my attempt to stop procrastinating and start drawing!
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Twilight View
I did this from a sketch I did of the view out of my office window at night. I'm not sure if it works - I didn't enjoy painting it that much - maybe because of the dark colours.
It doesn't have the same feeling as Morning Light to it. Perhaps it is because you are not a "darks" person. I've found even the paintings I haven't really enjoyed painting, still teach me something - so its never time wasted. If I am ambivalent about one of mine though, the funny thing is, there are still others who love it! I bet it will be the same for you.
My name is Angie Wood and I live on a narrowboat on the beautiful Oxford canal.
A long time ago in the eighties I studied Art and Design at Goldsmiths College and went on to be a paste up artist and then a graphic designer. I’ve never stopped painting and drawing though – I painted pet and animal portraits for a while and over the past two years have begun creating small oil paintings of vintage objects, textiles and flowers. I collect items from fleamarkets to paint and my little narrowboat is getting fuller all the time! I’m particularly delighted by colourful patterns on textiles and ceramics and I also love painting reflective surfaces. I’m usually attracted to items from the early part of the twentieth century, which bring back memories of my great aunts’ and grandmother’s cosy houses. My artistic aim is to pay homage to the things I paint by observing them as closely as I can, and to create something beautiful that will hopefully make people as happy as I was when I was making it!
1 comment:
It doesn't have the same feeling as Morning Light to it. Perhaps it is because you are not a "darks" person. I've found even the paintings I haven't really enjoyed painting, still teach me something - so its never time wasted.
If I am ambivalent about one of mine though, the funny thing is, there are still others who love it! I bet it will be the same for you.
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