Wholly Cow - demonstration- day 4

More of the same. Building up the underpainting. Looks like the cow and blocks are ready for the first layer of color.I've added a thin wash of color to the marbles.

Wholly Cow - Demonstration - day 3

More layering of paints on everything. I put a wash of color on the marbles. I added shadows on the background and continued adding darks and lights to give the items depth. And I added the "tape" to the cow photo. I'm really pleased with the way it came out

 

Wholly cow - demonstration - detail

 I've decide to show this demonstration focusing on the ceramic cow. This is what it looks like at the end of the second day. I've painted it a pale gray and started to add the shadows. I can still see the line drawing underneath. The blocks have the basic light and shadow and the marbles are painted white

Work in Progress - Wholly Cow

This is how I started this painting. I draw on a piece of tracing paper and when I'm happy with the drawing I transfer it to my gessoed board or canvas.  I then refine the drawing further and spray it with a fixative. Next, blocked in the background colorsand started building up the grays in the cow photo. I let that dry. Day 2 I added more to the background colors. Because my drawing was dark, I was able to add my first layer of paint on the object in my still life and still see the details underneath. I did a gray underpainting on the cows and an umber painting on the blocks. I painted the marbles white while I redefined their shape.

I'll add more as the painting progresses.

Food Art - Cherry Cake

I love painting food! This is my first 'cake' painting. Cherry Cake is 9 x 12, oil on board. It is a layer cake with marachino cherries on a white plate and a linen napkin.

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First Hummingbird

Yes, I spend most of my time in my studio. But on occasion I look up to see the world around me. We have our first hummingbird of the season. When the season is at it’s peak we will have 12 large feeders hanging from our deck, each one of them being sucked dry by these little Flying Jewels.

I'm a Semi-Finalist!!

The Art Renewal Center just posted the winners of the 2008-2009 Salon exhibition and I am a semi -finalist!! There were well over 1600 entries from 30 countries. No awards for me this year but it's great to know that I came THISCLOSE. It encourages me to work that much harder. The work in this show is really terrific. Take a look.
The pieces I entered were Saturday Matinee and Summerfall

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