tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79100059282201637732024-03-12T21:12:20.351-04:00Arting Around in SOVAhw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-42519723322883304862016-08-25T20:52:00.000-04:002016-08-25T21:01:52.384-04:00It's Been a While<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Playing without a Full Keyboard</strong>, oil, 24x18</div>
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I finally completed a painting, thanks to a deadline--I had committed to a group exhibit last year and was determined to have at least one new piece. This has been on my easel for about four years; it's from a photo of me at a piano recital (probably the last time I wore ruffles) and the sculpture watches me from on high when I'm at the kitchen sink. (He got changed a bit). I got stuck on this painting because, in its earlier state, the girl in ruffles looked old and I considered leaving her that way because my mother said I was born 50 years old--I thought maybe it was meant to be. Two weeks ago I sanded the old face off and repainted most of it. The exhibit was hung yesterday. This is water soluble oil so it was dry enough to frame.</div>
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The last couple of years have not been easy; my husband was very ill and passed away in April. In July, I had to make the decision to say goodbye to my dog Willie; he had been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2015.</div>
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It's been nineteen long months since my last post--I hope to paint and blog more often. Thank you to my blog friends who've emailed and said you missed my posts. I've been following your blogs and FB posts.</div>
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I think I said that 2015 had to be a better year than the last one. Not true. My husband was hospitalized at the end of January--most of his stay was in the ICU--so many tubes and IVs and blood tests.. He was transferred to a skilled nursing facility Wednesday, the 11th. With physical and occupational therapy, we hope he'll gain strength and come home soon. He has improved and is eating a bit (southern food is not his favorite).<br />
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Our children were with us--daughter returned to snowy Boston Wednesday, but our son is staying for a while. They were such a tremendous help at the hospital; one of us was there around-the-clock (and we even had a few laughs).<br />
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Blog friends, I have been following your posts--but have had little time to make comments. I'm waiting for normal to return. hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-54154096551590139752014-12-26T17:44:00.003-05:002014-12-26T17:45:44.182-05:00The Day After<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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'Twas the day after Christmas and all through the town
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gifts were being returned and prices marked down.
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Not interested in shopping, I took a walk by the lake
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and there I spied Santa--he was taking a short break.</div>
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He still wore his hat but had ditched that red suit.
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I waved and he nodded, then off he did scoot.
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After a sleepover in Clarksville, he's off to The Pole.
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In a year he'll be back and gifts he will dole.
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It's been a rough year. First I had a problem with neuropathy--burning legs, elbow pain, numbness, even pain in the eyeballs. I'm not diabetic; I learned that it was caused by a prescription--statins--which I'd been taking for years. I stopped taking them and the burning/pain/cramping stopped; I felt great for a few weeks in July--so good that I moved the summer furniture from the workshop back porch to the deck. That's when the tick must have latched onto the back of my knee. In August I was diagnosed with Lyme's disease. I finished four months of antibiotics a few weeks ago and felt like myself again. Two weeks later our dog Willie began limping. He came home Monday after surgery on his OTHER knee and bladder surgery for stones. What a year--a lost year.<br />
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Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
And here's to a Happy 2015!
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I had a photo of my brother, the collector--taken about three years ago--with a flash (not a good idea). I thought I'd do some quick practice portraits with Tombow markers. Unlike my iPad apps, there are no undo or erase buttons. This No. 4 took forever because I really wanted just ONE to be recognizable. The picture behind him is a selfie he sent me as a joke when he added another camera to his collection--he and I never throw anything away so he should know better.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">No. 3 includes a few of the many paintings he has hanging at his house; however, the woman in the actual painting doesn't really look like she's ready to attack. Behind him is my recollection of a painting by K.A. Colorado, a very nice artist Bob brought by for a visit in the Fall. The book is a big, beautiful one on Francis Bacon, a gift from Bob to me.</span></div>
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Bob is a book collector/seller and gave me some titles of his favorite books (and a few I made up). I screwed up his right eye so he's being socked by his Blue Boy sculpture (which is actually about four feet tall). Okay, the punch works on several levels because he was Mom's favorite child!<br />
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So this was the first, drawn upside-down quickly with the markers. When I turned it upright, I thought, "Oh, Lordy--he looks three sheets in the wind." This one was based on the actual photo--he's sitting in front of a beautiful hand-painted screen--filled with flowers, with the modern lamp just behind him.<br />
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Bob is one of those truly nice guys; I'm lucky to have him as a brother and neighbor. I tried Tombow markers because I admired the work of <a href="http://www.jeanspaintings.blogspot.com/">Jean Spitzer</a>. My work is zilch compared to hers, but it was fun. These are 14x10 and on hot press w/c paper.hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-57282702293642907342014-01-08T22:57:00.001-05:002014-01-08T22:57:46.485-05:00Arty Dreams<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I dreamed that, while I was sleeping, a painting unknown to my conscious mind was being transferred from my brain to the end of my earplug. When I woke up, I actually looked--nothing, not even wax--very disappointing (so I had to invent this one). I'll try again tonight. Ha.<br />
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hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-83555117030767908082013-12-23T21:50:00.000-05:002013-12-23T21:50:04.365-05:00Christmas Wishes from Clarksville VA<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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(inside greeting)<br />
We're ready for Christmas<br />
with our pretty main street.<br />
There's a tree with lights<br />
and the shop windows are neat.<br />
The decorating committee gave it their most<br />
and wreaths are hanging from every lamp post.<br />
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Welcome to Clarksville, dear Mr. Claus.<br />
I tried to be good but I have a few flaws.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Merry Christmas and Happy New Year</span><br />
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I have been AWOL from my blog for a while but I managed to create this Christmas card, get them printed, folded, addressed and in the mail Saturday. This is a photo taken with my iPad during the summer; then, in my desktop Corel Photo/Paint program, I converted it to a watercolor. Next, I sent it to my iPad and, using the Procreate app, removed parked cars, painted a nighttime sky with stars, added street lamp lights and wreaths; then painted Santa and the dog. Text was added in Corel Draw. (The dog was inspired by Big Ben, a mixed black lab, who was featured on our Lake Country SPCA site last week--he and many others need homes.) I posted this on FB yesterday and, somehow, this scene touched the hearts of many who live/lived here, and brought back memories. Some of their comments brought a tear to my eye (it is that time of year). Clarksville is a beautiful little town, especially, at Christmastime.</div>
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I wish you a wonderful holiday and I hope to find more time for art and blogging in 2014.</div>
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hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-80179921911947617132013-11-04T12:40:00.001-05:002013-11-04T12:45:35.945-05:00Sundays in Southern Virginia<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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This has been on my list of things to paint for about ten years. I thought I'd try a simple sketch using pencils in this app; it's done from memory or imagination--and it took days to finish. It was done, I thought; then I spotted Dad's Bible on my book shelf. It wasn't black like I'd drawn but a deep red. I had given it to him--that got changed; then the color of the chair cushion had to be changed. The made-up chairs (the one on the left looks like the type we had in our store) are in the grass because I thought a baseboard, floor and rug under them would be too many horizontal lines. Mom probably wouldn't like this because her shoes and pocketbook absolutely had to match.<br />
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Even before my dad studied for the ministry, Sundays were busy. Mom fried the chicken (one of us kids stole the liver) and we went off to church for Sunday School and preaching. We came home to "dinner" of fried chicken with gravy and biscuits, of course, lots of fresh vegetables and dessert. Afternoons were spent napping, pitching horseshoes (I'm still a champ), or visiting relatives. After a light "supper," we went back to Church.</div>
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A new app, more play. I don't know the meaning of this--I was playing with a face, a hand appeared and I left it. I added a bird and a few red lines. Is it a blue bird of happiness or is it removing brain cells?<br />
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Paper is the name of the app and it's based on moleskin sketchbooks (I never draw in my paper ones). It began as free with pen and ink--then add $6.99 for more tools and colors, then another $1.99 so I could mix colors. Where can you buy such fun for $10? This sketchbook is almost filled but I can delete and go back to clean pages.<br />
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Okay, this link takes you to something called "Book." The app is downloaded as "Paper 53."</div>
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Willie is recovering from his knee surgery but I carry him up and down the front porch stairs. I don't think he can make it up the stairs and cool weather will be here soon--might have to install a little ramp for him. Every night, I notice the shadows cast by the street lights. I've studied them, moving to the left; then right. Willie wonders about the dance and my neighbors probably think I've been drinking!</div>
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This was fun but would have been much easier with pencil and paper (I have to try every option in the iPad apps). I hope to get out to my workshop/studio soon. </div>
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hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-6089327450488042212013-09-19T22:36:00.000-04:002013-09-19T22:38:00.251-04:00Poor Willie<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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September has not been a great month. My six-year-old dog Willie ruptured a ligament in his right knee two weeks ago. During his weekly Thursday trash-night walk on the leash (his favorite activity), he jumped up onto a low wall, turned and screamed--I carried him home. After x-rays under sedation, he had surgery Tuesday and came home yesterday. I am his nurse, forcing pills down his throat; later I'll be his physical therapist. He is so sad--pink bandage covering stitches on the back leg, shaved upper leg, chartreuse bandage on the front from the IV, and the cone. He heard me taking the trash down tonight so I carried him to the street for a short two-and-a-half-legged walk in front of the house. </div>
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We thought Willie was lazy when he'd stare at us--waiting to be lifted onto the sofa; didn't know he had bad knees.</div>
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I do realize that we are but specks in this world of floods, earthquakes, fires and mass killings. May everyone have better days. </div>
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hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-8967229295431820752013-08-20T19:52:00.000-04:002013-08-20T19:53:48.028-04:00Cow Painting<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Cow with a Green Earring</strong>, oil on cradled board, 11x14<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">My friend Susan posts great photos of their southern Virginia farm on FaceBook; I asked if I could use some for paintings--she agreed. Okay, so her trees weren't violet and there wasn't a dead one in the foreground, and the grass wasn't golden, and there were four cows--not just one (this is <strong>based</strong> on the photo). I liked this one who had delicately picked up her left front leg. How do those little legs support so much cow?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lots of paint on this one--it may never dry, and I'm not quite finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I don't know the breed of cow--red angus?--I like her color; the same color as my hair when I was younger. AND my parents let my friend and me paint my bedroom lavender when we were about 10 years old. We used lots of paint and signed our names behind the headboard. Holy Cow--this is probably another self-portrait.</span></div>
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hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-9848695143706054332013-08-11T23:23:00.001-04:002013-08-11T23:23:18.362-04:00Tobacco and Tombstones in Turbeville VA<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Several years ago I drove west, to where the hills start rolling. I turned north at Turbeville and pulled into a church parking lot to make a phone call--this is what I saw. Luckily I had a camera and got a photo; I immediately knew the title. Of course, in this just-finished painting I moved a few things and deleted others. (And I just noticed that the bottom left of the photo is washed out--I'll need to re-do.) </div>
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I had already taken several photos of the beautiful, threatening sky as I was driving. I was the only car on the road so I simply aimed my camera up through the windshield and clicked. Here's one: </div>
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I am enjoying the oil paints; I need to learn to be less stingy in squeezing out the paint.</div>
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hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-69459934043744251732013-07-27T16:32:00.001-04:002013-07-29T09:46:04.765-04:00Cultivation<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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In the future not too distant</div>
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I will definitely need an assistant.</div>
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In the back I'm growing one.</div>
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He needs water, he needs sun.</div>
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Arms are sprouting, one eye's opening.</div>
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He'll have a brain--that's what I'm ahoping.</div>
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When he's ripe among the rose mallow</div>
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I'll probably need a large wheelbarrow.</div>
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I got new oil paints; it's been about thirty years since I've painted with regular oils--they're nice and buttery. On an old primed canvas board I tried them out. A head shape on the lower right; then what? I thought of giving him a dog's short compact body and a long leash. I thought of having a torso on a spring--maybe several. Yellow rubber boots popped into my head. Someone would be watering a planted torso; that would require a hose. Wild rose mallows are blooming alongside my driveway so they were added along with the ivy. Being from the South, a painting like this requires a story; I had to make one up so I made it into a poem. (I might have watched too many Twilight Zones when I was young.)</div>
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There is a painting by de Chirico of a torso and yellow bananas; it's in THE ART BOOK. I suspect that triggered the thought of yellow boots. Today I googled de Cherico--interesting artist; I think he inspired surrealism. I am also reminded now of Gaugin's leaves strewn around some of his portraits. </div>
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A guest is arriving next weekend, an old friend who's a psychologist--I should probably keep this painting under wraps.</div>
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Another Thursday, another gouache from a photo taken several years ago. I now have a folder on my iPad, "Painting Subject," and this photo was among them--a guest who was working on his tan. He'd make a great model but he lives about 400 miles away. I like people of substance; maybe I'll try this in oil.<br />
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Friends and family don't usually look at my blog; he would recognize his bracelet.<br />
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I posted this earlier but the photo did not display--maybe Google thinks it's a nude. It's a puzzle to me, but I'm trying again.</div>
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At the Y yesterday, I painted this from one of my photos stored on the iPad. When I sat on the front porch several years ago I was constantly eye-balled by a young mockingbird couple; one had a single feather always out of place. Is this the evil eye? Purple and yellow? Why not play with all my colors? </div>
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Remember those May Pole dances? Going in circles and weaving in and out--that's what I did during May. I decided I must finish something so, on Thursday, I used gouache and a china marker, and painted this quickly from a photo taken in a waiting room during January (I accompanied a friend). I don't know who this is but I liked the newspaper and the cap. I sneaked a photo with my iPad and used it as a guide; I don't think anyone will recognize him (unless the foot cast is an identifier).</div>
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On May 8, I cut the first rose from the front yard and drew it on the back of an envelope. I liked it so..</div>
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I began drawing it with colorsoft pencils, after I found my hand-embroidered napkins--no roses so I went with violets. I stood to look at the arrangement; then sat to draw--exercise. Unable to decide what to do with the background I took a photo of the drawing and...</div>
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played around on the iPad. I have five different versions now but have never finished the colorsoft drawing! </div>
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Then there was the snake... There is a crack in my walkway beside my front step. I haven't had it repaired because the skinks (blue-tailed lizards) live down there, and I like watching them. Maybe I should say they <em><span style="color: blue;">lived</span></em> down there. My dog Willie had been sniffing the hole; then my husband asked, "Is that a lizard?" "Well, no." I put Willie in the house, sent my husband inside, and I sat on the porch for quite a while waiting with my camera. </div>
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Later, my neighbor called to say she had seen a snake in her house. Willie and I (SnakeBusters) visited but didn't find anything--it was only a black snake and I'm sure he's long gone. </div>
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Thursdays are for Art at the Y. I showed up with black and white conte, gray paper, and had no idea what I might draw. I looked out the side door of the Y and loved the clouds (yes, they actually looked like animals heading south). The road leads to the soccer field. I took a photo on my iPad, sat at the card table, and drew. Later I added the soccer boy sculpture with vine charcoal--hope he doesn't mind being moved about 30' north. In real life, he's closer to the front of the building.</div>
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Creating on the iPad is fun but nothing's better than getting dirty with conte or charcoal while drawing. I was limited in my choice of supplies; sometimes, that's a good thing. </div>
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hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-37123940940392181822013-04-26T17:00:00.001-04:002013-04-26T17:00:30.395-04:00Shorthand<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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I've always loved the symbols for shorthand--a secret way of writing--so I bought a small Gregg Shorthand Manual at the thrift shop. I intended to draw in it. I couldn't bring myself to mess up the pages (I have the same hesitancy with my neat sketchbooks--they're still pristine).</div>
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Instead, I used the kaleidoscope photobooth of my iPad to photograph a page; then added a layer with a painting. This was done in the Sketchbook app. I like the "transform" feature; I can move and resize the painting--no symbol poking her in the ear. I don't know the secretary in the above painting but I suspect she was influenced by my Sunday-night TV shows. I watch <strong>Call the Midwife</strong> (the clothing), <strong>The Good Wife</strong>, and <strong>Mad Men</strong> (the chair). Then I watch <strong>Mr. Selfridge</strong> on my PBS app (the women have this hairstyle). Who programs all the good shows for the same night?</div>
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I remember my days as a secretary--shorthand got me from the country to the big city of Washington, D.C.--working for the Federal Government, wearing hose that never matched my pale legs, and walking (even dancing The Twist) in HIGH HEELS. I loved it. In the photo above, my boss was away so I took over his desk at U.S. Department of Commerce--I was 19.</div>
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hw (hallie) farberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636182620056350811noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910005928220163773.post-65034811602552046822013-04-16T23:18:00.000-04:002013-04-16T23:18:05.051-04:00Painting with Purpose<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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I have been painting. I'm 99 percent finished with a painting a friend is buying as a surprise gift. I've always said no to commission work so this is a new experience for me, and I find it nerve-wracking. I can't post the painting yet so I used the iPad PhotoBooth Kaleidoscope to take this photo of a part of it. I liked this photo so much I took more photos--in the studio; then in the house.</div>
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My water bottle and Blue Man painting. </div>
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A carved plaster sculpture from years ago, yellow ducks, and radio. </div>
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The shadow of my two-headed dog.</div>
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He also has two tails!</div>
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Makes me wonder why I paint--I could just walk around taking kaleidoscope photos of everything. (I get distracted--too much arting around.)</div>
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Easter is here so I'm eating blue chicken peeps and my front porch is decorated with yellow wooden ducks.</div>
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This is one of my first iPad projects from August. I took a photo of our downtown with my iPad, then removed the moving cars using Corel on my desktop, and sent it back to my iPad. The photo is one layer; the duck is a second layer. It's fun making the duck larger (he blocks the lake) or smaller and ducking into the Pizza Pub.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"><strong>Happy Easter.</strong></span> </div>
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This was painted on my iPad from a 40-year-old small faded photograph; I don't think I've ever tried to paint a cat or a dog. </div>
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Skeets was a tiny stray when she came to live with us in 1969; our first cat. You'd think she'd be grateful for a nice home but, whenever her ears went down and her tail switched, the kids and I had to run for cover--she attacked feet! She was a long-haired beauty who lived with us for about twelve years. I have photos of Skeets sitting in an Adirondack chair on the deck, and our beagle, Cleo, sitting in the other chair--a matching pair. </div>
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I need to learn about sizes of paintings in my various apps. I thought this would be larger--maybe it's the Procreate app that creates really large files, or it's possible I have choices of sizes in SketchhbookPro. I might have to read some directions.</div>
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I make at least four quick sketches a day in this simple app; I usually don't save them or publish them on my blog. </div>
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February was not a great month so I welcome March (even the Ides). </div>
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Since it was cold and icy, I slid out to my studio for the last couple of days. This tree is down by my dock; I always stare up at it for a while before walking back up to the house. I don't know if it's still alive--it's surrounded by other trees and I can't tell if there's any green at the very top; there's none on the lower branches. I thought it was a cedar; now I'm not sure--the trunk is rather hairy. I painted this from memory; the photo is a bit different. I like that this is stark naked against the cold sky.<br />
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During the past year, I've thought of the tree often. I like the one on the left--Crayola crayons on card stock. Top right is hydrus watercolor, and lower right is, I believe, oil (it was painted from the photo). </div>
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Like everyone else, I hate finishing and framing. Two of my paintings--The Blue Man and Caution--were finished some time ago and just sitting on my easels. I've read that watercolors on Ampersand aquaboard can be varnished and framed without glass, but what about inktense pencils or hydrus watercolors on aquaboard? I decided to test with this small drawing of maybe a willow tree behind my neighbor's house (sometimes it's in the water--sometimes not). This is from a photo I took as Willie and I checked out the cove; I liked the colors--the orange and yellow parts are usually filled with blue water.</div>
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Two weeks ago we actually walked IN the cove behind my house (though I do have a fear of quicksand); it was 70 degrees that afternoon and not much water--my dock was on dirt. I looked for arrowheads and found a couple of smooth round rocks. I considered taking my metal detector down but it rained the following day--and for several more days. The Lake's back--and it's a 50,000-acre one. I can see the water from my upstairs window and I don't need to walk down; the weather has turned cold.</div>
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Just a sketch to test the varnish. I suppose I could have just painted squares or lines but what fun would that have been? </div>
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Okay, today I gave everything several coats of varnish. I set up a varnishing station in the workshop bathroom--covered the toilet with large pieces of cardboard and turned on the exhaust fan--ran in and sprayed; ran to the porch door and breathed. Nothing disappeared and it passed my Q tip test--dipped it into water, then rubbed the painting--no color came off and no lines were smeared. I used Golden archival satin varnish. </div>
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