Llama Love!

This from photo taken two years ago, somewhere out past Beaverton, during the HPSO (Hardy Plant Society Oregon) showcase garden tour. Gawd llamas are cute. I know, I know--I need to study some llama eyeballs up close. These are---a bit disturbingly!---too human.

November 24, 2014

More "Big 500" entrants

Top:  Begun in June or so, at Reed college, with a paintout group that Craig Srebnik arranged. Final tweaks done to make "Grandaddy Tree" show-ready.

Bottom:  "Mount McLoughlin"  This was barely begun early in early October, at Lake of the Woods, before the chain saws started clearing dead tree branches while the dog went into a frenzy. I moved and painted elsewhere. So this is mostly painted from the grumpy photo I took before stalking off!

Nov. 26, 2014

Sedona workshop; Tim Horn

Shoot, this is all out of chronological order--I forgot to post them. Oh well, here are my three efforts from the awesome 3-day workshop with Timothy Horn in the glorious, chilly, high-desert weather. I just remembered to unpack them, and discovered they were improperly layered in the wet panel carrier (user error!) and arrived home stuck together. Oh well, this was all about the learning, not making paintings. So totally worth it, the week was a blast.

Nov. 14 - 16, 2014

Lithia Park, November

This was done after the Tim Horn workshop--first effort with new techniques. It was for the "Big 500", but I just need to look at it a bit longer. I can see a lot of progress, and am appreciating the influence of the shadow-shape pattern underneath. Hoping it's a marker on my path of progress. Perhaps it will go in next year's show, if I am asked again.

11/22/14

Lithia Park, October

This from a photo from last month--another entrant in the "Big 500". It was posted before, I think, the day I started it. Much contrast and lighting and tweaking has been done now, and I think it's ready for varnish.

"Big 500" entries

These three--along with the pumpkin painting that I posted earlier--were done and left to dry before the workshop. The four need varnishing now, and I've just had a chance to post them.

I need to knock off in a few days, and start speed-drying the rest of the work I do. How many more can I get done in time?

UH-OH. What did I name these? They are delivered now (11/29/14). Something like:
"Where Are We Going?"
"Languid Lake"  
"Beach Zombies"

11/20/14

Candlelight Session

It's been a long time since I've painted in Janet's basement, and in spite of feeling grumpy, hungry and like I'd rather take a nap--I guess this might have potential. I hated it while I was working on it. The paint was too thin, I didn't have payne's grey, blah blah blah. The mental chatter I have to put up with! I'll take another look tomorrow--I might be able to do something with this.

11/2/14

Gesturemania!

Thanks to Jeff at Hipbone, the afternoon flew by with three models and many many short poses--30 sec. to 5 min. each. Pages and pages of quick squiggles. Very fun; these are a couple favorites, of the longer (5-min.!) poses.

11/1/14

Allegory of Halloween

Oh happy day--Kat opened her studio for the Fall figure painting sessions, which will happen twice monthly. I turned my attention to the beautiful pumpkins over in the corner, and couldn't resist painting them instead, even tho' still life is a big unexplored field to me, currently. A "Big 500" entrant.

10/31/14