Whew! I am behind already! The top one is a 5x7 oil of Kingwood Center. This was #3 and the bottom one is #5, an 8x10 oil Road to somewhere, done with the Zorn palette with higher key colors added at the end. I have learned a tremendous amount working with the Zorn but not sure I will stick with it. Maybe as an underpainting. #4 is still on the easel so I am three behind when I finish # 4. I just don't have the time with working and teaching.. I paint at night and cannot photo til later and then it is wet and doesn't photo well so will not post every day but will paint every day but may not finish the painting.

The Zorn Palette Paintings

I am doing the Zorn palette with Ken Vloothuis online and the top one is the first I have done. Winter River. The second one I did yesterday. Fall Reflections. What a challenge, getting those colors with just Yellow ochre pale, Cadmium Red Light, Black and White. I need a lot of practice! Must get busy to get one out today for the 30 paintings in 30 days!

Great sales at Lakeside

Terrific Art Sales at Lakeside 07/24/2013 0 Comments The weather was hot and rainy with biting flies but it was a terrific weekend. On Friday I painted until 11 am, a scene of Lilys and the lake. I was so hot with the heat that I had to take a cold shower and rest a bit. That evening I set up to sell but did not sell anythiing as most people were going to the concert. Then I found out that both my entries to the Katherine Crampton show sold. Thursday was another hot day but painted in the Pavilion under cover and watched and painted the racing sail boats. That night I sold 2 paintings. Sunday I painted the boat show, got moved 3 times due to tents being put up and then a large boat was pulled in front of my scene. I did take a photo and then winged it. That afternoon I sold 13 paintings. They were all 8x8 and 8x10, some unframed , some framed. So excited about that. Some of the paintings that sold below. I need to photoshop them, crop, etc. I have learned so much from my online workshops with Johannes Vloothaus. Two years ago I went to this show and sold nothing. This year took a lot of the old paintings and sold them with no frames. Just very exciting.

Summer Blossums

I am not sure the first painting is done. I think it needs more color in the sky.

The second painting was done with inspiration from a C.W.Munday download about dramatic still life.So this was an attempt to put various colors on the brush and do one stroke and then another and I found it very exciting and inspirational and have another one my easel that I need to get to painting.I certainly need to photo these paintings better.

Watercolors

Have some oil paintings on the easel so have been working in watercolor. The top one is from a photo at Lakeside and the bottom two were done at Kingwood plein air of the rabbit statuary in the Herb Garden. Haven't worked in watercolor for sometime so it was a challenge.

Quest, Australian Shepherd

I have been working on this 11x14 Oil for several weeks. I wanted to do something for my agility instructor. Quest is one of her agility dogs. The photos she gave me were of Quest jumping a bar with a very serious look on his face and she wanted him smiling and jumping something in nature. I chose a stream as the dog does live in the country.. She is very happy with the painting which pleases me.

I wish I had more time to paint as I am working part-time, working on agility, trying to keep the garden and house up. I am pleased that this painting turned out and am anxious to start something new.

Went to the May Show opening and Artist's reception at the Mansfield Art Center. The show was nicely hung and it had so much more representational art than previous years and that was nice to see. There were many people at the opening. Not many I knew. I was so pleased to get two paintings in this year.

I have not been able to paint much with working at the Kingwood Center and my allergies are especially bad this year and my eyes are itchy and swollen. I hope the trees are soon done pollenating or we get a heavy rain.I am working on an 11x14 dog portrait and will post soon.