Charm, showing off the only braids that will stay in her endless mane.
Category Archives: painting techniques
A good line…or two
The previous owner of the barn where I board my horse stopped in yesterday to say hi. ME: You look GOOD! HIM: (after a sly pause) I’ll pay you later. ME: (with a sly smile) I don’t come cheap. HIM: … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, landscape, oil paintings, painting techniques, Sky Pads
Tagged oil painting, Poured paint, Sky Pads
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Sunshine to the rescue
It’s been cold and snowy, wet, dreary–way too long here in Michigan. I’ve had drawings completed and canvases stretched for the next three Sky Pads paintings prepared and waiting for weeks now because I need warm sunshine to get the … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, oil paintings, painting techniques, Poured paint, Sky Pads
Tagged art, artist challenges, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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G–O–A–L-L-L!!!
Below is the previous version for comparison. I guess your preference would be determined by your appreciation of floating versus more grounded. In the previous version everything was more or less untied from any kind of anchor. In the final … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, light, oil paintings, painting techniques, Sky Pads
Tagged art, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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Two sessions later
I think it’s finished, but I’m going to let it sit for a bit while I back up and start on #30. It’s a bit odd, but I find I like the third version much better when it’s sitting in … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, oil paintings, painting techniques, Poured paint, Sky Pads
Tagged art, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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Running a bit late
It was my intention to have this one finished by December 1. I got all the pesky leaves done but the background was only a suggestion and as such it needs a lot of adjustment. The bright areas on the … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, light, oil paintings, painting techniques, Poured paint, Sky Pads
Tagged art, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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A two-fer
Just because I wussed out on Sky Pads for a couple of months (or more) doesn’t mean I wasn’t thinking about them. I already had the background washes done in early September so it wasn’t a stretch to get the … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, light, oil paintings, painting techniques, Poured paint, Sky Pads
Tagged art, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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A horse got me moving again
I think I fell victim to “Covid coma” without even having the disease. My “blogging coma” lasted a couple of months, meaning I didn’t do any painting at all since early September. I’m pretty sure part of the lethargy was … Continue reading
Posted in Aquabord, art, drawing, Gypsy Vanner, horse portrait, horses, horses and carts, painting techniques, watercolor
Tagged Aquabord™, art, artist challenges, horse portrait, horses, horses and carts, watercolor
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As usual, looks can be misleading
I’m pretty sure if I showed you the source photo side by side with this one, you’d all be going “gaaahhh, what is this?” At the moment, it could just be an abstract of a field of yellow flowers. Or … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, oil paintings, painting techniques, Poured paint, Sky Pads
Tagged art, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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This was one for the long haul
Sky Pads 29 required an inordinate amount of rumination. Each time I would complete a section I had to think about how the next was going to go. It all looks harmonious, but this one was tricky because of the … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, oil paintings, painting techniques, Sky Pads
Tagged art, artist challenges, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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29 is 27 on steroids…
And below, here’s what 27 looks like, just in case you’re new to my blog, or, God forbid, have already forgotten what you saw a couple of months ago😂. As you can see from 29’s lonely white lines … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, oil paintings, painting techniques, Sky Pads
Tagged art, artist challenges, landscape, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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