tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999780374958335138.post1542270415596896367..comments2024-03-09T02:15:16.962-08:00Comments on Aline Ordman Art: Plein Air PeachamAline Ordmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08153863043264793545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999780374958335138.post-13632086178412820382016-10-12T04:54:59.631-07:002016-10-12T04:54:59.631-07:00Hi Mary...thanks for letting me know about this po...Hi Mary...thanks for letting me know about this post. Do you get my replies? I have an email if you ever want to be in touch that way. I have a friend with Hep C who has apparently been cured...I hope you have the same luck. I do use an acrylic ground on my canvases that works well and the two techniques of pastel and oil do compliment each other. I've gone to your blog but I never see anything...would love to. Recovering from Ireland which was amazing...come to Croatia in 2017! Thank you as ever for your missives...they are greatly appreciated...Aline<br />Aline Ordmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08153863043264793545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999780374958335138.post-72050905073555411652016-09-23T23:19:40.091-07:002016-09-23T23:19:40.091-07:00Aline! How the heck are you? I just love this set ...Aline! How the heck are you? I just love this set of paintings from "the Tuscany of Vermont..." (Why does that sound so hilarious to me? Probably because I've never seen either place. I'm such a philistine.) Your color harmony in all these works is so pleasing. Do you cover your canvas with a 'colored ground' similar to the terra cotta Colourfix that you use for pastels?<br />I see a slightly 'peachier' color peeking through on these pieces. It works SO well for foliage.<br /> Hey! Of course it is 'peachy'--you're in 'Peacham!' Silly me. <br /> I'm taking some online lessons with Marla Baggeta & I really like the results. Finally I am loosening up!<br />I still tend to apply pastel too thickly but that habit is falling away quickly. Also, I brush off the excess just as soon as I detect it. Since I've also stopped 'over-blending,'the excess pops rights off with a light tap of a paintbrush. I'm excited to paint each day because I see improvement--the best motivator.<br /> My only complaint is that I feel like crap these days! I have Hepatitis C (another victim of too much 'fun.') I was able to ignore it for a long time but now that there are drugs that can cure it, my hepatologist says I must go for it. I took Harvoni for 3 months & the Hep C virus disappeared! Handshakes all around, Big Win, hubba hubba. Then I got re-checked 4 months later--Hep C virus had roared right back.<br /> Turns out I am one of .05% of carriers who have an<br />'NS5a mutation.' The virus wriggles around & mutates.<br />(My hepatologist was in shock--she is a Stanford prof & I was her FIRST 'failure.'Stanford has a rep to consider!)<br /> A month ago, I began a frightfully NEW drug called "Epclusa," plus 1000 mg. of ribavirin, an old & hated<br />stand-by. These two make me feel SO tired I can't believe it. AND they make me 'irritable,'a most benign way of saying I went from having a short-fuse to NO-fuse. Aline, I can go from silence to bellowing in 5 seconds & not even know why! Luckily, my boyfriend understands & just keeps his TV headphones on all the time. I've got 5 more months of this, so I agreed to buy him a bigger & better cable TV 'package.' It's worth it. <br /> I cannot tell you how much painting helps me with stuff like this. Every day, I just go into that wonderful zone we all know & love. Your recent workshop in Aiken looked liked tons of fun! I really<br />liked the pictures you painted there. Of course, I also loved the "pastel figure workshop" you did just prior to that. I can see how much your two 'mediums' feed each other. I used to bug you to do pastels, but now I see that the same basic principals apply in each. I also think that pastels come very close to looking like oils, maybe closer than any other medium.<br />Scumbling, fat over lean, colored grounds, all of these things can be used in both oils & pastels. Thus, I learn just as much from studying your oils as I do from studying your pastels. <br /> Well, I shall give this post a happy ending: we're all glad it is finally over! (Yay!) Perhaps in a couple of years I will accompany you on one of your overseas workshops! Do you still do those? If so, I'll set it as a goal & get in more mileage at the easel to make it worthwhile. Meanwhile, I just LOVE visiting your blog. Many good wishes to you,Aline! You really do inspire me. L&K, Mary Brady MaryBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135757364906180843noreply@blogger.com