Claudia Hammer, a Painting a Day

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Cotton seed oil 6"x6" oil

Back in the studio today slaving away on some newly acquired bottles. The one with the milky substance is Cotton seed oil, I don't think they use it to oil cotton seeds, what do they use it for?

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Monday, February 28, 2011

This is also from the Bill Fletcher workshop I attended this past weekend. It was our last painting and a more complicated set up and we had a little less than three hours to start and complete. So under the gun or should I say timer we painted away, laughed and giggled until the time was up. Ding!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Vase with oranges 8"x10" oil

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Day two at the Bill Fletcher workshop. Here I chose to work on light and shadow, having a halo on the white object and keeping it painterly. I think I did better on this one, we had almost an hour of painting time.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Two bottles 6"x6" oil

Carrying on with the theme of using only three colors (burnt sienna, ultramarine blue, titanium white) here is what came out of today's efforts. The shadow from the blue bottle was not really that color but when you are doing this exercise you need to paint the color value not the color itself. Most of painting is value anyway.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Three bottles, three colors 6"x6" oil

This painting has been painted using three colors, burnt sienna, ultramarine blue and titanium white. At this point it really becomes a value study.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Wind Master 6"x6" oil on gessobord

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This painting was done in response to Michael Naples painting challenge from the Daily Paintworks site.

The challenge was to paint the Zippo lighter that he had photographed using these three colors only, burnt sienna, ultramarine blue and titanium white. As some of you know I have done portraits using those three colors so the process is familiar. I chose instead to use a lighter I have which is a Wind Master using colored paper close to the colors in his photograph. One big difference is that my lighter is not shinny but burnished and of course being a different brand the mechanics are different. It was a fun challenge.

The printing plant where my father worked gave him the lighter when he left for the Korean War, he never smoked as far as I knew so the lighter is like new also he returned to his job when the war was over. Worked for them until he retired.

Monday, February 21, 2011

The blueberry tumble, 6"x6" oil

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It got so dark in the studio this afternoon that I had to move everything over to the large windows. Painting was ok in the light but taking the photograph afterwards was a bit tricky. The name is inspired by gymnastics, can't you just see them bouncing and flipping out and away from the bowl.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

The Fedora 8"x10" oil on gessobord

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A friend could not go to the Saturday open studio session so I went in her place. The model did a great job of getting back into the pose and holding it. We had a little trouble with the lights flickering on and off but otherwise it all went well. The room was crowded with other artist and few of them I knew. It was a fun morning.

Friday, February 18, 2011

C. T. 8"x10" oil

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Our favorite model was back again today! We had a lot of fun! We also love her hair, and her large ring.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Laying low 6"x6" oil

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The crowd outside was quite unruly, making noise and falling down in the street so the three decided to lay low until the morning. Side note: I love this blue color, it is so cheery!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Hanging on 6"x6" oil

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As the parade of excited cherries passed below they were unaware that there was one left behind in the bowl of confinement. He was hanging on to the side and was going to lift himself up and out as soon as the parade had gone by. He was so excited that he was soon going to be alone and away from the noise and commotion so he could take a nap under the oak tree in the shade.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Side by side 6"x6" oil

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I love the shadow that the cherries cast it just seems to make them more connected. We don't have a barrel of money, maybe we're ragged and funny, but we're travelin along singing a song, side by side.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Partners 6"x6" oil

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These cherries are very dark almost black so the only change in color is the reflections of the color around them. I love using this yellow background because it is so sunny looking and in the winter we need as much sunnyness as possible. I also like the cool of the white bowl against the sunny part. :)

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Forever 6"x6" oil

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I love this stripe, actually it is a post office box and I can't seem to part with it so it has become a background surface. The two lovers vow to be together forever. Now back to washing the dishes.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Rick, charcoal 9'x12"

We had this tall young man today, he is my cousin's son so we figured he is my second cousin or was it cousin once removed?? Anyway he used to own my dog Whirly Girl so we will just call him Whirly Girl's dad. I took WG with me today and she was so excited to see him and she proceeded to get filthy because the floor where we have our group is an art floor and all of you know what that means! Needless to say she is getting a bath as soon as I am done here. (SHHH, don't tell her she hates it.) Oh Whirly Girl.... want to do something fun!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

What a ride! 6"x6" oil

I love this little car. I was going to title it Wheeee! but I cannot use an exclamation mark on some sites and it looked funny without it. The driver is quite a daredevil don't you think.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Red tail light 6"x6" oil

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This is my version of Daily Paint Works challenge. Click here to view the other entries or to enter your own painting. Yesterday I gave a talk about my career in front of around 40 people who attended "Food for Thought", the luncheon held every second Tuesday of the month at LVAA, Louisville Visual Art Association. The audience was great and they laughed at all the right moments. Thank you all for attending.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Four of a kind 6"x6" oil on gessobord

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This painting was produced because of a daily challenge by carol marine. The challenge was to paint each quarter of the canvas in 10 minutes using the same object, thus taking 40 minutes for the whole thing. Hopefully getting better each time. It was fun!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Rick 8"x10" oil on gessobord

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Our model today was a young man who had never modeled before and let me tell you, for being inexperienced he did a fabulous job of sitting still, getting back into the pose and never complaining that his leg was asleep.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

"I vant to be alone" 6"x6" oil on gessobord

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I am always telling my self to simplify, simplify so today I used only one cherry and a white tablecloth. Well, I guess if I really wanted to be simple I would have made the tablecloth flat with no folds. But wouldn't that be boring.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The conspiracy 5"x7" oil on gessobord

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I have been feeling that it is time to move on from the marble series. I got these cherries last Saturday at the Grocery and the bag says they are from Chile. I have eaten some of them and they are pretty tasteless so I plan on using them for painting.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Taking the next step 6"x6" oil on gessobord

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After reuniting with his friends they decided to stick together and set off for the future.

side note: I don't know what possessed me to put the stroked of paint on the fabric but I kind of like the effect.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Stranger in our midst 6"x6" oil on gessobord

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After wondering around for a couple of days Mr Blue ended up back in Polka Dot Valley and reunited with some of his buddies. They were all gathered around this odd looking fellow, this stranger in their midst. He seemed friendly enough and he sort of looked like them but he did not glow in the middle and had this strange hairdo. He had this one big dread lock coming out of his head! They were envious.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

"Me and my shadow" 6"x6" oil on gessobord

Mr Blue was blue indeed! He was wandering around the Papier Mountains close to hypothermia and singing Me and My Shadow. But the sun shining on the snow capped mountains was indeed beautiful.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Where am I 6"x6" 1/27/11

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After wandering for a day Mr Blue found himself surrounded by desert flowers soaking up the hot sun. As he stood amidst all this beauty he scratched his head and wondered where everybody else had ended up. Do you see him scratching his head? Another name for this one could be "In the hot seat".

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Polka Dot Valley 6"x6" oil on gessobord

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Mr Blue is walking on the wild side now, he has wandered into Polka Dot Valley where it is easy to get turned around and not know which way is north. And since he has no pockets... well where is he going to keep a compass.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

"Trapped" 5"x7" oil on gessobord

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Mr. Blue wandered off and got trapped in this gully. Where is AAA when you need them! He doesn't even have pockets for a cell phone! Mr. Blue is really stranded.

Monday, January 24, 2011

"Taking a hike" 5"x7" oil on gessobord

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Mr. Blue and his troop took a hike with their guru Bulb through the fabric foot hills. As the sun set and after they set up camp they decided they were exhausted so did not make a campfire and Smoky the Bear was pleased with that decision.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

"Singled out" 6"x6" oil on gessobord

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They were scratching their bald heads and wondering why TwoTone was singled out. Had he done something wrong? Was he better than they were? Smarter? more handsome? More gifted? When they found out why he was singled out they were elated, here was someone with the answer, someone who knew why they were all bald! It was evolution, they were bald so they could roll! The answer was so simple why hadn't they thought of it before.

Friday, January 21, 2011

"Scene of the crime" 6"x6" oil on gessobord

This is post #500 ! I can't believe I have made it this far, Yea!

During the evening hours when the marbles were rolling about patrolling the area they came across this dead body. The head marble, Mr Blue, turned on the flashlight so they could look closer to try and detect the cause of death. Upon close examination they decided that the bug had just lived out his life to the fullest.

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