Plein Air Painting Charlotte NC 2009

Ok so I went outside to paint and here is a video of the park.

All dogs go to heaven # 15

It was my friend's birthday and I painted this painting for her.

Its part of a series of paintings depicting dogs and I usually have them looking up to the sky.
5 by 7 watercolor

Angels are amongst us

4 by 6 mixed media on illustration Board. This painting is part of a series and I usually don't paint the angel in this traditional manner but because the water was white and the other colors so bright or somber, I felt it needed to be accented with another light value.

a little slide show...

Misty Koi pond

This is a small painting 11 by 8 and is a watercolor on artist grade paper.
Its cool here in SC I'm hoping this winter snow will disappear tomorrow. My California blood is too thin for this weather!

Snow and Koi in March in SC USA

it was pretty cold this weekend and my Koi are eating a snack after the snow storm

all dog go to heaven #12

this is another watercolor of my dogs... 4 by 6 watercolor on paper.. 40.00 This is part of a series.

Feb Koi ACEO

watercolor on gessoed masonite
2.5 by 3.5 I like the blue koi mixed in with the orange.


I've been ill today so I may be taking a couple of days off.

How to do this project....buy acrylic gesso paint it on masonite ( get it from the hardware store) allow the gesso to dry, paint your picture in watercolor, allow to dry & varnish! I used matte varnish but gloss gel is nice too!

collage on clayboard

4 by 4 acrylic on tissue paper mounted on claybord

This image is a piece of clay board ( ampersand) covered in one of my painted papers. So I guess you can say this is a collage.

Collage Journal #2

Not for sale but I would be happy to tell you how you could make your own.

This is the cover to a journal.
I made today in preparation for a collage demo I’m giving on Tuesday. It has papers I created with tissue paper and acrylic paint. In the center there is a watercolor paper insert which I painted in WC but used a transfer from my sketch book. I also used wallpaper, around the edge I think they call it grass cloth plus various tapes and screens for texture.
I'll cover it in UV varnish & it should last many lifetimes.
Oh yeah… I forgot to mention…
I covered the whole thing in “Golden” Soft Gel Gloss for now.
The actual journal was a “composition book” you find in any drug store or school supply for $1.00. It has lined paper inside which is nice for notes, recipes, journaling and even some creative writing.

ACEO Moon Card

2.5 by 3.5 watercolor on paper.. start your collection today $15.00 plus 1.00 postage in USA.

I've been busy these days making collage papers and trying to finish up a commission. So sorry this is out of focus, my hands were rather shaky today. The actual painting looks better!

The Fall

This 8.5 by 6.25 original collage on illustration board was created this morning and reminds me of a landscape although it is an abstract. $95.00

All dogs go to heaven #12

This little 5 by 7 watercolor on paper is a part of a series called "all dogs go to heaven. I love these three characters!

Valentine Koi

Today the DP artists are doing a valentine theme. I thought to make this little Koi valentine. its 8 by 10 on Canvas panel and it $95.00

Rembrandt

Watercolor on 300 lb paper $100.00 8 by 10 inches
Rembrandt is one of my Koi, & as most of you know, I name my fish after famous artists.

In a letter to Huyghens, Rembrandt offered the only surviving explanation of what he sought to achieve through his art: the greatest and most natural movement.” Whether this refers to objectives, material or otherwise is open to interpretation; either way, Rembrandt seamlessly melded the earthly and spiritual as has no other painter in Western art.

One of my favorite paintings of Rembrandt’s “The Mill”

KoI Koi Koi

I was thinking of doing an abstract with three large bands of color... yeah I know its been done but what hasn't... So I decided to do reddish orange and another red and then yellow with gold ...next thing you know there are three Koi..

I added the green and "Voila" another Koi painting... I guess I just have Koi on the brain. This is 8 by 10 and can turned in any direction.

Painting negative shapes in watercolor

Hello folks! This is my first attempt at a video, I promise I'll get better!

Lilly Pad

4 by 4 watercolor on clay board. This stuff is very smooth almost like Bristol paper but less absorbent. I painted this in the deductive manner.

American painter Andrew Wyeth dies at 91 in Pa.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-16-obit-wyeth_N.htmhttp



A very good story about the great American painter. He perfected dry brush technique for portraits.

I'm back from the holidays

I've had a few weeks off and now I'm planning to get back to work. I'll be posting again this week. Happy New year!