Fast and Loose or Tight and Detailed? Maybe I'm somewhere in between.

Learning to paint quickly has become more difficult all of a sudden. I'm finding myself falling back into that "refining" mode. You know, painting, repainting and then putting way too much time and too much detail for this daily painting challenge. I'm sure it has something to do with control and perfection...we'll leave that to a professional :-}

 Here is the latest attempt. I just couldn't let it go! It still looks somewhat loose, but it took way to long to get there. Bear with me, I will get that fast and loose thing going again soon! Don't get me wrong, I like detail....love detail...lots of detail, but painting quickly is what I need to learn, to be able to let it go and actually finish and sign something. "Let go and Let God" is what I am being reminded of. Give it to the greatest psychiatrist!  I need that reminder everyday.




#8-" Does this make me look fat?"
8 x 8 Oil
 March 24, 25, 26, April 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 :-{


 

 Here are a couple of examples of my larger, more "detailed" work.

"A Child's Prayer"
20 x 24
 Oil on canvas

"Baby Toes"
16 x 20
 Oil on canvas

Happy April...Happy Spring!!

Love this weather!
Back from Seattle ready to pick up my paint brush again!
My challenge on this painting was the colored glass. Could I paint something so transparent?
Why did it seem like it would be so hard?
Turns out, shapes and color is all it is....just like everything else.
Do you think I pulled it off?


"Complimentary apples"
#7-March 2015

Green Apple Mood.....

My husband built me a still life stage! I'm in a green apple painting mood these days....at least that's all I could find in the fridge! You can read anything you'd like into that.

"A Fork in the road"
#4-March 2015

"Time's up you two, it's our turn!"
#6-March 2015

Still "March"ing on....

#3- Apples in Waiting - March 2015

And so it begins...

Hi, my name is Vicky Saylor and this is my art blog.

I’m a painter,

I’m not really a “blog” person, but thought I would give this a try after reading a book called Daily Painting by Carol Marine. A great book for all of you artists out there. Pretty much a challenge to paint daily, finish a painting in a short amount of time, sign and post it. I like a challenge, but more than that, I needed a way to be able to allow myself to actually finish and sign a painting without stressing about all the mistakes I had made. A way to give myself some grace and learn to paint better in the process. Voila, I believe it is working…well, most days anyway. What do you think?

#1-Eggplant and Spice  - February 2015



#2 -Orange Pepper and Spice - March 2015