I Forgot to Post this, but it's Relevant to my Current Art! *Things that I have been Thinking About*

Screenprinting without using a computer

In screen printing it is typical for people to print the image on transparencies from Adobe programs such as Photoshop. I'm an artist that likes to work with my hands, and my screen printing process has eliminated the use of a computer completely.

I start by going to the place that is my inspiration, and make a colored sketch that will become my screen printed image.

I'll use the sketch to trace the different colors using transparency paper and oil based pens called Deco Color.

I double layer all of my transparency paper and trace everything twice to make sure that no light travels through my image area.

I draw all of my layers of color before burning my screens.

Then it's time to print the image to look as close to the sketch as possible. I know it wouldn't look exactly similar due to the change in medium.

Council Crest, Screenprint on BFK, September 2016

So I hope your inspired to take some extra time to get off the computer and use your hands!!

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Getting Outside to Sketch!

I always carry a sketchbook everywhere. When the weather is nice I like to go out on adventures and sketch the wilderness that's surrounding me in this beautiful state of Oregon. So here are some images of on-site sketching that I have recently done.

Dougan Falls Washougal River, Washington

Council Crest Portland, OR

Sauvie Island Collins Beach, Oregon

Skidmore Bluffs NE Portland, Oregon

Eagle Creek Columbia Gorge, Oregon

Mt. Tabor Portland, Oregon

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The Stages of a in Progress Oil Painting

Oil painting is a time consuming process, and it can take about a month or more to completing an image. I paint in layers where each stage has to dry for a week before it's ready for the next step. It forces me to think about the image that's being created, because the individual layers will transform. Then when the next layer is being created I watch as the previous layer becomes unrecognizable.

So, I wanted to show the stages of my painting Underneath the Tree's. This particular image was inspired by a moment when camping in Southern Oregon, and I found myself alone underneath some big trees. I sat in mediation as I drew a creative observation of my surroundings.

The original Sketch in which was used as a reference for the painting Underneath Trees. 

Work in Progress stage one of Underneath the Trees

Work in Progress stage two of Underneath the Trees

Completed piece: Underneath Trees, 24.5in x 18.5in, Oil painting on Canvas,

May 2016

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How to Master Color Theory

There are rules in color theory that I use when creating a color palette for a painting.

When I'm choosing the "Pure colors" to start my palette I think about how color is presented on the color wheel. I generally pick out one of each primary(red, yellow, and blue), secondary (green, orange, and purple), and tertiary colors (yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green, and yellow-green)  along with white (my preference is Titanium White).

When placing pigment on the palette I lay things out so that like colors sit next to each other. Sometimes I approach laying out color in a creative ways as you see in the example below.

It's important for me to spend at least 30 minutes to an hour mixing colors, so that I don't paint with any colors that come straight from the tube.

Knowing about these rules can help me figure out how to mix colors and create a palette:

1. Warm vs Cool: The color will either be warm colors (yellow, red, and orange) or cool colors (purple, blue, and green)
2. Hue: The hue means pure color, but some colors need to have tints and shades (to add black or white).
3. Saturation: The saturation is when the color is brighter or duller in the color intensity.
4.Analogous: Colors next to each other on the color wheel.
5.Complementry: Colors opposite of each other on the color wheel.
6. Split Complementry: Combines one base color with the two colors directly adjacent to its opposite or complementary color and not with the complementary color.

I hope this guild helps and inspires you to mix some colors. So, Happy Mixing!!!

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Introducing my Etsy Store

I am proud to introduce my Etsy store to my friends, family, and supporters. https://www.etsy.com/shop/RoamingCreator
The store includes most of my more affordable art that are made through screen printing, letterpress, intaglio, small oil painting and stone lithography.
These are a few examples of the art that you'll find on my Etsy:

Listening to the Ocean, Megan Wainwright, 9in x 6in, screen print, June 2016 (Price listed: $5)  

Prehistoric Shells, Megan Wainwright, 6in x 9in, screen print, June 2016 (Listed Price: $5)

Pine Tree, Megan Wainwright, 12in x 9in, Woodblock Print, June 2016 ( Listed Price: $10)

Life, Megan Wainwright, 7in x 5 in, Linoleum block, November 2014 (Listed Price: $5)

Reclining Figure, Megan Wainwright, 7in x 6.5in, Lithography, March 2014(Listed Price: $5)

This is Not a Pipe, Megan Wainwright, 6in x 7.5in, Woodblock on Letterpress, November 2013 (Listed Price: $5)

All of these images and so much more original art is up for sale!  Also, if you see something you like and can't afford it email me (wainwrightmeganlynne@gmail.com)! I'm always open to doing trades or working out some deals!

I'm excited to invite you to check out some art and support a fellow artist!

To see more art check out my Website: http://www.meganwainwright.com/
For some work in progress images check out my instgram: @roaming_creator

My Current Artist Inspirations

I started to do some research of how other artist have used the sky as a source of subject. To my surprise other artist had some very interesting ways of abstracting the vast blueness above our heads.

Georgia O'Keeffe, Sky Above Clouds III/Above the Clouds III, 1963, Oil on canvas , 48 x 84", Private Collection, © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

 I have been a fan of Goergia O' Keffe's painting for awhile, and I was excited to reintroduce myself to her painting Sky Above Clouds III/Above the Clouds III . I admire the way that she abstracts nature as if it's communicating a sensation. She has admitted ",the abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint."

Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889, Oil on Canvas, 28 7/8''x 36 3/4'' (73.2x 93.4cm), Vincent Van Gogh, Purchas, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993

Vincent Van Gogh's painting Wheatfield with Cypresses inspired my paintings in it's texture and boldness of marks. I have been mimicking his impasto style of painting by laying thick layers of color on the canvas.

Skyspace, James Turrell, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

I had a chance to experience James Turrell's Skyspaces when I studied in Philadelphia at the academy PAFA.  On a field trip the teacher drove my class out to a meeting house called Chestnut Hill. We arrived an hour before sunset happened. When the performance started we watched as a whole in the ceiling was reviled. The reminder of the ceiling became illuminated with LED lights and they changed colors that complemented the sky as the sunset. I'm impressed with his ability to bring the viewer into reality, and to make that actual moment the piece of art. I'm trying to capture that same idea where the viewers perception of space is present in the here and now.

I'm open to letting my interpretations of the sky to keep evolving. To use my experience as a tool in the creation of my art.


Check out some of my other sky inspiration at my Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/wainwrightmegan/artist-skys/

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