Landscape A Week – Week 6
Posted By Carrie L. Lewis on August 8, 2008
This is my Landscape A Week painting for the week of August 4.
I was reminded by the comments of a visitior at last week’s exhibit with the Delano Chamber Players that end of day scenes are bright and colorful and fun to paint.
So when I sat down to paint on Monday, a sunset was what I decided to paint.
This one is a 4×6 oil on Artfix unstretched Belgian linen canvas.
This canvas, which is a very nice weave and is oil primed, was a rather interesting thing to get used to painting on. It is not at all like painting on commercially prepared cotton duck canvas, even if that type of canvas is gessoed two or three more times, which was my practice.
Artfix is silky smooth, very sturdy and the oil priming is a joy — and a challenge! — to paint on. But, all challenges aside, I don’t think I would ever go back to cotton duck and I’m not so I would buy pre-stretched canvas any more. It’s a lot easier to stretch canvas the first time than it is to re-stretch a factory stretched canvas.
Other than two or three very small pieces, this is my last piece of Artfix.
Time to start scraping pennies together for another piece!
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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