Just My Feet Beach Painting

                                                                        Just My Feet
                                                       Acrylic on Hardwood Panel Board  
                                                               July 30, 2015 Carol Yap  



Yesterday was one of  those days where I got the run around trying to get a simple document. I was told that I would need to get additional documents even though I brought what I was told to bring. So one quick stop turned into many stops. Now the good news....it brought about this painting.

One way to unwind for me is to paint. Paint something calming, soothing and make the churning colors look like they were made for each other. Being energized can yield some creativity on the canvas as I unleash it rapidly with a palette knife and paint.

There is something calming about walking on the beach. The waves throw themselves at my feet and yet the ocean is so powerful. The sand crabs scurry along in bursts. They are some of the tiniest creatures that call the beach their home. Their safe haven.



    

Painting Montana's Prairie

                 
                                                                Painting In Progress


I'm currently working on this acrylic painting hoping to finish tonight. It's a painting of the Montana prairie, a mustang pony, and a family member. I'll be the first to say this has a punch of color. My Dad would always say he thought the most beautiful landscape was in Eastern Montana. When I was little and we visited I thought it looked barren, but these grassy plains were my Dad's playground when he was growing up in a large family. They raised sheep and cattle and they didn't have fences except in a barnyard corral. They all herded sheep. Someone had to be out there with them all of the time. These days you see field after field of wheat in the Summer. Also pheasant, elk, quail and a long list of fowl and animals.

I tried to get the richness of the colors when the sun gets a bit lower.There is so much sky out there. I made it darker than I normally would to set off the grasses.  The grasses are remarkable in the late afternoon and much darker. For this painting I actually brushed in a sketch of the mustang pony (what you see) and now I have to paint it with a knife and touch up the man. That of course will prompt me to do a little more here and there. The creative process. Some days it's so smooth you can't believe it. Other days, well, it's a little longer road to the finish line.

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This will be for sale online with Saatchi Art

Painting Whites - Snow and Chickens

                                                                         Deliberate
                                                                        5 x 7 inches
                                                                          Acrylic

We have a few chickens left from the original free ranging flock. Out here in the country the devilish foxes have taken a few. Chickens are fabulous seedling thinners--that is both bad and good--and bug catchers. We are alike in one area that we all  would rather be outdoors and in the gardens.

With all of the snow we are having it doesn't deter the girls much. Snow is one of those things that can be painted many different ways, warm or cool.    Here is how I painted a white chicken on white snow with a palette knife in acrylics. Not just any chicken but one of my little chickens.  

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Palette Knife Painting

                                                                       
                                                                      Mesmerized
                                                                     8 x 10 inches
                                                                        Acrylic    
                                                                           
My name is Carol Yap. My heart is so full of good things that I want to share them on canvas.
For me the best way to do this is with palette knives.
I like paintbrushes both little and big and every type.
You see, the difference is that I adore palette knifes.Why, you ask?My mind cannot worry about the small details.It is free....to flow...and simply express itself.And sometimes I have a lot to say with paint.Painting is like dancing in the rain.I am not so aware of my surroundingsas I am of my emotions. 

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