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End of Tulip Season
February 18, 2009
Finished today: added some life to End of Tulip Season, 14H x 11W oil pastels on paper.
Images of progress
Except for the fact that paper has a limit to how much it can be reworked before it starts stretching, I could keep revising these drawings in the Paper Places series continually! Some of them are finished in a day, and truly finished. Some drawings seem OK when they are finished, but have areas that are not quite there yet, so they are left for a month or a year or two then taken out and reworked. It’s great exercise playing with color and composition. Some are taken too far, but with regard to learning, effort is never wasted. Change characterizes this series too; change of place, change of time, change of styles, changing what’s already been changed.
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February 20th, 2009 at 11:06
I feel the Van Gogh…
February 20th, 2009 at 11:06
Hi Karen..feeling the Spring vibes..
February 21st, 2009 at 11:06
I WISH I was feeling spring vibes! 8 inches of snow today- thanks for the reminder about tulips!
I love the circular interest. All sorts of possible symbolism and a beautiful touch!
February 24th, 2009 at 11:06
Hi V, that’s what I like about oil pastels – if you’re having a grey day (or too many white days!), splash some color around on paper or any surface, and they will certainly brighten it – don’t worry about results, that’s key to the joy of it all!