Charm, showing off the only braids that will stay in her endless mane.
Tag Archives: artist challenges
A slightly different approach
This one has been sitting around with its background done for quite a while, amid various vague promises from me that I would be doing something with it soon. So yeah, it’s got the early stages of subject matter started. … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, oil paintings, painting techniques, Poured paint, Sky Pads
Tagged art, artist challenges, landscape, oil painting, Poured paint, Sky Pads
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33 cued up, with a postscript on 32
I went ahead and posted an “inaccurate color” photo of Sky Pads 32 yesterday because I was in a hurry to finally get it out there. I loved the fake gold-orange tones (created by bad lighting) floating down from the … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, landscape, oil paintings, painting techniques, Poured paint, Sky Pads, Uncategorized
Tagged art, artist challenges, landscape, lily pads, oil painting, Sky Pads, water lilies
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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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What’s your favorite light flavor?
Okay, so I wasn’t totally happy with the color scheme of Sky Pads 31, but I didn’t want to paint over it. So I didn’t. The photo in the original post was taken in a “daylight” setting, which brightened everything … Continue reading
Posted in art, landscape, light, oil paintings, photography challenges, Sky Pads
Tagged art, artist challenges, 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 Aquabordâ„¢, art, artist challenges, horse portrait, horses, horses and carts, watercolor
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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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Rooting around in an artist’s brain
I think I started this painting (Sky Pads 28) a little over a month ago. It should have been finished a couple of weeks ago but it insisted on raising issues I had no immediate answer for. So I did … 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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Climbing the hill
This one is testing my confidence a bit. As we make our way together towards the upper right hand corner I keep wondering why the paint is not applying itself as smoothly as it usually does (yeah, show me paint … Continue reading
A mind of its own
If you have read this blog with any kind of frequency I’m sure you’ve seen me state more than once that I never know how a painting is going to turn out while I’m working on it. Well, this one … 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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