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Friday, March 16, 2012

True Colors

Self Portrait
Self-Portrait 12 X 12 acrylic, ink, oil pastel, and charcoal on canvas board

For about a week, I've been working on a great big abstract in these yummy colors. Since I had a lot of paint left on my palette, I thought it might be fun to do a Klee-style self portrait on a stray canvas board I had lying around the studio. A friend of mine said it kinda looked like the inside of my head while I'm dreaming of the ocean. She knows me pretty well, right? This painting is avaiable, so, if you're interested, just send me an e-mail at kathymccullen@aol.com. You can see my big WIP below.

WIP

for Illustration Friday and Paint Party Friday.

17 comments:

Carolyn Dube said...

This is wonderful! Love your use of color!

Netty said...

Terrific style of painting. Happy PPF, x

Unknown said...

great colors my PPF friend ! I have never thought to make a little self portait out of left over paint...great idea to try myself sometime

carol l mckenna said...

Great colors and awesome creation ~~ thanks namaste, Carol ^_^

Unknown said...

Love this ...great fun... :)

Jill said...

Very creative and those colors are delicious! Happy PPF!

Bren Graham Thebeau said...

Love that you're sharing the process of developing this new work, it's so much fun to see how you begin and where it leads to. A look inside our heads, now there's a scary though :-)

Mary C. Nasser said...

Love your self-portrait!
I am a huge fan of Paul Klee! :)
♥♥♥
Happy PPF!!
Mary
Mixed-Media Map Art

Anne Manda said...

Delicious colors! Happy PPF !

Heather said...

your self portrait pops off the page! great colors! happy ppf

Deb Harvey said...

Love your self portrait! Beautiful color!

EVA said...

Love those colours! A fun self-portrait and looking forward to seeing what you do with the WIP.

BTW Did you know you still have your word verification/captcha on?

carlarey said...

What a fabulous idea. I am going to have to try that. I love the description of it being the inside of your head while you are dreaming of the ocean.

Unknown said...

Love that face and the colors you used!

Jen @Sadie Inspired said...

Those are such yummy colors for sure! I think your portrait is so cute. What a great way to use that paint. :)

Valerie Lorimer said...

Beautiful colors! Lovely.

pauline said...

oh I SO love this kind of self portrait!
And i love Paul Klee... colors and all.
Beautiful! thanks for sharing. xoxo