Tresa's Art

2008-06-02T17:30:00.000-07:00

Today was a slow day, we sat around and watched the storms come (DH didn't have to go to work till tonight), had a tornado watch and something weird was going on because during the worst of it we lost cell phone service??
Anyway I did this still life today. I will put on pictures of the animals too. They lay together like the lion and the lamb, or like the kittens and the bichon, hopefully the kittens will stay around the house if I teach the dogs not to chase them.
Back to the still life, aceo on acid free paper, colored pencil, hand drawn, I had a photo for reference but the painting isn't exactly like the photo. I have a job interview tomorrow, have 40 hours of college have managed a half million$+ company for years and I'm going to work @ Wally World?? Unless my ebay things pick up, last fall I was selling enough to justify staying @ home but not now. Wally World has insurance and nice people. I have other job openings to see about but will probably get hired @ Wal Mart first?? Not sure how I feel about it but I know they will have business for awhile?
Anyway go to ebay to see my items and the other artists. My items can be found HERE.
The tomato still life won't be on till later tonight. The kittens were wild orphans, I found them the dogs had them treed one by one, it was like here I am take care of me, they are maybe 4 weeks old?
The calla lily picture is back on ebay, hasn't met the reserve so feel free to bid.

Abstract Imperessionism Aceo Painting Peony by Tresa

2008-06-01T14:46:00.000-07:00

Hi, it’s a beautiful Sunday here in MO, I started to mow and then decided husband would get hungry so I fixed meat loaf with green peppers, onions, and ketchup, was GOOD with homemade potato salad.

So husband decided to take a nap and I didn’t want to wake him up mowing (sounds like a good excuse, huh?) so I did an aceo (small painting, 2.5 inches by 3.5, colored pencil on acid free paper), a flower from my imagination, I was thinking rose but it turned into a peony, probably because they are blooming here.

You can see it on ebay HERE.

It has quite a few layers actually looks more like an oil than a colored pencil in a way, I blend, burnish and push till every little pore of the paper is filled in and then the layers start. This particular aceo is heavily layered. The colors I used are all prismacolor and if anyone is interested are:

White

Process Red

Spanish Orange

Rosy Beige

Deco Pink

Spring Green

Marine Green

Pink Rose

Black Cherry

Raspberry

2008-05-29T18:33:00.000-07:00

I did this iris today, I did the same iris different view before, colors were similar but that's about it.
It's an aceo, 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, colored pencil on acid free paper. It's on ebay here!

And the kittens are growing and have taken over the dog bed.

2008-05-29T09:28:00.000-07:00

Hi, I just relisted my calla lilies, was I supposed to say that, they start @ .99 now that's 99 cents, can't beat that with a stick can you? I did this calla lily aceo a couple days ago, here it is on ebay calla lily aceo
So I have a cap gun listed and some old life magazines too. I'm putting on some books on lyme, animals, office control, and societies collapse on ebay this afternoon.
I also did this landscape of an old road in an aceo too.
Old road aceo
Both of these are colored pencil on acid free paper, acid free paper is supposed to last for 100s of years if kept away from temperature extremes and since the colored pencils I use are wax it's actually like getting an encaustic painting on paper. Aceos for those who don't know are 2.5 x 3.5 inches.

2008-05-21T20:08:00.001-07:00

Well I have turned over a new leaf, I'm finishing painting, going to bed @ a decent hour and updating my blog.....Ok I'm updating my blog.
Here's Work in Progress pictures on My Calla's on sale on ebay right now CLICK HERE TO GO TO MY PAINTINGS on ebay!! I'm now selling under countryjunque instead of lizhottinroof, makes my life simpler to have one ebay id going instead of two id's and two browsers.
The calla lily painting is 12x12 inches, acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
I will REALLY try to update this much much more often.
Ok, I uploaded the pictures and what I see is backwards, it's too late @ night to change it if I'm going to keep on going to bed early. You get the general idea, I painted it, the shadows were really hard on this because white shadows have so many colors in them. Thanks for looking and hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with more art for you to peruse.

I'm BAAAACK!!

2007-12-20T10:51:00.000-08:00

Sorry I was gone from my daily blog for so long. I wouldn't say I burned out or had a crisis, just one thing and another got in the way and I prefer to keep my art as a happy activity and not WORK so I probably won't be trying any more daily pictures unless they just happen. My muse is starting to come back I think, I'm seeing things and saying I have to get that down, like the shape of the bare winter branches of the oak tree out the dining room window, there is nothing beyond but snow and fog and that is echoed inside in the billowy sheer white drapes with the abstract ugly twisted beauty of the branches in the middle. And that's just when I wake up and stumble through the house before that all important first cup of coffee.

Here ARE two pictures I painted from photo's I had permission to use on weatherunderground. The lighthouse is 4x4 and the fence is aceo size, 2.5inches by 3.5 inches. They are both oil on gessoed rag illustration board or matboard. The fence painting is thick which you can readily see in the photos. Both were done alla prima in one sitting although obviously not on location.

AFTER (maybe during) I have a commission to finish and then maybe you will see some more of my art and see it on ebay. I'm going back to colored pencil some, I love doing it and who cares if it doesn't bring the high prices oils do, I love the precision.

Daily Painting Gladiolas- Impressionistic

2007-09-27T14:42:00.000-07:00

I'm REALLY glad this wasn't any bigger, it took me most of the day, or rather the afternoon. My view of how glads look. I used to sit in the lawn swing with my cousin @ her grandmas house, my great aunt and we had gladiolas all around. They also had a BIG front porch, and down below where they used to live you had to cross a walk bridge across the creek to get to the house which was a log cabin, there was an artesian spring running through the kitchen sink @ all times and another log cabin with the quilting frames in it. It was rather magic but we were too young to know that kind of life was soon disappearing. This is 4.5 inches by 7.5 on rag illustration board, done in colored pencils, I think I'll go back to oil for a bit, much less WORK. This is for sale until Sunday, 9/30 on eBay, click here to go to it.

Thanks for looking, leave comments if you wish, part of my daily painting series, did this the afternoon of September 27, 2007.

My Bichon Frise Aceo Colored Pencil

2007-09-26T15:31:00.000-07:00

This is my dog, he's a male, has NO idea he's not and we will keep it that way. He's a bichon frise, bought him as a poodle but turned out to be a bichon? Which is FINE with me, Bichons can be more stubborn and are horrible people dogs, they want to be with someone @ all times but they are extremely smart. I got him to take his last heartworm pill by pleading with him. I don't know if that is smart of spoiled? And if you ever hear a bichon "talk" they can sound like a baby whining or crying, it's quite embarrassing when I try to leave him in the car, with the doors locked of course and sometimes the ac running!! This is a colored pencil aceo 2.5 inches x 3.5 inches and is for sale on ebay HERE. I did this aceo last night the 25th of September, 2007.

Aceo Watercolor Katrina Baby

2007-09-26T14:05:00.001-07:00

This is an aceo 2.5 inces by 3.5 inches of the same horse as below done in watercolor, watercolor pencil and colored pencil, on arches, it's also for sale till Saturday, 9/29, HERE.

Katrina Baby Oil

2007-09-26T13:59:00.001-07:00

This is my colt foal painting, you can read the story below. 9 in x 12 in, painted area is a little smaller, oil on canvas. I love these little horses and went back and saw them last spring, they had GROWN!! You can purchase this painting till Saturday September 29, HERE.

2007-09-24T21:25:00.001-07:00

This is a Katrina baby, we lived on a horse farm in MS for 8 months last year while we were cleaning up after Katrina. The mares on this farm (morgans) escaped during the hurricane, I can't remember whether they came home of their own free will or not but they were all pregnant. Last July I believe we started having Katrina babies around there. This is one. They were the gentlest things, my bichon thought he was protecting me and ran up to a mama and baby and was dancing all around, baby was laying on the ground and I thought oh no, here goes the dog, mama's going to kick him to death. She sniffed @ him, that was it. We had satellite internet and they would rub up against the dish and knock it out of kilter, then they would think everytime they did it I would feed them! The mama's would even stick their head in the door of the camper if I left it open.

9 x 12 oil on canvas, it's not on ebay yet but will be tomorrow the 25th. Click here to see all my eBay items. Oh yes, I used oil pencils on it too but only one paint brush, not a gimmick I just use too many paint brushes so confined myself to ONE today.

2007-09-23T20:41:00.001-07:00

This is my true artwork today, I trimmed my dog. This is the best job I've done by far, he may look ragged to you but he is MUCH better than he was and SO cute. I'll try to get a better picture in the daylight, he has developed not looking @ the flash into a permanent habit.

The tulip was done AFTER I trimmed and brushed and trimmed again, and then bathed the dog. It's prismacolor colored pencil on stonehenge acid free paper. Size is 3x5. I don't have it on ebay yet but do a search for Tresa to view all my art anytime.

Still LIfe with Grapes in Oil

2007-09-22T21:29:00.000-07:00

This is an oil 8x10 on canvas board and the detail
I didn't feel very well last night and today so I will just put this on here, it will be available on ebay by noon tomorrow. The picture to the side is the detail. Sorry they aren't clearer, it's a miracle I got these. This one will probably have to be varnished by whoever buys it if it's soon, basically a 2 sitting deal and the paint is still wet.

Still Life Study September 21

2007-09-21T15:57:00.000-07:00

This is an aceo. Done in colored pencil on stonehenge. For sale on ebay here!
Goes off of ebay Monday evening.

Pardon me if this is all I have to say, rather draggy today and anxious to get to work on an oil of this I have going or another picture, haven' t decided which!

Six Tulips

2007-09-20T16:20:00.000-07:00

This started out to be a watercolor believe it or not. It still is a watercolor underneath. When it was a watercolor the background was purple and blue, I layered cold dark grey, dark green, and black cherry over the background and then burnished with a tissue. It's done on arches 140 lb paper I believe, hot pressed. The size is almost 6.5 x 4 inches. This is on ebay till Sunday, here's the link.
Thank you for looking. I hope to have another on tonight or in the morning.

Rose # 34

2007-09-20T11:07:00.000-07:00

This is a rose aceo, done on Stonehenge paper, the size is 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches. It's on eBay right now and goes off September 23rd. Here's the link.

I love this rose, as I seem to love most roses, I have dried ones, roses on plates, roses on the wall, etc. etc. My husband tries to get me to grow them and I have had some luck but since we are not home all the time it's difficult. I did notice the bushes did survive in the circle garden. I am nuts, I made a circle garden that is like 100 ft. across with a fountain in the middle!!!
Must get busy again but I REALLY like this rose.

Two more on ebay

2007-09-20T08:57:00.001-07:00

This is the second aceo, it goes off of ebay September 22 and the link is here.

This was done on black mi tientes which makes it a little rougher looking as this is pastel paper.

I didn't do a blog entry yesterday because the day got away, my husband came home and brought company but I hope to put several paintings on today, paint some, AND clean a bedroom, it's already noon or a little past I had better get busy!!

Oh yes, this picture was titled vintage prom dress, it reminds me of the woodwork in my grandmothers home, there were 3 girls, my mother and two aunts and they had all left home naturally by the time I came around but their leftover frillies were still in the giant walk in closet downstairs in the front bedroom. Old Missouri farmhouse.

Two more on ebay

2007-09-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

This is an Aceo 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, small affordable Art. It is currently for sale on ebay @ this link.
It shows two girls on the beach, could be anytime any place, it's done on stonhenge paper, a quality acid free paper that is archival and prismacolor colored pencils.
It is for sale today and goes off the 24th of September.

Well I finally did it and paintings for today!!

2007-09-19T01:25:00.000-07:00

Hello, I am Teresa Hartsock and this is my blog. It's 3 am so this will be short, these are the two aceo's I did last night. They are for sale on ebay under lizhottinroof. Enjoy.

The first is obviously three pears, I thought it looked sort of Picassoish?? New word, all mine.

This is an aceo 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, done with colored pencil on black mi tientes paper.

The next are tiny white flowers, it's hard to get the glow properly on black mi tientes but I tried, they turned out rather well. They are also in aceo form and for sale tomorrow on ebay, did I say today?