This week has been crazy. I have been super swamped with work. And when I say work, I mean deep cleaning a house, planning a little kid birthday party, and cleaning my own house. But that is life. Nothing, nothing, nothing, then bam! Too much all at once. I feel like I just posted…
Category: Works in Progress
Ginger Portrait Part 1
A while back I mentioned taking photos for a dog portrait commission. It has taken a while, due to moving, busy summer schedules, and whatnot, but I have finally gotten a solid start on it. The eyes and ears are looking pretty good, but the nose and muzzle are a little off. The muzzle…
Giving up on the Strawberries
This strawberry painting has given me trouble these last two weeks. It started off promising enough, but quickly went down hill. I painted over the first version and I’m still not very thrilled about it. The perspective is slightly better, but that is pretty much it. I would like to warm up…
Strawberry Work in Progress
It isn’t often that I post works in progress, but it has been a crazy week. The kids are going back to school which means lots of running around and meetings the first week, I’m helping my dad finish up a home remodeling project of his, and now to top it off I’m sick….
Winter Bird in Progress
Here is a little bird I started a week ago. It needs another layer at least on the bird and part of the fence the bird is standing on, but I love the look of the background. I think I’ll probably just leave it as is. Painting has been a bit difficult to do…
Kitty Portrait in Progress
It has been a while since I’ve done a work in progress post, but here we are. This little kitty was sister to my Kiki, but unfortunately disappeared shortly after we acquired her. I did manage to get a few good pictures before she vanished though. The painting has been a little on the…
Three Portraits in Progress
I’ve been really hammering out the still lifes lately. It doesn’t mean I haven’t been working on other paintings too. There have been a couple of times that I just couldn’t bear to work on a still life another second. A quick struggle with a portrait sets me straight. This one I’ve seriously been…
3rd Red Onion in Progress
Some weeks I’m a productive painter. This was not one of those weeks. This week was incredibly unproductive all around, but that happens sometimes. I’m satisfied with the direction this painting is headed, but it’s still a session or two away from being done. Then on to the next subject. In keeping with the first…
Onions with a Side of Drama
I finished this painting right after posting last week. I was so excited to use the nice purple I mixed up that before I knew it, I was signing it. This is my first completed painting in 2017 and I think I’m really starting the year off right. Since I have a whole series of roughly 30…
Mixing a Nice Purple
It’s been a while since I’ve painted some still lifes. In college and for a while after, I almost exclusively painted still lifes. I enjoyed painting them, but didn’t have an audience for them at the time. I’m ready for another go though. My still life project was originally going to be a 30 in…
A New Sketch & Thoughts on Caring for Brushes
The next one is on the easel. It needs some more work on the sketch, but it’s a good start. I’m actually really happy with the mouth and left eye. The right eye and the nose especially, need more work. This painting is going to be my first color portrait of a person. I…
Oil Painting Portrait – Part 6
It’s almost done! I finally made some really good progress on this painting and the finish is clearly in sight. A quick peruse through my photos revealed that I’ve been working on it off and on since January. It’s now December. I have taken months off from working on it at a time due to…