Category: Vietnam

Driven to Abstraction

14/3/2012

Just to keep it interesting, I've done a couple of abstract paintings.

The first is an idea that's been floating around in my head for a while, and I had a piece of dark red pastel paper lying around (an offcut from the second Tararua sunrise painting), so I thought I'd have a go at it. On the whole I'm quite pleased with the result.

The painting uses Winsor Red and Winsor Orange, hence the name given that Winsor and Newton no longer make pastels.

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Halong Bay No. 1

7/3/2012

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Yesterday I did a small (300 x 230 mm) painting of Halong Bay. It's called No. 1 because I expect to be doing quite a few of Halong Bay :)

The painting is done almost exclusively with Unison pastels (light browns and greens in Winsor and Newton colours). I'm finding them good to use so far. They're very soft, so easy to get a sharp edge. Also the go on quite thick, so it's easy to blend. I think I'll be buy some more.

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Something different

27/2/2012

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I decided to do a more abstract piece. It was going to be a very simple - just some large areas divided up with curved lines with a few designs on them. But it kind of changed along the way and the simple design got a lot more complex.

The painting is based on my memories of our recent trip to Vietnam. The bottom left is a simple representation of the terraced rice paddies in the northern highlands, with a bold dividing feature from the next section representing the misty highland hills near the south China border. The next sections are based on Hoi An in central Vietnam. We did not go any further south apart from passing through Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon) on the way to Kuala Lumpur.

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The Lone Paddler

13/2/2012

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The Vietnamese sampan painting is now called "The Lone Paddler", finished as shown below.

The boat and paddler are done quite precisely as planned, and the reflections on the water go back to the looser style of the background. I think it works as intended - interested to hear any comments?

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Another Vietnam Painting

11/2/2012

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Yesterday after finishing the Tararua painting I started an outline drawing for another Vietnam painting. Still in Hoi An, a painting of an old man sculling his sampan up the river.

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The Eyes Have It

8/2/2012

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Finished a new painting today - "The Eyes Have It". First of a series of paintings from our recent trip to Malaysia and Vietnam.

The boats are tourist boats at Hoi An, Vietnam. They are hired by the hour for trips on the river, at prices depending on how desperate they are, or how patient you are and how many owners you are prepared to haggle with. We paid 150,000 dong (about $US7) for a 1 hour trip to the wood carving village on the other side of the river. Of course it's all a tourist trap - they take you around all the wood carving workshops and you have to be pretty determined to escape without buying at least something.

The painting took about a week on and off. The detail on the boats in the background was quite fiddly and took a long time. Also had a bit of trouble with the wharf that the boats are tied up to, in the end I just left it out - believe me it looks much better without it.

Jason

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I'm a self taught artist, attempting to make a living from my art. This blog will include ramblings on any subject I feel like, hopefully mostly art related.

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