Sunday, October 24, 2010

Near the jail!


And this is the view they get in jail. Ha! It is right downtown on the river. WE fished a bit then decided to paint. It was a great day of messing around. I am not a big fan of an "all nature" pic. I really have a difficult time with trees grass and water, the rest I am okay with! :)

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Memories


Here is a painting from days gone by. These tobacco barns are getting few and far between. One of my neighbors owns this one and let me stand in the field and paint it today. Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking, Dean

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

October "Apples"





Well the "brush-ka-teers" were at it again last night. The topic was pumpkins. At first they all looked like basketballs! They eventually came around! Ha! The first one is Bernie's. He did it in acrylics instead of oils and really nailed it. I watched him and it was interesting to see his brush strokes so precise as if he was still painting with oil paint. Very cool. The next is Mitchel's. Once again his impressionistic side shows. I really liked his use of color in this one. Stephen on the other hand took artistic license and pretended his pumpkins were in a field. He did a great job of pulling that one off. Lastly is mine. The thing that I really learned was to break up the background with the complimentary color to the subject using the same tonal value. That was a lesson Stephen gave me last night. I know that will come in handy a lot! As always, feel free to comment, Dean

Monday, October 4, 2010

Mother and child


Well it was another night with the "Brush-ka-teers"! We had a variety of still lifes to choose from and we all chose the same one. Well almost. Stephen did 3 portraits studies from his head that were very good. Once again I forgot to photograph their paintings. I think it is the fact that I stay up past my bedtime and am too tired to think when I go home. Oh well, you just get to see mine. Please feel free to comment, Dean SOLD!