Comments on: I Just Love Texture http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/ Pastels and Watercolor Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sara http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Sara Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:56:54 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-180 Hi Bri! I guess I haven't been on here in a long time. I will keep in mind that you like this one, ok? I sure miss you! Love, Sara Hi Bri!

I guess I haven’t been on here in a long time. I will keep in mind that you like this one, ok?

I sure miss you!
Love,
Sara

]]> By: Brianna O'Byrne http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Brianna O'Byrne Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:18:42 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-177 wow! i LOVE this one! (: sooo pretty. i would love to buy this haha. would go perfectly in my room! wow! i LOVE this one! (: sooo pretty. i would love to buy this haha. would go perfectly in my room!

]]> By: Sara http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Sara Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:51:28 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-142 Michelle, that is so cool. I would love to see yours if you find it. Michelle,

that is so cool. I would love to see yours if you find it.

]]> By: Michelle (artscapes) http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Michelle (artscapes) Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:23:16 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-141 Sara! I did one almost exactly like this (3 lilies)in '04. It is startling how similarly we approached it. I just might have to dig it up for you - I think you'd smile.... Needless to say... I love it! The fast drying acrylics are brutal in a furnace dry winter house as well.... I hear ya! Sara! I did one almost exactly like this (3 lilies)in ‘04. It is startling how similarly we approached it. I just might have to dig it up for you – I think you’d smile…. Needless to say… I love it!

The fast drying acrylics are brutal in a furnace dry winter house as well…. I hear ya!

]]> By: Sara http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Sara Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:48:55 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-136 Wow, i bet that was a total blindside. The good thing is you are no longer in that energy sucking environment. Of course the bad thing is the money aspect. i hope you can get it worked out. I wish you could write and paint etc. full time. thank goodness for unemployment. Also that you don't put your self worth in the job you have. just remember you are very talented with your writing and painting. this could be the start of something big in the art world for you. Take care! Wow,
i bet that was a total blindside. The good thing is you are no longer in that energy sucking environment. Of course the bad thing is the money aspect. i hope you can get it worked out. I wish you could write and paint etc. full time. thank goodness for unemployment. Also that you don’t put your self worth in the job you have. just remember you are very talented with your writing and painting. this could be the start of something big in the art world for you.

Take care!

]]> By: sue http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-135 sue Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:37:16 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-135 Yes...I am still around...still working dilligently at the studio. I was "let go" after 10 years at my job in January....so I am collecting unemployment and painting and writing alot. It was a total blindside but I think the further I get from it the better it becomes. The ability to keep the studio is the only fall out..but so far it is do-able...At some point I will have to get another job but I'm looking at flower shop or something similar...we'll see how the cards fall...Once again it is so impressive to see your work and inspiring!!!!....sue Yes…I am still around…still working dilligently at the studio. I was “let go” after 10 years at my job in January….so I am collecting unemployment and painting and writing alot. It was a total blindside but I think the further I get from it the better it becomes. The ability to keep the studio is the only fall out..but so far it is do-able…At some point I will have to get another job but I’m looking at flower shop or something similar…we’ll see how the cards fall…Once again it is so impressive to see your work and inspiring!!!!….sue

]]> By: Sara http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Sara Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:19:15 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-134 I have been looking at the oil pastels and oil bars too. I need to figure those things out. i'll be honest, I have never stretched a canvas before. I've mostly painted with watercolors until recently and then I used already stretched canvases. But, you have a good point. I just figured out what you mean by the rubber thing for screens. just use it to hold the canvas in place and then pop it out to take the canvas out. What a good idea! I have to take a reall hard look at my supplies and decide what is coming with and what is going into storage and what is going to the garage sale. I am taking my french easel with me as it folds down to table top size for inside the RV and then I can use it outside as well. I may bring my folding watercolor easel. It isn't very sturdy, but is very lightweight. not sure if i will need it though. Then there are the paints. And the pastels. And the papers. I will put most of my full sheets of WC paper in storage. So many things to think about. I may just paint on panels for the oils and acrylics. They will be smaller, and will stack easily. Lots of stuff to work out. Thanks for the suggestions. I have been looking at the oil pastels and oil bars too. I need to figure those things out. i’ll be honest, I have never stretched a canvas before. I’ve mostly painted with watercolors until recently and then I used already stretched canvases. But, you have a good point. I just figured out what you mean by the rubber thing for screens. just use it to hold the canvas in place and then pop it out to take the canvas out. What a good idea! I have to take a reall hard look at my supplies and decide what is coming with and what is going into storage and what is going to the garage sale. I am taking my french easel with me as it folds down to table top size for inside the RV and then I can use it outside as well. I may bring my folding watercolor easel. It isn’t very sturdy, but is very lightweight. not sure if i will need it though. Then there are the paints. And the pastels. And the papers. I will put most of my full sheets of WC paper in storage. So many things to think about. I may just paint on panels for the oils and acrylics. They will be smaller, and will stack easily. Lots of stuff to work out. Thanks for the suggestions.

]]> By: Heather http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Heather Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:16:25 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-133 There are water based oils now, and they cure much faster. Also, oil pastels can be worked with linseed oils, turps, and other agents that will make them easier to carry and store than oil paint tubes, and they look just as good, plus you have more control that way of the medium itself. Also you can use a canvas with the rubber instead of staples on the back (think that stuff they use in window screens, that rubber stuff) and then when it's dry, undo the canvas and roll it up to store it, re-use the canvas frame by getting flat canvas (pre-primed or not, your choice) and then cut some out of your "bolt" of canvas, attach to the frame and paint again. I did this for the first three years of my art life because we were moving around a lot. Just an idea...you don't have to be without just because your mobile...you just have to get creative about your art space. For the longest time my art space was a brown box...I could move it easy, it took up small amounts of space and people still wanted to buy my art...they had to have it stretched onto a new frame, but that's not a big deal for most folks. Most craft stores will do that for a couple bucks and the cost of the frame. Good luck on the mobile lifestyle, I'd do it in a heart beat if I could! There are water based oils now, and they cure much faster. Also, oil pastels can be worked with linseed oils, turps, and other agents that will make them easier to carry and store than oil paint tubes, and they look just as good, plus you have more control that way of the medium itself. Also you can use a canvas with the rubber instead of staples on the back (think that stuff they use in window screens, that rubber stuff) and then when it’s dry, undo the canvas and roll it up to store it, re-use the canvas frame by getting flat canvas (pre-primed or not, your choice) and then cut some out of your “bolt” of canvas, attach to the frame and paint again. I did this for the first three years of my art life because we were moving around a lot. Just an idea…you don’t have to be without just because your mobile…you just have to get creative about your art space. For the longest time my art space was a brown box…I could move it easy, it took up small amounts of space and people still wanted to buy my art…they had to have it stretched onto a new frame, but that’s not a big deal for most folks. Most craft stores will do that for a couple bucks and the cost of the frame. Good luck on the mobile lifestyle, I’d do it in a heart beat if I could!

]]> By: Sara http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Sara Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:15:24 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-132 Thank-you Heather! I want to try oils at some point. the problem will be where to put them to cure when we are in the motorhome. It might not work. But, I have more and more urges to use them. We shall see. I know there is a fast drying white that could be mixed with other colors to speed up the drying time. But, still I would need a place to hang them and there are few of those places in the motorhome. As it is I m hoping to have a space to hang the painting you sold me. my daughter may end up having it on her wall for awhile. She is going to have several of my paintings and an oil painting a friend of mine did last year. I may have to ask some family and friends to keep some of my artwork until we end up getting a plae that will act as "home base". Of course we aren't sure we will do that at all. I see this as the biggest downfall of the mobile lifestyle, not much wall space! Thank-you Heather!

I want to try oils at some point. the problem will be where to put them to cure when we are in the motorhome. It might not work. But, I have more and more urges to use them. We shall see. I know there is a fast drying white that could be mixed with other colors to speed up the drying time. But, still I would need a place to hang them and there are few of those places in the motorhome. As it is I
m hoping to have a space to hang the painting you sold me. my daughter may end up having it on her wall for awhile. She is going to have several of my paintings and an oil painting a friend of mine did last year. I may have to ask some family and friends to keep some of my artwork until we end up getting a plae that will act as “home base”. Of course we aren’t sure we will do that at all. I see this as the biggest downfall of the mobile lifestyle, not much wall space!

]]> By: Heather http://www.saramathewson.com/2008/04/05/i-just-love-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Heather Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:33:07 +0000 http://www.saramathewson.com/?p=76#comment-131 Love the new work, great job letting the mediums lead and teach you! I love acrylics...just hate that drying time thing...I switched to oils about 7 years ago now and only play with acrylics or use them for under painting my oils. I love oils...but then there's the dry time thing again...it takes so long sometimes! Because oils don't dry they cure...and green oil color takes the longest of all to dry, well white is bad too...your heat is just what I need up here! I love lilies too! I collect them when I can have a garden and I love to take pictures of them too. Great job! Love the new work, great job letting the mediums lead and teach you! I love acrylics…just hate that drying time thing…I switched to oils about 7 years ago now and only play with acrylics or use them for under painting my oils. I love oils…but then there’s the dry time thing again…it takes so long sometimes! Because oils don’t dry they cure…and green oil color takes the longest of all to dry, well white is bad too…your heat is just what I need up here! I love lilies too! I collect them when I can have a garden and I love to take pictures of them too. Great job!

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