Linda Hunt

I am going through a file of pictures that I have been wanting to paint and now I am gaining confidence that I can do them justice.  I have finally had someone teach me how to layout a painting in incremental steps that make huge sense.  I love it!!  One of the things that I have found out is to spread a very thin coat of linseed oil on the canvas or board or for that matter paper in the beginning.  This allows the paint to move easily on the surface.  I am also learning more about grays and how to bend the color as Lori Putnam explains in her DVD.  The information in both of these courses together provide great clarity.

I am learning how to use paint.net and hope that I am understanding...anyway this is an painting that I painted today....love what I am learning!!  I also bought bristle brushes which make a big difference in how the paint handles.  There are places and reasons to use synthetic brushes...they make a very chiseled application of paint whereas a bristle brush is soft and gives a soft diffused edge.

I am pleased with this and the way that it turned out.  I bought a new DVD and man is it good....I will post a little more about this in a couple of hours.

I have been wanting to paint this image for a long time....bringing to where I wanted it was tough.  I will photograph again because the sun was too bright and there is glare on the paint.  The colors are richer than depicted here.

My computer is home and I will be posting new work in a couple of days.......YAY......

My computer has been repaired and is on its' way home.  Hopefully they have fixed the problem......so I will be back in business...thank you for being patient with me.

I am really am disappointed....my computer is sent off for repair.....no new posts for up to 3 weeks.....so sorry.   Darn....I will use the time to produce paintings...

I worked a little too hard on this piece and kind of lost it....it was a good learning experiment and I like it as an abstract.  When I ordered some jewelry findings from the UK the artist mailed some delicious candies and I painted them.  Like I said it is quite abstract.  I may go into it at a later date for now it rests.

I love the look, feel, taste and smell of candy orange slices....I love them so much that I ate every bag that I brought into my studio until I decided that to stop this behavior I would spray the inside of the candy bag with varnish......well, these will remain forever untouched.  I am charting a new course with this full month of paintings.  I am going to play with the color and application of paint to satisfy my own inner rhythm....the color is a bit dull because I photographed in my studio under halogen lighting after daylight had long since disappeared.  Tomorrow I will photograph again and post.  I also made a slight change that I like much better.  I just photographed and the colors are correct now.