The last couple of weeks I got a little off track. I entirely forgot to write up a blog post last week, but I was… distracted. I did get a little painting in though. I completed a painting commissioned for my niece of her dog Fiona and started the painting of her cat Simba. The…
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The Last Gouache Paintings of 2019
Painting has been a wonderful escape this week. It has given me something to focus on other than overwhelming feelings of anxiety and sadness. The losses suffered this year are not something that can be easily overcome. This events of this year have certainly left a lasting mark. Painting still brings me joy however so…
Getting Back to Gouache
At the beginning of this week I wasn’t sure if I would have anything to post. Since completing my last painting I didn’t know what to do with myself. On one hand, I want to get back into oil painting. On the other, I wanted to just continue on with gouache painting. As sometimes happens…
Ginger Portrait Complete – Part 5
So, I’ve been working on this painting for quite a while now. I took a break from it for the Strada Easel Challenge because I was getting frustrated with it. When I did finally come back to it, I hated it. I hated it so much that I made the drastic decision to start over…
Ginger Portrait Part 3
It has been a while since I last posted about this portrait. Distractions, preoccupations, excuses… I’m back at it again and I think I’ve made some progress. It’s still relatively far away from completion, but It feels good to have worked on it. I readjusted the mouth again which could use a tad more adjustment…
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…
“Dopey” Dog Portrait
I finished this surprise painting for my mother-in-law Vicki this week. She’s always been very supportive of my painting and is my only paying customer to date. With that in mind, I wanted to give her something really special for Christmas. Her favorite dog Dopey is getting older and blinder by the minute so…
Black Dog Paint Along – Part 2
Crystal and I have made some good progress on our paintings. We’ve actually gotten together more often than I expected and we might actually get our paintings finished soon. I think I finally figured out most of my problems with the dog, but now I need to fix the background. It was originally blue,…
My Sister’s Cat
Meet Lil Buddy, my sister’s cat. I painted this as a gift to my sister and her new husband for their birthdays. I wanted this to be a surprise so I had to scour Facebook accounts and texts for reference pictures. I found a gem my sister texted me a while ago of Lil…
Black Dog Paint Along – Part 1
I don’t know that I’m necessarily qualified to conduct painting lessons, but I have been. My sister-in-law, Crystal was so proud of her rooster painting that she wanted to paint another one. This time we decided to paint the same subject so I can better explain the hows and whys. I haven’t…