Work in progress

No "One Painting A Day" today. I taught today all afternoon so all I got accomplished was the first layer on the painting for the juried show I was telling you about. So far I like it. I am going to put green in where the brown is in the bottom right corner. In the photo it was pine needles but I think putting the grass there will be better. I teach again tomorrow afternoon so again I am not sure what I will get accomplished in the studio. 3 days till Christmas.

Reindeer Ornament

SOLD
Today was the first chance I got to sit in my studio for a couple of hours and I took advantage. I sketched out an acrylic painting I am going to do for the Aiken Center For The Arts Juried Show: Retrospective of Aiken. Will post pics... not sure if I will do pics as I progress or just when it is completed. We will have to see. I also did a "One Painting A Day" piece. It's an ornament my Dad and Mom bought for me of a reindeer ornament. It has all this great fluffy furry stuff around it's neck. One of my favorite ornaments.

Taking a break

Hi everyone, no painting today. Too busy. I purchased a new used truck yesterday and traded in two wehicles towards it. So the one I had driven was already at the dealer but I had to get my old truck there. So I had to rely on a friend to help me. I did get Lou's new horse longed and rode my thoroughbred. But not much else was done today. Tomorrow I will get to painting. I promise!

One Painting A Day Apple #2

As promised to myself I have continued on the "Painting A Day". I went out and got some oil paints. Water soluble. Not bad. I think I have painted for so long with acrylic and watercolor that I am having trouble just letting it happen. Practice makes perfect. So this is another view of the apple. Sorry for the glare on it.

Peek-A-Boo

I finally finished a painting I had started when I was teaching an adult beginner acrylic class at Aiken Center For The Arts. I love the expressions I was able to put on canvas. I have a love of horses, tirtles and giraffes. There are only 8 or 9 species of giraffes and these two come from Niger. There are only 100 or so left and so preservation is a huge issue now. If the giraffes cross the border into Nigeria they are killed [poached.) So sad. The title is "Peek-A-Boo, I see you". It is 24" x 18" and unframed is for sale at $225. It is on wrapped canvas so framing would not be necessary. If interested please email southernescapeart@yahoo.com

Crazy dog

I just had to put this up on the blog. If you live in Aiken you know stables are everywhere. This lovely and talented dog is located at "Stable on the Rail" which is located on Powderhouse Rd. Awesome photo.

One painting a day movement

I have decided to join this "revolution". So yesterday I painted an apple as you can see. I had fun with the placement on the canvas. I did struggle though, I have not painted in oils for awhile and I went to use them and a lot were dried up and I ended up with 4 left. A naples yellow, sap green, alizarin crimson and green permanent. So, the colors in the painting are a little lacking but I think it turned out pretty good considering.

Two Landscape Paintings

Here are two landscape paintings I did. The "Carolina Marshlands" is the one that I blogged had sold. The other "Purple Fields" is hanging in my livingroom but is for sale. If you are interested please email southernescapeart@yahoo.com. The price is $250 and is framed in an antique gold frame.

New to all this

Hi, I am new to all this blogging and I seem to have a hard time logging on sometimes. I just sold one of my all time favorite paintings. I had said to myself that if it didn't sell during the holidays I was bringing it home from the gallery and sure enough it went to a gentleman who is taking it to Florida with him. I am in SC. I am going to try and post some pics. Here's a holiday practice .

Happy Thanksgiving

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