The Life of an Artist
8 x 10"
5 x 7"
A small, sunny sketch I very much enjoyed doing while my daughter was napping today.
8 x 10"
If you're prone to perusing the right hand sidebar of this blog, you may have already noticed my new Facebook badge. Yep, in addition to my personal Facebook page, I now have one solely dedicatied to myself, the artist. I'm still thinking about how I might distinguish the Facebook experience of Sedwick Studio from the blog (and twitter, and Etsy, and -don't forget - my new www site), but I might post things like works-in-progress there, I don't know. Anyway - join me on Facebook! As always, I will strive not to spam you.
"Simple Spring Flowers"
I posted my first daily painting on February 21st, 2008, and I know I've come a long way in the past two years. I've painted and done various other kinds of art for most of my life, but during several years prior to starting this blog, I made no art whatsoever. I was kind of adrift - thoroughly discouraged after graduating art school, and wondering if I'd ever find a way to get back to a place where I wanted to create. The idea of Daily Painting freed me from the pressure I felt to make something "Great" every time I sat down at the easel. Knowing that tomorrow would be a new day - that I could just start over, no matter what happened with the particular piece I was working on has been a revelation.
8 x 8"
I think I got a little carried away while setting up this still life, but I had fun painting it, and the result is nothing if not, um, exuberant. No more daisies for a while, I promise - but a good chance of sunflowers in the forecast.
6 x 6"
A new piece of fabric for me to love. I had a very productive outing to the thrift stores the other day, and now I have several new props to inspire me. Looking forward to the painting week ahead!
6 x 8" FRAMED, see Etsy listing for pics
I have officially started using black paint. I'm not sure where I picked up the idea that black paint was the devil - probably art school - but lately I've read several people's accounts of using it in place of blue in a limited palette, and that made me see it differently. I'm not throwing out my French Ultramarine just yet, but I have started using small amounts of black strategically. Can you spot the black in this painting?
8 x 10"
I'm really having a love affair with this piece of fabric. I mean, pretty flowers are nice, but you can tell that's not where my heart is in this painting. And, for some perspective, this fabric has only appeared in 5 of my last ten still lives. Maybe I should just marry it. :)
8 x 10"
Sunflowers aren't really springlike, but when I saw them at the store yesterday, I just couldn't resist. These remind me of paintbrushes, with their thick, rigid stems and their small, short-petaled flowers. When I was painting this last night, I was hating the blue background - it looked SO bright and vivid under the full spectrum light bulb, but in daylight it looked just fine. When I paint after dark, I usually feel like I have to wait until the next morning to see if what I did was any good! I try to mix my colors during the day, so I can at least trust my palette.
9 x 12"
Oops, forgot to sign this one. I'll go take care of that right now!
8 x 10"
I really love painting the flower stems inside vases. In general, what I love about painting large bouquets is the abstractions you can pull off while still having the finished product appear detailed. That is doubly true for the action inside the vase itself.
6 x 8"
I did do some painting last week, but didn't really come up with anything to share on the blog. I also spent some time searching out new painting blogs to frequent, and have added some fresh links to my sidebar under "friends, other daily painters, and inspiration" (scroll down, on the right). Pay a visit if you're in search of inspiration.
