"ON MY EASEL" original small daily painting nude 8x10 oil/linen/gatorbord work-in-progress.

8x10 original oil/linen work-in-progress.

SPRING'S IN THE AIR original small daily painting 8x8 oil/linen K. Roberti

8x8 original oil/linen

Exploring landscape.

MELODY original small daily painting 12x16 oil/linen/board K. Roberti

12x16 original oil/linen/board

ON MY EASEL original small daily painting nude 12x16 oil/linen/board work-in-progress

12x16 original oil/linen/board work-in-progress.

day 2

MY PASTELS

a few of my pastels by my easel,

and on my easel today. 

I do love work at this stage playful, chaotic!

THE POSE

Explored colors with ROMEO 9x9 pastel/sandpaper K. Roberti

9x9 original pastel/sandpaper

THE WANDERER original small daily painting little pig 9x9 pastel/paper

I stopped with this version brought back a bit of the edgy look.
 Inspired by Mr Boombastic.

I love colors, pastel is so wonderful to play with.

ROMEO original painting pastel/board 9x9 K.Roberti

I spend the last few days getting re-acquainted with pastel the medium I once love.

so fun!

re-work Romeo today, I like the loose pastel strokes, 

better suited to ROMEO playful mood.

Ah, I'll need to push the background back a bit.

But, it's wine time now!
 

Oh, my Romeo

 

ROMEO pastel 9x12 work-in-progress

 having fun with pastel today.

abandon this piece today. paper damaged.

WELL-BRED original small daily painting 9x12 Nicki waking her dog.

Re-think the design today. 

I turned the dog around create a pleasing dialogue.

Portrait in pastel 9x9

It's great fun to work in pastel.

 done in the portrait group at NBAL yesterday.

CONTENT original small painting 11x14 oil/stretch canvas woman and her cat

11x14 original oil/stretch canvas

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in-progress

I enjoyed my painting process in the last few day immensely. 

I need to slow down and paint deliberately.  

With full intent and awareness of my thought process.

I am challenging my ability to "see" more.

not sure where I hear follow statement but it sure got my full attention.

 

 "The insensitive eye can paint a picture. It is unlikely to produce a work of art."

work-in-progress,

yesterday was another frustrating day, my head hurt again,

my Dr. gave me a shot for tension headache

I am good today, resumed my block-in and work out my composition a bit.

"On My Easel" original oil/canvas 11x14 work-in-progress

I am only too happy to be able to get up this morning.

I've struggle with excruciating migraine headache since Friday.

LOCKHART sketches

Great model in yesterday sketch group. Thank you.

SWEET GINGER original small daily painting 9x9 oil/linen/board K.Roberti

9x9 original oil/linen/board

"On My Easel" original small daily painting red head child 8x8 oil/linen/board K. Roberti

8x8 original oil/linen/board

MY PEARL original small daily painting girl with pearl earring 8x10 oil/linen/board

8x10 original oil/linen/board

MY PEARL original oil/linen/board 8x10 her pearl earring

8x10 original oil/linen/board work-in-progress.

"On My Easel" original oil/linen/board 8x10 work-in-progress.

8x10 original oil/linen/board

I love the look in her eyes.  

Composition turn work out great.

YELLOW JERSEY original oil/linen/board 8x8 K.Roberti

8x8 original oil/linen/gatorboard.

Tough day...on my easel.

Well...another tough day. 

much too serious.

THE MAN FROM CHICAGO on my easel.

another try today, love the square format I think it's 12x12.

I enjoyed the loose, untidy look I'll try not to overwork tomorrow.

"On My Easel" 8x10 It's what I had to do this afternoon.

Keep me occupied this afternoon.

will work on it a bit more tomorrow.

 it was too dark to take a good photo.

"On My Easel" day 2 work-in-progress

progress nicely with drawing today.

"On My Easel" original oil/linen/board 9x12 work-in-progress

9x12 original oil/linen/board work-in-progress.

SHADOW original small painting 8x10 woman and her cat

8x10 original oil/linen

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YAHOO mail compromised

Greeting friends.

note that my email address k_roberti@yahoo.com had been compromised.

PLEASE USE my VERIZON email for future contact.

  k_roberti@verizon.net

warmest regards, Kim.

Work-in-progress 8x10 oil/linen

day 2 on this painting, 

NOTE to SELF.

After 10 years as a daily painter. 

I've painted 1 to 3 paintings a day 7 days a week. 

Thousand of which sold to collectors world wide.

Now I decided to devote time to personal growth. 

I want to savor my working process, re-think my journey.

My GOAL set at challenge myself of always do better than I was yesterday.

"On My Easel" original oil/linen/board 8x10 work-in-progress.

8x10 original oil/linen/board work-in-progress

HEAD STUDY original oil/canvas 6x8 K. Roberti

6x8 original oil/canvas

TOUSLE original small daily painting 6x8 portrait K. Roberti

6x8 original oil/linen

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HiGHBACK CHAiR/ABSTRACT 11x14 original oil/stretch canvas

11x14 original oil/stretch canvas.

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ABSTRACT original small painting 11x14 oil/cotton stretch canvas

11x14 original oil work-in-progress.

"On My Easel" 11x14 work-in-progress

I made some changes to this painting. 

Decided on analog color scheme, and composition.

Next I'll pay attention to value, texture. 

Strengthen focal point.

"On My Easel" 9x9 oil/linen work-in-progress

I re-work composition, value.
I choose  the cheerful yellow colors for the painting.
I managed some texture, need to make them more interesting.
Need to make focal point to stand out.

 original oil/linen work-in-progress

 this 9x9 linen tacked to a hardboard to work.
 rough texture of this surface is a bit of a challenge to brushwork.