Works in progress

I've been slowly glazing all the subtle little planes of these ponies faces. The yellow lines are a chalk grid I keep applying in an effort to align the paintings as accurately as possible to my reference photos.

Works in progress

Art Show at the Fair

I had two works accepted into the San Diego County Fair. Detroit: the Devil Within won an award ($$)! Marissa- Metamorph is shown here with my real life model all grown up (it has been quite a metamorphosis!). Special bonus was having both kids go with me to the opening as well as Lee.

Ponies

Here's the start of Willow. I can't seem to get my photo of Gledi to upload.

Back in the Studio!

I'm back in the studio!

On Tuesday, I laid my colors out onto my palette. I added the finishing touches to "Joey". I'll live with him for a few more days to make adjustments if needed. I sent Ruth , who requested this portrait, a preview and she loves it!

Donna popped in yesterday and said what I always hear about these paintings (but still love to hear again!): "you've really captured the essence of that dog..."

I also worked on the paintings of the two ponies, mainly blocking in the background and the dark values in the horses.

Camps are a big success!

My efforts at promotion have paid off and all of my camps are full! It's keeping me busy for at least 10 hours a day which is why most of you haven't heard from me. It's also why I'm not painting.... the two ponies I started are being neglected on my easel.

The upside is meeting some amazing young artists. I can't take credit for their talent, but it's rewarding to know I am nurturing it somewhat, providing the stimulus and materials to get them rolling.

Bummer! Bummer! Bummer!

I was so excited to get started on my paintings of the ponies. Today, however, I received my order for canvases and unfortunately they were defective. It really rankles me that Dick Blick would ship these! Admittedly they were on sale, but they are made by Winsor-Newton which I assumed would produce a quality product. One canvas is bowed and the other has a scalloped edge and a big dimple poked into it's canvas.