Field in Luray VA.

Field in Luray VA

This is a sketch I did in watercolor while staying in a cabin in Luray VA. It was done at the edge of the wood and was looking out on a hill with a grassy field that had been mowed. The mowers roll the grasses into these big cylinders. They are just all over the field. The gravel road cut through the field and gave it some interest. I struggled with the composition because the blue stone path sort of started at the edge of the scene and led your eye nowhere. There were some flowers in front of the hay role so I developed that to give the picture more balance and movement back and forth.

When we packed for our little visit I forget to bring my paint brush collection and only had three brushes to work with. It was a challenge to work with so few brushes but I feel it helped me develop my skill a little.

(c) Adron

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View Of The Summer Fields in Luray

Here is a watercolor sketch I did while staying in a cabin in Luray VA. I was frustrated because I brought only a few things to paint with and had forgotten to bring a full set of paint brushes. I like to use a lot of different brushes to get different effects. It was a good challenge for me to work with only three brushes.

Field in Luray Pa, Watercolor

This scene is right outside of the cabin we rented for a couple of nights. The fields had been mowed and the grasses were rolled into huge cylinders. This painting was done from far back by the cabin and looked trough the many trees to the fields.

I enjoy painting out of doors it really gives you a sense of the project. You see the colors better and learn more about shadows and light.

Luray is a beautiful area and I want to go back again to do more art.

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(c) Adron Dozat 2012

update

Do not worry I have been doing lots of art. See my other blogs for information on my other activities.

Art for Theater, Set Design

Church platform turned into a theater stage for the youth actors

Here are a few images of the set that we created for the young actors at the youth performing arts camp. It took the entire week to design and place it. Pastor Mitch Camp cut the flats to the shape we designed and then they were painted to look like a rustic tour boat on the Nile. The painting was done by young people under my supervision. I did a lot of painting also. Unfortunately I was too busy to take many photos and the stage was struck within an hour of the performance. 

Detail of the stage

We had many points of humor around

The actors on stage

We built a tour boat on the stage of the church. The back had a paddle wheel and a steam engine with a steam stack. The front had a wheel house and the prow of the boat. The side of the sanctuary was decorated to look like a pier with pilings, (these seats would not offer a view of the stage so they were thereby blocked off).

It felt humbling and an honor to be able to help the young people in their camp. I hope that some who worked on the stage were inspired to use their gifts and talents for God and others.

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Watercolor Painting Forest Path and Bridge

This is a quick study of a bend in the path by my house. I go up the path often and every time it is unique and fresh.

This was done in watercolor on 120 lb paper, the size is about 5x8. I spent only about an hour on it, since the daylight was fading and the shadows were moving quickly.

Watercolor Path and Bridge.

I feel that I was trying to do too much in this painting.  At first I was intrigued by the tree and how its branches wrapped around making a little portal for the path to snake through and lead to the bridge. Then I wanted to do more with the bridge and then I wanted to develop the background. I think by holding back I made it into a good composition.

I got a little caught up with the bridge and the background. I struggled with the texture of the forest leaves and the many different greens in the forest.  I felt the values were a little too flat so when I got home I lifted some of the color from the background; I knew there were problems when I painted it and kept trying to make the foreground tree darker but was afraid of making muddy colors.

I used a broad bush for the under-painting and then my smallest brush to develop the trees and leaves. I finished with a signature brush for the fine lines in the trunk of the near tree.

I think that even though it is a nice painting it will be only a study for a future project maybe in oils.

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Cone flowers hand made print by Adron

Cone Flowers Art. 

Cone Flowers hand made print for sale.

I have always loved seeing these bright orange flowers in the summertime. It was a joy to design a print of some. It was a surprise at how hard it would be to get right.

This is a project took me three weeks to get right. It is a handmade print. I made plates for each color by cutting the shapes out of a foam material and gluing them to acrylic sheets. Each plate needed some adjusting and it took a long time to get the registration right, (where each plate matches up with the others). I made several test prints and each time had to make changes. It is finally what I had envisioned. The colors were very frustrating. The manufacturer didn't have a cerulean blue or an equivalent only a dark royal blue, so to get the blue field I had to use a very thin coat on the roller and like watercolor the paper would show through the ink. The color of the flowers was a challenge I found I had to double roll scarlet over orange.

I find that it takes me about a day to print 10 of these by traditional hand methods. It is a joy to see each one   when I pull the paper off of the last plate. I hope it will be a joy for others.

I redid this as a digital image for my society6 store. You can see it here.

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St. Francis Of Assisi, A New View, Print by Adron for sale

St. Francis of Assisi block print in black.

St Francs A new View, Print by Adron for sale by artist.

My photography made it look darker and grey but the paper is really white. Below is a modified exposure, as seen at my Society6 store.

Here is a hand made print of "St, Francis of Assisi, a new view." I call it a new view because after reading his biography I became convinced that St Francis was a joyful even playful though devout person. All the images of him are very pious and reverent but I search in vain for an image of him with a smile. So I created my own. He is smiling gently with a contentment that comes from piety and the inner joy that comes from faith. In his hand is a sparrow. This composition went through several versions before I got it to where I was happy with it.

This is a "Cut Block Print." I cut the foam block with knives and mount it to acrylic sheet. Using commercial ink I roll ink on the block and press paper onto it. This is the traditional print method. The paper is Green that is made out of recycled content but still is acid-free.

This can be purchased at my Society6 store see the link to the right.

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SUNFLOWER HAND MADE PRINT 14X11

Sunflower Print by Artist Adron

This handmade print of a sunflower is a real beauty.

It takes 5 blocks to run a project like this one plate for each color. I carve the blocks by hand. With each new block I have to keep going back to make sure they will all register correctly so the picture won't have large gaps and huge color overlaps. I have to ink each block and print them individually on the paper and make sure they are dry before I go to the next color. Since I am doing these by hand it takes a long time. It took a day to print 10 and I had to discard two for smudges.

I have a revised version this in watercolor and acrylic at my online art store. You can see it here.

Sunflower in mixed media for sale 

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