"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
She looks a bit strange…however, I’m trying to locate the shapes and values. The lines had already suggested the movement or placement.
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?
Now I’m moving to the hands with the gown as the background.
’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.