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Saturday Painting Palooza Vol. 161-Vacation Edition

by boran2
Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 12:22:42 AM EST

Welcome back.

This week we will be taking a one week vacation from the Victorian house in Cape May, New Jersey.

I recently had the opportunity to take some vacation time with my family. As I've done for the past 4 years, I carried a small blank canvas (5 inches by 4 inches) on the plane along with a single medium-sized brush and a small paint tray for mixing colors. Unfortunately, tubes of paint would not make it through the scrutiny of the wizards occupying the TSA checkpoints. I had to buy these once out west.

As I would be discarding the paints at the end of the trip, I usually buy liquid craft store acrylics. The results that I have had with these has actually been better than one might expect. A similar container is seen directly below.

This year we were fortunate enough to spend a couple of days at Bryce Canyon, Utah. My photo directly below is not truly representative of the beauty and colors of the canyon. It was here, surrounded by the rocks of Bryce Canyon, that I began my painting. The result is seen in the second photo directly below.

Most of it was done in a couple of hours one afternoon, with a few adjustments afterward. The sky in the actual painting is a bit more intense than in my photo. I had difficulty getting a good photo of this canvas as the final glaze made for a wicked little reflection.

That's about it for now. I'll see you next week with more progress on the Victorian House. As always, feel free to add photos of your own work in the comments section below.

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol. 161-Vacation Edition | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol. 161 (4.00 / 5)

Paint me a picture of your thoughts.

Fear will keep the local systems in line. -Grand Moff Tarkin -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 12:23:20 AM EST

Re: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol. 161 (4.00 / 3)

'Have talent, will travel'.

You're the man! :o)

You're the mobile Monet,
the vacationing Van Gogh,
the day tripping Da Vinci,
the pavement pounding Picasso,
and the wandering Warhol! :o)

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 03:08:53 PM EST
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Re: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol. 161 (4.00 / 3)

Thanks, super! It must be getting late, I read this as the traveling walnut. Once again, the traveling walnut says thanks!

Fear will keep the local systems in line. -Grand Moff Tarkin -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 08:28:01 PM EST
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Alligator - Everglades (4.00 / 5)

Here's something a little different than landscapes.

Getting too close

Don't tread on me

by BobX on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 10:11:20 AM EST

Re: Alligator - Everglades (4.00 / 5)

I hope that you didn't get too close!

Fear will keep the local systems in line. -Grand Moff Tarkin -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 10:16:45 AM EST
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Re: Alligator - Everglades (4.00 / 5)

He or she was about five or six feet down an embankment. It really was closer than I should have been.

Don't tread on me

by BobX on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 10:24:59 AM EST
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Re: Alligator - Everglades (4.00 / 5)

Looks like some luggage I have. (not)
Cool shot.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by KNUCKLEHEAD on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 12:52:51 AM EST
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That is lovely (4.00 / 5)

And so impressive that you did it in a couple of hours. :)

Love how you've captured the colour of the rocks in your painting.

parvum opus

by olivia on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 07:09:23 PM EST

Re: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol. 161-Vacation Ed (4.00 / 5)

Boran2
Very impressive especially for the short time frame, & the "wizards" induced tools & materials.
The hardest thing , I would think, would be keeping the serpentine formations in scale & perspective.
Do you remember Jon Nagy?

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by KNUCKLEHEAD on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 12:57:00 AM EST

Re: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol. 161-Vacation Ed (4.00 / 3)

Thanks KNUCKLEHEAD! Don't think me silly if I say that I don't remenber him.

Fear will keep the local systems in line. -Grand Moff Tarkin -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 08:29:31 PM EST
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Re: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol. 161-Vacation Ed (none / 1)

"He inspired and thank to re-runs and such things still inspiring people all over the world to open themselves up to the wonderful world of art and self expression. In my own family he brought my brother and my son to the realization that they had a wonderful hidden talent. Do i remember him yes, with a truly happy heart."
This is a comment I saw while searching Jon Nagy.
If you don`t know of him nor ever heard of him, he had an art show on TV when it was only black & white.
I imagine I use to watch him in the late fifties maybe.
I use to do all his exercises on perspective, vanishing points, textures etc.
from a book I had on his lessons.
I probably should have asked if you had ever heard of him, but my question while meaning exactly that, might have come off as, me knowing you knew him but do you remember knowing him or about him.
But I would not think anyone silly, for not knowing who he was, nor for forgetting him if they`d known him in the past.
Now that last set of paragraphs is what silly is.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by KNUCKLEHEAD on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 02:47:58 AM EST
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-Vacation Edition (4.00 / 3)

I found a couple of pictures of two boats that I was flown to a Michigan race boat factory to paint. The quality of the images is bad because they're digital captures of film prints. Also, neither boat was completed and I haven't found those pictures yet. Even still, you get the idea.

The "Color Me Bad" boat is just about the least favorite customer design I've ever done. It looks like a rooster to me, or a box of corn flakes cereal! I came to call it, "Color Me Badly"! :o)

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 03:18:57 PM EST

Re: -Vacation Edition (4.00 / 3)

Whaddaya know?! :o)
I did a quick Google search and found these watermarked pics. In the second one you can see the rooster boat across the canal from the Rudden boat. Both were at a race.

Green Grass and High Tides Forever

by supersoling (colorsplash62@optonline.net) on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 03:42:44 PM EST
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Re: -Vacation Edition (4.00 / 3)

Keep them coming! I love seeing these photos.

Fear will keep the local systems in line. -Grand Moff Tarkin -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 08:30:15 PM EST
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