PAULINE CHAPEL

oil on paper 7x10
Above is my entry for this month's A Day Not Wasted Painting Challenge,I had to struggle with the shades, but the  subject inerested me, I like the architecture..

Clarice Orsini?

oil on paper 10x7















There are several assumptions concerning the identity of this young woman (Simonetta Vespucci, Clarice Orsini, Fioretta Gorini etc.), but I am inclined to believe her to be Clarice Orsini. The picture was partly repainted,and  even the attribution to Botticcelli , in 1475,is disputed.
I enjoyed painting this portrait for its colours, ;it is a pity I was not brave enough to draw entirely her dress, which was elaborate and would have been an interesting challenge...Maybe it will be for another time

What about my new hairstyle?

oil on paper 7x10 in
It is my 2nd portrait for Following the Masters. This one is after Paolo Uccello, (1397-1475)“Portrait of a lady” , 1450.
I’ve had an interruption for more than a week with my Internet connection, which allowed me to try different new paintings.

Masaccio 1401-1429

oil on Canson paper 7x10In















This young man could have been Tommaso Masaccio himself; he died at a young age, 27.
He is considered a Quattrocento painter of the early Renaissance
Despite his brief career,he had a profound influence on other artists. He was one of the first to use scientific perspective in his painting, employing techniques such as vanishing point in art for the first time. He also moved away from the Gothic style and elaborate ornamentation of artists like Gentile da Fabriano to a more natural mode that employed perspective for greater realism.
This is the fist time I have painted with oils, I used to paint with water-mixable oil, or acrylic,and it is not the same thing at all!I  enjoyed so much playing with the colours !
I did this painting for the March challenge of Following the Masters

Before the storm

 oil on wood 9x5in

 

It was before the storm Xynthia, which blew in the night of last saturday.The little boat felt away.

It was the conjunction of a very strong tide and a heavy  wind (160km/h)which devastated especially the Vendee, 150 km further  on, where 50 poor people died at home, drawned.

We luckily were spared, having no water in our house, as some neighbours had.

The Beach Hat

oil on paper 6x10 In

 After Robert Henri , The Beach Hat.
It is my submission for Michelle Burnett’s Following the Masters challenge for february.

sunshine award

I have received the Sunshine award from Ann Rogers , thanks, Ann, I didn’t, I didn’t expect it!
The rules for accepting the award are:
Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
Pass the award onto 12 bloggers.
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Thank all of you who took a moment to look at my blog, leaving nice and constructive comments on my work.
Many of you have already received this award, so I pass the award to these 12 bloggers:
Liza Hirst
Kim Rempel
Lisa Daria
Heather Horton
Becky Drees
Laura Murphy Frankestone
Dean H.
Jen Smith
Sheila Vaughan
William Cook
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Millie

The 3 oranges

oil on board 10x12in (24x30cm)
This is my submission for the first  challenge of Rookiepainter, a new blog to which I send good luck wishes.
The striking photo featured  3 oranges- we were told we could make changes , so I added a jug
Strangely, I was unable to paint from the original photo and had to use real oranges and jug.
I failed to obtain the jug’s celadon hue, and a touch too much Prussian blue turned it blue-which I found I liked.I’ll probably change  the picture on the upper right side, but to what colour?

Corsica

oil on wood 8x9 in(19x22cm)
It is my 3rd contribution to the Virtual Paintout  for this month.
It is the path leading to Sainte Restitude’s beach , in the North of Corsica.
I’ve added this  hiker,to get the picture more lively.

le phare de Benedetto

Gouache sur papier 13x18cm
2ème peinture pour The Virtual Paintout.

THE SINGER II

A new attempt, in gouache.(6x8in)

LUMIO

Gouache on Jordan paper 6x8in 15X20cm

This little gouache was painted for The Virtual paintout; the subject this month is Corsica, an island I know quite well.
This village, situated in Balagne, between Calvi and l’Ile Rousse, towering above the whole bay of Calvi, was built in the XV th.C.
Sainte Marie baroque church, was built in 1800. It’s  36 meter steeple  was finished in 1880. There are several other similar ones in Balagne.

the singer

oil on paper 6x8
I tackled this portrait for several days.
Someone recently wrote John Sargent said that if we were aware of a mistake in the proportions, we ought to start from scratch.
I decided to do the opposite, and see what would happen, and learn.
The nose was hard to paint, I did not want to do it too big.But, after a change, it was too small, and the space between the nose and the mouth was too short..The eyes were too spread apart, so I had to narrow it.
Now, the skin tone is not good, so I have to improve it and so on.
Well, of course, it is better to be right from the departure, I would’t have wasted all this time, but I have learned from my mistakes.
And, it is not finish!

THE CLIFF

oil on Yupo, 6x8
in, 15x20cm
I painted this one yesterday, after Henri Edmond Cross, with his pointillist manner.
Yupo paper is quite new for me.
  I read about it last year. Apparently, it was an odd support: you could mix  water and dishwashing  liquid and get nice effects in  watercolour;
so, I bought it for gouache,but was not pleased with the result. I suppose I am not fond of impredicable things
This month, I tried again with oils, deciding to cover the surface with a layer of black acrylic,let it drying, and then paint.
it gives a smooth surface, easy to work with.; I will use it now, starting with small pieces (1/2 sheet, e.i. 6x7in).

DSFDF

oil on Yupo  6x8in 15x20cm
This is the portrait I’ve painted for DSFDFswap challenge.
The beginning was hard, I had as a support only a small picture.
After tries and tries, I reached a  point of reasonable satisfaction, and I am aware that I’ve learned a lot by persisting;; however I would have liked to improve it, to go on by looking for the very right expression.
But a few previous desatrous attempts taught me that it would be more prudent to  stop!So I did…