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I love the blue and yellow combo!
Carol Schiff
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CAROL SCHIFF FLOWER POWER Daily Painting
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Flower Power!,Flower Painting, Floral Still Life Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting, 4x8x1.5" Oil Painting,
Just a little quickie!
My favorite way to display these small paintings, is to stand them up on a shelf, with other favorite items.
I love the blue and yellow combo!
Carol Schiff
www.CarolSchiffStudio.etsy.com
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I love the blue and yellow combo!
Carol Schiff
www.CarolSchiffStudio.etsy.com
www.CarolSchiffStudio.blogspot.com
Sunday, July 15, 2018
A Painting Workshop to Remember
Today, I am repeating a post, from a few years ago. I think it is worthy of your attention, again. Enjoy!
A few weeks ago, my friends Carmen and Donna and I drove to Fernandina Beach, FL to attend a 4 day workshop with Elio Camacho. Elio is one of my favorite painters and my very favorite instructor and I have been lucky enough to attend with workshops twice a year for the past three years.
I started each day with this beautiful sunrise over the ocean, while eating breakfast at the hotel.
This is one of Elio's 36x48" demos that he paints in just three hours!
Here Elio met a challenge to paint without darks. He often states a painting should bring it's own light. I think this one meets that requirement
Another of his larger than life paintings.
This was a 25 minute demo he did for us on foam core. He pushed the color even more than usual and got wild and crazy.
His brushwork is very exciting...something I am hoping to bring to my work.
Elio spent a year painting blue studies, then moved on and studied yellows and reds. He likes to set up still life, to challenge his students, all in a single color. He believes red is the most difficult color to paint. If you can do a red painting, you can really see color. This was a 20 minute demo he did for us.
We hated to leave the workshop after 3.5 intense and fun days. To console ourselves, we had a final lunch of fried shrimp at our favorite eatery.
A final photo of Carmen and Donna, de-stressing with ice cream in front of Island Art Association. We thank the members for hosting us once again. Then we hop into our car for the drive home.
One last classic Elio demo that he painted in about 15 minutes, out of his head. I almost cried when he scrapped it off the next morning.
Needless to say, we are excited to return for his next Florida workshop in the spring. You can find his workshop schedule here.
Carol Schiff
A few weeks ago, my friends Carmen and Donna and I drove to Fernandina Beach, FL to attend a 4 day workshop with Elio Camacho. Elio is one of my favorite painters and my very favorite instructor and I have been lucky enough to attend with workshops twice a year for the past three years.
Here Elio met a challenge to paint without darks. He often states a painting should bring it's own light. I think this one meets that requirement
Another of his larger than life paintings.
This was a 25 minute demo he did for us on foam core. He pushed the color even more than usual and got wild and crazy.
His brushwork is very exciting...something I am hoping to bring to my work.
Elio spent a year painting blue studies, then moved on and studied yellows and reds. He likes to set up still life, to challenge his students, all in a single color. He believes red is the most difficult color to paint. If you can do a red painting, you can really see color. This was a 20 minute demo he did for us.
We hated to leave the workshop after 3.5 intense and fun days. To console ourselves, we had a final lunch of fried shrimp at our favorite eatery.
A final photo of Carmen and Donna, de-stressing with ice cream in front of Island Art Association. We thank the members for hosting us once again. Then we hop into our car for the drive home.
One last classic Elio demo that he painted in about 15 minutes, out of his head. I almost cried when he scrapped it off the next morning.
Needless to say, we are excited to return for his next Florida workshop in the spring. You can find his workshop schedule here.
Carol Schiff
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Flower Painting, Small Oil Painting, Floral Landscape, 8x8" Original Oil Painting
This piece is from my imagination.
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Somedays, I just want to play with paint!
Carol Schiff
Friday, June 29, 2018
Flower Painting, Daisy Painting, Small Oil Painting, Daily Painting, Palette Knife Painting, 12x12x1.5" Original Oil
This is another painting from Savannah's Lafayette Square. Surrounding the beautiful fountain, in the park, were a bed a daisies.
I wanted a lively painting, that would give the feeling of the blooms. I always think of daisies, as cheerful, so I started by painting the ground with cad red.......lots of contrast!
Carol Schiff
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I decided to paint with a palette knife, to best describe the tangle of greenery.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Daily Painting, Fiddlehead Fern Painting, Small OIl Painting, 11x14 Oil NFS
This small oil painting came about because of a trip I took to North Carolina.. I used to live in Florida, where we didn't get a lot of spring flowers, and when I saw this bed of ferns coming to life, I had to paint them.
I was surprised how quickly they grew, with obvious growth from day to day.
I decided to use a dark background to really highlight the ferns and keep my palette restricted to greens, blues and purples. I have been pleased with the results of this painting, which is a departure from my usual style. Blues are very difficult to photograph accurately and although the background color appears to be a deep blue, the actual color is close to a black,
This piece is available at the link above as an original, or here as a giclee' canvas print in the size of your choice.
Thanks for viewing my blog today. I hope you take time every day, to smell the roses.
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I decided to use a dark background to really highlight the ferns and keep my palette restricted to greens, blues and purples. I have been pleased with the results of this painting, which is a departure from my usual style. Blues are very difficult to photograph accurately and although the background color appears to be a deep blue, the actual color is close to a black,
This piece is available at the link above as an original, or here as a giclee' canvas print in the size of your choice.
Thanks for viewing my blog today. I hope you take time every day, to smell the roses.
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Saturday, June 16, 2018
Coneflower Painting, Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting, 6x8" Oil on Panel
We spent the month of April in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was winter-like when we arrived on April 1st, but within days the trees were covered in blooms. Flowering pear and crabapple, dogwood, lilac and forsythia were visible everywhere. I did my little Florida heart good to experience such a spring.
It was too early for one of my favorites from the mountains....coneflowers (echinacea). I had lots of images from previous trips and painted several based on this favorite flower.
It's the small things in life that make it worth living. This week, for me, it was enjoying a peacful trip to the mountains.
I hope you find your peace this week.
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It was too early for one of my favorites from the mountains....coneflowers (echinacea). I had lots of images from previous trips and painted several based on this favorite flower.
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I hope you find your peace this week.
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Sunday, June 10, 2018
Floral Landscape, Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting "Summer Wildflowers", 6x8" Oil on Panel
One of my guilty pleasures, when I am in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is my morning walk, which inspired this painting.
Of course, I also admire the songbirds and gorgeous, towering, hardwood trees. It's not really a guilty pleasure, as it is hard work walking 4 miles when at least half of it is up the side of a mountain.
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Of course, I also admire the songbirds and gorgeous, towering, hardwood trees. It's not really a guilty pleasure, as it is hard work walking 4 miles when at least half of it is up the side of a mountain.
Here's hoping you have a wonderful day.
Carol Schiff
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