Another Mixed Breed Dog

I had this sketched for a past client. 

We used another pose, but I thought I would finish this one anyway. 

The other pose was more direct and a little more personal.

 I feel like this dog has an old soul. And seems very patient.

watercolor 8x10 inches

Sue

10 x10 inch watercolor I did as another gift.

I call Sue a dynamo. She gets stuff done.

Doc

This is a watercolor, 10x10 inches, that I did as a gift.  

Sometimes you meet people that make a difference.

Ukrainian "Halloween" Eggs (is there such a thing?)

I offered some open studio time for Ukrainian Eggs.  I usually offer a class only once a year, but with all the fun designs to create and have fun with, well, there is no stopping us now.  Some are working with traditional designs and some are making up their own designs. I think we are all having fun. These are some simple fun ones for Halloween.

Late Again

I was late to this weeks portrait session and had just over an hour of work time on this one.

I would have worked the shadow values in stronger and blended the grays in the skin tones alittle smoother, but for the time I had, the likeness I got, I am happy.

pastel on 16 x 20 inch velour mat board

Quick Portrait Session

I went to a portrait session this morning

 and thought I would work in pastels.

I love the portrait sessions (Associated Artists of Butler County) 

because they are so casual, no pressure and a warm group. 

I was too busy to go lately, 

and forgot what a nice opportunity this is. 

 I could have used about 20 more minutes to 

work the shirt and tidy up a bit.

Total work time, about and hour and a half 

on 11x14 ish bristol board that I put a pastel ground on.

A Mutt!

I just love a mutt!

And also love my new Mac.

No more too bright colors...

or maybe it is fooling me on my screen...

ahhhhhh!

watercolor, 8x10 inches

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Back in Class

 

These are demonstrations I did for my classes this week.

I set up a few pumpkins under some directional lights 

and we talked about how to use contour drawings for our watercolors. 

Then we drew them 4 times and did some watercolor exercises.

The first was done as a value painting using one color. 

The second to the right was done with only two colors. (amazing what only two colors can do) 

The bottom left was done with what we thought were realistic colors. 

And the last on the bottom right was done using some exaggerated colors.

Also want to say that I am working on a new computer now...

so far it has been a time eater... but soon it will be a time saver...

There are many things that I will miss about my old PC.

But more things that I love about my new Mac.

Especially the image quality, color....

Alaska Fishing

This is a thank you painting I did for my Dad to give to the people he visited in Alaska.

They had a wonderful time fishing, hiking... and being men.

7x10 inches, watercolor

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I just wanted to repost these images since I touched them up. Sharpened some of the areas, adjusted some of the angles... the colors are closer to the actual paintings too.

 I drop them off at Fein Art Gallery tomorrow.

We did a museum tour last week. (My two sons and I)

Went to the Barnes Foundation (yes, we saw the movie The Art of the Steal) in Philladelphia and went to see the Wyeths work at the Brandywine museum in Chadds Ford, and then to DC to see the Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Museum of American Art.

Take the docent tour at the Barnes if you go before the collection moves. An amazing amount of art... go through it twice to see what you missed the first time.

Make sure you have plenty of time to go through the Brandywine Musem (we could have spent more than the two hours we had).

And just go ahead and spend a week in DC at all the museums. We had one day and it was painful to leave without seeing more. And the Rockwell exhibit... made us smile, a nice way to end our tour. Thanks to Speilburg and Lucas for sharing their collections.

Nice to watch the boys critique and enjoy all the art we saw.

Now getting ready for back to school for the boys, my art classes and commissions, coffee with my husband, walking the dog...