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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Thanks for reading, and until next time,
with best wishes,
Liz
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Full moon over Peso
Welcome to my latest painting. A scene set at night, though well-lit by the silvery light of the full moon. The tree in the foreground is the Cork Oak (the tree from which Portugal´s cork is harvested) and I find it´s always an interesting subject to study due to its often contorted shape and theContinue reading “Full moon over Peso”
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New watercolour paintings
Over the past month or so, I´ve been busy with a new series of watercolour paintings. An interesting discovery is that the rough paper I´ve used for most of these gives a softer look to the colours. I feel that watercolour shows its features best on rough textured or slightly rough paper, but I likeContinue reading “New watercolour paintings”
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Caldas de Monchique – revisited and an online mixed media workshop
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 theContinue reading “Caldas de Monchique – revisited and an online mixed media workshop”
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A beginning artist questions me about my journey as an artist (part II)
M: I’ve had a few scraps of paper that have been following me around over the past couple of days. Some of the questions are more about you than your art practice per se, but it seems a nice way for folk to get to know a bit more about Liz Allen, Artist. Did youContinue reading “A beginning artist questions me about my journey as an artist (part II)”
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Painting(s) for an exhibition
“Artists for Hope” (a collective exhibition by the Algarve Artists Network)Faro Museum, 11 June – 28 August (Algarve, Portugal) All artists are showing two paintings each, and my second painting is almost finished. Exhibition theme: As the world keeps on turning life goes on, despite all our recent challenges as a global community on thisContinue reading “Painting(s) for an exhibition”
Paintings by Liz Allen 
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