Carrie L. Lewis | August 23, 2010
Alas, I have no new ACEOs this week. A project with a short deadline began on Monday and although it is advancing beyond my wildest imagination, it is taking up most of my studio time.
So I’m going to share the work of a fellow artist from right here in Newton, Kansas.
A scrap-booker by trade, Melody [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | August 16, 2010
Grass Study
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Colored Pencil on
Rising Stonehenge 90 lb. Paper
Pearl
ACEO work for the week of August 9 was limited to two pieces, both of which were a combination of experimentation, stroke practice and idle entertainment.
Grass Study (right) and Mane Study (below) are the result of finishing a major project during class and having nothing [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | August 9, 2010
Spring in Oils
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Oil Painting on
Uart 800 Grit Sand Paper
Two weeks ago, I tried Uart Sanded Pastel Paper with colored pencils and was only mildly pleased with the results.
Last week, I tried it with oils, just to see what happened. Because I had cards cut, I further decided to make my test painting [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | August 2, 2010
Spring
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Colored Pencil Painting on
Uart 800 Grit Sand Paper
This is the only ACEO to be finished the week of July 26, but I had good reasons and they included two finished paintings in the same week. One large colored pencil piece and one small format oil. More on both later on.
This ACEO is [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 26, 2010
Blue Sky & Water
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Oil Painting on
Gessoed 300 lb watercolor paper
Only one original ACEO was completed this week and it took my two sessions to do it!
Part of the reason was the beginning to two new projects, one paid and one in memorial. Those two things, surface prep and working on other paintings [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 19, 2010
Winter Stream
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Colored Pencil on
White Paper
The week of July 12 was a slow week for art. I did work in the studio, but for the first day or two, most of the effort was geared toward sanding and scraping a used panel. That effort was ultimately in vain because I ended up trashing [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 12, 2010
Desert Mountain I
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Colored Pencil on
Gilbert Neutech PS
160 lb. Paper, Pure White
Four new ACEO landscape paintings were added to the 2010 collection the week beginning July 5.
Two of them are colored pencil and are part of a two-painting set I’ve been working on periodically for a month.
Desert Mountain I and II began life [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | July 5, 2010
Autumn
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Oil on
Gessoed 300 lb. Watercolor Paper
Portrait work and other painting work this week took up most of my studio time this past week, but the ACEOs I painted turned out very well.
Autumn, show above, and Winter Approaching, below, are based on the same photograph. The photograph, which was taken years ago in [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | June 28, 2010
Eye & Mane II
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Colored Pencil on
Pearl Gray 90 lb. Rising Stonehenge Paper
Last week was a slow week for ACEOs. In fact, I spent so much time on other projects that I finished only one.
Eye & Mane II, shown here, was completed in one session during the week’s colored pencil class.
It began life [...]
Carrie L. Lewis | June 28, 2010
Flint Hills Thunderheads
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Oil on 300 lb Watercolor Paper
I am a self-taught artist for the most part. Lots of trial and error in the past forty years! Formal art training consists of a couple of years of high school art, a painting class at a community college, one semester in the Fine Arts program at Abilene Christian University and a couple of local workshops.
I am always looking for ways to better my artistic skills, so I am a permanent student in the School of Trial and Error. I love reading and have been known to spend hours online researching materials and techniques. As a result, I've painted in several different styles, including the direct method (which goes straight for the color) and Classical methods (which involves underpaintings, layering and glazing).
I have exhibited paintings in locations such as Lone Star Park Race Track, Grand Prairie, Texas and Remington Park Race Track, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since the early 90s, I've worked with the Michigan Harness Horseman's Association, donating custom portraits to their annual benefit auction.
In the course of maintaining a growing art business, I have taught myself web design (a skill that will no doubt prove to be a continual learning experience).
I also enjoy puttering around the yard, chasing trains with my husband, Neal, travel and, of course, looking at horses whenever they appear on my horizon.
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