Morning Drive

along Ky 742 (Mine 18 Road)



7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

 

Christmas Glow

About a week ago, I wanted to get out and get some reference pics of christmas light decorations, but that just didn't happen.  Yesterday, I still had the inspiration inside me, so I thought I would just create a composition of the lights.  I used a pic I took one morning when I was dropping my oldest son off at school.  I didn't know why I snapped the photo that morning, and I am so glad I didn't delete it like I was thinking on doing.

Merry Christmas Everyone!



Reference





7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to You  ~Trish

 

Winter has Arrived

Sunday was the first day of winter.  It would be nice to see a 'little' snow, but the forecast is showing snow for New Years Eve.  I guess we'll have to see how that goes.  In the meantime, I will continue to paint scenes of snow from memory.  I admit I actually like to paint from my imagination rather than from a photo reference.  There is such freedom in the creation.

 

5x7 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish



In the Big South Fork ~ Midnight Clear

I love nocturnes.  Painting night scenes is a rewarding challenge.  This little tree grows between the big boulders along the Big South Fork River.  Out of place, yet securely belongs.  If I were a tree, this would be me.



7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Eagle Falls

One of my favorite landscape elements to paint is water.  Waterfalls are especially fun!  This is Eagle Falls located @ Cumberland Falls State Park

 

7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 Blessings to you  ~Trish

November Rain

As I drive around town, I like to take photos to use as reference for my paintings.  On Nov 5th, I took a little video along Ky 741 in Revelo.  You can see it here.  The video is not the best quality, but it did allow me enough info to paint this one.

  

5x7 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Peace

I was driving by the Stearns Cemetary the other day and saw this little scene.  Something told me, "go back".  I turned the car around and went back to take a photo, but the light I had seen was gone.  I am so thankful for my memory and ability to paint, cause sometimes...the camera just cannot capture what I see.

 

7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Black and White Study

With this one, I was working on value contrasts and textures.
 

7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas

© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Autumn Light

I painted this one from my imagination.

No place in particular...just playing with forms and texture.



7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Morning Calm

Along the Cumberland River @ Cumberland Falls State Park
 

5x7 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Leaning Pine

Along the Cumberland River when the water was low.  @ Cumberland Falls State Park



7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Inside My Sketchbook ~

 1.5x2 inch thumbnail sketches I completed from the video on my previous post Inspiration via Video. 


© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 Blessings to You  ~Trish

Inspiration via Video

The rain was slow and steady and had set in for the whole day on Wed, Nov 5.  I thought I'd just take a few snaps as I ran my errands, but I switched over to video to capture the sound of the rain.  I appologize for the louder crackling sound...I don't know exactly where that is coming from.  Anyway, after watching the video when I got home,  I realized this is a good reference source for creating my work.  I am currently working on that and will post the finished paintings soon...

 

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Splash of Green

Here is a look back to a splash of summers green as we wait for the predicted snow showers from the arctic storm dipping south into the USA.  I'm not sure if we will get any accumulation here, but alas winter is on its way. 

   

7x5 Acrylic ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Fidelity

Along Rock Creek Rd in Fidelity - Bell Farm area



7x5  Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 

Blessings to you  ~Trish

The Little Barn

 

5x7 Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish


Driftwood

Along the Cumberland Falls Beach

 

7x5 Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Barren Fork Pond

 

7x5  Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 

 Blessings to you  ~Trish

Koger Holler

Koger Holler along KY 1363 in Stearns, Ky.



5x7 Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 

Many of the locals know of this place as the baptising hole. Where everyone that is baptised is just to the right outside the image. I intend on doing another painting or sketch of the baptising hole with the big boulder rocks on the other side of the creek.

 

I remember spending some hot summer days as a young child playing in this creek and building small houses out of the pebbles along the water's edge.  I'd venture to say that many of my friends and family have a similiar memory.

 

Blessings to you  ~Trish



A Couple of Vignettes

 

Acrylic Ink on 140 lb. WC paper
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art



Acrylic Ink on 140 lb. WC paper
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Ol Farmhouse

This is the old, red farmhouse at Sandhill 4H/RV Camp

along KY 700 in Whitley City, Ky.

 

5x7 Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 Blessings to you  ~Trish

Go with the Flow

With acrylic ink being a fluid medium, like watercolor, there is a worried excitement you get when touching the brush to canvas.  It is as if you blindly walk along expecting to trip over something only to find you have arrived safely to your destination.

This medium is true to the phrase 'Just go with the flow'.  One must let go and believe all will work out.  In the end, it does with many 'natural' strokes you probably could not have painted better if you had purposely tried.

~Let it Flow~

Blessings to you  ~Trish

A Quick Sketch

This is a scene along the Eagle Falls Trail @ Cumberland Falls State Park

 

5x7  Acrylic Ink on canvas
© 2014 Trish King Fine Art

 

Blessings to you  ~Trish

Acrylic Ink ... A new beginning

For a while now, I have felt myself moving in the direction of a more fluid medium.  I have tried to push the fluid boundary of high-viscosity acrylics to no avail.  At least for me.  So...I was looking at the different mediums available, and Aha!  Acrylic Ink - highly pigmented, lighfast, and permanant color.  The ink brushes on with the same 'fliud' characteristics of that of watercolor.  Here is an example of one of my first attempts.

  5x7  acrylic ink on canvas

So...for now...I am going to just go with the flow, and see where this new medium will take me.

Take Care,  Trish