"GREAT BLUE" At last I am finally painting! "Great Blue"Â (oil on canvas) has been a long time in the making. The piece below is the initial painting. I love the blues in that piece but I was more interested in achieving a more natural look. I've done few landscapes,...
The Pink Hat
![Awaiting Women Waiting](https://www.sarahbuelldowling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ugandan-girl_first-pass.jpg)
She looks a bit strange…however, I’m trying to locate the shapes and values. The lines had already suggested the movement or placement.
![Awaiting Women Waiting](https://www.sarahbuelldowling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ugandan-girl_-first-pass-II.jpg)
![Awaiting Women Waiting](https://www.sarahbuelldowling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ugandan-girl_-first-pass-III.jpg)
![Awaiting Women Waiting](https://www.sarahbuelldowling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ugandan-girl_first-pass-V.jpg)
The wonderful part of being a painter is that you can decide what you want to emphasize or not. What color should the background be? Green is the complement of pink…does that work?
![Awaiting Women Waiting](https://www.sarahbuelldowling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ugandan-girl_first-pass-VI.jpg)
![Awaiting Women Waiting](https://www.sarahbuelldowling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ugandan-girl_left-hand.jpg)
Now I’m moving to the hands with the gown as the background.
![Awaiting Women Waiting](https://www.sarahbuelldowling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ugandan-girl-II.jpg)
![Awaiting Women Waiting](https://www.sarahbuelldowling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ugandan-girl.jpg)
![](https://www.sarahbuelldowling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Innocence_1800.jpg)
’til next time!
Sarah
Fall Blog 2015
SPRING 2015 IS HERE!
I saw this spoon in a drawer of antique silverware belonging to my mother. I was struck by this particular one and its simple beauty. I loved the way the silver caught the colors that were nearby: the orange ruler and the aqua of a glass bird. They really...
Sarah Buell Dowling Fall Blog
I've not done very many paintings in oil, nor am I a still life painter, but I recently took a workshop with Chris Groves, a very talented, Charleston-based painter, and above is the result. Oils are messy! But I LOVE that you can change up, reposition, and...
May Blog
I painted this somewhat abstract painting, "Cautious" in response to seeing a photo of my aunt (taken somewhere around the mid-1930s) hiding in the back of a room peopled with mostly old women wearing assorted hats and solid shoes - perhaps, a garden club...
Cautious
Taking Off
Two Old Friends
Pensive
Anite
Felder Ann
Ram In the thicket
Dusk
Grey Day @ Gould’s Inlet
Watercolor on Arches cold press paper.
Just Fishing IV
"Just Fishing" is a watercolor done on Arches cold press paper.
Hydrangeas
Poppies
Early Spring Blog
A season in my life comes to a close. Time to see what’s next.