I tested colors for the city of gold. I’ve been using Irrodecent Gold And Pearl mixed with appropriate colors.
Mural of Heaven, 8.5’x 24′
Mural of Heaven WIP01
Today I started painting a mural of Heaven for St. Thomas More Parish in my hometown. It is 8.5’x 24′. The right half is shown above. I layed in the background across the top.
Placed in Annual Exhibit
I was awarded 3rd Place in my Hometown’s Annual Exhibit with this painting today. I’m thankful, you never know what jurors are going to like.
Life Drawing on the IPad
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I like this cool pose with a hat and sun glasses! Even more fun, done on the IPad. It is a slick way to do life drawing! Saves paper too. 🙂
Ingall’s Homestead Plein Air
7″x14″ stretched canvas gallery edges
This weekend we had a Paint Out at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Homestead. The weather was good, and I found a nice place in the shade. I would have liked some interesting clouds to paint but I worked with what was there. I did a synopsis of the terrain.
6″x6″ stretched canvas gallery edges
My paint was getting thicker on my palette by the time I started this one.
I made friends with a colt named Cinnamon, who begged for attention, tried to play with my stuff, and then she would charged around me, and settle in for a nap, each time moving closer until she was sleeping at my ankles.
We had over 60 artists in attendance. They kept us fed and we had live music in the evening. On Sunday we had an exhibit at the new Cultural Center in De Smet, SD. Quite unusual to have a building like that in such a small town.
IPad Plein Air on the Beach
I’ve been on vacation. At this time, we were exploring the Keewenaw Peninsula around Lake Superior in Michigan. It would be a great opportunity for Plein Air painting, but I’m with family and we’re always on the move. I thought to squeeze it in while we were sitting on the beach, but the only option was my IPad. This would be great if not for sunlight’s glare on the screen. I used Art Set Pro on my IPad with a brush stylus. Fortunately I had colors picked for landscape on my palette. I made some revisions after I got inside. I considered it a worthwhile exercise. I’m heading home today.
Storm on the Horizon – Restart Underpainting WIP02
I’m on vacation a good part of July, but back at home at the moment. I went to make adjustments on my underpainting of the first version, and realized the lightly textured board was probably not going to be to my liking for this. Here is a redo of my underpainting on stretched canvas 18″x24″ I like the new composition better, I wanted more sky,a bigger storm cloud, and a lower horizon.
Storm on the Horizon – Underpainting WIP01
I made an underpainting, starting with a yellow background and glazing with warm purple. The actual painting will be much colder and darker. 14×18″ ampersand wood panel
Storm on the Horizon – IPad Oil Sketch
I thought I would try using the IPad to flush out how I could do a bigger painting. Possibly this would be a 14″ x 18″ Acrylic on Canvas?
Watercolor of Lake Michigan
We’ve been enjoying the Great Lake Michigan. This is Portage Point near Onekama Michigan, portrayed in watercolor on Moleskin Watercolor Paper.
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