"Something I'm Working On" Sunday

I've decided that I should give a theme to each day of the week, so that nobody gets bored with "this is a thing I made, isn't it nice" over and over again. It'll also force me to do something new every day--or at least re-visit why something I made before was successful. I also plan to post about other artists I admire at least once a week. Because let's be real, it's much harder to talk about yourself than it is to promote others. Plus, I spend most of my free time looking at other artists' blogs, tumblrs, flickrs, etsy shops, etc., so I might as well share all of the good stuff.  So, you get the point. Sundays will be "something I'm working on," some kind of work-in-progress.

Since I'm taking a week-long painting workshop with Will McCarthy next week in Italy, I decided I'd better brush up on my landscapes. Ironically, the prettiest thing I've seen in a while is a tiny abandoned shed behind Tim's old apartment in Derry, NH. I think I'm drawn to it because it's dark, and small, completely covered in foliage, and clearly nobody's been in it for years. It could be full of weird old treasures and antiques, or maybe the woodchucks we kept seeing have built a big ol' nest in there. Either way, I think it's cute and a little bit mysterious. Here's what I have so far:

Acrylic on canvas, Joa Stenning 9/11/11

The original picture I took is this:

Shitty cell phone photo, Joa Stenning Aug. 2011

It's a shitty cell phone camera photo, but I actually love the way the light is hitting it and causing that orange-y glow. I'm thinking of doing a glaze over the finished product to get that effect. Any artists out there have any advice or suggestions? I worked with acrylic paints on this one, so it should be dry very quickly and would easily take a glaze.

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