Showing posts with label studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studio. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

White Walls

So I've decided to give my home studio a make over. It's been a long time coming. Now that I'm back working in the upstairs spare bedroom, it's time to make it feel less like a beige box and more like the inspiring creative space that I need it to be.

I'm starting primarily with the walls.
White, blank walls.
Seems weird that this is the first time in my life that I've ever painted an entire room completely white (or even just a wall for that matter). My room in high school was four different shades of blue!
But I really want the contents of the room, that is, my work, to really shine. And for that I need a blank background. The color will come from my paintings as I fill the space and I can't have any reflected color from the walls interfering with my painting/mixing.

Even though it is a lot of work, I'm starting to get excited about revitalizing this place I'm in now. Something about being intentional with the room, carving out a new place for my work and really allowing myself to be surrounded with only things that will enhance creativity. Instead of it being a catch-all for the random stuff we don't know what to do with. I have a feeling I'll be doing some de-cluttering in the process. The prospect of making this room fit MY purpose feels really good. It's crazy that it's taken me over 10 months for this to occur to me. I can't wait to finish painting and work on rearranging everything to make it all more functional (and possibly adding some shelves??). It doesn't have to be a huge space I've just gotta make it work.

I have a lot of goals this year and it's time to get things rolling in the right direction.


If anyone has any small space saving tips I'm all ears!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Work in Progress

Seeing as how I haven't updated in a while I'd thought I'd post some work in progress pictures on one of my latest watercolor paintings. Kind of an evolution of a painting and the process.

This was the original reference photo I took at an antique fair. I did a little rearranging with my drawing to find a composition that I was happy with.
Initial drawing

First wash

Adding some color

Finishing touches

The final piece! "Vintage Bottles"

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Around the Studio

Just thought I'd share something new I'm starting in acrylics. It's a nice change from my normal watercolors.
This is a fountain I saw on my trip to Rome a couple of years ago. I've been meaning to start a painting of it and just recently came across the photo I took of it and was inspired. Here's also a look into my studio space. 
My oil paints
Acrylics. Running low....


Some finished pieces

My art book collection. Definitely could add alot more to it.