Thursday, March 31, 2011

A Puppy!

I just about finished this new pet portrait. I havn't drawn an animal in a long time and I think I was going through withdrawals or something because once I started working on this I pretty much didn't stop until it was done.
The CCAD art sale is in two weeks, be there or be square!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Something New

I think the painting release extravaganza has had a very good run, but I think its time for a mini break. I've painted just about every day for the past two or three weeks, except for my sweet trip back to ohio a few days ago of course, and the colored pencils have been beckoning me back. Last night I started a new pet portrait,and there is talk of starting to work on my children's book again, so new things are on the horizon. In the meantime here is a still life of some marbles that I have since lost.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 16

Old Farm
2" x 3"
Acrylic

Friday, March 18, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 15

"Sky on Fire"
3" x 3"
Acrylic

Monday, March 14, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 14

"White sky"
2" x 3"
Acrylic

Saturday, March 12, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 13

"Setting Sun"
3" x 3"
Acrylic

Friday, March 11, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 12

So today I thought I'd show what these wee paintings look like in their frames. So here is what they are going to look like in the sale and on etsy soon. They all either have a very light frame like this one, or its made from cherry, or red oak. I try an match the frame color and wood choice to match the painting.
"Lone Tree"
3" x 3"
Acrylic

Thursday, March 10, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 11

"Sun Flare"
5" x 5"
Acrylic

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 10

"Calm Ocean"
18" x 24"
Oil

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 9

I thought it was time to put up some of the bigger paintings I've done recently. Most of them I did with one of the mini's as a reference so this one may look a wee bit familiar. I've actually done a few now with this same color scheme, it's weird I usually don't like painting or drawing the same thing a bunch but this one and the one I'm going to post tomorrow are different. I've done three or four versions of the same thing and each time I think it's fun. They are all just subtly different but to me it feels like a lot.
"Ocean fire"
18" x 24"
Oil

Monday, March 7, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 8

"Ocean Waves"
3" x 3"
Acrylic

Sunday, March 6, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 14+7÷3

"Ocean Memory"
3" x 3"
Acrylic

Saturday, March 5, 2011

new painting release extravaganza, day 3,042

"Calm ocean night"
3" x 3"
Acrylic

Friday, March 4, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 10-6+1

"Oak Flatts at Sunset"
5" x 5"
Acrylic

Thursday, March 3, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day IV

"I wish it was warm in New York"
5" x 5"
Acrylic

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 3

Summer
3" x 3"
Acrylic

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

New painting release extravaganza, day 2

Hazy Day
3" x 3"
Acrylics

New Paintings a plenty

Even though I havn't posted in a while, I have still been painting and keeping busy. I've mostly been doing the little landscape paintings, which I framed and put a little magnet on the back of so they can be fridge art. I'm going to post them all once a day for a little bit, so get ready for the new painting extravaganza to celebrate the start of march. This first painting is one of my favorites. It's 3" x 3" and its done in acrylics. Weee

Sunday, January 23, 2011

100th Post!

I am always feeling like I havn't posted anything on here for a long time, but I've made it up to a whole hundred so I suppose that's something. So this is a good time I thought to post about some of the stuff I will be doing a lot of this year. I framed one of the little 2"x3" paintings a few days ago and I am really happy with my new "fridge art". We put a magnet on the back as well as a sawtooth hanger, so you can put it on your wall or on the fridge. The frame is made of one recessed black strip, with a hardwood frame around that. I like seeing my art on my parents fridge again, it feels like I got an A on a test in school. So here it is, the first fridge art piece of many.

The little paintings have been what I do when I need a break from my still life. I've just about finished it now, it's the first real colored pencil piece I've finished in a while so it was good to dust off the cobwebs. My goal was to finish two still life pieces for the CPSA competition this year, and with two or so months left till the deadline I might be able to get even more done. Here is the still life though, it's still untitled, I wanna think of something silly, like "Rats, I've lost my marbles again." Any other idea's?
So this is a little sneak peak into what a lot of 2011 is going to hold for me, painting, drawing, and peddling my wares. Weee

Sunday, January 16, 2011

More Wee Paintings

I finished some more wee little paintings these past few days. The one on the left may be my new favorite. These were all from pictures I took on my cross country road trip. I have a fun idea of how to present them now too, which I will have some pictures of once I finish up a few of them. Im going to frame them in the same style I have been making for my bigger paintings, them put a little magnet on the back, and a sawtooth hanger. That way people can put them on their fridge just like regular magnets, or they can hang them up on the wall.

Oh yeah, and the still life is coming along well, it's close to about half way now maybe. Weee.