The Road

July 8, 2012July 8, 2012 kingstoncovestudioapple, architecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, bell pepper, bicycle, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, Claire, cole gallery, color, contrast, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, empty, facebook, flowers, Gallery North, garden, handmade sketchbook, harmony, high chroma, high-key painting, hue, innocence, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, John Deere Tractor, Johnny Popper, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lilies, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, low chroma, low-key painting, mailboxes, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, orange, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, Road, sea, second Saturday art-walk, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, tonal, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze River, yellowLeave a comment

The painting is just 5 x 7 and done in about 30 minutes. Not my favorite, but learning to work in different harmonies is important to grow your art.

Apple

July 6, 2012July 6, 2012 kingstoncovestudioapple, architecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, bell pepper, bicycle, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, Claire, cole gallery, color, contrast, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, empty, facebook, flowers, Gallery North, garden, handmade sketchbook, high chroma, high-key painting, hue, innocence, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, John Deere Tractor, Johnny Popper, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lilies, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, low chroma, low-key painting, mailboxes, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, orange, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, sea, second Saturday art-walk, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, tonal, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze River, yellowLeave a comment

The other day for a class I painted a bell pepper. It looked so lonely in the studio, I painted this 5 x 7 abstract apple to keep it company. Just like people, sometimes a piece of art looks all alone.

Lilies

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 kingstoncovestudioarchitecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, bell pepper, bicycle, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, Claire, cole gallery, color, contrast, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, empty, facebook, flowers, Gallery North, garden, handmade sketchbook, high chroma, high-key painting, hue, innocence, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, John Deere Tractor, Johnny Popper, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lilies, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, low chroma, low-key painting, mailboxes, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, orange, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, sea, second Saturday art-walk, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, tonal, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze River, yellowLeave a comment

Sometimes nature is more beautiful than a painting

Bugs

July 1, 2012July 1, 2012 kingstoncovestudioarchitecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, bell pepper, bicycle, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, bugs, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, Claire, cole gallery, color, contrast, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, Emiliya Lane artist, empty, facebook, Gallery North, handmade sketchbook, high chroma, high-key painting, hue, innocence, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, John Deere Tractor, Johnny Popper, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, low chroma, low-key painting, mailboxes, Many Vee Selects, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, orange, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, sea, second Saturday art-walk, Sematics Gallery, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, tonal, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze River, yellowLeave a comment

This photo from Facebook gives you a very different view of color.

High Key Painting versus Low Key Painting

June 30, 2012June 30, 2012 kingstoncovestudioarchitecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, bell pepper, bicycle, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, Claire, cole gallery, color, contrast, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, Emiliya Lane artist, empty, facebook, Gallery North, handmade sketchbook, high chroma, high-key painting, hue, innocence, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, John Deere Tractor, Johnny Popper, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, low chroma, low-key painting, mailboxes, Many Vee Selects, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, orange, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, sea, second Saturday art-walk, Sematics Gallery, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, tonal, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze River, yellowLeave a comment

Low-key painting is usually of reduced intensity; restrained; understated having chiefly dark tones, usually with little tonal contrast

High-key painting is a style of lighting that is bright, even, and produces little contrast between light and dark areas of the scene.-, usually with little tonal contrast.

Check your blind spot

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 kingstoncovestudioarchitecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, bell pepper, bicycle, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, Claire, cole gallery, color, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, Emiliya Lane artist, empty, facebook, Gallery North, handmade sketchbook, high chroma, hue, innocence, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, John Deere Tractor, Johnny Popper, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, low chroma, mailboxes, Many Vee Selects, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, orange, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, sea, second Saturday art-walk, Sematics Gallery, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze River, yellowLeave a comment

Look forward, look backwards and know where you are. We are all taught that as a child. Here my beautiful granddaughter is experiencing that in all innocence. As artists, we need to let some of the innocence we lost as we became adults come back into our art. You decide the best way to decide what innocence you miss the most.

John Deere Tractor

June 26, 2012June 26, 2012 kingstoncovestudioarchitecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, bell pepper, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, cole gallery, color, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, Emiliya Lane artist, empty, facebook, Gallery North, handmade sketchbook, high chroma, hue, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, John Deere Tractor, Johnny Popper, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, low chroma, mailboxes, Many Vee Selects, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, orange, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, sea, second Saturday art-walk, Sematics Gallery, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze River, yellowLeave a comment

Growing up on a farm, the first “car” I ever drove was our John Deere tractor. I don’t know if sitting on my father’s lap, holding the steering wheel between his powerful hands is really driving, but at about five years old, it sure flet like it to me.

Bell Pepper

June 25, 2012 kingstoncovestudioarchitecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, bell pepper, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, cole gallery, color, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, Emiliya Lane artist, empty, facebook, Gallery North, handmade sketchbook, high chroma, hue, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, low chroma, mailboxes, Many Vee Selects, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, orange, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, sea, second Saturday art-walk, Sematics Gallery, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze River, yellowLeave a comment

Looking for the different shades of yellow in this tiny 6 x 6 painting of a Bell Pepper. Sometimes practicing on something small is fun, but a little harder than one might think. This took about 20 minutes and good music to do.

High Chroma versus Low Chroma

June 23, 2012June 23, 2012 kingstoncovestudioarchitecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, cole gallery, color, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, Emiliya Lane artist, empty, facebook, Gallery North, handmade sketchbook, high chroma, hue, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, low chroma, mailboxes, Many Vee Selects, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, sea, second Saturday art-walk, Sematics Gallery, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze RiverLeave a comment

Every class you take brings information to you that is new or different or seen in a different manner. A class I am taking with artist Emilya Lane is working on different value studies. Last week we had about an hour per piece to paint one in high chroma and one in low chroma. Both are posted and it would be interesting to know if you can immediately tell which one is which….

Three Gorges Dam – China

June 22, 2012 kingstoncovestudioarchitecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, bainbridge island, ballet, beauty, black and white photography, Bluewater Gallery, bmw, boats, bookbinding, cambodia, cars, china, chroma, cinque terra, cole gallery, color, creative energy, creative sketchbook, dam, dancers, Diana kingsley, Edmonds, empty, facebook, Gallery North, handmade sketchbook, hue, intensity, intuitive art, intuitive sketchbook, italy, kingston, la conner, Liberty Bay Gallery, lonely, Lonely building, love of the arts, mailboxes, Many Vee Selects, Mount Vernon, mystical, oil paint, Pacific North West, painter, philosophy, photography, photos, Plein Aire, porsches, poulsbo, sea, second Saturday art-walk, Sematics Gallery, shade, sketchbook, Tang Dynasty, three gorges dam, trash, travel, travel photos, tv, tweet, Twitter, value, Washington, water, winslow art center, Yangtze RiverLeave a comment

Before beginning a trip down the Yangtze River in China we stopped at the dam that changed the future and the eco-culture of area. Seeing something this big in structure, beautifully designed, and melting into the atmosphere was inspiring.

diana bennett | artist | interior designer | cook

Interior . Kitchen. Bath . Office Design & Wonderful Food.

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