Riverside Landscape

 I started this painting a year or so ago... and I wasn't happy with the outcome.  It took awhile.  I needed to sit with it - look at it - decide what it needed and what wasn't working about it.  I adjusted some things:  color temperature to get to a better place of color harmony.  Some values needed to be adjusted. And a few compositional changes needed to be made, which allowed me to add some textures especially in the foreground.   

Reworking a painting can be a daunting task.  But I think the outcome was worth the effort.  Shown below in it's frame. 

 

Riverside Landscape
16x20" oil on canvas  

To find out the details about this painting, click here.

Below, a room view of this painting!

Mid-Winter Recharge!

 

Mid-winter blahs? 
It's time to recharge your creative energy and refuel your motivation! 

I'd love to send you my free download, Four Tips to Refuel Your Creative Motivation.  As an artist we all need to recharge from time to time.  These 4 tips are easy to start right away. 

Download it here.  

And send it on to someone you know! 

 

How to Upgrade an Inexpensive Canvas

Lately I've been recording some studio tips for artists. 
This is one that will be helpful to painters! 

 

This quick studio tip will be helpful, particularly if you love to paint. I've made canvases and bought them - paid little and a lot for them. And the quality can be quite varied. If you've ever been disappointed with the quality of a canvas, this short video can help!

You'll need a canvas, gesso (liquitex makes the gesso you'll see in the video), a hardware store paint brush, and a softer brush that is not a bristle brush (available in art supply stores), medium sand paper and fine steel wool.  The process is not too lengthy, and you'll be happy with a much smoother surface on which to
paint.

Click here to watch the short video

 

To see other tips and artistic techniques visit my website:  HelenCReadArt.com

Tiny Painting Give Away coming in February!

 

Canna Bouquet -   3x3" oil painting

This little painting, quite impressionistic in style, will be given away in February!
I haven't had an art drawing in awhile ~ so it's a bit overdue! 

How could you be a winner? 

It's easy!  You'll get instructions in my February Newsletter. 
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But you will get a once-a-month friendly note with lots of artistic photos - and
I include more!  Contests, free downloads, discounts on original art, and other surprises! 
It's a great way to stay in touch... without the overwhelm!  

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