2nd of 2 New Paintings

Today is the day for reworking old started paintings - 36x24 - I actually started to paint this one last August, was not happy with the realistic look and how it was going so put it away to work on other projects. Today as you can see, I wiped out the just about everything and went back at it with a whole different look. This should be fun to see how it will work out. I will eventually bring the large trees on the left back into the painting after the sky dries and is easier to paint over top of, so will go to the Sheep Painting tomorrow and let this painting dry.

First Of 2 New Paintings Started Today

Sheep Off The Highway Close to Beluga Point 18x36 This will be a study in high contrasts will pump up the shadows and highlights. I actually sketched this out about 6 months ago, just never got back to it. Today I did a small 4x6 pencil value sketch to work out my dark and light values. Then I sprayed the canvas with a fixative to hold the pencil sketch. Will start to do a light under painting monochromatic tomorrow to block in the light/dark values.

Stage 7 Meg Fowler Portrait

Final Stage of this Portrait Study - 18x14 Oil on RayMar Panel - Lots of changes made since the last image.
1) Raised the Jaw Line
2) Softened all the skin lines, smoothed the face out
3) Changed the Lips
4) Changed the left side eye and nose
5) Moved the right eye in closer to nose
6) Brought the right side of the face in towards the center by taking about 1/3 inch of the right side
7) Added some more shadow to the right side

Fairly happy now. Will take it to portrait class for one final critique.

2 Paintings In Progress

2 Paintings In Progress - Raven Moon 8x6 Oil & Portrait Study From a Portraiture Class -

On Friday I was fighting off a head cold. And it reflected my mood in the this little Night Raven piece. Not really sure where the idea came from. But it is different then what I usually paint thats for sure.

The second painting is a from a portraiture class I am taking from Linda Infante Lyons at the Anchorage Museum. I have been struggling with this one. Will take it to class for critique.

ADDENDUM: I got some wonderful suggestions from my class teacher. I made some dramatic changes to the portrait. Will finish it this weekend, and post a picture for you to compare with this one I took before my class.

Seward Parl Stage 3 & 4

Seward Bay Stages 3 & 4 Final - Oil 11 x 14 on RayMar Canvas Panel - In Stage Three I blocked in the Near Trees a little more. Then worked on the Water, added more shadow to the rocks underwater and to the shadow cast buy the near shoreline on the ocean. Then went and added highlights and reflected color to the water.
Stage 4 basically was finish up the trees and a few touch ups. Now it is drying, will look again in a week and see what changes I may make.

Seward Park Stage 1 & 2

Seward Alaska - 11 X 14 Oil on RayMar Canvas - Last Summer Donna, Oreo (dog) and I took a trip to Seward, it was a incredible sunny day. We went to the beach park and I did a small 6x8 plein air painting of this rock sticking up out of the water. Going back through my studies, I decided to do a major painting of this one. Sketched it onto the canvas board. Layed in the base colors.

After 2 weeks I finally got back to this painting yesterday, reworked the sky and water, blocked in the close shoreline and defined and detailed the rocks. I made the decision early on to play with the colors and make this a colorful painting.

Plein Air Paintings From Desert Center

Two Plein Air Painting

I did these two paintings while I was in Desert Center CA last week, driving around in my dads 4 wheeler, what a blast.