My friend, M. ( the same person as from my previous posts) has been taking some online workshops, and mentioned this to me. After a while my curiosity after seeing the results of M. and others, got me out of my comfort zone of familiar working practices just long enough to try one of the workshops. It was interesting and challenging, as it was supposed to be a purely abstract workshop (though students were asked to draw in some figurative sections). The course is by Judy Woods Art. Here are the results of my efforts…
I was working much quicker and more spontaneously that I would normally do (as I’d be working from a sketch).
You will probably notice the landscape reference in two of these paintings, from my sketches of Barranco do Pisoes. Number two painting is also landscape based, from my drawing of rocks in the stream. It was an interesting foray into exploring landscape painting using abstraction. I am curious to extend this into further work. I´ll let you know how it goes!
Meanwhile, I decided it was time for an up to date painting of the Caldas de Monchique. Views around here change over time as the trees grow or get cut down. I made the sketch just up the road from the entrance, where I climbed a low-ish wall into the shrubbery.
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with best wishes,
Liz
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Rooftops over Peso
… on a misty autumn day My latest painting, just completed, is from a sketch of two years ago (at the end of September ). It’s a familiar view on my regular journeys into Monchique. I always find the view across these hills awe-inspiring. Finally, I got the wrappings off a new canvas (and IContinue…
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Monchique Street (large version)
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Small watercolours series
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Monchique Street… latest painting
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Summer landscape
Rua Viador, Monchique My latest painting. I sketched it directly onto the canvas, partly to cut out the stage of sketching in my sketch book and transferring the drawing onto canvas. It’s a view which I have painted a few times before, and each time the landscape has differences… the trees have grown and theContinue…
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Two chairs looking out to sea, Alvor
Hi everyone, I’m pleased to let you know that finally the painting of the two chairs is finished. It turned out to be quite challenging, as the proportions were harder to translate from my drawing to work on the larger scale. I like looking at paintings of water, though not necessarily of the sea. IContinue…
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