Monthly Archives: March 2014

Checking In …

Posted on March 29, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

This is a bit of detail from the top of the bookcase where the turquoise Buddha is … to the left is a cool tree lamp and to the right is a bit of a trunk I no longer have … Continue reading →

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Liquids, Meds, & the Dreamcatcher

Posted on March 25, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

Yesterday it took an enormous effort to get out of the bed before dinner when the Sun was just right to take this foto of the dreamcatcher … I’m so glad I did, because today it is snowy all day … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Jungle VI – VII

Posted on March 22, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

First, I had to make the sky … here is my palette when I am first making the sky … hee, with Titanium White, Cobalt Blue, and lots of acrylic glazing liquid — and with the delicious brush of late/new! … Continue reading →

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Skirts and Adjustments

Posted on March 20, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

First, the fun news. For the cost of one online skirt from an unnamed producer, of a beachy linen maxi skirt which was TO DIE FOR, plus shipping, mind you, … I went to the fabric store a month or … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Jungle VI – VI

Posted on March 19, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

Here I’ve greatly simplified the foreground, and tried to take it from a desert landscape back to a delta one.  I added the last for now of the Naples Yellow. Tomorrow a quick jot to Michael’s and I’ll hopefully find … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Jungle VI – V

Posted on March 17, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

Now I’ve gone over with many more layers, and found a new Raw Umber/Burnt Umber veinage pattern happening … also did some of my first ever real Earth shadowing … … Snow? yes, indeed, so missed pt — Jason felt … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Jungle VI – IV

Posted on March 16, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

  Wha’ppen? There is now a sandy river delta floor there … what? That took SOME doing, I must say … many layers of many yellows, gray and white, plus acrylic glazing liquid … and some kvetching about a new … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Jungle VI – III

Posted on March 15, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

Here is my jungle palette as of the moment … it’s fairly descriptive, is it not? of what I know not … heh … but I thought I would share … and here is the painting of the now … … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Jungle VI – II

Posted on March 11, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

Here I’ve added three different especially-mixed greens from the previous painting palette, and I’m thrilled that they have lasted. I am balancing them and kind of threading them through the canvas, in a way that I would describe as intuitive, … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Jungle VI – I

Posted on March 9, 2014 by amyjacksoncc

        Here is the actual size foto from which I am sketching and painting Vietnam Jungle VI, above … and below is the sketch and where I am now in the painting, day one …It has been … Continue reading →

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