Art by Gayle Wheatley! » Blog http://gaylewheatley.com abstract paintings + watercolors Sat, 12 May 2012 05:34:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/gaylewheatleyhttp://feedburner.google.com Live Tweet Tasting at Panzano, Denver http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gaylewheatley/~3/yu42VPJx9Jk/ http://gaylewheatley.com/blog/2012/05/live-tweet-tasting-at-panzano-denver/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 21:00:36 +0000 Gayle Wheatley http://gaylewheatley.com/?p=3045 Tonight I’m doing a live tweet tasting at Panzano restaurant in downtown Denver for Culture Vixen magazine. Follow along and check out all the fancy dishes at #Panzano and @CultureVixen. See you there!

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This cool little glove shop was tucked into the corner of an old stone building on Via de’ Lamberti in the heart of Florence, facing Orsanmichele church. Loved the look of these leather gloves displayed on wooden faux hands!

Specs: Pen & Marker, 90 minutes.
Location: Florence, Italy.
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I had heard great things about Lucca, a Tuscan fortress city surrounded by medieval walls near Pisa, Italy. The city was as charming as I was expecting to be, and had a great small town flavor.

One small detail I noticed right away were the windows. In Florence they are all rectangular for the most part. But here in Lucca, they were all rounded at the tops. I love Italian windows, almost always comprised of green shutters on yellow unwashed walls. (This one was no exception.)

Specs: Pen & Ink on Moleskine sketchbook, 10 minutes.
]]> http://gaylewheatley.com/blog/2012/04/finestra-lucca/feed/ 0 http://gaylewheatley.com/blog/2012/04/finestra-lucca/ Sketch of Florence by Tyson Wintibaugh http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gaylewheatley/~3/hVSJkFzO5CI/ http://gaylewheatley.com/blog/2012/04/sketch-of-florence-by-tyson-wintibaugh/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:08:25 +0000 Gayle Wheatley http://gaylewheatley.com/?p=2964 Sketch of Florence by Tyson Wintibaugh art

This gorgeous pen and ink sketch is by Tyson Wintibaugh, sketcher extraordinaire.

Subject: The Duomo
City: Florence, Italy
Specs: Pen and Ink in Moleskine pocket sketchbook.

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View of Menaggio, Italy.
Watercolor Studies from Lake Como art
A Room with a View in Varenna, Italy.
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“Varenna Sunset”
by Gayle Wheatley
Watercolor on Paper
5 x 8 inches

This piece was painted on location in Varenna, Italy. My hotel room had a balcony that opened right onto Lake Como, with spectacular views over the water! This watercolor was inspired by the subtle ways the light danced across the water at sunset.

Prints, cards, and more featuring this piece are available in my online store!

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“Sottosopra”
by Gayle Wheatley
Watercolor on Paper
5 x 8 inches

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I am getting giddy with excitement for my upcoming trip to Italy and France! I’m uncharacteristically down to the wire here, still working out all the travel kinks at the very last minute. I ordered two books to get into the mood before the trip and they both arrived today! The first is “The Sweet Life in Paris” by David Lebovitz, a pastry chef and blogger who moved to Paris. The first couple chapters I read this morning were hilarious and completely entertaining. I also ordered “The Art of Renaissance Florence (1400-1600)”. I’m a total art history geek—when I flipped thorough this beautiful book I’m ashamed to admit I was totally salivating. Michelangelo, Raphael, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Donatello, oh my!

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So, Munky King makes a DIY ‘Omi’ that is a cross between art and toys. Inspired by Chinese opera and Japanese Oni masks, they come packaged as blinds in different blank white shapes.

Sculptural Abstractions art

I decided to turn mine into a sculptural version of one of my abstract paintings. Primary inspirations? The sea & the human circulatory system.

Sculptural Abstractions art

I have to say it was kinda cool working in 3-D since I do that so rarely (pretty much never, really).

Sculptural Abstractions art
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