUzbpJuSfnc/U0ikbZMUo4I/AAAAAAAAAow/bU-UXUye8DY/s1024/Photo%25252020140411212649.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-uUzbpJuSfnc/U0ikbZMUo4I/AAAAAAAAAow/bU-UXUye8DY/s500/Photo%25252020140411212649.jpg" id="blogsy-1397269616279.2217" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="659" alt=""></a></div><p> This is an attempt to copy from one of my amazing book. I couldn't get it right. I'll try again later. </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-4984313893063718172014-03-28T15:23:00.000-05:002014-04-11T22:23:26.171-05:00White Rock Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QVi-tu8cgNo/U0ixq9M9I8I/AAAAAAAAAqI/ovSkGSPlqgk/s1024/Photo%25252020140411222319.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QVi-tu8cgNo/U0ixq9M9I8I/AAAAAAAAAqI/ovSkGSPlqgk/s500/Photo%25252020140411222319.jpg" id="blogsy-1397273005694.8838" class="alignnone" width="500" height="364" alt=""></a></div><p> Small painting of White Rock Lake. </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-78759916179857512342014-03-28T11:14:00.000-05:002014-04-11T21:15:23.067-05:00Another apple<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UY_oBJ2vj6Y/U0ihuHLKdkI/AAAAAAAAAok/ZmJKlYojrQo/s1024/Photo%25252020140411211517.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UY_oBJ2vj6Y/U0ihuHLKdkI/AAAAAAAAAok/ZmJKlYojrQo/s500/Photo%25252020140411211517.jpg" id="blogsy-1397268922754.1753" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="373" alt=""></a></div><p> This is better, without the fake dark background. I'm using bigger brush strokes and like the effect. </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35618083.post-45765431382235383432014-03-27T11:58:00.000-05:002014-04-11T21:03:18.256-05:00Another attempt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-z-z0BmRDZxg/U0ie4-0ac7I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/WHbyPXAPvgc/s1024/Photo%25252020140411210310.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-z-z0BmRDZxg/U0ie4-0ac7I/AAAAAAAAAoQ/WHbyPXAPvgc/s500/Photo%25252020140411210310.jpg" id="blogsy-1397268197609.4526" class="alignnone" width="500" height="377" alt=""></a></div> <p> <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Yeah! This isn't awful. I can't get the tape off without ripping or cutting. Luckily, it's cheap paper and an old set of pan paints, probably purchased before wal-mart even existed. I've sized a few of these, so will be using them up before I get to try staples and masking tape</span></p><p>It's an apple set up with a incandescent spotlight directly to its left. The shine looks good on camera, but actually lost a bit of paper when I scraped off the masking fluid.</p><p> Lessons learned:</p><p> 1. Don't use brown tape that requires extra work to remove. </p><p> 2. Let the paint dry completely before removing masking fluid. </p><p> 3. Don't have a dark background if unnecessary. </p><p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" alt="Posted with Blogsy" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" height="20" />Posted with Blogsy</a></div>Ann Sharkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597087654279352890noreply@blogger.com0