Musings from Behind the Easel: A Different Perspective

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A Different Perspective

I'm having great fun playing with three point perspective in this piece in progress, a painting on canvas - sort of a "witch's eye view" of the village below....

My hope was to finish it this evening, but general life maintenance got in the way (have to run to the Dr's for a prescription refill) so look for it Wednesday or Thursday on eBay.

Can you believe it's just FOUR days until Halloween??!! I can't wait - two wicked cool parties to attend - an open house at my friend Jen's, and a Harry Potter party at Eric and Dustin's house. Not to worry about the trick-or-treaters though; the local Powers-That-Be have decreed Friday the 30th as "trick or treat night"...

Don't even get me started....

Back very soon with a glimpse of the finished painting. Until then, Happy Haunting!!

♥ Carolee

12 comments:

Jennifer MacNeill said...: Looks awesome Carolee!; October 27, 2009 at 11:31 AM
William Bezek said...: Cool painting, it almost looks like an animation cell from Disney studios!; October 27, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Birgit said...: I am already looking forward to seeing the finished painting. It already looks way cool! :)

Greetings from Munich,
Birgit; October 27, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Zan Asha said...: Wow! Love the painting, the perspective is wickedly good (ok, I'm being bad with the puns!)...

Ugg, I hate when the powers that be mess with holidays...when I lived in a small town, Halloween was relegated to the day before and the 31st was always "Happy Harvest Time"--as halloween was considered satanic (I kid you not about this!)....

I know you will have fun at your parties though!; October 27, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Carolee said...: Thanks, all! Too funny, Will - when I started sketching the rooftops, I told my husband "this reminds me of the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland", hehe. :); October 27, 2009 at 2:56 PM
Rue said...: Love the painting! So original!

I don't understand how people can mess with dates like that. Perhaps Christmas will be on the 26th this year?; October 27, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Kathleen Coy said...: Unbelievably cool perspective Carolee, I can't wait to see how it turns out!; October 27, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Unknown said...: Looking forward to seeing the completion... I zoomed the pic up and was in awe at the perspective of the houses etc.

Enjoy the parties :)

Lori; October 27, 2009 at 6:55 PM
laterg8r said...: i second the peter pan ride comment - cool painting :D

what the heck are they changing the date of halloween for???? weird!!!; October 27, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Christopher A. Klingler said...: COOL & looking forward to the finished piece!

Chris (-:; October 28, 2009 at 6:34 AM
Unknown said...: OMG that is absolutely wonderful....as always..

Smiles; October 28, 2009 at 7:18 AM
Traci Paynter said...: Wow! I love the perspective! So that's what it looks like to ride a broom! The hands are beautiful!; October 28, 2009 at 10:43 AM

Commissions

I accept a limited number of commissions each year, on a very selective basis, with the understanding that the painting process can be a walk down an unknown path - as much for the artist as for the commissioner. I work best, and most successfully when creating freely, and with minimal direction, and find that most pieces evolve of their own accord - leading me on a sometimes unexpected, but always magical journey.

If you are comfortable with this, and interested in a commissioned piece, please drop me a line at carolee@kingofmice.com for terms and time frames. :)