{"id":2962,"date":"2015-03-30T16:20:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T22:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klohecat.com\/wvanart\/moorings-knife-painted-triptych\/"},"modified":"2016-01-18T17:56:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T00:56:51","slug":"moorings-knife-painted-triptych","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klohecat.com\/wvanart\/moorings-knife-painted-triptych\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorings&#8211;knife painted triptych"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fasocdn.com\/imgbysize.asp__tn=4081_1720849&amp;x=250\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"faso-user-p\">Moorings demanded to emerge !\u00a0 I had painted four versions of this photo several years ago, after obtaining permission from the photographer, Christian Smith.\u00a0 Why it became an obsession this March is unknown, although I do have a theory.\u00a0 Having bought pairs of canvases in 12 x 24\u00a0 in and 16 x 20 in, then painted one of each, the two lonely ones kept giving me depressed looks from their place beside my printer.\u00a0 The day that a local shop brought in an array of canvasses set me off&#8211;or was it up?<\/p>\n<p class=\"faso-user-p\">Logistics were a frequent problem while painting.\u00a0 To begin, a simple pencil mark separated sky from ground, so ligning up those major areas was straight-forward.\u00a0 Then the fun began !\u00a0 My work space, the kitchen island, is complicated by &#8220;life&#8221;.\u00a0 The cats regard it as their space, there are an electric kettle and resident tea pot to work around, and then the just started Christmas puzzle, under the plastic table cloth, creates some unhelpful &#8220;texture&#8221; to\u00a0 complement the scattered bits of dry cat food that appear mysteriously.\u00a0 All three canvases WILL fit on at once, but only if one hangs off the end of the island in a precarious position that will not tolerate the sudden arrival of an air-borne cat..\u00a0 Quick checks for alignment really must be quick !\u00a0 Because of the volumes of paint needed, I was also trying to use both of\u00a0my small Sta-Wet palettes, further complicating the effort to keep cat paws out of the paint.\u00a0 They are not supposed to drink the painting water or chew my brushes, either&#8211;much less carry them off to secret hiding spots.\u00a0 Trying to paint while all three are asleep seems to be the logical answer, but they draw straws to see who is on duty, looking for tempting things to do with me, while the other two get to nap.\u00a0 Ah, the struggles in the life of a painter&#8230;&#8230;\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"faso-user-p\">At least I have finally been driven to find a better place to sit paintings for their photography session.\u00a0 Again, the cats don&#8217;t approve, but as long as I don&#8217;t get called away for something, the time in THEIR window sill over the kitchen sink is quite brief.\u00a0 I do have to wait for darkness though, as the back lighting from the window over-rides the camera during the day and the resulting photos are a bit washed-out, as in &#8220;Oh&#8211;THERE is the boat !&#8221; and other comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"faso-user-p\">The painting process itself went quite well !\u00a0 Again using my set of painting knives \u00a0(Thank You, Tanya !) things zoomed right along.\u00a0 I hit a bit of a snag when I was unable to get the final dark blue (anthraquinone) glaze down onto some areas of the blue water.\u00a0 The knife was useless, my brush just piled it up against the earlier, lovely paint ridges, and I found myself using fingers to get the paint where it was meant to go.\u00a0 I only had dark blue fingers for a few days, at least !\u00a0 About now someone should repeat after me: &#8220;NEVER underestimate the power of a determined woman !&#8221;\u00a0 There were a few days of panic about painting in the talllll mast and rigging for the boat, but Marcia suggested that I Fun-Tak a picture of it to the canvas and live with it for a few days to be sure that I really wanted the boat at all.\u00a0 That was a definite yes; then self-doubt about the mast and rigging set in and delayed things another few days.\u00a0 I finally just made me put in the boat, managed to get the mast in rather nicely, but then the rigging lines were unavoidable.\u00a0 Reminding myself that speed will remove a mistake, or it can dry and be painted out, I gamely began the first line.\u00a0 No guide lines, no pencil marks to follow, I just started at the top of the mast and eye-balled my way down to the boat.\u00a0\u00a0 Four breath-holding times !\u00a0 The biggest problems were from unexpected miniature blobs of paint that had to be quickly removed, and over-thinned and watery paint (at least it flowed nicely off the brush !) that had to be darkened.\u00a0 Now if painting my signature would work so\u00a0well, I would be very pleased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"faso-user-p\">Moorings attracted a lot of attention at this weekend&#8217;s Wellspring Art Show and sale.\u00a0 The sheer size of it, from the gal who paints those incredibly tiny miniatures, created quite a stir.\u00a0 I used more paint on Moorings than I normally use in a year !\u00a0 No, it did not sell, and unless we remodel the house there is no place big enough to hang it..\u00a0 For the moment it is still propped against the china cabinet where the cats can, and do, knock it over.\u00a0 I wonder if Bob would let me board up the picture\u00a0window&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moorings demanded to emerge !\u00a0 I had painted four versions of this photo several years ago, after obtaining permission from 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