Friday, May 29, 2009

"New Lily" sketch to get back in the swing of things - SOLD

 
That creaking noise is the sound of rusty artistic gears beginning to turn again... I've been away due to lack of supplies, and some time well spent with other people socializing (gasp!) this past weekend. I'll have pictures of that event up on Flickr later. In the meantime here's a leftover mother's day lily - really a quick painted sketch of a late blossom, painted cautiously with some new paints:

"New Lily" - 6" x 8" oil on Ray-Mar canvas panel


 

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

"Single Red Rose"

 
Another "title says it all" painting. Somehow I forgot to list this one, I had everything uploaded and ready to go, and then I was interrupted and forgot to go through with the posting.
 
Unfortunately I am currently nearly out of supplies. My next round of panels and paints are on the way, and I will be back to more regular posting shortly.

"Title" - 6" x 8" oil on Ray-Mar canvas panel


 

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

"Experimental Rose"

 
Title says it all. My inexpensive single roses were coming to the end of their service life. I decided to try a fast sketch on an old 6x6 board by building in deep color from back to front, painting directly without much of my usual pencil drawing on the board - sort of a compromise between direct painting (which doesn't work well for flowers in my experience) and careful build-up. I also went heavy and almost random on the color choices, not a lot of mixing, just picking stuff straight from the tubes.
 
"Experimental Rose" - 6" x 6" oil on Ampersand Gessbord