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MARSHA WHITESIDES PIPER

A visual journal of my attempt to understand Hue, Value and Chroma.


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014

(Well, Blogger is publishing all my new photos much lighter than they are in my
photos or seeing the paintings in person - wonder what's up with that!!! I kind
of don't want to hit publish- get so frustrated doing this kind of busy work -
no offense to computer people! What's the point of publishing my work if it
looks washed out!)

Here are two 12" x 12"'s, also at Abend Gallery in Denver.



 

The Center of a Sphere is not on it's Surface...
oil on panel 12" x 12"


Lee's Peonies
oil on panel
12" x 12"
Sold

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NEW PAINTINGS...


Been painting every day and still it takes forever to finish. I'd rather paint
than write so not much to read here! Here are some new paintings - all at Abend
Gallery for the Holiday Season.



 
Sasha's Tip   oil on panel 6"x 6"


(Sean) O'Meallie's Yoyo  oil on wood panel  6" x 6"


Side View

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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014


MORE PAINTINGS AT ABEND



Blue Pitcher and White Tile
20" x 20"
oil on canvas


Egg Timer
20" x 20"
oil on canvas



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SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2013


COUNTER BALANCE...SOLD!


 Counter Balance
oil on panel
  10" x 20"
Private Collection in Oslo, Norway


Long time since I've posted, but I am painting again and have several paintings
in the works...more to come!

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012


SOME RECENT WORK...



Sand Dollar Bay 1
oil on canvas 12 x 24
Private Collection

 
 

Denver Botanic Gardens
The Birdfeeder
oil on panel  5 1/2" x 11 3/16"

Private Collection

 

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2011


COPPER #8 GRISAILLE



Getting better - will work on this until I'm satisfied then I'll start the color
- my whole objective with this entire enterprise! By the way, I use 1500 grit
sand paper cloth, wet, to sand down ridges of paint in-between each days work if
there are any. I don't use any medium at this stage.

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COPPER #7 GRISAILLE



Here's the very beginning - a real mess! Looks kind of blue green, but it's
totally neutral gray paints!

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COPPER #6 DRAWING



I use home made pastel transfer paper using a sienna soft pastel/alcohol on
tracing paper to transfer my drawing to the copper. Then I'll start the
grisaille.

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COPPER PREP #5



Here's my 12" x 12" 18 gauge copper panel smooth and dry ready to the drawing.
You can see how thin the paint is - that beautiful pink copper color shows
through in place, though it won't show in the finished piece.

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COPPER PREP #4



Sure wish there was a way to put more than one photo is a post, then I could
write the whole thing together instead of piece meal - last step on top of first
ones! Anyway...

Here, I'm using a brush to put on flake white - actually I used some Cremitz
white here - that's been thinned with mineral spirits or turps. I started with
the brush to get the stuff on there, then I smoothed it out with my thumb.

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COPPER PREP #3



After polishing with the Never Dull and cleaning several times with the alcohol,
I then use ca.400 grit wet/dry sand paper to take off the red curprous oxide
(CU2O) formed by reaction between surface of copper and oxygen in the air. You
can see the fine powder that's on the sand paper and the difference between the
cleaned side/dirty side.

This abrading, done in small circles with dry sand paper and quite abit of
pressure, is what allow the paint to bond with the copper. I think an ion is
exchanged between oil paint and the metal, but don't know the science exactly -
only that it works!

Then I clean off any red dust that is left behind, again with the alcohol. Now
it's ready to accept the ground of thinned flake white.

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COPPER PREP #2 SUPPLIES


 * Never Dull - a metal polishing batting that works well.
 * Denatured Alchohol
 * 400 grit wet/dry sand paper
 * flake white oil paint thinned with a bit of mineral spirits


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COPPER PREPARATION #1 DIRTY COPPER


I love painting on copper! But as with most painting supports - linen, panel,
canvas or wall, there is much work that must be done before I can even think
about painting on it.





Here is a 12 x 12  18 gauge copper panel. Paint will not adhere to the surface
as it is and MUST be thoroughly cleaned and abraded .


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BLUE


Blue oil on linen panel  13 x 15


My intention here is to study the color blue. However instead of painting blue
spheres like I did for 5 YR, I decided to try this blue pitcher that's pretty
close to 6.5PB and Nasteriums from last summer's window box...for a touch of
humor I added a small iron bird wondering about that reflection that leads
outside! I started this one with local color on linen panel and have started
another using a neutral grisaille but on copper. I'll post the way I prep the
copper in the next post.




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BATTIPORTA - ITALIAN DOORKNOCKER



Here's another one - Battiporta or Italian Doorknocker 9 x 8 oil on panel

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NEW WORK 2011


My, how time gets away from me!  I have been working, though you wouldn't know
it from the dates on this blog!



Here's a commission of a Black Capped Chickadee - oil on panel 6 x 8

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010


20TH ANNIVERSARY AT ABEND GALLERY IN DENVER, CO


                   Still Life with Crystal & Peonies 
                     oil on panel  15 x 17 (image)

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THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010


SOME RECENT WORK - STILL LIFE WITH TEA


Still Life with Tea
12 x 12
(Sold)

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SILVER RIMMED BOWL



Silver Rimmed Bowl
16 x 20 oil on panel
Available at Abend Gallery.com


Detail Silver Rimmed Bowl

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Beets - Locally Grown
10 x 20 oil on panel
Available at Abend Gallery.com

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MUNSELL EXERCISES


In between living & painting, I've finally completed some of the Munsell
Exercises as recommended by Graydon Parrish at Rational Painting. The investment
of more than 3 years, lots of paint & work, and the Big Book of Color is
starting to pay off.  I've set up the current round of exercises that I finished
last fall just to show myself how much I've accomplished - even though they're
not perfect - I am beginning to get it! I'll start on a new round of
sphere studies soon. As with most things, one must actually do the work to
arrive at a deeper understanding.





The value sticks have come in very handy! I started with these:







It's hard to know if I'm on the right track, as I haven't been able to attend
Graydon's Color Workshop in person. Learning all this stuff over the Internet by
trial and error, not having anyone to critique the work, has been frustrating to
say the least, but also very satisfying to accomplish what I have on my own!
Thanks Graydon, wherever you are, for starting the conversation and sharing your
research and experience!



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