Sarah's Painting Journal http://journal.splynch.com News, Reviews, Thoughts, Work-in-Progress Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:34:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Girl on Television http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/VHrGBAT3zsw/girl-on-television.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/VHrGBAT3zsw/girl-on-television.html#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:52:44 +0000 Sarah Lynch http://journal.splynch.com/?guid=8f46c1c73d01a2ee5397660cf0f58e2e Continue reading →]]>
A bit short of subjects today.


]]> http://journal.splynch.com/2012/02/01/girl-on-television/feed/ 0 Culture in Niagara http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/8VvmhBm9Yso/culture-in-niagara.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/8VvmhBm9Yso/culture-in-niagara.html#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:49:10 +0000 Sarah Lynch http://journal.splynch.com/?guid=62a697f636012e017611c8398b7250d8 Continue reading →]]>
I attended a seminar today, presented by a new group who are trying to promote culture in the Niagara region. One of the speakers was my friend Odette Yazbeck who is Director of Publicity at the Shaw Festival. The other was Angel Scappatura, arts writer at the St. Catharines Standard. The idea was to provide some of the smaller arts groups with some of the tools they need to get themselves heard. I took the opportunity to sketch the speakers. Neither a good nor a flattering likeness of either of them but at least I tried.
I am going to try to get back into the daily posting habit. Use it or lose it is certainly true for my drawing skills and I find that if I don't draw or paint every day I lose confidence in my ability to do anything. So I may be posting some dross over the next few weeks, but with any luck it will get better.


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I decided to try something completely different today. I did a very quick and rough sketch yesterday of a little bronze statue in the lobby of the local library. This evening I scanned it and then played with it on my iPad. It is a little easier than just trying to start from scratch on the iPad. Interesting anyway.


]]> http://journal.splynch.com/2012/01/23/library-girl/feed/ 0 Frankie http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/DUvpQ9RDPfQ/frankie.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/DUvpQ9RDPfQ/frankie.html#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:32:41 +0000 Sarah Lynch http://journal.splynch.com/?guid=a179f7f2d5f9f1a9524e47d479279521 Continue reading →]]>
5"X7" Acrylic on board

I don't often take on commissions, quite honestly I find them terrifying, especially animal and children portraits. I made an exception for this one as at least the subject was known to me.

I didn't really have any very good photos so I had to use a composite of several, mostly my own but some taken by someone else.

Every morning at around 5:30 Frankie likes to go for a walk on Sandy Beach in Puntas. This is a very famous surfing beach, but there aren't too many surfers this early in the morning.

SOLD


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]]> http://journal.splynch.com/2012/01/19/frankie/feed/ 0 Happy Christmas http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/-AKE42Broyg/happy-christmas.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/-AKE42Broyg/happy-christmas.html#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:16:31 +0000 Sarah Lynch http://journal.splynch.com/?guid=eb566e99a3cbf69e15b10abde7cd1136 Continue reading →]]> I hope that you received something from the man in red this year. Maybe in the new year I will be able to get back to regular posting.


]]> http://journal.splynch.com/2011/12/25/happy-christmas/feed/ 0 Rubber Ducky http://www.etsy.com/listing/9602992/rubber-ducky http://www.etsy.com/listing/9602992/rubber-ducky#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:17:00 +0000 Sarah Lynch http://www.etsy.com/listing/9602992/rubber-ducky Continue reading →]]> $50.00 7"X5" Oil on panel. Unframed and signed by the artist. Visit my "Daily Paintings and Drawings" blog www.splynch.blogspot.com or my website www.splynch.com I couldn't bring myself to get rid if this little chap when my kids outgrew him. He sits on the side of the bathtub and has to be dusted every so often.]]> http://journal.splynch.com/2011/12/22/rubber-ducky-2/feed/ 0 Iris http://www.etsy.com/listing/70693572/iris http://www.etsy.com/listing/70693572/iris#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:17:00 +0000 Sarah Lynch http://www.etsy.com/listing/70693572/iris Continue reading →]]>
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5"X7" original acrylic painting by Sarah Lynch

Herring Gulls are ubiquitous. This one is quite young, he still has some of his juvenile spots in evidence on his neck and head.

I grew up by the sea and got used to seeing them everywhere, they are sea-gulls after all. The Herring Gulls were only one of several species one would see on Worthing beach. There were Black-headed Gulls and Great and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, as well as terns, divers, sandpipers and plovers. It was only when I found myself in the centre of this vast continent that I realized just how far the Herring Gulls disperse. Anywhere around the Great Lakes they are almost as common as they are by the ocean. I am not sure how far away from the Lakes they can be found. I don't think I have ever seen any in the desert, but I am willing to be corrected.]]> http://journal.splynch.com/2011/12/16/seagull-2/feed/ 0 Changes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/Va0xbwKo4m4/changes_14.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splynch/~3/Va0xbwKo4m4/changes_14.html#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:05:12 +0000 Sarah Lynch http://journal.splynch.com/?guid=e493175acde828581036c2353b6698db Continue reading →]]>
Digital painting using "Brushes" app

There have been a lot of changes in my life recently, not the least of which has been my acquisition of an iPad. I have been trying to teach myself to use the various digital painting apps . I must admit I am having little success so far. Don't worry, I don't intend to abandon pencil and brush in favor of this new medium, but I do like to explore new tools and I must say that I have been having fun.




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