Saturday Breakfast Inspiration
Pear butter-photo reference
Spiced Pear Topping-photo reference
Hi!
Just a while ago, Wes and I sat down for our traditional Saturday
morning breakfast. You may recall that the food itself is anything but
traditional because I'm always experimenting.
I want to tell you about how this morning's breakfast inspired not only
a painting, but a painting challenge.
Let's start with the photo-reference above.
That's a jar of spiced pear topping that I put up last night. We used
it piping hot on our pancakes with a generous dollop of whipping cream.
As I was putting it away, I noticed how the light passed through the
jar and immediately saw a painting in it.
Now, I have learned to take advantage of moments like this before the
inspiration dissolves and floats away.
So instead of doing the dishes right away, I went to set this up for a
still life painting and took one quick image of it with my phone. I did
very little editing and some things will definitely change for the
painting. As in all of my work it should tell a story and awaken a
memory in those who see it.
Now for the painting challenge part.
Remember those changes I spoke about last time? Well one of them
involves getting my work seen by more eyes. And what better way to do
that than to let some other people share in the fun by offering a
challenge.
I will announce this on social media as soon as I decide specifics, but
I'm giving you an early heads-up.
Unlike the challenge I did last March, this will shine a spotlight on
other people's art along with my own.
The challenge will run the whole month of October on Instagram and you
will be able to participate by making one or more paintings based on
one of the two photo references that I will provide (one complex, one
simple). You do NOT have to be a professional artist to participate.
If you don't want to make art, or don't have time, you can join the fun
by liking and sharing your favorites. Or you can simply watch us having
fun and you'll get to see other people's art even if you are not on
Instagram yet.
I haven't decided the rules for participating or even what the prize
will be yet. But it will not be based on perfect painting technique. My
purpose is to give people a fun and exciting experience and get some
new eyes on my work.
This is something I've been working up to for some time and I wanted
you and others on my private email list to be the first to know about
it.
Stay tuned and listen to a little birdsong each day!
Jan
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Magnetic Bookmark front and back
P.S. To those of you said yes to the magnetic bookmark last week, I
hope it arrived.
Some of you have already responded and a couple of you have asked to
purchase more.
I will be making these available to purchase soon and I'll let you know
when they're available. Let's see how this next batch turns out first.
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