I named this painting after my father in law, Murray Goddard. Its an 8 by 10 acrylic on masonite. The masonite is gessoed and has GAC 100 painted on the surface to create a perfect barrier between the wood and the paint. This will help make sure it does not yellow in years to come. Of course it isn't varnished but if it were it would definitely yellow over time because varnish doesn't age as well as acrylic paint...but then it could be restored as so many paintings have been over the years.
Showing posts with label acrylic landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acrylic landscape. Show all posts
Monday, October 13, 2008
Murray's Mountain
I named this painting after my father in law, Murray Goddard. Its an 8 by 10 acrylic on masonite. The masonite is gessoed and has GAC 100 painted on the surface to create a perfect barrier between the wood and the paint. This will help make sure it does not yellow in years to come. Of course it isn't varnished but if it were it would definitely yellow over time because varnish doesn't age as well as acrylic paint...but then it could be restored as so many paintings have been over the years.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
California Hills
8 by 10 ” Acrylic on Ampersand. $50.00 This little painting was something I painted from my imagination because at times I miss the foothills which surrounds the San Joaquin valley where I grew up. My favorite landscape is a flat farm like valley surrounded by rolling hills and back a bit further, tall mountains. This painting doesn’t have the tall mountains but the rolling hills are very beautiful just the same. The hills just seemed to jut out of the valley floor as if pushed up by magic. I lived in a place called Centersville for several years and it looked very much like this. Outside my living room window I would see foothills and often beautiful horses or cows grazing on the flat valley ground which would be covered in green grass and wild flowers. Across the street I could see acres and acres of orange and avocado trees. The sun filtering thru wind swept clouds shining down on the crops growing in rows which followed the contours of the land. It looked like a painting waiting to be painted.
Labels:
acrylic landscape,
clouds,
foothills,
mountains
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunset Mirage

Its a beautiful day here in SC the kind you wait for all year. Too bad I had to clean out my aquarium, house, pool and do books for most of the day. Maybe tomorrow I’ll go to the lake and let the dogs swim. It may be one of the last times this year for the dogs to swim in the lake. Once it gets cold only one of my dogs will even get into the water.
I planned a play date for them, isn’t it funny to actually have a play date for dogs? Well if you want to get a lot of work done its best to wear them out. It takes a lot to get them so tired they lay down for the rest of the day. Its one way to get things done without having too many winey complaints.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Monet series, Fantasy pond

8 by 8 acrylic on wood. I added a bit of lavender to the blue because I some how think of lavender when I think of things that are surreal or fantasy..
If your interested its $50.00 and I take pay pal, checks & credit cards. shantmarie@aol.com.
I'm pretty busy these days with other projects and I have to either stay up very late or wake up very early in order to get my daily painting completed.
Labels:
acrylic landscape,
blue,
fantasy art,
monet,
Shanti Marie
Monday, October 15, 2007
Valley of the Hawk "A painting a day"
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Valley of the Hawk

"Valley of the Hawk" is an acrylic on canvas 11 by 15 painting. $100.00
It looks better in person, I had some problems getting the darks and lights to read correctly. The foreground isn't as dark as it appears. The road is a little lighter. This is a work in progress, I'll post it again on the next stage.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Solitude A painting a day

This 5 inch by 6 inch painting is acrylic on illustration board.
The name of the piece sounds sad but to anyone who knows me... they know I like being alone and think the word solitude is more welcome than not. Also I think the name is more about the season change. Autumn is just around the corner, the cooler air today is starting to make me feel the sweetness of this fleeting season. The leaves are falling, days are getting shorter and the color of this sunset reminds me of the fall colors.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
"Common Ground" A landscape painting a day

$50.00
This 8.25 by 9.50 acrylic painting on Illustration board was painted several times. I kept painting and repainting this painting.....changing the lighting, intensity,and trying out various color combinations. This is the problem with acrylics, the possibilities are limitless and you must discipline yourself not to be too flexible. You decide on where the light is coming from and the palette and stay with it for the most part. You can waste a lot of paint, painting over color choices you haphazardly tried out on a whim. Needless to say I will have to adjust the highlight on the tree trunks to correspond with the shadow. I originally had the shadow on the other side and made a switch at the last minute.
I do like a change every now and then and may paint with acrylics for a while. You can tell me what you think...
Labels:
a painting a day,
acrylic landscape,
affordable art
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