Roses in a Mason Jar
Roses in a Mason Jar
9 x 12″, oil on linen
Just finishes this one, and boy that was fun. Lots of color, and the vase (jar) was really exciting to get all the colors and reflections.
New virtual workshops in May, including PEONIES! … Click here for details.
Painting Leaves
I love painting leaves. They look like dancers in a french movie about.. dance halls. They look like a flurry of hand gestures. They look like musical notes on a staff (thanks to my friend Kate for that one!). But they’re a challenge. I want them distinct yet not over-enunciated. I want there to be a clear falling off of light, even though each side of the leaf has difference characteristics with regard to reflection.
This is only my method, not necessarily endorsed by others. Though there is a holistic approach to modeling the underpainting and getting the drawing right, achieving the level of detail I want is going to involve some flat-out tinkering. Some people refer to it as “tickling” or “licking the canvas.” (Usually that’s offered as an insult.) But this is how I like it – detail, a feast for the eyes, rendered with fascination and affection.
If you want to learn with me, I have some workshops upcoming. Please check out the Teaching Page.
Working on Multiple Paintings At Once
Yesterday I posted the small apple painting I just finished, and today I’m working on the other two small apple paintings. Two at once. Both. At the same time.
Why? Well for a couple reasons… the paintings are all related to each other visually and working them simultaneously ensures that they have a coherent color harmony. That’s not to say they’re all the same colors – yesterday’s apple is slightly cooler and more somber, and that seemed fitting to me because its panel is square. The square orientation said “somber” to me. Today’s compositions both have more movement, more drive, and so the colors are slightly (truly, very slightly) more… bouncy.
I don’t usually use words like that, at least not out loud. Since I teach a lot, I try to avoid phrases and terms that are unnecessarily vague and attempt more clarity and precision. But in my own work, I indulge random emotional associations and an internal language of color that includes narrative and almost syneasthetic content.
Today I’ll work the backgrounds and leaves, and tomorrow the fruits and foreground. Without being too homogeneous in my mixes, I’m trying to ensure the paintings “bounce” together. I’ll mix for them together, apply together, and compare them side by side as we go forward. That means “windowshading” more than I usually would (attacking the panel section by section), but I think the result will be pretty ok.
Onward apples!
Apple on the Bough 1
Apple on the Bough, 8 x 8 on linen by Lisa Gloria
Fresh off the easel, I just finished this small work of an apple on the bough. I have a couple more small apple bough paintings in progress, getting ready for the small works season!
Not a great picture but I wanted to share before I got it varnished! 🙂 8 x 8″, oil on linen on panel.
Self Portrait – please vote for me
This is my submission for the SelfPortrait contest held by Jerry’s Artarama, please “like” it to vote for me! Thanks so much!
Watercolor and charcoal, 18 x 24″ on Arches Watercolor paper
Peaches and Silver
PEACHES AND SILVER
Oil on Linen, 16 x 10″
SOLD
The challenge with this painting was to balance the soft peach texture against the hard metal, the warm colors against the neutrals, and the lights against the darks. It was an exciting mental puzzle.
New Painting Demo Video on Youtube – Two Pears
There’s a new time-lapse video on Youtube of the painting of these alla prima pears now. Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3caby0yCIs
Two Pears
Two pears, 5 x 5, oil on wood by Lisa Gloria
Two Pears, Oil on wood, 5 x 5″ Click here to purchase
I recorded this painting for a new video. It should be out soon! I’m working on it now. You can see the palette most of the time through the painting, with closeups at the end for the finish.
Peonies in Silver
Peonies in Silver, oil on linen, 9 x 12
For mother’s day, I decided to release this as a print and make a special offer, just $19. It will ship in time for Mother’s day even if you have to ship it to someone else. 🙂 Click here to purchase.
For more prints…. http://lisagloria.com/prints
Violin Study
Violin Study, Oil on wood, 8 x 4″ Click here to purchase
I enjoy doing studies for commissions. Even though it adds many steps, it really improves my fluency with the final painting. The commission will be 12 x 18″. The violin has a certain patina, so much fun to paint.
Oil Painting Demo – Tangerine and Bowl
38 minute video now available
I just finished the video for the tangerine and bowl painting. It is available on my main website by clicking here.
The resolution is 760 x 480 and the video is 38 minutes long. This video covers:
Palette pigments and layout
Drawing the composition
Laying in the composition
Refining the painting for details
Correcting and addressing errors
Creating interest in a small painting
And much more
…and the download is yours to keep. $6. Please click here. To be notified of new releases, please sign up for the video newsletter here.
Tangerine and Bowl
Tangerine and Bowl, 6 x 6 Oil on Wood
We finally got some snow! Sledded for a day and… I’m over it. There better be some flowers under the snow or I will be forced to buy houseplants.
This painting is part of my bid for cheer and delight in my life. It’s 6 x 6″, oil on wood and was painted alla prima. I will release the HD video demonstration next week (as soon as the voiceover work is done). It is available, please email me to inquire about pricing.
UPDATE: SOLD!
Also available, a downloadable video demonstration of painting the nude figure alla prima in oil on panel. This video is 17 minutes long, 640 x 480 resolution, and the download is yours to keep. $6. Please click here.
Oil Painting Demo – Figure Painting
17 minute figure painting demo
Now available, a downloadable video demonstration of painting the nude figure alla prima in oil on panel. The video goes from start to finish, with onscreen notes regarding palette and technique. Click here to view the original painting on my main website.
YouTube banned my original video, so I tripled the time and added technical notes. So there! 🙂 ‘ll be releasing new videos very soon, some in HD and with more instruction and step-by-step tips and techniques. I take requests too. Comment if you want a particular topic covered!
This video is 17 minutes long, 640 x 480 resolution, and the download is yours to keep. $6. Please click here.
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