Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Zippo
8" x 10" Oil on linen.
This week's DPW Challenge is a classic Zippo lighter painted with a limited palette. Mike Naples supplied the picture and limited the palette to Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, and Titanium White. It was a fitting palette for the picture and wasn't too difficult to match the colors of the photo. In an area of reddish purple, I used broken color because I found the two colors mixed together tended to be too gray. I really enjoyed the challenge and the limit placed on it.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Covered Tea Cup
10" x 10" Oil on panel.
The second DPW Challenge was to paint a series of 10 minute studies. I know that Carol Marine uses this in her classes and it is powerful. I found that I usually jumped when my egg timer rang. I must admit that I had to plant a few extra strokes as the timer stopped its ticking after ringing.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Imperial Tail Light
8" x 10" Oil on linen.
Carol Marine (an Austin Tx artist that I follow) has started up a challenge painting site and I thought I would join in on the fun. This is along the lines of the Different Strokes blog and I find this sort of thing a good motivator to keep me posting paintings. I have been consumed with woodworking, so this will help me find some balance in my endeavors.
Starting from the top, the first challenge was this Imperial car. I really liked the shiny strange tail light, so I cropped and focused on it. I had to imagine a little more glow for my taste. You can visit this challenge on the DPW Challenge site here.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Ask Me
8" x 10" Acrylic on linen.
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Here are some more Sweetheart candies I painted a few days ago. You can manage to say a few different things with them.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Be Mine
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