Red Devil, first to the hole (Nutimik Lake)

Rice fields Vietnam

Morro Castle La Habana

Quick and fast to get loose. I may drop watercolor , I'm just not feeling it so far.

Well I guess its time to update this blog....after another 5 years! This time in water color. My first time using this medium. I hope more to follow.
Cheers all.

5 Year Comback

April 10 2012

Way too long between posts.... 5 years...!

Painting has been on my to-do list every week for the last five years. I have pushed a brush around the odd time mostly just enough to realize I'm not meeting my expectations at the time. The problem I am having is not creativity but that my talent is not increasing along with my expectations. Its a tough mental battle that I seldom win, where  the creation of art ultimately is the loser.

With that being said I pushed my self with a small still life project that included of my favorite subject...Olives! A project that I was determined to complete. And did .

Now to finish the other 7 projects that are in various states of completion....;^%$##@!

Olives Redux

Its not much but a milestone for me of sorts.

Work in progress

Ok this time I am going to try to do something different again, both in composition and in publication. I will attempt to do a chronology of a painting. In this case it is a an unnamed (so far) acrylic painting on a 8X10 hardboard. Lets see how this goes...

Now normally I do not work on a painting for more than 30 min sessions usually around 15 min at a time at most before I put it away for later.

Today I just wanted to outline a figure with a conte' pencil. For this painting the background has not been decided on so I will come up with something after the figure is well on its way. Dec 12 08
I blocked in the shape with some basic browns. Yes the head looks a little creepy but my 7 min were up! Looks humanoid...so far theres hope.
Dec 14 08
Starting the shading now. On hold for a bit as I am going to Yellowknife N.W.T for a week.
Jan 4 09

Nothing like doing nudes to humble a painter. No-where but up from here....

Jan 12 09

Well not much to say that I did not say in the above. I am not finding this one "fun" it seems more of a learning experience at this point.

Olives Still Life

On my 11th go I wanted to try a still life painting.

I picked Olives mmmm I luv olives!

Acrylic on 8 X10 Masonite

I am dedicating this one to a fellow Olive lover. You know who you are.

Poplar View

Been wanting to paint birch/poplar trees for a while so here's my attempt.
Ok this is my 10th painting. Getting a little more comfortable, but I am still having problems deciding on the perfect subject matter for a painting."painters-block" I guess.;^)

How Many?