New work

I have started the jaccranda painting in a long, horizontal, narrow format and have created a triangular composition but , because of the narrow shape I included a number of secondary triangles to keep it interesting. I have decided to make the left hand side of the painting darker to keep the eye moving across the subject. Watch this space for a photographic image soon.
If you visit the gallery page of my website at http://www.rigmarole.com.au/  you will find two paintings of Pudgee, who used to live on the next block. I have completed a number of sketches of her and, with my wife, will be preparing a children's picture book about her move to a new home. The project is expected to take some time but we are looking forward to visiting Pudgee in her new home to gather more inspiration and experience her mischievious but lovable personality. If the sketches photograph well, I shall post them in a few days.

painting completed

I have just completed the white gum flower painting and will include it on my web page as soon as it can be processed. Art House Reproduction have been delayed because of the terrible floods in Brisbane so will not be able to process it for a few days.
I am happy with the completed painting and hope that the composition leads the viewers eye to the flowered area. There is some contrast between the rather busy flowered area and the group of leaves on the left of the painting which are less cluttered, but this section is also placed to guide the viewers eye to the flowers.
One tip for users of the masking fluid - make sure that your solution is fresh and don't leave it on the painting too long as it makes it difficult to remove.

I have photographed it on the easel which gives an indication of the size of the image.
Onward now to my next project. I am toying with the idea of making the jacaranda a long, horizontal image but we shall see once I have sketched the images.