Trees at Dawn's Light
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
8h ago
ONE DAY LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP The Workshop yesterday, sponsored by HAS, was about "How to tackle a landscape from start to finish". So, Here Goes! First, you need to decide where the main value shapes will be placed on your canvas. In other words, is the horizon line High or Low? Is the painting about the sky or the land? Where is the focal point and how do you determine what that is? In the Demo above and below, the horizon line was high and the trees were blocked in using 2 simple dark values. The focal was the light between the trees (Strong light next t ..read more
Visit website
Reworked Under The Trees
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
1w ago
REWORKING PAINTINGS The original plein air below was painted with my Painting Class in March of 2020 at the Bayou Club. It had just dawned on us, the danger of the Pandemic, when our classes indoors had to the canceled. I wanted to honor my commitment to the class by finishing the semester painting outside. However; I think this painting reflected those dark times. Therefore, here is another example of how to hopefully rescue a "Sows Ear". First, while still preserving the idea of cool shadows looking out on the light, I introduced more dappled light in ..read more
Visit website
Salt Marsh at Dusk
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
1w ago
WITH WATER-MIXABLE OILS On Monday morning, March 18th at 10;00 am, I will do a Demo on Color Mixing using Water-mixable oil paints at Memorial Church of Christ, 900 Eco Lane for the Houston Art Society. These solvent-free oil paints have been around for a long time but in 2010 Royal Talens introduced their version which I find superior. When traveling, this is what I take for all plein air work. This is truly oil paint but they use linseed oil with a modified emulsifier which acts as a stabilizer to keep the oil and water from separating. I sometimes use ..read more
Visit website
The Dark is Necessary
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
3w ago
GLORIOUS LIGHT My sisters and I grew up living on a hill with a forest below. Ft. Worth was still a small town and the suburbs had not creped into "our" forest. This time of year was my favorite because the trees were bare but the grass beneath them was bright green. The skeleton shapes the branches made on the ground was dark and stark against that bright spring grass. This is also the season of Lent in the Christian tradition. A time of darkness, sorrow, and loss. And yet it is also a time of reflection with the hope of resurrection. In Painting, as in ..read more
Visit website
Morning at The Ranch
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
1M ago
REEVES GALLERY, HOUSTON, FEB. 9 Two Openings 6 days apart; What a Week! Just got back from Fredericksburg at The Good Art Company Show where my first big painting sold before the show opened! The "15 Anniversary" party was so much fun but no time to bask in that glory as Reeves Gallery is hanging Kathy Love's and my art today. This is a huge show for both of us. They have chosen work from 30 years of painting. When did I get so OLD? Above is a plein air I did recently and below is a still Life I did 20 years ago. I hope everyone will come this Friday, Fe ..read more
Visit website
Sunset at The Horse Barn
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
2M ago
FREDICKSBURG OPENING FEBRUARY 3 The Good Art Company Gallery will celebrate its 15 Anniversary with a Gallery Opening in Fredricksburg on Saturday, February 3, from 5:00 to 7:00. I will display many of my Texas Landscapes inspired by the ranches surrounding the Hill Country. The newest painting above was painted from a plein air I did one Fall evening at Broken Arrow Ranch in Ingram. I have been painting there for about 40 years and still find the light that plays over the land mesmerizing! However; "The Gallery" has a large inventory featuring many arti ..read more
Visit website
Balloon Seller
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
2M ago
THE FIGURE IN A COMPOSITION Many of my students paint their children or Grandchildren at the beach or on a family vacation. Although I don't paint many studio paintings with a figure I have tips on integrating a figure into your composition. It's just a matter of scale and the same lighting. If you have often thought you would like to learn how to paint your family It is not "Rocket Science" and any time is the right time to learn. Drawing uses lines, but painting uses shapes. The lines must be accurate while shapes can be approximate. Therefore teaching ..read more
Visit website
New Houston Gallery
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
3M ago
REEVES GALLERY ON TAFT I have a new Gallery displaying my work in Houston! Reeves Art and Design Gallery is the largest gallery in Houston with all styles of work from Contemporary to Traditional. They are giving me a large show in February but have some of my paintings in their showroom now. I hope you can stop by 2415 Taft during the Holidays and see all the exciting work by local and international artists. They have all types of works on view, not just my Texas Landscapes but my Still Lives, Pleinair, and Drapery paintings as well. I pray you all have ..read more
Visit website
Painted Church , Schulenburg, Texas
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
4M ago
JING ZHAU; MASTER ARTIST Last week was the first Schulenburg Plein Air Competition and I was invited to participate. Arriving Wednesday morning, sick and pitiful, I spent the week standing in the cold, damp, rainy weather. However; the Organizer, Amanda Danning, was terrific and I watched a Master Painter, Jing Zhao work. Jing is a top award-winning artist, juried into numerous national and International exhibitions and receiving too many awards to list here. I stood behind her while she painted this church interior. I struggled to get the perspective, v ..read more
Visit website
Seat Of Your Pants
Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art
by
4M ago
TRIAL AND ERROR "Trial and Error" can sometimes mean how to Fail your way to Success. The daily act of creating Art is full of failures and second guesses. For instance, the painting above is full of decisions made about the best way to represent a favorite family place. I have no idea if it was a success, but the reference material I used to create this painting was full of fond memories. Because I had to start somewhere, I used early strokes to define later ones. In other words, I started with the swirls of paint at the bottom to represent the reflecti ..read more
Visit website

Follow Nancy Paris Pruden Fine Art on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR