Comments on: Sour and Sweet http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/ Art, Life, Inspiration and St Croix Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:38:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: bonnieluria http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-232 bonnieluria Mon, 19 May 2008 21:01:47 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-232 Hi Tracy- thanks for peeking in again. That cloth was an improvised, faded T-shirt that was in my car forever, and came in handy for our plein air workshop still life. Otherwise the table we had was stark white which, in the noon day sun, completely bleached out the fruit. Faded, yes, but still appreciated by someone in Tunisia. Sounds like you've had some experience with acrylics yourself. Hi Tracy- thanks for peeking in again. That cloth was an improvised, faded T-shirt that was in my car forever, and came in handy for our plein air workshop still life. Otherwise the table we had was stark white which, in the noon day sun, completely bleached out the fruit.
Faded, yes, but still appreciated by someone in Tunisia.

Sounds like you’ve had some experience with acrylics yourself.

]]> By: bonnieluria http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-231 bonnieluria Mon, 19 May 2008 13:43:06 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-231 Paz- thanks for visiting Mary Schwalms' site. I'm coming to NY for my annual visit on June 18th and will be looking for those mango sellers. Frank is so right about the chili powder. Since living here, my threshold for spicy has risen in yards! Paz- thanks for visiting Mary Schwalms’ site.

I’m coming to NY for my annual visit on June 18th and will be looking for those mango sellers. Frank is so right about the chili powder.
Since living here, my threshold for spicy has risen in yards!

]]> By: Paz http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-230 Paz Mon, 19 May 2008 03:29:21 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-230 thanks for the explanation, Bonnie. Yes, I buy the mango on a stick anytime I have a chance. They sell it uptown and give you an option of putting salt on it. Love it! Frank mentioned chili powder. I haven't tried that yet, but MMMMMM is right. I know I'd love it. ;-) Thank God I'm not allergic to mangoes. Next time, I will take a photo or two of them. Paz thanks for the explanation, Bonnie.

Yes, I buy the mango on a stick anytime I have a chance. They sell it uptown and give you an option of putting salt on it. Love it! Frank mentioned chili powder. I haven’t tried that yet, but MMMMMM is right. I know I’d love it. ;-) Thank God I’m not allergic to mangoes. Next time, I will take a photo or two of them.

Paz

]]> By: Tracy http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-229 Tracy Sun, 18 May 2008 18:32:18 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-229 Hey Bonnie, I'm in awe with what you can do with acrylics! Isn't perspective an amazing thing. I keep trying to look at the fruit, but my untrained eye is continually drawn to the cloth and your interpretation of its texture and the color nuances caused by the fabric wrinkles. Fruit? What fruit? I'm loving that piece of cloth! xxoo Hey Bonnie,

I’m in awe with what you can do with acrylics! Isn’t perspective an amazing thing. I keep trying to look at the fruit, but my untrained eye is continually drawn to the cloth and your interpretation of its texture and the color nuances caused by the fabric wrinkles. Fruit? What fruit? I’m loving that piece of cloth! xxoo

]]> By: Frank Gardner http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-228 Frank Gardner Sat, 17 May 2008 14:17:03 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-228 I had no idea that mangoes were in the poison ivy family. We had a friend once who ate a few then her whole mouth and surrounding area swelled up. It was bad for her, but it looked kind of funny. Did not know that could happen before that. They sell the mangoes on a stick here to, with chili powder. MMMMMMMM. I had no idea that mangoes were in the poison ivy family. We had a friend once who ate a few then her whole mouth and surrounding area swelled up. It was bad for her, but it looked kind of funny. Did not know that could happen before that.

They sell the mangoes on a stick here to, with chili powder. MMMMMMMM.

]]> By: bonnieluria http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-227 bonnieluria Sat, 17 May 2008 11:45:31 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-227 Hi Paz- acrylics are water based ( petroleum to be precise ) but mix with water, and dry almost at once. Oils are, well, oil based and mix with mediums like linseed oil and turps. I used oils years ago in school where we had drying racks and ventilated rooms to work in. When I left and was in a small space in an apartment, it was too much to manage so I converted to acrylic. Now that I have a studio space and open air, I'm going to try oils again later in the summer. Have you seen the mango on stick down by Union Square? Some street vendors sell these huge mangoes, lanced on a big wooden skewer, peeled and scored and you walk with it while eating it like a huge, sweet, dripping lollipop. You have to try it and, well, maybe get a photo or two. They were there last summer when i was up. Have a good weekend-look forward to more photos. Hi Paz- acrylics are water based ( petroleum to be precise ) but mix with water, and dry almost at once. Oils are, well, oil based and mix with mediums like linseed oil and turps.
I used oils years ago in school where we had drying racks and ventilated rooms to work in.
When I left and was in a small space in an apartment, it was too much to manage so I converted to acrylic.

Now that I have a studio space and open air, I’m going to try oils again later in the summer.

Have you seen the mango on stick down by Union Square?
Some street vendors sell these huge mangoes, lanced on a big wooden skewer, peeled and scored and you walk with it while eating it like a huge, sweet, dripping lollipop.
You have to try it and, well, maybe get a photo or two.
They were there last summer when i was up.
Have a good weekend-look forward to more photos.

]]> By: bonnieluria http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-226 bonnieluria Sat, 17 May 2008 11:34:20 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-226 Frank- You're so right about the pear and I knew as I was doing this that I had already overworked it but dagnabbit I wanted to not give up on it either! I tried using this canvas as a lesson platform but somehow couldn't get the light to glow off the left side of that fruit the way it did in the lemon and apple. At a point I said " Enough "! Move on. What I did get out of the workshop was a loosening up of the hand into the arm, which made up for the orneriness of the acrylics on a hot tin roof! I checked your new painting on your site today and it's luminously beautiful. As always. For whatever reason, our mango season starts in June. We have an big event here in early July called Mango Melee. Almost all the varieties come into fruit and our local Botanical Garden hosts this impressive event. Cook-offs with mangoes, piles of them for sale ( cheap, like zucchini of the north ), and all things related to my favorite fruit ever. I feel so sad for people who are allergic to them, being in the poison ivy family, it's a potential problem. Frank- You’re so right about the pear and I knew as I was doing this that I had already overworked it but dagnabbit I wanted to not give up on it either!
I tried using this canvas as a lesson platform but somehow couldn’t get the light to glow off the left side of that fruit the way it did in the lemon and apple.
At a point I said ” Enough “! Move on.
What I did get out of the workshop was a loosening up of the hand into the arm, which made up for the orneriness of the acrylics on a hot tin roof!

I checked your new painting on your site today and it’s luminously beautiful. As always.
For whatever reason, our mango season starts in June.
We have an big event here in early July called Mango Melee.
Almost all the varieties come into fruit and our local Botanical Garden hosts this impressive event. Cook-offs with mangoes, piles of them for sale ( cheap, like zucchini of the north ), and all things related to my favorite fruit ever.
I feel so sad for people who are allergic to them, being in the poison ivy family, it’s a potential problem.

]]> By: Frank Gardner http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-225 Frank Gardner Sat, 17 May 2008 02:55:40 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-225 Hi Bonnie. You did a great job with this. Looks like you got a lot out of the workshop. Acrylics are hard on location in the hot sun. I think the apple and lemon work a little better than the pear, but they are all good. You don't have mangoes over there yet? I love mangoes so much. We have had fresh ones here for months though. I can just sit here and eat a bunch of them. They make me so happy and relaxed. Just ate one as a matter of fact. Hi Bonnie. You did a great job with this. Looks like you got a lot out of the workshop. Acrylics are hard on location in the hot sun. I think the apple and lemon work a little better than the pear, but they are all good.

You don’t have mangoes over there yet? I love mangoes so much. We have had fresh ones here for months though. I can just sit here and eat a bunch of them. They make me so happy and relaxed. Just ate one as a matter of fact.

]]> By: Paz http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-224 Paz Fri, 16 May 2008 22:27:35 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-224 How very interesting -- this art process. So, why did you decide to use acrylic over oils? What's the difference anyway? Can you tell I"m not an artist? LOL! I love your finished product. Very nice outcome. Mangoes are my favorite! I can't wait to see your artistic painting of them. ;-) Paz How very interesting — this art process. So, why did you decide to use acrylic over oils? What’s the difference anyway? Can you tell I”m not an artist? LOL! I love your finished product. Very nice outcome. Mangoes are my favorite! I can’t wait to see your artistic painting of them. ;-)

Paz

]]> By: Jo-Ann http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/sour-and-sweet/#comment-222 Jo-Ann Fri, 16 May 2008 11:58:18 +0000 http://bonnieluria.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-222 You may be stuggling with the medium, but I think you're winning! This is a beautiful, well balanced little painting. Congrats! Try a little Liquitex Flow Aid. Put a few drops in the water when painting outside. It helps without changing anything or getting sticky. You may be stuggling with the medium, but I think you’re winning! This is a beautiful, well balanced little painting. Congrats! Try a little Liquitex Flow Aid. Put a few drops in the water when painting outside. It helps without changing anything or getting sticky.

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