Showing posts with label critique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label critique. Show all posts

Thursday, August 15, 2013

An artists' photo essay

Here's a photo essay of things that caught my eye during my painting workshop.
Enjoy the trip! Click on any photo to see it larger. Thanks!

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
Plein air small pastel study
(This post has more about this piece.)

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
Apples are starting to ripen with the livestock barn
from Sweet Georgia P's at Amee Farm in the distance

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
"Paint me! Paint me!" 

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
The photo doesn't do the day justice -
but when I paint it I can show you then ;)

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
I think the clouds above look a little bit like a heart.
Do you see it? 



©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
This photo was taken in the river.
It was cool but refreshing water.
Wouldn't recommend bringing your easel in.

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
The side of Vermont's Original General Store
(delicious maple candies, sandwiches, and more)


©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
My art supplies and paintings and everything.
Something about this photo makes me so happy! 

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
Stealing a quiet moment for coffee during my workshop.
Can you find me in this photo? 


©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
See the rainbow?
It ends at Sweet Georgia P's fields! 

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
Yeah. This place is inspiring. 

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
Time for critique!
Who doesn't like critique on the deck of the Amee Farm Lodge?

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
Three of my pastel paintings - all are 5x7" studies
L to R: SPECKLED PATH, BARN AT SUNSET, SUMMER MORNING, VT


©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
Three more of my pastel paintings - again all are 5x7" studies
CLOUD PEAK, MOONRISE (sold), PATH BY THE RIVER

©2013 Kim Morin Weineck
Thanks to Rebecca Skinner for the photo
And thanks for reading! -kmw

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Threshold paintings

Well, I've been painting a lot lately -and with oils. A strange feeling, those mushy, buttery blobs oil paints give me, especially when I've been working with clean, albeit dusty, sticks of pastel.

I'm excited about what I'm learning.

We've discussed this before when I'm critiquing the work of my students:
It seems that you plateau for a while and then there are advances. It's as though you crossed a threshold.

And so, I call these "threshold paintings" - not too original, yet terribly appropriate.

Lately, in working on my " 'Sconset Series" from Nantucket references and research, I'm feeling like I'm leaving a plateau. Will it be to another threshold? It will take some time to tell.

Let me take photos of them when I think they're officially done. Even this is a change for me. In the past I was all about production. Now I'm consciously trying to slow down and paint what I see the painting could become.

Quite the process, to say the least.

Thanks for reading!
kmw