Watercolor Designs - The Blog of Judy Moore Mudd http://blog.watercolordesigns.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:42:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WatercolorDesigns/~3/G6uEWHOxNFc/</link> <comments>http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2009/07/138/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:42:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Judy Moore Mudd</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Floral-Garden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Still Life]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/?p=138</guid> <description><![CDATA[Watercolor Approx Size: 16×11″ Matted/Framed to 20×16″ ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_137" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 441px"><img class="size-full wp-image-137" title="grapesonvine-72-border" src="http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/grapesonvine-72-border.jpg" alt="Grapes on Vine" width="431" height="594" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Grapes on Vine</p></div> <p>Watercolor</p> <p>Approx Size: 16×11″</p> <p>Matted/Framed to 20×16″</p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WatercolorDesigns/~4/G6uEWHOxNFc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2009/07/138/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <feedburner:origLink>http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2009/07/138/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title /> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WatercolorDesigns/~3/ju6W09AieTs/</link> <comments>http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2009/07/134/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:40:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Judy Moore Mudd</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Buildings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cityscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/?p=134</guid> <description><![CDATA[Watercolor Approx Size: 17×23″ Framed to 26×32″ ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_133" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 630px"><img class="size-full wp-image-133" title="bardstownrd2-72-border" src="http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bardstownrd2-72-border.jpg" alt="Bardstown Rd 2" width="620" height="472" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bardstown Rd 2</p></div> <p>Watercolor</p> <p>Approx Size: 17×23″</p> <p>Framed to 26×32″</p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WatercolorDesigns/~4/ju6W09AieTs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2009/07/134/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <feedburner:origLink>http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2009/07/134/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Boat in Mist http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WatercolorDesigns/~3/6AsXkM2gNHE/ http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2009/07/boat-in-mist/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:38:03 +0000 Judy Moore Mudd http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/?p=129 Boat in Mist-JudyMooreMudd

Boat in Mist

Watercolor

Approx Size: 16×11″

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About the Painting:

Size: 22×19″

This is my latest portrait painting.  It is taken from a photo I took last summer of this gentleman down at the Waterfront Park here in Louisville, KY.  He was nice enough to pose for me and give me a subtle smile.  I loved his features and thought it would make a good portrait.

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About the Painting:

Title:  “The Boys”

Size: approx 18×28″

This is a recent commissioned painting.  To see my process of painting, go to my website for a slideshow!  Click here:  Watercolordesigns.com

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About the Painting:

Another mini painting, sized 7×5″.

Price matted: $50.00, plus shipping.

To Purchase, Click Here!


]]> http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2008/12/2-strawberries/feed/ http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2008/12/2-strawberries/ Anatomy of a Painting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WatercolorDesigns/~3/nNqIuXDwhbI/ http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/2008/12/anatomy-of-a-painting/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:21:20 +0000 Judy Moore Mudd http://blog.watercolordesigns.com/?p=118 This is a slideshow of the commissioned painting that I completed this week.  The customer’s original photo was 20+ years old, size approximately 3×4″.   The final painting size is 22×16.5″.

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About the Painting:

Size: 5×7″, on 140# Arches Hot Pressed Paper

I love bright colors and the purple violet made the lemons pop!  Paint colors used are Quin Gold, New Gamboge, Thalo Blue and Dioxazine Violet, plus a few extras for kick!

SOLD!  Collection: J.B., Indianapolis, IN

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About the Painting:

Size: 5×7″, on Arches 140# Hot Pressed Paper

SOLD!  Collection: J.B., Indianapolis, IN

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I haven’t posted a painting this week so I thought I would post a painting in progress to show what I have been doing.  This is a commissioned painting from a very small 20+ year old photo.  It is a wonderful scene where a child has fallen asleep after getting up to see if Santa came during the night.  Apparently it was a little too early and he crashed among the presents.  A very sweet memory for his mother.

This painting size is about 16 x 22″ and the photo is about a 3×5″ and the area I painted from in the photo is even smaller than that, so I had to scan the original photo in a very high resolution to blow it up on my computer to see any detail at all.   I took a lot of liberties with the colors, particularly in the tree, since having a very dark green tree would take away from the focal area of the little boy.  I wanted the painting to remain “soft” all over, given the subject matter, and stayed away from overly bright and competing colors.  Notice the brighter packages are closer to the subject, bringing in your eye, where the lighter packages are more in the perimeter.

The painting is almost finished.  I still need to add a little color in the white areas of the background, and then add some middle-darks below in the packages to give the painting some overall cohesiveness.  When I get it finished I’ll post it again.

SOLD!  Collection: S. Marshall, Louisville, KY

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