HELEN COOPER - Daily painting
small paintings in oil...
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Thursday, 8 February 2018
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Sunday, 31 December 2017
Saturday, 23 December 2017
ON STRIKE #1
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
MILOU
Monday, 6 November 2017
BIG BINS
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
BUS 472 - # 4
Friday, 13 October 2017
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
CRICKET - COVER DRIVE
Friday, 10 March 2017
TOAD
Saturday, 4 March 2017
Friday, 24 February 2017
ROCK CLIMBING
Thursday, 23 February 2017
SPIN
Friday, 27 January 2017
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
JUST ONE
Tuesday, 9 August 2016
Monday, 8 August 2016
BATSMAN SERIES #8 of 9
Friday, 5 August 2016
Thursday, 4 August 2016
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
BATSMAN SERIES #5 of 9
Tuesday, 2 August 2016
Sunday, 31 July 2016
Friday, 29 July 2016
Thursday, 28 July 2016
BATSMAN SERIES #1 of 9
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
SUCH AN HONOUR!
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
BUS 472 - #3
#309 - 6" X 8" - Oil
Finally it was a sunny winter's morning. With clear skys and sunlight this meant that I had lots of contrast in my tonal values and the colours were more saturated. ( compare studies #1and #2 ) What I really liked was the dark blue colour of the road as a result of heavy rain overnight. By the time I finished the painting the sun had dried it out to its usual grey colour. These studies cleary show how the same subject can look so different under diverse weather conditions.
Monday, 27 June 2016
BUS 472 - #2
#308 - 6" X 8" - Oil
Another grey day but this time with misty rain. Still not much contrast in my tonal values. I was hoping for heavier rain so I'd have lots of reflections on the road...... but that didn't happen. I almost decided not to paint this one because I thought it would be too much like the first study. But then I realized that even if the weather is similar, no two paintings will be the same. Which is one of the reasons why I'm doing these studies in the first place. The road surface is a lot cooler compared to #1 and the bus lights were on making them my lightest lights.
Friday, 10 June 2016
BUS 472 - #1
#307 - 6" X 8" - Oil
I want to work a lot more on my plein air painting so I've set myself a task. I see this view everyday and under all different weather conditions. It's one of the views from my front porch. Not that it's obvious here, but our house is situated on a bend and so the local bus seems to head straight towards us before turning. I wanted the challenge of painting the bus as it passes. So, while waiting for each bus, I paint the landscape and then quickly paint the bus as it momentarily appears and disappears. Sometimes it stops to pick up passengers, sometimes not. I've always liked the idea of painting the same landscape under different weather conditions, and in doing so, finishing up with a small series of paintings. Let's see how it goes!
This was a very grey day. To achieve this effect I made sure there was little contrast in the tonal values and kept all the colours muted.