Piggy Bank
Approx 4"x3" oils on 1/4" MDF panel
Available
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Saturday, January 3, 2015
Friday, January 2, 2015
Suckers
Suckers
Approx 4"x3" oils on 1/4" MDF panel
Available
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Ducky #2 - Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
Ducky #2 - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Approx 4"x3" oils on 1/4" MDF panel
Available
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
First Ducky of the New Year - Shake Your Tail Feathers!
Shake Your Tail Feathers
Ducky #1 01/01/2015
2 7/8"x 3 3/4"- Oils on 1/4" MDF panel
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$25 (unframed) plus Shipping
Monday, December 29, 2014
Small Works (3"x3" 3/4) - Chinese Lantern
Warm Glow (Chinese Lantern)
Oil on Panel - Unframed, $25 plus $5 Shipping
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Not a New Year's Resolution... Why not a Painting Challenge?
Rubber Ducky, You're The One...
30 paintings in 30 days
(The Leslie Saeta 30 in 30 January 2015 Challenge)
2014 has been busy - not as much with art related ventures, but with family life. My baby girl, Penny, turned one yesterday. We survived our First Year as parents! Yaay!
I did not post since the Grab Bag Challenge - mostly because everything went into overdrive. The Creative Shop (https://www.facebook.com/lcvalleycreativeshop) went into overdrive with events, press releases, ArtWalk, the holidays, more press releases.. Finally now as we come close to Christmas, we all get a chance to breathe.
I thought very hard about this Challenge - and figured out a compromise. I have over 100 3"x 3 3/4" hardboard panels. And since the last Challenge (The Grab Bag Challenge) I have been thinking about Rubber Duckies. I'm going to do 30 paintings based on this Rubber Ducky.
All paintings for sale - $25 plus shipping. So subscribe to my blog and stay up to date for the latest and greatest. Because you know you need a Rubber Ducky in your life.
Monday, July 7, 2014
CanvasBoard and its discontents.
I'm hoping this gets me back to posting on a more regular basis. I thought, on Mondays, I would share some of my tools in my painting/art process. It's the beginning of the work week, so why not start by getting your materials prepped? Why? Because I love the process.
I'm part of an art Co-Op here in Lewiston, ID - The Creative Shop. (in Morgans Alley, Downtown Lewiston) We offer "Challenges" every couple months. It draws in a number of artists from the area - the current challenge - "Grab Bag" Challenge, has over 46 people participating.
Each artist picked a number and got a bag of materials with the matching number, as well as "an inspirational object". I picked #42. (yes, my age)
In my bag:
1 (9x9) deep gallery wrap canvas
1 (11x14) canvasboard
2 (5x7) folded cards
4 (2.5x3.5) ATC cards
5 (4x4) canvasboards
My inspirational object? A polished (aka tumbled) river rock - deep blood red, cream stripe... funny I got the rock because it was one of the objects I donated! It was meant to be.
So - I started idea generating and decided to get started on the 4x4 canvasboards. I really don't like canvasboards. However, they are cheap & light. Great for schlepping out for plein air painting, great for studies and experiments - and if you hate it, just pitch it.
The problem I have with canvasboard is the amount of "tooth" from the primed canvas. I spend a lot of my time fighting this texture, and it's annoying (to me) to see it in the finished piece. I've worked with canvasboard for a number of Challenges (here and in Seattle) and I was given this particular tip by another participating artist. Acrylic Modeling Paste!
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Using your handy palette knife (see above) apply a "skim coat" of acrylic modeling paste to the canvasboard. Not thick, but enough to fill up that canvas texture. Let dry, sand. Add another layer if desired. Seal with two or three coats of acrylic gesso. I know it seems redundant to re-gesso, since the boards arrive pre-primed. But the modeling paste is a little abrasive to paint on, the second layer of gesso helps.
Let dry - and you are ready to create! Oh - if you don't like regular Modeling Paste there is a "Light" Modeling Paste, that works just as well.
The Grab Bag Challenge will be up for our ArtWalk in September. If everyone actually turns in everything - we will potentially have almost 700 pieces for show & sale! Where will we put all the artwork? Stay tuned!
I'm part of an art Co-Op here in Lewiston, ID - The Creative Shop. (in Morgans Alley, Downtown Lewiston) We offer "Challenges" every couple months. It draws in a number of artists from the area - the current challenge - "Grab Bag" Challenge, has over 46 people participating.
Each artist picked a number and got a bag of materials with the matching number, as well as "an inspirational object". I picked #42. (yes, my age)
In my bag:
1 (9x9) deep gallery wrap canvas
1 (11x14) canvasboard
2 (5x7) folded cards
4 (2.5x3.5) ATC cards
5 (4x4) canvasboards
My inspirational object? A polished (aka tumbled) river rock - deep blood red, cream stripe... funny I got the rock because it was one of the objects I donated! It was meant to be.
So - I started idea generating and decided to get started on the 4x4 canvasboards. I really don't like canvasboards. However, they are cheap & light. Great for schlepping out for plein air painting, great for studies and experiments - and if you hate it, just pitch it.
The problem I have with canvasboard is the amount of "tooth" from the primed canvas. I spend a lot of my time fighting this texture, and it's annoying (to me) to see it in the finished piece. I've worked with canvasboard for a number of Challenges (here and in Seattle) and I was given this particular tip by another participating artist. Acrylic Modeling Paste!
Using your handy palette knife (see above) apply a "skim coat" of acrylic modeling paste to the canvasboard. Not thick, but enough to fill up that canvas texture. Let dry, sand. Add another layer if desired. Seal with two or three coats of acrylic gesso. I know it seems redundant to re-gesso, since the boards arrive pre-primed. But the modeling paste is a little abrasive to paint on, the second layer of gesso helps.
Let dry - and you are ready to create! Oh - if you don't like regular Modeling Paste there is a "Light" Modeling Paste, that works just as well.
The Grab Bag Challenge will be up for our ArtWalk in September. If everyone actually turns in everything - we will potentially have almost 700 pieces for show & sale! Where will we put all the artwork? Stay tuned!
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