tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18051535152773858742024-02-01T23:50:36.922-07:00DAILY PAINTING Donna MacDonaldI'm a Canadian Artist living in Calgary, Alberta. I try to spend at least part of every day painting and I will be sharing my journey on this blog. My paintings are contemporary and impressionistic in style. I hope you enjoy them.Donna MacDonald AFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805153515277385874.post-42056192444815250592016-05-29T01:10:00.000-06:002016-05-29T01:10:29.578-06:00Palette Knife Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This little painting was completed with a palette knife and so much fun to paint!!</div>
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Greetings!</div>
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Teaching over the last several years has been both rewarding and inspirational. My decision was largely due to time constraints and not feeling like I had adequate time to explore possibilities in my own work.</div>
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I taught my final workshop to a great group of artists last week and although I am excited for what the future holds it is always a bit scary when our careers take a new direction. </div>
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But what will that look like? Will I have the discipline to continue to grow as an artist? There is so much to learn and having started this artistic journey rather late in life, I feel a sense of urgency. </div>
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To address this I have again enrolled in several workshops, studying with <a href="http://www.terrymiura.com/#!cityscape/cz7o" target="_blank">Terri Miura</a>, <a href="http://www.maxginsburg.com/life-studies/" target="_blank">Max Ginsberg</a> and <a href="http://www.lustenhouwer.com/en/home" target="_blank">Ben Lustenhouwer</a> this summer. I am also taking a week long sculpting class - something else I've always wanted to do.</div>
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I hope you will continue to check in with me as I share my new skills with you. I hope to update my blog more often in the coming year.</div>
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I recently had a photo shoot with my daughter. We had so much fun dressing her up in dresses, hats, sunglasses and other accessories. I used an ott light to create drama and was able to get quite a bit of reference material for future paintings and drawings.</div>
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<span style=" font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The joys of charcoal!! Every Sunday I join a group of artists and we spend 3 or 4 hours with a model. Lately I have been using charcoal and am having so much fun. The surface is a mid tone brown "kraft" paper. It is stronger than the usual newsprint. I use vine charcoal, black and white charcoal for the lights and darks and the colour of the paper fills in the mid tones.</span><br />
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I find these sessions a great way to keep my eye to hand coordination strong. There are several life drawing opportunities now in the city.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Women Painting Women is an international movement that explores how contemporary women painters are handling women as subjects. The goal is to “promote the visibility of contemporary female artists portraying female subjects in the figurative traditions and showcase the quality, variety and breadth of women making figurative art in the 21<sup>st</sup> century”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The movement began as a Women Painting Women Blog in 2009 showcasing treatments of the female form as painted by female artists. It has since expanded to include exhibitions in the UK and the US and now throughout the world. We are delighted to bring this international movement to Calgary to encourage and inspire all figurative artists especially women.</span></div>
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Crescent Heights Community Centre.<br />1101 - 2nd Street NW, Calgary, AB<br />This is a two day event with different artists represented on each day.<br />I will be there on Saturday only.</h3>
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If you haven't been to Calyx before you are in for an experience. There will be 33 artists on Saturday and 34 different artists on Sunday. The scope of exhibit is amazing featuring paintings, jewelry, clothing, pottery and many more items. Here are a few of the pieces I will be including. Hope to see you there!</div>
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The above paintings will be exhibited at the Federation of Canadian Artists upcoming Exhibition.<br />
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I hope you will all join me on my new blog and website. I have updated my website with Fine Art Services Online and decided to use their integrated blog.<br />
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New paintings available at <a href="http://differentstrokesartgallery.ca/" target="_blank">Different Strokes Art Gallery</a> located in Olds, Alberta. The Opening Reception for their Winter Art Show and Sale is this Friday, November 1st from 5:30-7:30. Many artists including myself will be there, so stop by and enjoy live music, refreshments, hors d'oeuvres and a chance to see all of the wonderful new art.<br />
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Here are some of the paintings that are available for purchase through <a href="http://www.ayrspace.ca/" target="_blank">AyrSpace Gallery </a>located in Ayr Ontario. Their Christmas Market Opening Reception: Friday November 15th.Donna MacDonald AFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805153515277385874.post-7664822039052509022013-07-30T17:26:00.002-06:002013-07-30T17:28:57.354-06:00Diana Paul Galleries, CalgaryI am thrilled to announce that my work is now being represented by <a href="http://www.dianapaul.com/default.htm" target="_blank">Diana Paul Galleries</a>, downtown Calgary. I just dropped off several of my latest paintings and 3 of them are featured in their window.<br />
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<br />Donna MacDonald AFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805153515277385874.post-59541161111486886842013-07-07T11:47:00.001-06:002013-07-07T12:09:03.524-06:00 Jennifer McChristian Plein Air WorkshopI recently was lucky enough to attend one of Jennifer McChristian's in beautiful Ojai, California. She is a fantastic teacher willing to share all of her knowledge and technique.<br />
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I had very little experience with plein air painting before attending her workshop. I was looking for a method that made the task a little less daunting and came away from the week with Jennifer armed with a step by step way to take what seemed like an insurmountable <strike>t</strike>ask.<br />
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Her method involves doing a thumb nail sketch and then assigning one of four values to each shape. <br />
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The first day we concentrated on doing black and white paintings using 4 values.<br />
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This was my effort; a planter with fronds lit by the sun against a hillside. We were only able to use 4 values. It forced you to concentrate on the values and value pattern.<br />
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The next day we did the same exercise but used colour to represent the values. Here is my effort.<br />
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We were to keep the values separate with no blending concentrating of the temperature, colour and value.<br />
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Further on in the week we were able to complete several small paintings using the method above.<br />
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I took advantage of one of the other students painting up on the hill.<br />
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The first 11x14 painting was done from a photo taken from the bridge crossing the little creek on Prince's Island Park. I love the light that late evening provides.</div>
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The second painting also 11x14 was painted from a photo taken on Stephen Avenue in Calgary. I originally included the urban scene surrounding them but then decided I'd rather have them in a park setting. I wiped out the sidewalk and buildings and plopped them into a park.</div>
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<br />Donna MacDonald AFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805153515277385874.post-75339158046134458402013-06-26T17:27:00.001-06:002013-06-26T17:27:19.439-06:00New Date Colour Workshop June 29th<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">
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Donna MacDonald AFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805153515277385874.post-20827138407604395732013-06-25T11:23:00.001-06:002013-06-25T11:24:56.601-06:00Mastering Edges with Carolyn Anderson 05/23 by AMO Art Chat with Linda Fisler | Blog Talk Radio <a href="http://www.artistmentorsonline.com/" target="_blank">AMO</a> - Artists Mentors Online is a fantastic resource for any artist. It was started by<a href="http://kevinmacpherson.com/" target="_blank"> Kevin MacPherson</a> and <a href="http://www.lindafisler.com/" target="_blank">Linda Fisler.</a> On the site you will find links to their blog, articles, challenges and blog talk radio shows. They recently had<a href="http://carolynanderson.com/" target="_blank"> Carolyn Anderson</a> on as their guest to talk about edges. I was lucky enough to attend one of her workshops a few years back and it was wonderful to listen again to her thoughts. She is a fabulous teacher and artist. Check out the program by clicking on the link below. <br />
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I can't believe it has been months since I updated my blog. Well I have been hard at work painting and attending workshops. I'll post information about Jennifer McChristian's plein air workshop in a later post.</div>
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Here are two recent ones, I'll be uploading more in the next few days.</div>
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Donna MacDonald AFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805153515277385874.post-84052729062325878662013-03-09T00:34:00.000-07:002013-03-09T00:34:13.266-07:00Federation of Canadian Artists Exhibition and SaleThe Federation of Canadian Artists (Calgary Chapter) is holding their Spring Exhibition and Sale tomorrow from 10-4pm in the community of Edgemont.<br />
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Note: Due to a water main break the new location is #115 Edwold Drive NW in the Mother Mary Green School. <br />
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I have 6 of my paintings accepted into the show and will be doing a demo from 12-2:00 pm.<br />
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<b>"Coming and Going" </b> 11x14 Oil<br />
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I'm happy with the figures but still feel the building and background could be looser. Oh well there's always tomorrow =).</div>
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Donna MacDonald AFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805153515277385874.post-89718177908956571862013-02-24T18:54:00.001-07:002013-02-24T18:55:28.614-07:00by Donna MacDonald<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Although most of my paintings are done in one or two sittings while wet, occasionally I have paintings that need a bit more time. I have in the past been reluctant to work on a dry painting for fear of taking the freshness out of it but am now more confident about being able to improve upon the brushwork and composition. The above two paintings sat around for a while but I wasn't really happy with either. I reworked them and I think that they are more successful now both in technique and design.</div>
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Donna MacDonald AFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805153515277385874.post-80716305939862504202013-02-06T09:46:00.000-07:002013-07-12T16:37:26.695-06:00International Exhibition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm thrilled to have my painting "Passing Time" showing at the "Just For You Gallery of Fine Art" in Healdsburg, CA in their International Juried Exhibition. The painting will be available February 9 - March 31, 2013, Artist Reception February 9th 5-10pm.<br />
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I came across this youtube video that explains the light and shadow found on all lforms. This little tutorial is fantastic and well worth a look.You can find more information on www.Proko.com.Donna MacDonald AFCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16716718966981032946noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1805153515277385874.post-9764889491222597082012-11-30T11:59:00.000-07:002012-11-30T11:59:08.428-07:00Mother's Love - Small Wonder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph a young mom (a fellow artist) and her baby. We took several shots out in her garden where her little boy was fascinated with the abundance of flowers. A tender moment. I tried to be a bit bolder with the paint application using a knife and colour shaper.</div>
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