Showing posts with label abstract. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abstract. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 February 2013

nº 9 - 12

Hi there, I am back! I have been on a retreat in Berlin these days, a very intense experience! I did some little watercolour paintings there and although I am behind now with the daily paintings, I wanted to share them here with you and go back to the daily routing from today on!
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Hola todos, estoy de vuelta. He estado en un retiro en Berlín estos días, ¡una experiencia muy intensa! Hice algunas acuarelas allí y aunque voy un poco por detrás ahora con los daily paintings, quería compartirlas con vosotros y volver al habito diario a partir de hoy.

daily painting nº 9, watercolours

daily painting nº10, watercolours


daily painting nº11, watercolours

daily painting nº12, watercolours




Sunday, 10 February 2013

nº 8


daily painting nº 8 by barbara*k
daily painting nº 8, a photo by barbara*k on Flickr.

daily painting nº 8: composition, acrylics on paper 300g, 24x32 cm

yep, another composition. painting these is so meditative and appeases my mind. 
have a happy sunday!
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otra composición abstracta. pintarlas me resulta tan meditativo y serena mi mente.  
¡feliz domingo a todos! 

Saturday, 9 February 2013

nº 7

daily painting nº 7 by barbara*k
daily painting nº 7, a photo by barbara*k on Flickr.

daily painting nº 7, acrylics on paper 300g, 24x32 cm
and it goes on with the dots on paper and the same colours.
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y siguen las esferas en papel y con los mismos colores.

Friday, 8 February 2013

nº 6


daily painting nº 6_horizontal by barbara*k

daily painting nº 6, acrylics on paper 300g, 24x32 cm
today a quick composition, this time with very washy colours and thin layers. i am not at all satisfied with the result, i can do this better. but it is what came out today. so who cares? if you´re hungry, how about the kind of fried egg right in the middle?
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daily painting nº 6, acrílico en papel 300g, 24x32 cm
hoy una composición rápida, esta vez con los colores muy diluidos y capas finas. no estoy nada contenta con el resultado, puedo hacerlo mejor. pero es lo que salió hoy, así que, ¿a quién importa? por si tienes hambre, ¿qué te parece la especie de huevo frito justo en el centro?

Thursday, 7 February 2013

nº 5

daily painting nº 5
 daily painting nº 5: composition V, acrylics on 300g paper, 32x24 cm
sitting in the metro today i found an envelope hidden in my notepad with postcards of kandinsky paintings i bought in munich around christmas. i took one of them as an inspiration for today´s painting. another abstract composition with this weeks colour palette. see also the inspiration postcard below.
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daily painting nº 5: composición V, acrílico en papel de 300g, 32x24 cm
sentada hoy en el metro encontré escondido entre las páginas de un bloc de notas un sobre con cartas postales con pinturas de kandinsky que compré en múnich en navidades. tomé una de ellas como inspiración para la pintura de hoy, otra composicion abstracta con la paleta de colores de la semana. véase también abajo la postal inspiradora.
"colour study with rhombs", 1913, Wassily Kandinsky

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

nº 4

daily painting nº 4 by barbara*k
daily painting nº 4, a photo by barbara*k on Flickr.

daily painting nº4, composition IV, acrylics on paper 300g, 24x32 cm
another attempt with this weeks colour palette. 
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daily painting nº4, composición IV, acrílicos en papel 300g, 24x32 cm
otro intento con los colores de esta semana.

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

nº 3

daily painting nº 3 by barbara*k
daily painting nº 3, a photo by barbara*k on Flickr.
daily painting nº 3, acrylics on 300gr paper.
decided to stick with the same colour palette during the whole week. although on paper it comes out very differently. today only a quick and random painting, all shapes came up spontaneously. i apologize for the bad image quality, my camera seems to abandon service and the paper pad is too big for my scanner.
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daily painting nº 3, acrílico en papel 300gr.
he decidido de seguir con la misma gama de colores durante toda la semana, aunque en papel salen muy diferente. hoy solo una pintura rápida y espontánea, todas las formas iban así surgiendo. perdonad la mala calidad de la imágen, mi cámara parece ir muriéndose y el bloc de papel es demasiado grande para mi escáner.

Monday, 4 February 2013

nº 2

daily painting nº 2 - squares and rectangles_version horizontal

daily painting nº 2 - squares and rectangles_version vertical

daily painting nº 2: squares and rectangles, acrylic on canvas on board, 22x16 cm
as i started 2 days late for the daily painting project, i started today nº 1 + nº 2 at the same time. nº 2 is finished now, too. and i´ll go to bed...it´s sooo late again. i am such a night owl...tomorrow, i have so much to do..dentist, preparing and teaching a german class outside the city in a big company, a workshop at night (on self-development)
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daily painting nº 2: cuadrados y rectángulos, acrílico sobre tabla, 22x16 cm
como he empezado con 2 días de retraso el proyecto de daily painting, he empezado nº 1 + nº 2 a la vez. nº 2 está terminado ahora también y me voy a la cama...otra vez tan tarde. soy tan noctambula...mañana tengo tantas cosas que hacer..ir al dentista, preparando e impartiendo una clase de alemán fuera de la ciudad en una empresa grande, un taller por la noche (sobre desarrollo personal)

Sunday, 3 February 2013

nº 1

daily painting nº 1 - squares and rectangles_version horizontal

daily painting nº 1 - squares and rectangles_version vertical
daily painting nº 1: squares and rectangles, acrylic on canvas on board, 22x16 cm
i am late to start with the daily painting project i´ve joined together with dana - but better late then never! although i wanted to do quick paintings and usually i paint more loose and organic shapes, today i was drawn to experiment with squares and rectangles, totally new for me but i am having fun! you can turn around the painting as you like. 
below some pictures during the process.
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daily painting nº 1: cuadrados y rectángulos, acrílico sobre tabla, 22x16 cm
llego tarde con el projecto "daily painting" que hago con dana - ¡pero mejor tarde que nunca! aunque quería hacer pinturas rápidas y más suelto, con formas más orgánicas, hoy me ha dado por experimentar con cuadrados y rectángulos, algo totalmente nuevo para mí, pero me lo he pasado bien. se puede girar el cuadro como quieras. 
abajo unas imágenes durante el proceso.







Thursday, 9 February 2012

new painting: cowboy in the woods

Finally a new finished painting! Acrylics and collage on stretched canvas, 30x30cm (12x12 inches). "Cowboy in the woods". It´s a present I´ll give today, hope he´ll like it!
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¡Por fin un nuevo cuadro terminado! Acrílico y collage sobre lienzo, 30x30cm. "Vaquero en el bosque". Es un regalo que entregaré hoy, ¡espero que le guste!

"Cowboy in the woods" full image
What always happens to me is that I finde paintings in my paintings that I like better than the whole painting. Here is the painting in my painting I like best:
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Lo que me pasa siempre es que encuentro cuadros dentro de mis cuadros que me gustan más que el cuadro mismo. Aquí por ejemplo el cuadro en este cuadro que más me gusta:
Detail of "Cowboy in the woods"

Sunday, 15 January 2012

a belated Happy New Year


HAPPY NEW YEAR! Relax with all your resolutions...the year has just begun. Although it has turned already two weeks. I believe it will be a good year.
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¡FELIZ AÑO! Relajaos con todos vuestros buenos propósitos...el año no ha hecho nada más que empezar. Aunque ya ha cumplido 2 semanas. Será un buen año, lo creo firmemente.

Monday, 22 August 2011

Paintings

More paintings: that´s a small diptych 25x25 cm (9,8x9,8 inches). Acrylics, charcoal, collage and Sahara sand on canvas. I called it DOLCE VITA! I´d love to know you´re opinion!
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más pinturas: este es un díptico de 25x25 cm. Acrílico, carboncillo, collage y arena del Sáhara sobre lienzo. ¡DOLCE VITA! Me encantaría escuchar vuestra opinión.

Saturday, 28 May 2011

Longing for the groove to paint

I wanted to share another painting over here. Together with this painting,  these are the first paintings of what I wanted to turn out into a series. But, then stressy issues in my life happened - finding an apartment, moving- and stopped me from continue working on this series. Since then I have been trying to get back into the groove, but it doesn´t work out. Maybe I should just let it be and start something new...a new kind of series.
I have to confess, that I have a big problem with indetermination. It goes through all parts of my life. Also in my art: do I want to paint big or small size? Figurative or abstract? What mediums do I choose? What inspires me? At the end I get so confused that I find myself unable to do anything and have to quit until the next time. I want to find a way to handle this and to find a way to get into the groove and to paint with more patience. I can´t wait this to happen!
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Quería enseñaros también este cuadro. Junto con ese cuadro, son las primeras pinturas de una serie que quería hacer. Pero luego ocurrieron asuntos en mi vida que me estresaban -buscando piso y mudanza- y dejé de trabajar en la serie. Desde entonces estoy intentando de nuevo de recuperar ilusión y ganas para seguir con la serie pero las cosas no fluyen. Quizás debería dejarlo y empezar algo nuevo - una servie nueva.
Tengo que confesar que tengo un grave problema de indecisión. Afecta todas las partes de mi vida. También mi arte: ¿quiero pintar en tamaño pequeño o grande? ¿Figurativo o abstracto? ¿Qué medio escoger? ¿Qué me inspira? Acabo tan confusa que me encuentro incapaz para hacer nada y lo tengo que dejar para la próxima vez. Quiero encontrar una solución como afrontar esa irresolución y encontrarme con ganas y energía para pintar con más perseverancia. ¡Ojalá llegue pronto!


Monday, 25 April 2011

a painting - un cuadro




I´d like to share some of my paintings.
This one is 145 x 114 cm and is called "migratory bird". I worked with acrylics, sand and charcoal.
It´s kind of special, as it has a good knowledge of human nature...it showed me in one occasion very clearly that I had to leave a certain place asap!
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Me gustaría compartir algunos cuadros.
Este mide 145 x 114 cm y está titulado "ave de paso". Lo trabajé con acrílico, arena y carboncillo.
Para mí este cuadro tiene algo especial, ya que tiene un buen conocimiento de la naturaleza humana...¡me hizo entender en una ocasión de una manera muy clara que tenía que irme de un determinado sitio cuanto antes!

Thursday, 9 December 2010

Prehistoric


Dive into the prehistoric primordial soup - all life began in the water!

Little watercolour sketch for this week´s Illustration Friday prompt "prehistoric"

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Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Burning





In the burning heart
just about to burst.
There's a quest for answers,
an unquenchable thirst.
In the darkest night
rising like a spire.
In the burning heart
the unmistakable fire.

(out from the lyrics of the song "Burning heart" from Survivor)

This song just popped up immediately when I read this week´s Illustration Friday topic >> can´t help it but I love 80s rock music!

Little watercolour painting out of my sketchbook







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Thursday, 11 November 2010

Afterwards


Now that summer has gone even here in Spain, afterwards I wish I had enjoyed it more: more playing, more time outside, more barbecues, more ice cream, more summer fruits, more canning fruit jams, more suntanning, more fancy summer dresses, more outdoor concerts...but there will always be a next summer!

Still the watches pursuit me - it is a project for myself to be more aware of time, as I only feel it running by.
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Thursday, 4 November 2010

Spent


I am having a hard week at my day job...I SPENT the whole week working working, until after 10 p.m. in the office, I am just dreaming myself into a more quiet and pieceful place...
This is another little painting of my "watches" project, it kind of reflects my search for inner balance.
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Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Beneath

This week´s Illustration Friday topic is "beneath".






He felt kind of lost,
But he was beneath a watchful eye.







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Thursday, 30 September 2010

Old-fashioned

Hello there! This is my first participation at Illustration Friday.

Diving into a good book forgetting completely about time I feel sometimes kind of old-fashioned.
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