Can’t get enough of the lily pads. This is a hard one to finish.
Lilypads
03 May 2024 4 Comments
in artwork Tags: botanical art, botanical painting, landscape, lily pad, lily pad painting, lily pond, water lily
Colorado country
26 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in artwork Tags: acrylic art, acrylic landscape, acrylic painting, Colorado, Colorado landscape, Colorado mountains
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
14 Feb 2024 2 Comments
in artwork Tags: boy portrait, ink portrait, watercolor portrait
I think this turned out well. A few touchups around his mouth, but John thinks it looks like him..
It’s my turn II
02 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in artwork Tags: pen and ink, pen portrait, self portrait, watercolor portrait
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
25 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in artwork Tags: family portrait, pen and ink, self portrait, watercolor, Watercolors
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
17 Jan 2024 2 Comments
in artwork Tags: family portrait, pen and ink, portrait, watercolor
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.
12 Dec 2023 3 Comments
in artwork Tags: Art, family portrait, fun art, painting, pen and ink portrait, portrait art, watercolor, Watercolor painting, watercolor portrait, 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
01 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in artwork Tags: acrylic landscape, acrylic painting, canyonlands painting, desert painting, desert 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
28 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in artwork Tags: acrylic art, acrylic painting, architectural art, home portraits, Tudor architecture, Tudor home
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
20 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in artwork, Nature, Wildlife Tags: avian art, flamingo, flamingo print, Linocut, linocut print, multicolor print, original art, original print, shore bird
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.