“Paesina – ‘landscape’ – stone comes from Tuscany, Italy. A silty limestone formed during the Cretaceous period, it is marked by a 3D network of fine cracks through which groundwater diffuses bringing oxides of various minerals and creating the intricate, landscape-like colours and patterns” Photograph: Earth Images Ltd Interesting on-line exhibition of Earth Images Ltd…
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Pruniers 5
‘Pruniers 5’ medium size oil on canvas 36 x 48 cm (approx 14 x 18 inches) © adam cope Very pleasant evening yesterday. Long, light, bright sunshine. A warm wind from the south (‘L’Antan’) carrying the sweet smells of spring. The landscape now covered with green. A fresh lime green of new leaves photosynthesising. Lovely,…
WHERE the bee sucks, there suck I
‘Cherry, Quince, Bay’ medium size oil on canvas 36 x 48 cm (approx 14 x 18 inches) © adam cope WHERE the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip’s bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat’s back I do fly. After summer merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live…
tonality?
Here’s the last painting which had a strong tonal theme of black tree-trunks/white blossom. Here’s the same painting with the colour stripped out in PS via greyscale. Here’s the greyscale is changed by darkening the mid-tone grey in PS. Using Photoshop elements to help painting It’s more stormy with the white blossom more dramatic.…
Plum Blossom
‘Pruniers 4’ Oil on MDF panel 30 x 40cm (approx 12 x 16 inches). © The Artist. 300 €uros via PayPal – see sidebar for details Plum Blossom The recent sunny weather broke yesterday evening with a grey rainfront edging in from the Atlantic.These two plum trees were the last in the orchard to bloom;…
Plum Trees in Blossom
‘Pruniers 3’ Oil on MDF panel 30 x 40cm (approx 12 x 16 inches). © adam cope sold Same plum orchard as before. Painted a week later this year than previous years. Let’s hope there’s no frost during this moon cycle – ‘la Lune Rousse’ – the ‘red moon’ because of the risk of frosts,…
On the Hoof 5 – Ruben’s Cows, Drawing Studies vs. Photography.
my drawings of my neighbours’ cows in the field opposite – drawing studies from life on the hoof 😉 get the joke? if u don’t then u shpould know that colloquial (en-gb) ‘on the hoof’ means on the trot, on the move, improvised, ‘sur la vif’ (fr) … ie gesture drawings of moving objects.…
awarded
Blah – I hate April Fools Day! Galina Nikolova has kindly awarded me the PASSION FOR PAINTING AWARD. Galina is a Bulgarian painter whose sizzling works fly off the webpage. I would have gladly awarded her in return but I think it’s not allowed to hand awards back… It’s a pretty logo isn’t it? A…
Heightened Colour in Photography
heightened colour vs. ‘accurate’ colour The same question of heightened colour vs. ‘accurate’ colour (what ever that means) applies to photography. Just as it does in painting.. How much do you ‘bump’ the saturation up? The loss is a smooth gradient, of how one colour runs into another. We live in colour sataurated world &…
Sunlight on a Sloe Bush on the Causse in Spring Time
Sunlight on a Sloe Bush on the Causse in Spring Time Not much changing in PS in this B&W reference photo. Thought I’d share it with you as most of you won’t know the Causses of SW France in springtime. Delocalising effect of internet. The sunlight is now bright but not as bright as in…