This time; I will proudly display the drawings of my great niece (Danny Gonzaléz) whom gift to me the latest drawing notebook. She is 9 years old and like to paint and drawing, This remainds me a Pablo Picasso´s quote, that said.- "It took me 4 years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetine to paint like a child", and that is because among other things, art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Design in Nature;

When taking nature photos in location, its important to take many photos of something you need;  however in this particular case I took a photographic reference from  the web  cropping as I needed to; so using ligth, tone and technique you can make some parts pop out, I aim for the best view and make decisions accordingly
I started by drawing onto an approched colored acrylic average background (adding and marking texture) then blocking in;  and establishing dark areas building up layer by layer with oil painting to complete in fine color tuning,-- the final touch was the colored glaze to uniform a particular crimson color, This painting it was a kind of practice trying to add or experiment with some phosphorescent colors.- so that´s way I changed from acrylic base to oil finishing in order to ligth up

                                             Ref PO640

                                The flowers blossoms for their own joy
                                       sharing fragrance and beauty

Luminosity

Capture the feeling of ligth, flowing in, around and through the subject
To do so I did an experiment with barniz and color above a pattern with a few large shapes trying to previsualize the design in three main values.- the whites and ligthest values the mid-tones and the darks 
I kept the whites dry and out of color pouring (I didn´t mask this time)
I mixed my colors with yellow all of them.-- above of and underpainting surface of the basic mid-tone
As I worked with acrylic, all the surface was truly wet (avoiding design white áreas) for color mixing flow (few colors for this subject viridian, cerulean blue, ochre, orange, raw umber & white)
As I´m working in layers, the white presence is added and mixing in particular areas - after dried, I applied barniz with additional white to make it shine and capture fading ligth.- This was an experiment to check out how the barniz with color work ref PO639
If you hear a voice within you say "it won´t work"
Then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced
         
                                                 PO639

The liberty to explore and change

 

     Form painter; As an artista student; I strongly believe that in art anything is posible, so during the process of painting, no matter what stage  I am at, I do not hesitate, to change, modify or even entirely remove what I´m painting if I feel that the work is not what I like to produce, the only thing really makes me satisfied is being successful in the final stage when I finish the final touch and stroke. I often have to step back and squint my eyes to identify snags needing correction and to make sure that everything is in the right place. Also technically sometimes I leave the painting unfinished, as I do not like to over-paint, focusing in the common theme and subject matter, or technique is
   When I complete the basic idea I observe for some days to see if there is anything else to refine, I like to work in more tan one piece at a time in order to prevent my focus, sometimes I expect viewers to judje additional details to include when the painting is for a particular purpose before fix it.

                                          CO638

                
                Families that grow together, stay together ............forever!;

Choose a Lighting Plan and stick to it;
Establish the source of ligth, everything follows from the choice, keep it simple, lighting reference should be consistent, this was taken from a picture to experiment with lighting ref PO637.-  Color and ligth, should be given the form illumination can transform the subject you don´t have to paint things the way they appear the modos be consciously choosing for a color scheme. the response of this effects of atmosphere and illumination is largely unconscious

                             Ref PO637 background ligth in a rose

                    When you ligth a candle, you also cast a shadow

Combination of médium techniques

I do not follow rules I try to paint every new painting in a way that is relatively different from the previous, so I try texture in different ways, then I combine different techniques in the same painting, In other words I´m trying to find a different approch to fit my feeling to attack the different themes I´m working with. 
In the following painting ref PO633 the background was given with colored yesso impasto and above that I added acrylic color keeping the ligth áreas as much as posible
Another point I´m trying along this excersize is to mix at least two or more colors before and/or onto the canvas in order to convey transparency and refraction of color and shape. the whole combination of reflection and strong contrast is a challenge itself.
The first picture of this painting has been done ,just  after apply acrylic ,
The second one; after apply oil painting transparencies to give more contrast but keeping the ligthest áreas as much as posible
Which is the one wich shown more real feeling?

                                      Ref PO633 picture 1

 

PO634 picture 2(after modify)

A Birthday present;
The following painting, It has been dedicated for a person whom we appreciate as parents and who brougth a lot of joy and pride to our lifes.- wishing to him always be happy, and expecting in this day 24FE14 to have a wonderful   moments with all his friends and for his life a good and cheerful life ahead 

                                             CO 636