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Well, my latest painting took a nose dive off a Blue Ridge cliff. After all I wrote about how well it was going it decided to turn into an arm wrestling painting. Oh well. This happens and when it does I always repeat the following.
Paintings will drive you crazy if you let them. Don't let them drive you crazy. I never do. At least I think I am sane.
I have been to this point before and scrap the approach I was using, try something else and usually it turns out great and I have no idea how I got to the end.
I know that sounds strange but it is not strange to another painter. They know what I am talking about unless they have a formula they follow with every painting which would be so boring to me that I would quit painting. I have known a few painters that do that, but not many.
Most painters sort of know what they are doing but not really and every painting is a learning experience.
I will get in there tomorrow and fight the colorful fight. Cheers!
Morning Color Dance Original 24" x 18" Oil Pastel painting $864
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Autumn Beauty from Sharp Top Original 20" x 16" Acrylic painting $660
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Now that Clyde and I share the dishes 50-50 I like to tease him sometimes. Yesterday the kitchen looked so good after he finished that I asked him if he had help.
Oh yeah. Some guy came in here and did them for me.
Did he leave a bill?
No, he just did the dishes and walked out.
I wish he would do that for me. I am going to have to include this in my blog.
Argh!! I am going to just stop talking.
Now you know you will never do that. You told me once the name Clyde means heard from afar and you are right here with all your pearls of wisdom.
And again, arghhhh!!!!
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
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Rose Bouquet Original 21"x 9" Oil Pastel Painting $2430
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Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Marsh View at Pawleys Island Original Original 60" x 42" Oil painting $4920
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
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I had a lot of success with my new painting of a Wintergreen sunset yesterday and decided I should put it in my Stages of my Artwork collection. I am intending to completely cover it with another layer that will look very much like it does now but with even more complicated systems of color and texture.
I have learned so much about the technique that is the best approach for my expressions but I keep changing with every painting and there is something quite different about the color interaction in the mountains this time.
I have always found that constant flucuation of warm and cool colors in the Blue Ridge ranges to be especially difficult so I am very excited that it is working out better than ever this time and I don't want to lose what I have right now so the file will be preserved.
Looking forward to the next session!
Check it out below!
Wintergreen Stage Two Original 24" x 18" Oil Painting NFS
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Evening Glow Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Life with The Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Now that Clyde has retired from Tech he is great about helping me with the housework. He is also trying to straighten up his mountains of research in our computer room that actually has a bed for a guest but can't be used without an overhaul of all the stuff that is on it and under it. Oh well, he keeps at it.
Anyway, we share the dishes. We take turns doing the lunch and supper detail. On Sunday we eat out. Last Sunday I decided to do the lunch dishes which includes dishes from breakfast and snacks. We are probably the biggest snackers on the planet.
I told him I would do the lunch dishes and he would do the supper dishes and, as God is my witness, there will be supper dishes. It doesn't matter whether or not we cook, they still breed like rabbits.
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Ranges near Arnold Valley Original 40"x 30" Oil Painting $2430
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Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS
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If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! Here is another popular Roanoke painting ! The link is to this item on plates!
Roanoke Sparkle Original Acrylic painting SOLD
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
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It certainly has been cloudy lately. I don't mind overcast weather but I would like to see the sun soon. It always amazes me that when I have a patron coming over for a studio visit it is almost always cloudy. We have an active solar house and it is a dark house on one side and bright on the other.
A lot of my artwork is on display in the dark side of the house, not just the studio. I turn on a lot of lights but the natural light coming in through the windows looks the best.
Anyway, I have finally started my Wintergreen sunset painting! It is great to back to oil paint but I think I will be ordering some very expensive colors soon. It would be great if professional oil paint was the same price as house paint. I knew an artist that painted very large works and he would use house paint. I can understand that! The colors are way too flat for me and I want my work to last forever so I use Gamblin and Utrect.
I mostly use the more expensive brand which is Gamblin but I don't like Gamblin Cerulean Blue so I order that color from Utrecht. I also don't use earth colors which are less expensive. I have a colorist palette so I order expensive blues, greens, yellows, reds, and purples. I can get any kind of earth color from those colors and I think the effect is more vibrant. Right now, Cadmium Red is $66 for a large tube. I always buy large tubes. The small ones don't last long at all.
Okay. Enough shop talk! Time to paint. I hope everyone has a great day!
Church Snow Scene Original 16" x 12" Oil Painting $384
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Farm Near Fancy Gap Original 40" x 30" Oil painting $2430
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Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Clyde and I are having more trouble finding things than usual. I usually get very aggravated and start cussing like a sailor. Clyde just keeps trying to find whatever it is we can't locate.
Anyway I told Clyde the first nine chapters of The Marriage book are "Where is it?"
Chapter 10 is "I don't know".
You got that right Hubby!
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
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Wildflower Mist Original 10"x8" Oil Painting $168
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Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS
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If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! Here is another popular Shore painting ! The link is to this item on a clock!
Beach Beauty Original Acrylic painting NFS
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Blue Ridge Parkway Artist
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I am pleased that I managed another Skyline Beauty painting of Austin Texas! Now I will have five for an Etsy listing. This time I decided to use soft pastel colors. I am getting a lot of compliments on my expressive skylines so I thought it would be a nice change of pace to use a different palette. I am very pleased with the results.
My first medium was soft pastels and I know how to mimic that look with paint. Be sure to check it out!
I am looking forward to the patron that commissioned me to restore some glass paintings. He is also considering a lake commission and will be purchasing The Lodge at The Peaks of Otter. He has a print but he wants to get the original and give the print to a friend.
Austin Blue Stage One Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting NFS
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Austin Blue Original 12" x 9" Acrylic Painting $246
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Memphis Green Original 12" x 9" Acrylic painting $246
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Life with the Word and Bird Man - Clyde Kessler
Well, I got my new phone. I stared at that box for a few days and then was notified I should set it up. I can't believe how much trouble I have with this sort of thing. The last time the operator had to admit something was actually wrong with the phone and we had to send it back and get another one.
I told Clyde if you hear me crying it is because I finally opened the box. He said if I hear you laughing I will know you chucked it out the window. As it turned out we spent an hour and a half trying to get it set up with an operator.
After forty five minutes he assured me the minutes had been transferred to my new phone. I tried to make a call and was informed by the phone there would be charges. So we started over with another operator, this time on a chat. Finally I can use the phone.
Now I just need help getting all the stuff from my old phone transferred to the new one. We will call a friend that is much younger than us to help. He is not from India. We can easily understand him. Yikes!
Towhee Hill Studio on Etsy
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Across the Marsh at Pawleys Island Original 40"x30" Oil Painting $2480
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Please check out Clyde's book!
The book can be purchased on Amazon! Here is the link!
Fiddling at Midnight's Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS
Prints on Paper, Canvas, Metal, and Greeting Cards Available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
If you like my work but don't have any more room on your walls be sure to check out my paintings on just about anything on my website or Zazzle! Here is another popular Skyline painting ! The link is to this item on a notebook!
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Special Promotion of this popular Mabry Mill painting Ends on Tuesday!
Mabry Mill Original 20" x 16" Oil Painting $670
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