Cottonwoods II 6X8"

cottonwoods 6X8"

finished Washington State summer

painting Washington State

2nd try at dog portrait

Study for portrait

 

close up of Vincent painting

Close up of this technique.  This was more like drawing with semi-hard pastels over the intense watercolor underpainting.

Vinny finished

Finished painting. 14X11" on sanded board.

Vincent day 2

Second day filling in more.  Notice that I have gone over the background with pastel too.

underpainting with watercolor

1.  This is the start for a painting of my cat Vincent.  It is brilliant watercolor all over, then when dry, I sketched in the image.This is the reference photo.  

Pastel 3-4-2017

This is the last try.  The white was fun...no pure white, all tints.  This was on 400 grit paper, with an alcohol wash in the drawing process.  It is always interesting to try someone else's technique as it expands the choices available.

My first try with Stephanie's technique.  I liked the loose background and the work of painting with first and secondary colors into tints and shades.

These are the three warm up exercises we did in the Stephanie Birdsall workshop. March 2017

11" Chickadee Platter
white porcelainate stoneware with colored slip.  Carved and clear glazed.
This is one of my favorite birds and I am pleased with the color. 

9X12"  Coral Pink Sand Dunes
Well the color ought to knock your socks off.  I love the sky and I think the sage and foliage is successful.  I want to do this one again, but tone down the orange dunes.  It was vivid in natural color, but this is too intense for me.

14X11" Zion Park 2013
I really learned a lot about doing the rock on this one.  And the intense sky and rock color is what I was trying to learn...darker, intense, vivid color.  The trees are still a mystery to me.  More practice.  But I like this one.

14 X 11" Zion Park
This is my first attempt at a painting after the workshop with Terri Ford.  I think the foliage on the trees is awkward but I am learning.  The blue haze is too much and to patchy, but it was an interesting try.  I'll post my first two from the workshop next

8 " Hummingbird Plate

I wanted to reverse the contrast technique I had used last year by carving though lighter slips to expose darker clay underneath.  The top colored slip is a lighter shade of celedon compared to the celedon I used on the white clay.  The contrast is more subtle and the darker clay body has some interesting variations seen as a dark speckle.
Although I found this experiment interesting, my next series will be on white porcelain, which will be glazed with clear soon.

close up for carving