Bella-->Finished

Bella
Arches 300 lb Natural White cold Press

10 ¾” X 14”

 

She says that I need to quit fussing around, so here we are. Today, I will see how she looks in a mat and frame.

Bella--WIP

Bella
Arches 300 lb Natural White cold Press

10 ¾” X 14”

She might be finished, but I will look at her for a few more days before matting and framing. There are a some spots that may still need tweaking.

Finished canine named Blue

Blue

Arches 140 lb Natural White cold Press

7 ½” X 9 ½”

New Watercolor of a Gypsy Vanner

 Solo, Gypsy Muse

17 ½ ” X 13 ⅛ “

Arches 300 lb., Natural White, cold press

Just finished this watercolor. He is ready to sign, mat, and frame. That is my next project, which I started this afternoon.

White Dog finished

Here is a watercolor of Edelweiss, a real sweet German Shepard. 7.5 X 9.5 on Arches 140 lb cold press

Painting Black Dogs-WIP

Here's another black dog watercolor, 7.5"x9.5", on Arches, 140 lb. cold press. Almost finished.

New canine painting

Went to a great walk-in workshop yesterday. Got some useful information on using color to paint black dogs. Here's my first try. It is cropped by the size of my scanner, but this almost shows the difference between the use of color here and in older paintings. It actually has livelier color than shown here.

The image itself takes up about 9"x12" on Arches, 140 lb., cold press.

Getting Acquainted with Tempest

Here is Tempest. 7"x5" watercolor. The subtle areas in her coat did not show on my scan; this is as close as I could get it today.

Getting Acquainted with Woody and Winnie

Here are my latest watercolors. I am getting acquainted with ways to represent Woody, the canine on the right, and Winnie, on the left. These 3 sketches are in the order which I painted them, first on top, second, then third. I can see the improvement as I progressed.

This first one of Woody and puppy, Winnie, is 5"x7".


Woody. 7"x5"



Woody as a pup. 7"x5"

Fun with Brittany Spaniel

Here are a couple of 5"X3.5" watercolors of "Jack."

I still haven't gotten a good sense of how to use the Canoscan I bought in 2002, wih my new MacMini. Had to use a work-around to even get it to scan. Scans don't show the subtle light blues. I have tweeked some of the settings, but still haven't succeeded in finding where the fix is.

Sketching in the park

Went sketching birds in Upper Bidwell Park by Horseshoe Lake this morning. The Snowgoose festival has offered some sketching classes. We had fun, and I learned some great tips on sketching birds in general.

These two sketches are the last of several pages of playing with pencils and brushes.

Christmas Card

Here is the front design of my Christmas cards for this year. Been printing, cutting, stuffing envelopes, addressing, etc., all day.

Text below is what is inside my cards.

Latest Photo

Here is the latest photo of the 7.5"x9.5" watercolor of Tolee.

Watercolor of White German Shepard

First two are 4.5"x3".

Third is 5"x3.5".

It is fun to see how they change as I practice. These three are in the same order as I painted them.

A Large Version of Tolee

This one is 7.5"x9.5.

I will probably take another photo of this one in daylight.

More of Tolee

This watercolor is 3.5"x5". 

Tolee

Here are a couple of 3"x4.5" watercolor exercise sketches I did of Tolee, a miniature poodle who belongs to our local Curves manager. 

More Fun with the Gypsy Muse

Got out today and went to the CEA arena. As I drove onto the parking lot, Hollywood caught my eye. Luckily, I had some sketching supplies in my car.

Quick watercolor pencil sketch of Hollywood--4"x6"--90 lb. paper.

Quick watercolor pencil sketch of Hollywood--6"x4"--90 lb. paper.

Quick watercolor pencil sketch of Hollywood--5.5"x7.5"--140 lb. Arches cold press.

LARK Week at 5500 Feet in the Mountains

Spent all last week "horse camping" up near Chester, CA. Got time to do a few sketches, so her are some of the ones I did.

Cody in Camp--watercolor--8x6 inches--cotton rag paper

Cody in Camp 2--10x8 inches--watercolor--80 lb. Canson sketchbook paper

Sketch in Camp--6x9 inches--watercolor--cotton rag paper

Sketch in Camp--6x6 inches--watercolor pencils--cotton rag paper

Sketch in Camp--pencil--10x7 inches--80 lb. Canson sketchbook paper

Sketch in Camp--6x8.5 inches--watercolor pencils--cotton rag paper

Sketch in Camp--watercolor--12x8 inches--80 lb. Canson sketchbook paper

Fun with the Gypsy Muse

The first 3 paintings are watercolor, 3.5x5 inches.

The second set of 3 watercolors are 5x3.5 inches.

Solo--watercolor--300 lb. Kilimanjaro paper--12x9 inches

Solo2--watercolor--300 lb. Kilimanjaro paper--13x9.5 inches