Lilypads

Almost done

Not too bad

More base layers

Just the start

Can’t get enough of the lily pads. This is a hard one to finish.

Colorado country

So far, so good. But not done yet.

Day two

Quick start

I took some photos driving through Colorado a few years ago. I liked the expanse of hay(?) fields set against the mountains.

My Grandson, Portrait III

Done

A few days in

I think this turned out well. A few touchups around his mouth, but John thinks it looks like him..

It’s my turn II

Almost done, I think

First color wash

This one also turned out a bit dark, but I am holding off on the pastels until I let a little bit of time pass. It isn’t too bad a likeness

It’s my turn

It’s my turn now with a self portrait. Not done yet, but I will try not to get it too dark.

The Portrait might be done

I thought that John’s portrait was too dark and it is hard to lighten up watercolor. I decided to add some pastels to it and it does seem to help. John likes it, but I am still a bit iffy.

The first of three portraits.

Pastels over the watercolors

Not quite right yet

First layer of watercolors

I have been watching a new season of the British show Portrait Artist of the Year and, as usual, gotten inspired to try again with a few of my family family members. Here is John, mostly done. I am still not satisfied with it. It got two dark with the watercolors so I added some pastels to lighten it. Maybe if I add some background to soften the edges, it will help too. The mouth needs work too. The whole thing is a little flat.

Canyonlands tree

Canyonlands tree

I painted this partly in my last evening art class. I was tired of the Tudor house and not particularly pleased with the way it turned out. This comes from photos from our wester trip in 97 into Canyonlands.

Acrylic art class

Tudor acrylic, day 2

Tudor acrylic day1

I decided to take an acrylic painting class at the local junior college. I wanted to try another architectural painting, but decided it wouldn’t hurt to have some help. I have been unable to do a lot of detail in my work and wanted some guidance.

I have to put in some thought into adjusting the values. Maybe this becomes more about the values than the details. I’d like to do both.

Flamingo Fun

Multicolor ink print

Hand colored print

Lino block

I haven’t been idle since I got back from the Boise birthday celebrations. I finished up the flamingo linocut that I started in August. As you can see, I did two prints: a black and white to hand color and a multicolor print. The multicolor ink print was harder and I still haven’t quite figured it out. Do I load up all the colors at once or do I try to ink them up separately. They would be quite different in style. This was loaded with inks separately. I might try it again with a multicolor loaded brayer.