Margie Whittington Art

Thursday, October 9, 2014

FALL PUMPKINS

Fall brings cooler weather, fall leaves and pumpkins.

It is always fun to paint pumpkins.

This painting is a 9 x 12

Watercolor by

Margie Whittington

This painting was painted like the previous one with the

addition of Krylon spray webbing, a spray used in antiquing

furniture). The webbing creates the gold splatters in the background
and on the surface of the painting.

To view more of my paintings please visit my gallery on

Daily Paintworks and the following websites.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/margie-whittington-297/artwork
www.canvasbycanvas.com
www.paintfineart.com
www.upstairsartgallery.com

Thanks for visiting my blog, come again soon.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Sketching in the Park

SKETCHING IN THE PARK

Fort Worth Botanic Gardens

Fort Worth, Texas

It was a beautiful morning in August, the temperature was

unusually mild. Mid 70's in August at 8 am.

Phil, my husband, and I met a group of painters in the

gardens and sketched during the morning. Then we went to

the Old Neighborhood Grill for lunch.

After lunch Phil and I went back to the gardens to the

area behind the Conservatory and sketched some more.

Morning Watercolor sketch, 8x11

Afternoon Watercolor sketch

8x11

Additional Watercolor and Ink sketch

5x5

After leaving the garden, we went to

Pappadeaux's to get coffee and out favorite dessert,

bread pudding. I sketched this plaque with stuffed trout

while we enjoyed our dessert and coffee.

Fun Day with my Best Friend!

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Possum Kingdom Lake

9x12

Watercolor Paintings

Author, Emily March, contacted me about painting several

paintings of the area at Possum Kingdom Lake called

Hell's Gate. A large cliff area on the lake.

She is writing a series of books using this area as the location

of the stories in her series of books.

She had seen two other paintings I had done of Hell's Gate in

a blog post several years ago.

This was an exciting experience and my paintings will

be on the book cover!

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

"Camellia with Gold", Save the Dates, Upcoming Shows and Sales

Susie's Floral,

"CAMELLIA WITH GOLD"

40x40inches

Acrylic on Canvas

Textured with Gold Leaf

Commission Completed!

A friend commissioned me to paint a large 40 x 40 inch floral painting for the

centerpiece of her living room to be displayed over the fireplace.

The colors were rich reds, blues, gold and green surrounding a white floral blossom. This painting was a challenge in several ways.

First of all I usually paint smaller paintings, not bigger than 24 x 30. Second I usually paint realistic subject matter, this piece was

more abstract and impressionistic. Third I usually paint with more muted colors, this was really rich in color. All in all I was pleased

with the result and my friend was very excited and loves the painting.

"Camellia with Gold" in it's home above the fireplace.

SAVE THE DATES...

For these shows in the fall that I will be participating in...

Preservation is the Art of the City, show and sale benefiting

Historic Fort Worth, September 4-28, 2014

Fort Worth Community Art Center (in the Will Rodgers Complex

across the street from the The Amon Carter Western Museum)

Drop by for a visit on Fall Gallery Night, September 6, 2014

6-9pm

PAINT, Professional Artists In North Texas, a group show at

The Doss Heritage Museum in Weatherford, Texas

Truly Texan, September 9 thru October 12, 2014

Opening reception Tuesday, September 9, 2014, 6-9pm

Camp Fire First Texas 30th An Artists' Christmas,

Auction and Gala Saturday, November 15, 2014

The show will be on view at the

Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel in Downtown Ft. Worth

From Monday November 3 thru Saturday, November 15, 2014 and on line at

CampFireFW.org

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Singer Sewing Fun

SINGER SEWING FUN

"Singer Sewing Fun"

22 x 27

Watercolor

This is a painting of my Mom's Singer Sewing Machine called

a Featherweight. She made a lot of my clothes growing up on

this machine. I remember a prom dress she made for me. It was a

pretty blue material with a sheer material over it. She and my grandmother

taught me how to sew and follow a pattern. I made a couple of

prom dresses for my daughter.

This painting was in a show in Breckenridge, Texas at the

Breckenridge Art Center. I posted a picture of it on Facebook for

advertising purposes. A former neighbor and friend saw it and

bought it. Her mother also had this type of sewing machine. The painting

reminded her of her mother sewing for her. DeAnne also sews and

does quilting. I am so glad "Singer Sewing Fun" has a wonderful new home and

is being enjoyed by DeAnne and her family.

PAINT, Professional Artists In North Texas is having several shows in the

area during May, 2014.

The Fort Worth Community Art Center

1300 Gendy St. across from the Amon Carter Museum

Fort Worth, Texas

Reception is May 9, 2014, 6-9 pm

The Lancaster Theatre

Palace Arts Center

300 S. Main St.

Grapevine, Texas

Please visit and view the art by PAINT Artists!

COME BACK SOON!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Green and Gold Watercolor

GREEN & GOLD

"Green & Gold"

6x9

Watercolor

This painting was a result of a class project and similar to the previous post,

Leave of Gold. Lots of yellows and gold colors splashed wet into wet on the entire

piece of paper in the beginning. When dry, the yellow layer of leaves and stems were drawn.

Then a dark green wash covered the area behind the leaf shapes. When dry another layer of

leaves were drawn and painted behind with an even darker green. The light spots

were rubbed out when painting was totally dry. Also the foreground was dampened with a brush loaded with water. Using a paper towel I rubbed the paint off leaving a lighter green

at the bottom of the painting.

Thank you for viewing this post.

Comments are always welcome.

To see more of my paintings visit...

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/margie-whittington-297

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

"Leaves of Gold"

"Leaves of Gold"

9x12

Watercolor

Margie Whittington

A new painting I did as a demo in Tuesday Morning Watercolor Class

at the Fort Worth Woman's Club.

I used Daniel Smith quinacradome transparent colors of

gold, scarlet and sienna. This brand of paint is rich and lustrous in

color. The under painting was a wet into wet wash of colors and splatters.

I then drew the leaf and stems on the dried wash. Using a dark

mixture of ultramarine blue, gold, scarlet and burnt sienna, I painted the negative

area behind the leaf shapes leaving the original wash color on the shapes.

A little separation and detailing and I was finished.

Please leave a comment and let me know your impression of this painting.

Thank you for viewing this post. Please come back soon to see more paintings.

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Monday, April 7, 2014

SKETCHING WITH PHIL

Phil, my husband, and I went sketching out doors last week.

We spent one evening at a park close by, Village Creek Park.

A perfect spring outing!

Phil's Sketch

Margie's Sketch

The following evening after Phil got home from work we went to

Rose Hill Chapel, a rock chapel in a cemetery close by our home.

It was another beautiful spring evening and very quiet and peaceful.

Phil's Sketch

Margie's Sketch

Later in the week my friend Connie and I went out to sketch again.

While she was searching for her Father in law's resting place, I sketched

the Rose Hill Chapel again from another view. I also drew a floral of

flowering Quince. It was a lovely spring afternoon..

Come back soon to see what quaint areas of our neighborhood we have

been sketching in.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Bird's Nest

"Bird's Nest"

11x14

Watercolor

Margie Whittington

I entered this painting in the Fort Worth Community Art Center Biennial Art Show.

The opening or closing of the show was last Saturday on Gallery Night.

To my surprise it was sold.

I haven't blogged in a while but hope to share more of my art in my blog.

See you soon.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

New Painting done in

Wednesday Watercolor Class

The Upstairs Gallery, Arlington, TX

KOI

9x12

Watercolor

Margie Whittington

For pricing information

mawhittington@gmail.com