Added a raven to the autumn painting today. Usually, I paint the branches first on these but, for this set, I thought I'd do the ravens.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Finished the new painting. I should be able to get a print-worthy image tomorrow (it's still wet so I didn't want to mess around too much). This is the first painting I've done of that swan who hangs out at the Los Gatos Lake park (which is also where these pine trees are). Haven't titled it yet. I'm thinking of Swan on an Emerald Lake. Or maybe Contemplation of an Emerald Lake. Something with "emerald".
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Today's painting session was about defining the wood areas and doing some underpainting. Tomorrow, I'll glaze over it with brown and (hopefully) the white areas you see will show through as wood grain. For this piece, I'm using Golden's Open Acrylics. They have a longer drying time that traditional acrylics. This tends to give the piece a softer effect, more similar to oils. But, if you want to do something like this, you have to let it dry several hours or overnight. Otherwise, the white will just reactivate and mix right in with the brown, instead of the brown glazing over it.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Monday, August 01, 2011
New pendant of Chakra Meditation in the Redwoods, handmade from my original painting. Great for a man or woman :-).
The original painting and prints are available at http://zenbreeze.com/store/chakra2.htm
The original painting and prints are available at http://zenbreeze.com/store/chakra2.htm
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