Carmen 18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood A beautiful late fall weekend, no snow yet but the air is crisp and the leaves crunch underfoot. I haven’t been taking many photos as this time of year feels very in-between to me – the deep colours of earlier fall are gone, but the contrast of [...]
Abstract Landscape Painting
Mandy Budan – Abstracting the Landscape
Browsing the archives for the Work-in-Progress category
6 Dec 11
Carmen – WIP4
Carmen 18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood Another cool and rainy fall day is underway – makes all my working with red that much more fun! I’m just letting the shapes pick themselves at this stage. Lots of contemplation and a little course correction keep things moving along well.
30 Nov 11
Carmen – WIP3
Carmen 18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood It snowed today! I had to brush the car off before I could go anywhere. I guess that’s it for Fall. I worked my way over to the right side of the panel this session. I’ve delineating the tree’s leaves and the background; we’ll have to see [...]
27 Nov 11
Carmen – WIP2
Carmen 18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood Feeling my way along this one. I’m relying much less on my original sketch. I’m using it for a sort of high-level map, but the details – the specific shapes and colours – are going to come more from the painting itself on this one I think, [...]
24 Nov 11
Carmen – WIP1
Carmen 18 x 36 – Acrylic on Wood A long time coming, this painting embraces red. A red maple with light shining through the leaves in yellow, pink and orange, and shadows clinging to the trunk and hiding where they can in burgandy and purple. It’s quite a different palette for me – although every [...]
20 Nov 11
The River – Complete
The River 36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood Placidly implacable, the river meanders through an autumn day. The sky is done; The River is done. This one was a long time playing with muted fall colours (and thoroughly enjoyable too) and now I’m ready for something a little stronger. So my next painting will [...]
15 Nov 11
The River – WIP17
The River 36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood We’ll be getting snow soon, and then it will be time to go out looking for winter inspiration. Not as delightful to me as fall, but I do plan to tackle more winter paintings this season. I’ll find those pockets of sparkling colour and rich shadow [...]
9 Nov 11
The River – WIP16
The River 36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood We had some more beautiful fall weather this week. The leaves have mostly fallen and those left are more bronze and sienna than the brighter colours of September/October. I’m looking at some more muted colours and starker landscapes and I think a less saturated palette might [...]
31 Oct 11
The River – WIP15
The River 36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood The weather’s turned and most of the leaves have fallen even here in Southern Ontario. There were still some good photo opportunities to be had however, some trees with leaves still clinging against a backdrop of hazy blue, brown and green. I’m now looking forward to [...]
24 Oct 11
The River – WIP14
The River 36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood A beautiful Ontario fall day yesterday meant a trip to High Park in Toronto to take pictures of the fantastic colour. I hope to be able to translate some of these photos into paintings over the coming winter. While the photos just don’t compare to the [...]
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