Oil Portrait on Canvas

 well actually a damaged canvas from the tip shop. it wasn't  torn when i bought it, just used.
 i started to paint a landscape, didn't like it , so scraped the paint off & when the canvas was dry i put a mauve wash over it.
i like the colour coming through the mauve & the textured parts where i used thicker paint with a palette knife.
there was a big wind here one day that blew the canvas to the ground & it hit something on the way down.

 tears from the back......& on the front above the eyes they look like cracks.

it has been awhile since i have painted a portrait so i have been practising

(raylee).

"The Red Chair"

re -using old canvas ......palette knife oil painting.
(raylee).

Portraits & The 5x5 Project

Have you had a look at thealteredpage?

Seth asked artists to participate in a 5x5 project, which i did.......you can see my contribution on his blog Sunday 18/11/2012.

this was a challenge for me as i am fairly new to mixed media art, also working so small & trying to put everything  i wanted to say into such a small space was a real test.

(raylee).

Colour - Red & Green

Hibiscus in my garden......
Oil on paper......on my wall......
Hibiscus cushion cover i made for someone, from a caftan from the op-shop.
(raylee)

More art from the past

The canvas i used for this painting was one that i had started to paint a male portrait on that just did not work.........so i scrubbed it off & painted a muddy brown over the whole canvas, & put it away.......i thought i should use the canvas for this painting , as i wanted a dark background , also i dont like to waste things....... about one third of the way in.....i had a freak out......it felt like i was painting someone else that looks a lot like the subject, (not the original male i was trying to paint) or the subject looks a lot like the other person.......anyway i had to stop for a while & then go back to it , as i kept going the real subject emerged..... & it does look like her.
So i have learnt to persevere even if it doesnt look right in the beginning.......but i have also learnt not to bang my head against the wall......if it gets to the stage where everything i try doesnt feel right , i let it go. .....no sense wasting time on something that i will not be happy with.....start something new & try again.

****** I would like to congratulate "everything cupcakes" for being nominated for a "style award" at the handmade markets in canberra last weekend 11/6/2011. check them out at - canberrahandmademarket.blogspot.com***** (raylee).

"The Painter "- mary st. brisbane (detail)

Advice to self......."To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong" - Joseph Chilton Pearce." You may have a fresh start any moment you choose" - Mary Pickford. (raylee).