COLLEGE FOOTBALL

16 x 20

Oil on canvas with knife

Those of you who know me pretty well know that I am a diehard, passionate RAZORBACK fan. I am very excited this is the first week of college football. And I know this may be a rough year for us, but I am a true fan and will cheer them on win or lose. GO HOGS!

This painting started as a wash of random color.

I then pulled some darker color into the brightness.



So easy for me to see a RAZORBACK here!

If you are interested in this RAZORBACK or you would like a custom RAZORBACK for yourself, I would love to work with you. You can reach me at bethlendermanfineart@gmail.com.

Good luck to your team this week.....unless you cheer for University of Louisiana-Lafayette! :)

From geometric shapes to fruit

The first weekend in August I went to a knife painting workshop led by Laurie Justus Pace, an AMAZING artist located in Texas. She is a wonderful mentor to me and someone whose work I admire greatly.

This painting was what we I worked on the first day. She told us to draw some geometric shapes on the canvas and then pick some colors we like that are in the same family, with one complimentary color added to the mix. Our instructions were to have fun!! No one drew the same shapes or used the same colors and there were some great creations that came out of this exercise.

The picture above is the end result. The picture below is how it began. For some reason, when I turned the canvas around and around, I saw pears or figs in the paint. Pretty cool how we can take something as simple as paint and turn it into a work of art.

Laurie likened the process to us taking what we have been given by God and creating something out of that. Love so much that her faith is a part of her art. What a wonderful journey.

Hope you have a blessed day. More blogs to come!