5 X 7 Day Painting. ~Oliva Serie "O"

Good break away from everything today.
This stick had been sitting in my humidor for awhile, I was intrigued by the unique shape and the colors in the wrapper.
I was a little dodgy at the beginning but warmed up and got in the groove, very fun.

landscape sketch/study

I recently acquired some water-soluble colored pencils. They have a high pigment content, more than I expected.

Excited to work with them more soon.

This is from a photo of a hike that my fiance and I took this summer as we near the top of the mountain, around 6000 feet.

Recent Drawing

Also of my brother in Egypt, taken the same day and in the same location as the last painting of him.

18 X 24 black conte.

New Piece Done

My brother sent me this photo of himself in egypt.

I've titled it "Brother"

Oil on paper, 22" by 33".

New piece, and beginnings of newer piece

Fiance got me a set of brown conte for easter. I was so enamoured with the three shades of brown it offered that I drew this. I also wanted to try watercolor technique that a friend showed me... thus, conte on watercolor-toned paper... siannas, ochres, russets and umbers, mmmmm....

I titled it (Love Poem, Part 6) after a part of a poem I wrote about her.

Specifically one stanza:

With hair like a crown

Of female beauty lying

In curls of dark value

Next is the start of a peice on gessoed 300 lb watercolor paper from a photo of my brother in egypt. Will post as it progresses/when I feel like it.

Finished commissioned piece

"Jax commission"

Oil on masonite, 16" X 20"

I became enamored with the backround,

sort of Rothko-esque abstraction ....

Coming back from wabash

This was the only way to carry this piece back from the show....

thought it was funny.

It's like Redneck+Fine Art ...

I Got Ink.

Yes!

Shout out to:

Timothy W. Young (prof young)

Terry Armstrong (prof T-strong)

Stephanie Stembel

Kayla Wieland

and "James and Deborah Dompier" of EAGLE RIVERRRRR!

Finished large-scale piece, photo from Wabash Art Show

Waahoo.

I (tentatively as is [and perhaps ought to be] always the case with art) finished a 5 foot by 3 foot painting that has been in the works for a couple weeks.

I've titled it "Love Like Memory".

Also I've included a photo of my first place winning piece hanging in the Honeywell center at the Nine County Art Show.

Kinda neat!

Further progress, plus commission

yes yes yes.

I have sketched out the image for the large scale piece. I had to darken the photo quite a bit so you can see the lines, -the studio is actually a very light place.

The other piece (fun fact: I ALWAYS spell "piece" as "peice", and then correct it while telling myself 'all I have to do is spell "pie" and then add "ce"' ....I love pie, and yet it haunts me still)

Anyways, I started working on another commission, so I figured I'd put up what I've got so far.

New large scale piece in the works

I began preparations for a new large-scale oil piece.

Stretched a 3' by 5' canvas.

Gessoed some paper and a piece of 16" by 20" un-stretched canvas for preliminary studies.

Finished one study on paper last night.

I'll keep posting as it progresses.

You can see the sun coming in through the back of the canvas, kinda neat... wish I could paint like the sun...

Latest Oddment

Latest Oddment painting

"Valentine Chocolate"

Oil on canvas.

(1.5 hours.)

Nine County Art Show, Honeywell Center, Wabash IN

Good news.

I recently entered in the afore-mentioned art show, along with some classmates and two of my professors.

All artists from the nine surrounding counties of the area were eligible to attend, -that meant me.

I entered three pieces, all done within the last year or so, and to my great joy all three got in!

Then to my even greater joy and surprise one of my paintings (a 3' by5' oil on canvas titled "Kiss, -Emotion, Motion) won first place in the painting category.

Yes.

I thought I'd post them.

If ever you are interested in prices or commissions, just let me know.

My First Blog

Yes.