Art Everyday Month - Mount Shasta Finished

Mount Shasta Majesty
22x28
Oil
© Antonia Ruppert

This commissioned piece is completed and I can not wait for my collector to see it in person.  Here is a collage showing the process I took to create this piece.

Mount Shasta  Majesty - Process Collage © Antonia Ruppert

1. Red violet underpainting in acrylic

2. Full color underpainting in acrylic

3. The addition of oil color on top of the acrylic

4. The oil finish

Voila!

Art everyday = sacrifice and making room for the unexpected. The unexpected might be a nudge toward mastering color or perspective.  It might just mean that your soul gets to sing.

Art Everyday Month - Going Slow

Mount Shasta- work in progress © Antonia Ruppert 

Slow down. That is what I'm trying to do today. At least that is what's called for in this latest commissioned painting of Mount Shasta. 

I started fast with acrylic paint. 

Mount Shasta - work in progress © Antonia Ruppert

But the current layer of oils on top of the acrylic called for deliberate, steady and slow brushwork. 

I stepped back and squinted too.

I remember how one of my instructors,  Clayton J. Beck III, at the Palette and Chisel Art Academy in Chicago, explained that he slows down as he gets closer to completing a painting. 

Are you slow and deliberate in your work or are you full-speed ahead? If you usually speed through a task, try slowing down(it might just work).

Flagstaff Mountain, Colorado © Antonia Ruppert 

Before I go - my Colorado pre-sale of paintings has been extended to November 19th. I'm committed to creating paintings from my trip to Colorado. As a pre-sale, you are able to obtain these paintings for your collection for less than usual. See more here:

http://toniruppert.com/page/7684/join-me-in-colorado-pre-sale

Speed read it only if you must. 

Art Everyday Month - Experimenting vs. Playing

Photo © Antonia Ruppert

Experimenting or playing? What do you think? 

Which sounds like work? Which sounds like I am creating a masterpiece for a museum?

Who cares as my daughter would say. Let's just say today, I'm experimenting by playing. 

Photo © Antonia Ruppert

Using a cut potatoe and the bottom of a water bottle, I'm printing with acrylic paint on the canvas. 

Photo © Antonia Ruppert

I then sprayed both canvases with ink. This will be the underpainting for an idea I'm working (playing) with.

Play on.

Art Everyday - Day 9 - Mount Shasta

Work in progress. Mount Shasta. © Antonia Ruppert.

Art everyday - day 9: a work in progress. 

For this commissioned painting, I started with a base of acrylic and am starting to add layers of oil on top. While far from being done, I'm loving the way it is shaping up.

More progress soon.

To Tackle Mountains - Art Everyday Month

Study from Flagstaff Mountain © Antonia Ruppert

Sometimes one needs the help of friends. That was the case yesterday-- my last day in Colorado.

I awoke in the middle of the night and thought "my adventure is incomplete." I need to be up in the mountains. I need more pictures of the environment here.

To make a long story short, I was helped by a friend (Susan) and her husband (Brad) who live in Boulder, Colorado. Thanks to them, I was able to take in Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder. Four and a half miles up, turning swiftly around as the road went up. 

©Antonia Ruppert

This city girl, who is usually not fond of heights, took it all in.

Thumbnail sketches from Flagstaff © Antonia Ruppert

After taking in the sights and taking a massive amount of pictures, we made it just in time to the airport. Thanks to Brad's natural ability to speed(gulp). 

Who helps you tackle your mountains?

Art Everyday Month - Day 7

Art Everyday Month - Day 7, Sketch of family watching TV, 7x10, © Antonia Ruppert

Artists from around the world are participating in Art Everyday Month this November. I have created something everyday so far in November despite traveling this week to Colorado.

After flying home to Chicago today, my family ended the day by watching "Me, Eloise," an animated children's television show.

So for day 7, here is my sketch of my family watching the show. Guess who fell asleep?

Art Everyday Month | Day 6

Sketch of my teddy bear, pencil on paper, © Antonia Ruppert

Here is my sketch for today--day six of art everyday month. 

I was not going to post this because it's not like "my work." But, I thought forget the "rules." 

Who says one can not express love in this way?