This is the latest work in progress. It is a big one and it took some planning. Small things become glaring at 24×36 inches and I changed the composition and the canvas twice. I think I am finally happy. Now the visible progress begins. Details in a ruined house are a part of the composition, […]
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Work In Progress – Red Chair © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry So I decided the chair needed to be red…. This is the most raw form of the painting after the line drawing, which took twice as long as I expected! The perspective had to be corrected, the light and shadow lines simplified (some of […]
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Still in Progress… © 2010 Michelle Basic Hendry There is nothing worse than discovering errors in drawing when working on a painting. It means that progress is slow in order to ensure corrections are made and the painting is finished as it should be. Sessions are going by with very little visible change. I have […]
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WORK IN PROGRESS – Window Seat © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry With only days remaining until the paintings go down to McMichael, I contemplate whether or not I will be consumed by the dust bunnies growing and wildly reproducing on my laminate floor before ever getting out of the building. I have let the house […]
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“The White House”, Ufford © Michelle Basic Hendry Earlier this week I visited with one of Bracebridge’s most noted historians, Mr. Ken Veitch. Mr. Veitch’s family along with the Shea’s has been in Muskoka for over a century and was one of the founding families of the town of Ufford just north of Bracebridge. The […]
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Echoes – Work in Progress, © Michelle Basic Hendry The postcard/invitations for the show are to be printed next week and I am still painting the canvas that is going to represent it! I figured it would be a good one to show as a work in progress… The sky is complete and the house […]
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