Kim Morin Weineck's Art: sennelier pastels

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

A series of sunsets

Often in my classes I discuss the importance of working in a series. A wonderful tool for delving into color and composition relationships, series work lets the focus shift because you're not concerned with subjects to paint.

Here I post my latest series in the order they were painted.

We also discuss the issue of painting a sunset. "Sunsets put a lot of pressure on you because it's not a photo. If not done well, the validity of the piece is suspect." People may question if the landscape could really look like that.

Like with so many things, I find myself in a contrary position and often explore further the subjects I bring up with my students. Here are four sunset paintings, done in quick succession, where I play with light, color, and composition.

All the paintings were such fun to do and these photos don't capture the vibrancy of the light that the original does. Also, they don't quite feel as wonderful as when I was in the moment, taking photos, notes, etc.

Such fun. With each go-'round I learn. Can't wait to take on some more. I've been working from my color notes made on location and black and white photos. An interesting approach that seems to be helping me out.

Thanks for reading! ~kmw

Monday, August 20, 2012

In the works

On my Facebook page I teased that I'm working on a big project.

It is a big project for me, but honestly I should have rethought posting it as a teaser. The project starts with web and ends with site. Probably not that exciting to anyone but me.

A website is a big undertaking because what feels like millions of decisions must be made. Exhaustive process, but one that is overdue. I'm working on getting my professional artist house in order and it feels great to do.

©2012 Kim Morin Weineck
ISABEY "Impressionniste"
original watercolor
This is a filbert hog bristle brush for oil painting.
Can you tell I'm a landscape painter?
Can't get the green stains out!

For the site, I completed these three watercolors just this morning. Larger than real-sized supplies, they really are fun things to paint. The detail pulls me in! In the future, my aim will be a looser interpretation of them. Today, this is what came out of me, happy to say.

Stay tuned for my updates.

In the meantime, enjoy these waning wonderful days of summer. We're in our glory!

Thanks for reading! ~kmw