Paintings by Stacey http://www.paintingsbystacey.com/paintings-by-stacey/ A painting blog for Paintings by Stacey clients and the art world! en-US Copyright 2008 Sun, 04 May 2008 18:57:26 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Beautiful Magnolias I photographed this magnolia today in various angles and positions. I plan to decorate my living room in magnolias and will be printing these large on canvas.

Corel Painter using Den's oil brushes, Lucis Art and a crackle texture to give it some antique feel.

Stacey Rosenbaum

www.paintingsbystacey.com

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A new scenic oil painting on linen canvas. I got this image from my new apartment complex, Villas at Huffmeister. It is the little gardens by the unit doors. I thought it would make a beautiful scenic painting.rockgarden.jpg

Painted in Corel Painter using Den's Funky Chunky and Oil Luscious, and blended with the oily blender.

I also added a touch of Lucis Art sculpture to make the brushwork pop, then added an irish linen texture to it.

Stacey Rosenbaum
www.paintingsbystacey.com

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It was first painted in Corel Painter, then finished off in Photoshop tweaking colors and blending with textures found on the web.

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This first version had a vignette around it, and I was really up in the air about that. I got some great feedback from friends on Paint Outside the Frame about that.....it distracted more than drew the eye due to certain elements of the portrait, like the plain wall at top with little detail to bring the vignette out to the bottom of the image being more detailed which made the painting look "unfinished".  So, I nixed the vignette. Although a friend on Pro4um liked it.

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The updated version is without the vignette, more visually appealing now.

For this painting I used Den's brushes, funky chunky throughout, skin blended with oily blender from the Corel Painter IX software. Her hair was painted using Den's bristle brush. I added touches of color in her shirt using Den's oil luscious brush, then blended the colors and rough spots of the shirt with the grainy blender from the Corel Painter IX software.

I always tweak my paintings in Photoshop giving it a better color balance (I love the more tungsten look of the old masters) giving it more reds and yellows in the shadows and midtones, and a touch of yellow in the highlights. Then I adjust the shadow/highlight and the contrast. Then I love to give it more tweak using Lucis Art, using the exposure feature and the sculpture feature, but using them on layers to adjust the intensity.

And that's it!  I really love the final result.  I think I will print it large for my home.  :)

 

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Announcing Paintings by Stacey's January Half Off Sale!

All painting commissions are half off regular price.

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I felt like it needed a facelift, and I definitely like it a LOT better! I also gave the blog a new look to match the site.  :)

 

Leave me some feedback on it.  :)

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I'm starting on the remodeling of my kitchen and camera room now. I still need to get baseboards and doorframes painted and put back in place, but wanted to start on removing wallpaper from the kitchen to get it ready for painting.

I'm toying with the idea of restaining the cabinets and floor (floor is same color wood as cabinets) a darker color. I'll update here when painting is complete and have a vote on stain color for cabinets and floor.  :)

Here are some before pictures so you can see the transformation.  :)

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Recent painting commission of two beautiful children on the beach.

The sky lacked any detail, so I added an image of clouds that I had and proceeded from there.

This image is oil, but I let the client know that it would print beautifully on either canvas or fine art watercolor due to the key. My opinion is it would be a gorgeous gallery wrap!  :)

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Teri Mason of Teri Mason Photography commissioned me last week to paint this gorgeous image of two children on an old country porch.

Teri's work is very refreshing and beautiful. I highly recommend visiting her site to see more of her work. She is a true inspiration to many, including myself! I cannot wait to be able to paint more for her.

 

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Kicking off the new blog with one of my own personal paintings.

This is a painting of my sister's cows that I captured while visiting her in Spring Branch, Texas.  I liked the way they kept looking at me out of curiosity while grazing, and the background was perfect where they were standing.

I used all Artists' Oils on this image and loved the way it turned out.  I finished it off with a sandstone texture overlay.

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So, now I finally have a new one that I'm happy with!

I'm really excited to start blogging with Paintings by Stacey.  I always have so much on my mind, new paintings to share, etc. that I can't wait to just dive in!

 

Bare with me while I get things tidy around here.  MovableType version 4 is so much different than it used to be that I'm still adjusting.

 

Hope to hear from everyone on how it looks!  :)

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