Trout eddy in progress. I am working on developing a nice mix of sharp and soft edges.

Developing Kokopelli Piper....

Sachi the Cat

Just completed.....

Beach Scene and Very Large

The Beach Scene is done. I just need to decide if I want the edges ripped or not.



I played around with many different motifs for the large piece on canvas. Settled on trout in a circular composition. This is a start, the canvas is 36 x 24, taking up most of my workspace.

Sachi the Cat

I have a promising start, a wet-on-wet underpainting that looks just right. Now to define it!

Making progress on the Beach Scene. I need a sky and interesting greenery.

Completed the four little Xray fish.

The pond animals are done.

POND ANIMALS

I am waiting for approval from the customer on the series of pond animals partially painted on the mat:




LARGE PIECE ON CANVAS

The large piece 36x24 inch on canvas. I am still working on finalizing the composition. My customer has requested something with a tranquil mood, for a husband who loves fishing. I am thinking water, river or ocean? With a fisherman on the beach or in a boat?

I am hoping to use glazing techniques. I have never used this technique on canvas before, so I have run some tests. This is a sample of glazing on watercolor paper:



This is a sample of glazing on canvas:



The canvas sample has more texture, less transparency and deeper, stronger values. I will try to use this technique. Next, settle on color scheme.


BEACH SCENE WITH CHILD AND DOG

I have come up with the basic composition for the beach scene. I am working from a photograph (left). I will move the child so there is a sliver of space between it an the dog. This will improve the balance of the composition. Also, the edges must fade and be uneven. I still need to fade out some of the greenery, it is too compact. I need a more interesting sky.





SACHI THE CAT

My first attempt did not come out good at all. Start over from scratch! I need to run some more tests to check how the gold/peach tones mix. Looks like mud now.


FOUR XRAY FISH

The four little Xray fish are almost done. I need to get a good photograph of them in day light and get the customer's approval.


PLANNED PAINTINGS

I bought the real gold fish! I need it for reference photos for a piece I am planning to submit to a juried show (- if it comes out that good). All I need now is lots of light. Where is the sunlight when you need it? There is only snow here in New England.

Progress on Commissions

I have been working hard on the 5 commissions:

FOUR POND ANIMALS

The series of animals, partially painted on the mat are well under way.





LARGE PIECE ON CANVAS

For the large piece 36x24 inches on canvas, I have now decided upon mood and motif. I will stretch the watercolor canvas next and finalize the composition.


BEACH SCENE WITH CHILD AND DOG

No time to work on the beach scene yet.


SACHI THE CAT

I did a prelim. wet-upon-wet watercolor. I will not know until it has complete dried if is any good. Looks like it may have too much paint, to few spots of paperwhite. Not good!


FOUR XRAY FISH

I will paint the 4 little fish the coming week.



Still ideas for juried shows but no time persue them.