Ann`s dogs continued

I`ll leave it on the easel for a while now, so that I can check for any mistakes, or alterations that I might need to do.

The size is 24 x 30".

To give you an idea of how big the painting is, here is a photo of me holding it.

Ann`s dogs.

 A friend of mine has asked me to paint a picture of her three beautiful dogs, so I`m posting step by step photo`s of how I did this, so she can watch the progress as the painting comes to life.

As usual the photo`s aren`t very good, but you get the idea of how I work.

The size is 24 x 30", painted in pastel on M Tientes pastel paper.

The background paper is actually a sandy colour, so that will give you some idea of how bad my photography skills are.......lol.

At this stage I am moving onto the next dog, at the end I will return to do any touch ups that might be needed.

I hope it looks good so far.

Tea break and a chocolate biscuit.

I started this at art group yesterday, then finished it at my friends house last night.( Once a month me and a few friends have painting evenings in each others houses)

The size is, as usual, 15x11".

M Grahams watercolours on Arches rough watercolour paper.

I enjoyed painting this picture, especially the chocolate on the biscuits. The chocolate was painted in about 5 or 6 different glazes.

I "invented" the table. Because I took the reference photo on a sheet of white paper, with a white background, it looked like the teapot etc were floating. I used masking tape to represent the edge of the table, then I painted the bluey-grey background, then when I removed the masking tape it left behind straight edges, to act as the edges of a table.

Flirty swans

Painted in watercolours, on Arches rough watercolour paper.

15 x 11 "

I composed this painting from two different refernce images.

I`m fairly pleased with the outcome, considering I pieced it together from two references. I ignored the actual colours in the references, and made up my own colour schemes, so that there is a unity in the painting, and hopefully the lights and reflections etc work well together.

The cold and lonely snowy beach

Painted in watermixable oils. I` ve only painted a handful of pictures using these paints, so I`m not used to  them yet, but I`m enjoying playing and "Finding out" what to do with them.

The size is 20x24", on stretched canvas.

I enjoyed painting this, I had an idea in my mind of how I wanted it to look, but I didn`t have the right colours to achieve the result I wanted, so I made it up as I went along.

I think I`ll have to invest in a few more colours, if I continue to use this medium.

I liked using these, because they are alot easier to clean up, than normal oils, they are less smelly, and they dry quicker than normal oils. 

I fancied some colour, so I painted a......... white flower!

Even though the flower is white, there are a miriad of different colours in the shadows, and in the reflected lights.

Next time the sun is out, just take a look at the variety of colours in white flowers, you`ll be amazed.

I painted this on Arches rough, watercolour paper and M Grahams watercolours.

14x11"

. Using sable brushes.

I`ve had a productive week, this week, the following paintings were done at the beginning of the week, both are the same size and same materials as the above painting.

Morpeth stepping stones.

My youngest daughter, Danielle

She was totally engrossed in the cartoons on TV at the time I took the reference photo for this painting, hence the strange look on her face.

St Mary`s lighthouse finished.

 

I really do need to sort out some form of lighting system, to photograph my paintings under, this photo really doesn`t do this painting justice.

Anyway, rant over.

I`ve added the safetly rails now and also added the downstairs windows in the reflection.

Now I`m off to clean my palette, painting those rocks, has made a real mess.