Oil Paintings and fine art.: Wet Canvas challenges.

Yellow Iris

Oils 4 x 6

Cardinal with food in oil pastels.

Waterfall, somewhere SE of Mt. St. Helens, Washington

Iceberg

Turner OK

Fall Trees

Bananas in Soft Pastels

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

Sossussvlei, Namibia

By the lake, Maine

Smokey Mountains

Alaskan Landscapes

Waimanalo Beach

Boot and Spur

Complemeantary Colors / Soft Pastel exercise

May Landscape - New York

Miniature Western Art

South West Swap

Mixed Media Kids Western Boots!

Cameron Falls, by the townsite.

Yosemite

It was very interesting to work from a painting reference and not a photo.

Bahia of Juan Griego

The Famous Angel Falls in Venezuela

South Australia Photo courtesy of Meggs

Pears in Pastel

Yellow Stone Photo reference by Ann Garlough

English Lake District - Buttermere

This month I did a sky study. I really love painting skies. They are so dreammy! And I just love the way the brush caresses the canvas.

So far I have worked on two painting. I am learning to paint much faster, using knifes and other techniques.

I have had a difficult month of November with many personal things going on, but I managed to work on one painting. personally is not my favorite, but my family likes it! So I thought I still would share.

New work for October!

I have been so busy these last few months, too much going on and less time to paint. That is a bummer .... However I managed to complete some challenges for the pastels and southwestern forums, as well as one landscape challenge. This last one was a teaching tool , as I did my first wet on wet technique.

Oil on Canvas

Pastel on Vellum

Oils wet on wet technique.

What a hot month it has been this August in Texas!. We are spending much time indoors until a cold front comes through, so I have been able to spend much time painting. This month on the wet canvas pastel challenge we are focusing on focus. I believe many of us we get comfortable with our abilities we start to forget all those basic rules of design. I really love this challenge, what a great lesson!

I also worked on this bull in oils. Had A lot of fun painting the shirws in the hair!

This month on the challenges I worked on this pastel piece. I took an image and cropped and flip it it my computer to change the composition. I worked on it a little quickly, but I do like the painterly, sort of impressionist style I ended with.