The actual piece
 

Can never get enough of the figure! So many wonderful faces, so little time! :sunnysmil

Still life and landscape
 

I really enjoy seeing the other types of artwork done by members of this forum. Please keep this thread going!

Jean

Help! There is hardly any room left in my studio. I began my struggle with landscapes once again because I needed something convincing for a portrait background. After I started doing these little studies I've become quite addicted to them and cannot seem to quit.

I think that it is ironic since I was the portrait/still life painter who started this thread because I couldn't do a landscape. And now I'm ready to admit that I need to to find a chapter of "Landscapes Anonymous" near me.

Sometimes I do a couple of these a day just to "loosen up" before I begin work on a portrait. The following pix are a fraction of my first efforts. I've probably painted a hundred of these things so far. Some are good, some aren't.

Yipes Karin--you are definitely on a roll. I love them. Most of them are 8x10's or 12x16's right? Now what does one do with all of these paintings? Where do you have them all? I see most are framed.

Personally, I find that I do the same thing. I get on a roll with miniatures or at least small works for awhile then I bust loose and go to a 30x40 or bigger. Must be the the creativeness going awry. Love it.

Keep it up.

Landscapes
 

This was from my New England trip this fall.

Life
 

Working from life, whether on portraits or still lifes or landscapes - there's a great deal of color out there. On cloudy days the color is really rich because the sun doesn't bleach out the color. You'll notice R. Schmid almost always paints on cloudy days.

Most are 6" x 9" and 8" x 10." Some are 9" x 12" but I like to work small.
Darned if I know...any suggestions? I just got around to taking pix of the framed ones and that is the tip of the iceberg. These little landscapes are stacked all over the studio and around the house. If I can't break my landscape addiction soon, I'll be forced to move into a warehouse.:) Fortunately I've been able to sell a few through two galleries nearby but they can't sell 'em as fast as I can paint 'em. Too bad ebay isn't good for selling paintings...

I'd love to see some of them up close. Can you post a couple of your favorites?

Can you tell me how long it takes you to do one or two of these to loosen up before working on a portrait? (I'd never get around to working on my portraiture if I tried that!)

Thanks!

Karin, work up the walls and across the ceiling and open up your studio as a planetarium or IMAX landscape theater. Charge what the market will bear. I'll buy the first ticket. (Remember, the big profits are in the popcorn and the watered-down soft drinks.)

With this kind of work, though, your biggest problem would be getting people to leave after the credits roll. (That and the floors sticky with spilled pop.)

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