Artist Renee Mak

Happy Friday!  After what seems like and eternity, I'm once again linking up with the fabulous group of artists over at Paint Party Friday !    xoxo I  discovered long ago that the process is what's so amazing about painting. All of it... together.  It's the choosing of the palette. The choice of tools. And the blurred idea  of what the outcome may be. Changing directions during the process is part of it... although that's sometimes very frustrating. Even in a small mixed media collage project,  in preparation  for a larger painting, the end result is often nothing  like the painting began...  which is part of what makes the process  so amazing! Although this painting is not finished, the process  has taken me far from how it began. Here are some amazing links to see more posts about the process! http://fussitup.blogspot.com/2012/04/paint-party-friday_20.h...

What INSPIRES you! It's clear from my last INspiRaTIOn iS EvERYwHERe!  post  that many artists find inspiration in color. I do too and absolutely love color ! Going deeper, I decided that what I  really love is when colors POP...  or stand out! This is very  clear if you enter my home  and just look around. I have little pops of color everywhere. One way to make your colors come alive is to place opposite colors next to or near each other. The red flower above  really stands out because it's on top of a green book cover. The same holds true for this oil painting... the red scarf really pops because it's painted on a green background. Another way to get colors to jump out at you is to add them to a neutral background... like the picture below. The neutral wall color, the candle holders and the vintage bling all help the red candle stand out! One more way to get color to pop is through contrast... placing lights and darks near each other. The yellow ros...