Afternoon paint-out with Deborah

Plein Air on Deborah Kidwell's Lake.   Beautiful spot with great company!   It was late afternoon, and we were rushing to catch the light. 
8 x 10 oil on panel   $150

beachin' it at the Carnegie

Quick oil sketch of a beach scene, a demo done during the Newnan March Art Walk, I was at the Carnegie Library. 
8 x 10 oil on panel         $150

Male Museum, a historical site in Newnan.   Painted plein air on a recent gorgeous sunny day.    The perspective kind of drove me nuts.   Next painting has to be a landscape--nature, a more forgiving subject!      The folks walking by were pretty interesting though.


This one may be displayed in City Hall this coming quarter.  
8 x 10 oil on panel.  $175.00

Kind of scary portrait, but the model was cheap (LOL!).   Good way to work out some skin tone practice though.    Weather is getting nice, so I'll have to move outdoors.  Probably find some better models too!

Rest Stop Finished

 

Oil, 11 x 14, wrapped canvas.    Jeff and Bella taking a break.  I think this is finished, still looking. . . .    Dogs are my favorite subject, followed by horses, and then, once in a while, people!    

First plein air 2010

 

Finally warm (and dry) enough to paint outside.  This is a small oil , 5 x 7 on gesso panel.   However, I did learn, not to take my non-painting partner with me—entirely too much grousing about time!  Even so, Lake Peachtree was still fun, tho the trees were a bit barren looking without leaves.  Felt so o o good to be outside painting.

WIP - Rest Stop

"Rest Stop"-  pastel 8 x 10   a prelimary sketch for an 11 x 14 oil in the works.   A new comission.   Bella (the dog) needs to move a bit closer to Jeff.  The line of the creek was changed for composition purposes.    Pastels help me decide on the values for the work.