tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18460989365480388042024-03-13T10:42:30.779-07:00Kroll Roberts StudioPeggi Kroll-Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782599041193528090noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846098936548038804.post-63750907753639153272018-10-19T00:20:00.001-07:002018-10-19T00:20:38.051-07:00IT'S ONLY INK ON PAPERI am talking about how we are inundated with prints. I mean Giclee on paper, giclee on canvas. Mechanically produced "art". Will it hold it's value? Is this a concern to you? There is plenty of God awful "original" work running the streets. I admit, I'd rather have a poster of a Sargent, Bellows, Park, Sorolla, Matisse, Van Gogh, Klimt, Nolde, Hartley, Mondrian, Modigliani, Porter, Morandi, Mitchell, Pollack, Albers, Picasso, Hopper, Kent, Soyer, Dibenkorn, Homer, . . . . you get the idea, than "an original piece of shit".<br />
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You can acquire posters of master works for a relatively small price, $20 to $30. What I'm griping about are sites like One Kings Lane that offer giclees listed as "art" when actually they are over priced mechanically produced prints. INK ON PAPER. Prices like $2000!, $1400!, $675. If the frame is going to cost more than the work then at least search out an artist and buy an original work!<br />
I've had a big company make prints of my cosmetic works, but come on. When mass produced and depending on size they shouldn't cost more $5 to $100.<br />
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And I get it. You may have champagne taste on a beer budget. I know I do. But I look, I research, I have worked to seek out artists I admire and I have been able to acquire some original pieces that I love and believe they will hold their value for under $100. You say "But I have a big space to fill." Try a salon style hanging of small works. It can make as big of an impact as one larger work.<br />
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And I want to add a self promotion plug. Visit my Etsy shop por favor. I am much more than how the galleries have "cornered" me. I can't stay in one place and not grow! I list all my hard won from the heart work there. I may not be known for some of the "isms" I explore but it's every bit as important to me as any work that I've placed with a gallery. And it's only original one of a kind work. <br />
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Peggi Kroll-Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782599041193528090noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846098936548038804.post-32013544046653897892017-06-25T16:17:00.001-07:002017-06-25T16:17:42.736-07:00Do I have Multiple Personality Disorder? NO! I "have an inquiring mind and I want to know". LOL!<br />
I feel like I am all over the place and can't help myself. What gives? But I refuse to not speak my mind. So, how does one find some continuity with your artwork. When I was at Art Center, I brought a self portrait in and the instructor loved it and said, "do about 10 of these". Then a curator of a well know museum saw my "dot" paintings, thought they were great and said, "do about 10 of these". Is that a magic number for a body of work. Is it the kiss of death to explore outside what an artist is known for. Notice I did not post one "beach" painting. What I am mainly known for it seems. Little by little I am exposing myself through teaching. I display that I can draw, I understand how to paint form, I understand color theory and I admit that I don't have a strong apptitude (my word for talent) for design. That, I work on constantly. But back to my point. I am much more than my beach paintings and I want to make a living with work other than that. So far so good but could be better. It was the same thing when I was an illustrator. You had to have a "marketable style". But I find that galleries really want work an artist is known for. And what do you do if the next body is completely different from what one was producing during mid-career? Just thinking out loud. <br />
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Oh, did I mention I work in ceramics too!</div>
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My ceramic holders with my fashion figures.</div>
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A large still life in oil painted from life on a sweltering day in our backyard.</div>
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We'll sit for each other and do 20 minute portraits. So fun!</div>
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How about this for a departure.</div>
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"Spinning"</div>
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I love to get comfortable and draw from a Vogue or other sources.</div>
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"Fashion"</div>
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I thought I'd try acrylics. Love them and playing with composition.</div>
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"Turquoise Vase"</div>
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I've worked in gouache forever. This was playing around.</div>
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"Black and White"</div>
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Just leaving it as a drawing!</div>
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Back to my fashion roots.</div>
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Looser gouache demo.</div>
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Peggi Kroll-Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782599041193528090noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846098936548038804.post-25109648422459274262016-08-14T11:03:00.000-07:002016-08-14T11:03:21.511-07:00Sounding like a broken record. But working through it! You've got to! I can't tell how long it will take to get the groove back but it's important to NOT make the efforts seem insurmountable. For now I've been doing smaller gouache works. I picked up some more clay. I use Low Fire White Earthenware. So I have been working 3D with great satisfaction. I have been taking a little time to go back to reading about other artists, contemporary and historical, to glean any inspiration I can whether working processes or whatever!<br />
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<br />Peggi Kroll-Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782599041193528090noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846098936548038804.post-51890845671369211152016-06-04T08:28:00.001-07:002016-06-04T08:28:50.276-07:00Coming up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Coming up this July 2nd and 3rd. I will be teaching a 2 day workshop in Laguna Beach, CA. One of my favorite places on this planet! I am going to take the class and we are going to walk right out on to the beach from our starting point of the Vanessa Rothe Gallery. I hope to show the students how I capture those "moving targets". To add to this I will be participating in a show the Friday evening of the 2nd. I hope you can join us! </div>
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<br />Peggi Kroll-Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782599041193528090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846098936548038804.post-57597958551468927062016-05-08T12:09:00.000-07:002016-06-04T08:29:13.166-07:00Always the Figure.There are so many subjects for me but yes, it's mostly the figure. So I have to say I've been stuck for awhile. I do think teaching has interfered with needed growth but it is what it is. I have needed to help more with the income with a loved one ill and insurance not covering many of the doctors. And why don't these doctors accept the Affordable Care Act Insurance. I hope for improvements. We were forced into our plan. But in the meantime and on a brighter note I have found solutions! I do a lot of work in gouache. AND my husband, Ray Roberts, and I have renewed our attendance to the Open Studio Sessions! We feel like we have a new lease on life. Painting the figure from life, there's nothing like it for us. Just free. A few examples follow. Hey! Thanks for following me!<br />
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These were quick 2 minute poses. I use gouache and a sable round. This is on a 11" x 14" sheet of Strathmore acid free paper. I take a lot of pads so I can go from one to the next and the paint is dry by the time I come back to the original pad.</div>
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Drawing a lot from life, I can't say enough great things about it. The lawn bowling club in Laguna Beach is great. They actually stand still for a minute or two. And they generally come back to these stances as they go back and forth. 9" x 12" Gouache</div>
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There are times when I am not crazy about the pose the group has chosen so I paint the other artists. Really fun.</div>
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Played with color on this one. This was a 20 minute pose. The page is 11" x 14" so not big.</div>
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And when there's not a figure to paint I find something at the house or on the road. Couldn't resist the beautiful day outside it was and I love my yard tools.</div>
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I have been teaching a lot this year. Very grateful! One thing for sure, students love demos. I love a demo. (A short one!) I get really anxious to paint once I feel the gist of the goal. And I know I love to somehow see what a painter is thinking. The thought process is so important. And those who have taken a workshop from me know I like to hand out "tools". I avoid formulas and try to help students find and use different segways into a painting. Here's some of my thought process illustrated. After we choose what to paint we</div>
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start with just a few exercises of first simply separating light from shadow. Continually asking ourselves, "what's bathed in the light and what isn't"? Now that's when you have a strong light source. Gray days are a different animal. That's another conversation. The second and third examples are refining values and their relationships. Then I interpret it in color. All doing this "at once". So in a "nutshell", I choose my subject and ask myself "what's my light"? And at the same time I am asking myself "what's my darkest dark (value) and what's my lightest light (value)"? Then I may see color first but I always apply the other qualities of color. Like chroma, temperature, value, local color. </div>
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We will also do the same exercise "separating light from shadow" when we have a figure model. I do the same thing with a landscape. Essentially I am trying to paint the light of the moment keeping the contrast between the shadows and the illuminated areas. I try to avoid a lot of contrast within the shadow and within the form bathed in light. Makes for solid reading paintings especially from a distance. </div>
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Yes, I teach a lot. I love it. It is my social life. Once the kids left home I found that my entire social life had existed because of their high school sporting and social events. That ended with them leaving the nest. So I increased my schedule over the past few years and I want to share some thoughts. The enrollment of my workshops has increased and I am so grateful! I see such desire to learn from the people that choose to study with me. I LOVE it. They are so earnest. And I have been told I am a natural born teacher. </div>
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Now to my thoughts and concerns. I believe there is a small group that may feel I teach too much, that it hurts my personal work. And that I may be contributing to the rise of the amount of artists entering the market. I have no love for "Art Snobs". First, I don't teach formulas. The information I teach has been available to anyone for centuries. And whether a person started their career early or late should not be a concern. I teach the fundamentals and encourage the student to explore their potential in order to be able to "say what they want to say". There is no need to worry about the "wannabes"! That is what they will remain. It's those artists that put in the time, the 10,000 or 7,000 or whatever amount of hours it takes to become oneself. And I firmly believe that if one searches with earnest and with quality mileage they will emerge with their own vision and there will always be room for those artists. Whether it's two or two million. </div>
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I teach that you may manipulate the values. I teach you may use a full palette or a limited one. I teach that you may vary the surface quality. I teach that paying attention to "edges" can create it's own statement. I teach how to paint form. I teach simple proportions of the figure. I teach how to draw. I can teach how to capture a more representational version of an image or one that has a more personal vision. I hope that I also teach how to think and how to see. But I cannot teach someone "what to say". That only comes through ones personal journey through quality "blood, sweat and tears". There is room for you and me. </div>
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I have to keep reminding myself to keep it simple!! What's the deal! Ok already! How many times do I have to repeat it. So back to value thumbnails to make things clear again. I am going to do my best to "say the rest" with color changes in the large value shapes and not more value changes. Here's a start. We will see what happens. I always try to finish a work from 10 to 20ft back. I go for that "immediate read". </div>
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Peggi Kroll-Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782599041193528090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846098936548038804.post-65497192139685235642014-08-04T18:17:00.000-07:002014-11-04T08:10:27.627-08:00I Showed Up for Work.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
There's a saying. "Inspiration is for amateurs, professionals show up for work". Well, after our workshop here I was tired an felt uninspired. I tried to paint the landscape and struggled. It really takes the wind out of my sails. I said to myself to get out to the studio, show up for work. So I did. The goal was to do just that. I painted from images on my computer and made sure there was a figure in there. Here are the results. I would still like to be more "David Park-esque" or " Elmer Bischoff-esque" . But at least I showed up for work.</div>
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I will be 60 in September. I am desperate to get things simplified, decluttered and just try and get a "smoother running machine". I have gone through stacks and stacks and stacks of demo boards. They have accumulated on my shelves over the years. Ray has cut them apart for me and it has taken me 4 full days so far to barely make a dent in touching them up and signing them. I think they make great small works and I am offering them here at sketch prices. They are odd sizes so custom framing will be a must. One of my favorite framers is Colorado Framesmith. I usually ask for their Spanish Gold Finish. </div>
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I have been teaching a lot lately. I do love it. One thing frustrating is not getting enough painting time during a workshop. I really try to give all my attention to the students. I will do demos but they are never more than 20 minutes. But when everyone seems to be humming along I will have my easel ready and I will quick sneak in a small work here and there. I recently taught in Dana Point, CA and it was perfect!</div>
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Great people, perfect weather, great models. These are some of the quickies I was able to do.</div>
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The umbrellas were up and some of those color relationships are so hard to capture.</div>
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It was a beautiful clear sunny day.</div>
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I love to paint kids. You know they are only there for about a minute!</div>
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This was a quick demo to just help one of the students see the value of the colors in shadow.</div>
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These kids were there for one second!</div>
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We had fun with this capturing the transparency of the dress.</div>
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One day was iffy weather. We found some sun by our hotel pool.</div>
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This is pretty much how I get started when I am capturing something quickly. I get a loose drawing in a warm neutral and then I try to mass my shadows first. Just helps to get me on solid footing. </div>
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This is actually the light we were painting in the morning. Values describing the form were very close together. It's more of painting local color and local value relationships of the subject. I call it "Pattern Painting". Think Mary Cassatt aquatints. </div>
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Call me crazy but I love these works! And to continue my confession, I had the chance to go see the Robert Henri show at the San Diego Museum of Art in the gorgeous Balboa Park AND before entering the rooms with Henri's work I had to go to the Contemporary section first! I love a good abstract! </div>
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And I should have posted a few of Henri's work. Did you know his last name was actually Cozad. As in Cozad, Nebraska! Yes, he was from Nebraska and if you get a chance to read his biography it reads like a TV drama mini series! </div>
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I am so excited that summer is almost here and that means planting season is right around the corner! My sweet peas are showing blooms! The strawberries are growing plump and taking over the garden! I love it. I will see bees at the bird bath. I will plant a few more trees. I'd love to have an olive orchard. (Orchard or Grove?) And some goats and, and, and some cows and, and, and some ducks and, and, and some . . .</div>
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This work was painted from life in my last years flower garden. This will be in the Roger's Garden Show down in Corona del Mar, CA. This show will host 5 women and a body of work in a beautiful home and garden setting. I hope you can come by. The dates are</div>
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I wanted to post these and confess I am neither tortured nor have some angry angst. I love all things beautiful whether it's clothing, furniture, the way a lawn is manicured or how a blanket is folded over a chair, dishes displayed, laundry neatly piled after folding. I believe in reference for every task. This rant went further than just prom dresses! But sometimes experiences make me feel like I need to apologize for myself and my "provincial tastes". Man, what brought this on! I think this all came about from recently checking out the arts district in Culver City, CA. What a charming and very hip area! So cool! Young people defining themselves and how they live. And I felt like a duck out of water. I felt very "out of touch". I just need to get out of my "cow town" more often. What a great place to visit! Now I have work to do to try and be more sophisticated. </div>
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Finally, they downloaded. Here are a few of the others. We had to work quickly. Only had 5 or 10 minutes at most. We posed for each other and had so much fun and put in more mileage. I like them just the way they are! I could definitely see a simple mat and frame on these. Less is more.</div>
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I wish I could post the others but here's a start. Ray and I go to a local Life Drawing session in the next town down the road, Copperopolis. It is a great small group. So fun. The model was a "no show" so we all posed for each other! None of us could do more than 5 or 10 minutes. There was an exception as long as the person could have a comfortable seated pose. But that was just about enough time for just light and shadow for me. That's what I chose to concentrate on. And then mixed up the colors a bit.</div>
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This is our studio! I have a weekend workshop coming up and I have got to get this place cleaned up! I have to get still life set ups ready, clear the floor space, have the model stand ready for our model and just thought I'd show you some "before" photos. </div>
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Along the back wall of my end. I am preparing to shoot a new instructional DVD. You can see my prepping on the the two easels.</div>
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And there is Ray! He gets one side and I get the other. The wood stove is sort of the dividing line.</div>
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This view is off to Ray's right. I think that's Benny in the doorway peering out! We have two Shi- Tzus that I adore! Benny and Auggy.</div>
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And another view of my side. I have got tons of "teaching tools" on those shelves I have no idea what I will do with them! </div>
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I do not profess to be a portrait painter and I would rather bag groceries than try and make that a career. I admire painters that do! Bettina Steinke was one of the best. I don't do well with commissions either. I have done a few and it ends up traveling a different path in my brain and is so frustrating that it's better that I just don't go there. Here is a second effort in the New Year to trying to improve my "head painting skills". I love to do this for fun and growth. This is Brandon. He has helped us with our DVDs. Helps us with our IT problems. And is a wonderful young man with a bright future! He attended the San Francisco Institute of the Arts and received a degree in Film. It sort of looks like him but I also feel it borders on "caricature" which I hate! I need to tone down the aggressive modeling, improve my drawing skills (his head seems a little long) but for about an hour it's a start. </div>
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These are all painted from life. So important to put the mileage in there.</div>
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These are some efforts I've been making in the past few days. We had a young guy that plays ultimate Frisbee with Ray, out to the house to give us some 40 minute poses to practice our head painting. Ray and I love to paint from the model but it's hard to get people out where we are. We are a little shy about asking people. But Ray has been approaching some of his teammates and we may just get something going! Maybe our own open session "out in the boonies." But the people he's asked seem pretty excited and we pay them $20 per hour. We schedule about a 2 hour time span. So this is my attempt after a lull. I could do this everyday. </div>
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There are so many painters I admire for their skills in painting the head. John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, Robert Henri, Matisse, Manet, David Park, Egon Schiele, Dean Cornwell, Andrew Loomis, Valentin Serov, Rene Grau, Burt Silverman, John Asaro, Frank Duvenek, Catherine Kehoe. I could go on! </div>
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And I am finding I love to just sit and paint, rearrange, paint, rearrange, paint. Using my gouache and working about 5" x 7", I can get a lot of "decision making" done. I am searching to say something with these but I am not quite there yet. I am happy with these but I am wishing to push them a little more in say maybe a "fauvist" or "cubist" direction. We'll see. </div>
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First of all, I am wishing everyone including myself a Happy "Ninja" New Year! I am excited. I gave myself permission awhile ago and I hope I continue to listen to my voice telling me to "go ahead, do it, do it." I know. . . "do what?" Well . . . "whatever within reason." That means a lot. I have opened my own Etsy shop. If you would like to take a look, type in Peggi Kroll Roberts in the search box, click on that and it should take you to my store. This is where I am selling my "personal, experimental, not what the galleries want" work. And because of that I am able to sell it at affordable prices. Heaven knows there are so many artists and works out there that I would love to own but I simply cannot afford most of it. I do trades but I can't come up with the $$. AND! I wish people would look for ORIGINAL art and not all these giclee prints! I mean it's simply "Ink on Paper" and I think they are WAY OVER PRICED! Priced accordingly I would NOT have a problem with it. Now that does NOT INCLUDE wonderful woodcuts, mono prints etc. I want to know the artist had a real hand in it. I mean you can go into a museum shop and find a wonderful poster of a master work for what? 25 bucks?? So why would I pay $1000 for a print! And especially if it had a run of 200 or more. Come on! I don't believe they will hold their value. Sorry, but that is the way I feel about it. Buy Original art. </div>
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Below are the recent works in gouache that I will be placing in my Etsy store. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. "If you don't ask, you don't get." I simply want to "Paint, teach and sell." </div>
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<br />Peggi Kroll-Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782599041193528090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846098936548038804.post-75924105559916380872013-12-20T18:58:00.001-08:002013-12-21T10:08:59.052-08:00Building a Series. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I continue to work on my series of gouache paintings and I am trying to build a body of these that cross over into abstraction. I am loving it and whenever venturing in a new direction one must build a "portfolio" to show this direction was fully explored. Sometimes the reaction is "wow, these are so different for you." Well, not really. This has been inside of me for a long time and I plan to continue to explore as much as I can. And BTW they are for sale!</div>
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I wrote in an earlier post about how I was going to "explore more". Well, I have been working in gouache and creating works to translate into larger pieces in oil. I am hoping they will work up well to about 30" x 40" in size and I plan I limiting my number of strokes so that means using some BIG brushes.</div>
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Now hence, part of the title of the post. I am creating what I title "Nonsense Paintings No. 1" and the numbers will go up from there. I don't know the name of that poetry style where you "just write whatever pops into your head". Anyone know that? So I am gathering reference, giving it no preplanning and just filling a page. I am working in Gouache and am having so much fun. That's what it needs to be.</div>
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Ok, while I was in Scottsdale teaching a workshop I revisited a few times, a favorite spot to paint. We lived in Scottsdale for 13 years. This pond is home to ducks and swans and geese. It is so peaceful and in the middle of the city. I have done many paintings here. I stopped and did a few tonal works with my white and burnt umber gouache. I miss this spot. </div>
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I have a lot of artist friends. Aren't you curious about what their homes look like? I am. I think there is a notion that all of us artists live a somewhat eccentric life. And maybe our homes would reflect that. Ours is modest and I love our home. It's about 1400 sq. ft. The garage is a two car garage but we use it to store everything but cars. Our studio is a separate building about 50 ft. from our front door. We have another building that we'd love to turn into a guest house someday. So how about a peek into our home.</div>
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A hallway to the back bedrooms and I use these walls to hang work by artist friends and family. </div>
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One of the bedrooms. Our smallest one but it works. Found this great rug. Look how good Auggie looks on it! Wish I had matching bed frames. But there was only one and it is Rock Maple and it was $17! There are a few decorating blogs I follow. I would love to intern for someone like Katherine Ireland or Bunny Williams. I dream of having a "put together" home and some people have an incredible knack. And we have had to do ours "on a dime" but finding a bargin is a thrill. Plus we have had to keep in mind (when decorating Ha!) the three kids, all their friends, all the pets, living in the country. Looks like I need to straighten some frames!</div>
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This was our sons room. Now it's a guest room. But Rex, honey, you know it will always be your room! Simple. And look how good Auggie and Benny look on the guest bed! </div>
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You should have seen this kitchen before!! We have knocked out a few walls in the 15 years we have lived here. And this was also done "on a dime". Thank you Lowes. </div>
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Our dining area "slash" command central "slash" scheduling headquarters "slash" conference room! I hate the light over the table! Cannot believe I chose that thing. Was in a rush, very little to choose from so I settled in a hurry. Bummer. Will change that someday soon! </div>
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And I have accents like this all over the place. I love this bowl. I bought this while on a trip to Nashville. My host took me to a "market" where this elderly gentleman and his whole family created these marvelous ceramic works. I had to have this for $40. His mother made this piece of art!</div>
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A great perk I receive for teaching at the Scottsdale Artist School is I get to take a workshop of my choice (with the permission of the chosen instructor). Like an instructor trade. I was lucky enough to take Mark Daniel Nelson's workshop combining realism and abstraction. It was fantastic. First, I can't recommend highly enough taking this class. Taking any class from Mark would be great. He is a really good and thorough teacher. His demos are great. His slide shows pertaining to each idea are brief and to the point. He gets us excited to start the next painting idea and keep going.</div>
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A couple of things that really stuck with me is he talks about design and "the big dumb shape" and the creative curve from "1 to 5" and how if we can stay in the zone of "2 and 3" this is where we will create our most honest and intuitive work. So interesting. I just got so much more out of this. </div>
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We did exercises paying close attention to cropping. We did sketching outdoors. Just walking around and randomly drawing, only to later bring them to the studio and create works from them. And even to create works from maybe just a section of the larger piece. </div>
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So I dove in and have to say I felt like a "duck out of water" and loved it. This is just the start I needed and the words I needed in order to keep giving my self permission to go on to other ideas. To allow myself to experiment more. I love a good abstract work and ya know, they are not easy and "NO ! a monkey couldn't do what Joan Mitchell did!"</div>
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I didn't go hard core abstract but I pushed myself and here are a few examples of work below. I did a ton! I am going to take several of them and find that "big dumb shape" and work it into the piece. </div>
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Working on cropping. This was the first idea to think about.</div>
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So I just grabbed random objects, juggled them around and played with the cropping.</div>
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And we were to try and approach the drawing with a more child like interpretation just to see where it would take us. </div>
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Then I had to move on to some figure work. I just started looking around the class and composing without too much judgement. That's another thing he talked about! Avoiding the judgement zone on the curve. A lot of doubt and second guessing will creep in! </div>
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I cropped in on a car I drew out in the parking lot and played with the screaming red. </div>
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Oh, I worked in Holbein Acryla Gouache and regular gouache for the 3 days. How I wished it would have been a 5 day workshop.</div>
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More of the students in the class. Just turned around and had this great view.</div>
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Had a lot of fun with this. Really pushed the composition and then created the big crop with the one below.</div>
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And another working with the figure.</div>
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