New Paintings "Hot Fun in the Summertime" and "Afro" FINISHED!

Both paintings are finished and I'm waiting a few days before a coat of Retouch Varnish and they're ready to hang in the Let It Shine Show at UNR on the 27th.

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Afro

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New Paintings "Hot Fun in the Summertime" and "Afro" Works in Progress 4

I did some more painting today. It's a good day to paint it's cold and snowing outside.

Here are both paintings as they look now.

 

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New Paintings "Hot Fun in the Summertime" and "Afro" Works in Progress

Well since this painting is going along so well I decided to do another new one for the Let It Shine show at UNR. I will continue working on both until I'm happy with them. 

Here are the two paintings as they sit right now.

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Afro

Read on after the break for step by step progress.

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New Painting "Hot Fun in the Summertime" 2

I continued on my painting last night and this morning. 

Here is what the painting looks like right now.

To see the step by step photos read on after the break.

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New Painting "Hot Fun in the Summertime"

It's time to start painting again. I've been picked to display some of my art at the Let It Shine Gallery in the  Joe Crowley Student Union at UNR for Black History Month. I didn't want to just show old work so I'm trying to do a couple new pieces just for the show. This one is inspired by a digital painting of a photograph I captured while living in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. I'm calling it "Hot Fun in the Summertime" getting my inspiration from the song by Sly and the Family Stone.  

This is starting out with a stabilo drawing on canvas sealed with a light coat of spray lacquer. 

I'm starting this painting with acrylic paint and thinking I might add some acrylic ink on top before I'm finished. We'll see.  :)

Here is the Stabilo pencil drawing on my 16"x20" canvas sealed with lacquer 

so the lines won't smear as I paint. 

I'm starting with somewhat of a Grisaille technique, working with 

Burnt Umber and White to define the tonal values.

Here I am introducing a little Green to define the painted areas of the porch

 and also adding some more depth to the shadow areas.

More depth to the shadows and I also added a little Blue to the 

pants and in the deeper shadows.

I'll probably keep painting today as it's really hard to stop once I get started even though with the rain today the light is really crappy.

 I like the loose style this one has started with and hope I can maintain that to the end.

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Vulture: New painting work in progress

Recently I came upon an adolescent Turkey Vulture on my morning walk with Bella our dog. I got some great photographs and they have inspired a new painting. (at least one maybe more, who knows?) 

I thought I would put the Vulture head on a person similar to my American God series and the resulting creature really speaks to a lot of what is going on in the world today. 

I am mocking up my idea with photographs in Photoshop first and will then move on to a sketch and painting. This will be acrylic with oil on top I think. Here is where the idea is right now and the step by step process follows after the break.

Cowboy Dragonfly Riders

I've been working on these lately as I have had several good captures of dragonflies in the field next to where I live and thought it would be cool to put some of the cowboys I have from the Reno Cattle Drive riding them. I have strange dreams, what can I say? Here is what I have created so far.

Dragon Rider

 Cowboy Bee Roping

Western Snake Doctor

I started by putting each one in a setting by itself and now I can add all these guys into one composition. I am working on one with multiple characters in it right now, I just need to find a good background. Maybe a saloon?

New Painting WIP inspired by Quan the Saytr

I've been itching to do another painting lately and decided I really liked the concept of one of my latest Wood Spirits, Quan the Saytr. I decided to go more goat-like in my painting so I mocked up a quick idea in Photoshop to work from.

I'm thinking I will make the bone parts of the skull look more like wood

 but I'm not completely sure yet.

This is the painting as it sits on my easel right now.

To see step by step photos of the work in progress, read on after the break.

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New Woodies

I recently processed several wood images from a trip to Rock Park on the Truckee River into new Woodies. This was a very productive trip, I got quite a few cool woody images.

Here are some of the most recent.

Quan the Satyr

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Check out more woodies from this trip after the break.

New Digital Work in Progress: Entrance to Khazad-dûm 2

I've added more to my new work. here it is as of right now.

To see the step by step process read on after the break.

Giaos, God of the Stars

I'm pretty happy with this one so I'm calling it done.

Giaos, God of the Stars is an acrylic painting on canvas inspired by Neil Gaiman's book "American Gods" where the Gods have jobs and live along with regular people and have powers depending on how much people still believe in them. Giaos, God of the Stars, is based on the belief that Aliens created man originally. Giaos lives among us using mind control to keep people from seeing him as he actually appears.

Giaos, God of the Stars

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Gallery showing and new Painting

I just had two of my art pieces selected for the opening of the Nevada Fine Arts Gallery. For their opening they are doing a fundraiser for the Nevada Humane Society

 and I couldn't be happier to participate.

They selected my "Modern Coyote" painting and my "Iroquois Creation Story" digital art piece.

The show runs for all of March and there is a pet adoption day on March 25.

 If you live in the area please check it out.

I haven't done another painting in the Native American Gods series so I decided to do a Wolf since the local college is the Wolf Pack and "Wolfie" is their mascot. I liked Neil Gaiman's book "American Gods" where the Gods have jobs and live along with regular people and have powers depending on how much people still believe in them. The Wolf is also legend in Native American culture and I think it would be interesting to put him in a modern setting.

Here is my painting as it sits on my easel.

To see my step by step progress to reach this point read on after the break.

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Mssr Fishhead

Mssr Fishhead is completed, I put a digital file up on Fine Art America yesterday so 

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"Mssr. Fishhead is a wealthy aristocrat who spends his inheritance trying to save different species of fish when his own species lives in hunger and squalor mere miles from his house." 

Now that the paint has dried on Rider of the Purple Sage  I'll start on the detail work on the horse and rider and then do some nitpicking on the foreground and the farthest mountain. I should be done sometime this next week. I'm already trying to decide which jar head is next. I have a board already gessoed and ready for paint. Stay tuned and I'll keep you up to date.

Check out some mock ups I'm considering for the next jar head painting after the break.

Rider of the Purple Sage -Work in Progress 9

Here is my progress today. Working a little slower but still working wet in wet at this point.

I'm getting happier with the results so I must be winning the battle at least a little. 

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For step by step progress reports check after the break.

and now for something completely different

Scientology Explained

This is what can happen as paint dries...