Linda Hunt

The painting above and newly listed are painted with Finetec watercolors.  The paper used is a black watercolor paper and because the paint is shimmery there is a beautiful low shimmer to all of the paint.  It is lovely and I am wholly captivated by it.  The paint is a formation of mica which is ground to a very fine powder which is then mixed with pigment and the binder is gum arabic.  It is a very simple mixture and in its' simplicity is very elegant.  There is a limited palette of colors but enough to produce a wide avariance of colorful paintings.  Above in the title the title of each piece is listed in the decending order.  All paintings are for sale on my website..... www.lindahuntfineart.com

This is a big of a redo to tighten up the composition and rework the painting.  I love it now.  It is oil on canvas and can be found for sale at www.lindahuntfineart.com

I revisited this painting and now I love it.....12"x12" on board.....oil

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Michael's had a really fabulous sale on all Spring and Summer flowers and I bought these red peonies.  LOVE them and they were so much fun to paint.  I am working very hard on the compositions in my paintings.  To begin with I section off the canvas into 3rds length and width.  I focus on finding where I want to find the focal point and try to place it in the sweet spot. this is one of the intersections of the length and width lines.  Do you follow me?  It resembles a tic tak toe board.  The I find my darkest darks and two more values including white.  I then lay in the darkest values and then the middle values. I end by putting in my lightest lights.  At this point there is quite a bit of refining that takes place.  I work hard to use a very limited palette and find a nice harmony between all of the colors.  It is a felt thing at this point to decide when the painting is done. The future belongs to those who believe in the b...

Awww the tulips were in the grocery store ad I couldn't resist.  I bought the creamiest ones I could find........12"x 12"......canvas.....oil..... www.lindahuntfineart.com ...........I am reminded over and over again just how important the initial layout of a painting is.  Accurate, yet loose drawing in the beginning and then establishing your pattern of values.  I have been using Vermilion and Alizarin Crimson to to the drawing and light washes of values.  I like this because the color is easily absorbed into the painting.  I purposefully kept the color range narrow.  It is funny where one finds inspiration for a color scheme.  I took it from the cover of the latest Living Magazine.  It worked beautifully. Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Rumi

12"x 12".....oil.....canvas.....painted from life.  The Asters were grown in my garden.....I am concentrating on my compositions and feel that they are tighter and more interesting.  I divide the canvas into thirds and find the 'sweet spot' in one of the intersections of the lines as they intersect.  This assures that the composition is not right in the center of the canvas and is more interesting and better aligned.......I also do a very simple yet accurate drawing of the general layout and then find the dark, medium , and light value structure.  With this painting I laid in the dark values first and then the secondary values and the light values are the last ones to place.  I stretch the values to create a nice tension. “I Think Goals Should Never Be Easy, They Should Force You To Work, Even If They Are Uncomfortable At The Time.” – Michael Phelp

Procreate painting....this image can be sold in print form through my Etsy shop.... www.lindahunt.etsy.com

I love the app Procreate and am learning many wonderful things.

Almost lost the value structure.....whew....I really had to work with this one...I like it though....

Reworked this painting and am greatly pleased with the result.When do you know when a painting is done.  I used to have an instructor in school that said "when a painting breathes on its own...you know the painting is done."  I think you can just feel it when it is complete........... The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller

New work.......

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Moliere 

Moving right along....still had to do this one twice.....I must remember that a light touch is required and not to draw the image in first....no, no , no....it is important to make marks spontaneously as you see each value and contour line.  I am looking at the drawing of Sargeant.....good place to start? “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Chinese Proverb

I had fun with this painting today....still trying out the water soluble oil paints...not sure how I feel about them....clean up is easy though!

This was very difficult to do.............I followed the Perrin Method and was able to lay down my value structure.