THE RESULTS OF LYING ABOUT ALL DAY IN THE STUDIO STARING AT A CANVAS

Friday, February 25, 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

WHY THE LONG FACE

6'x8' acrylic on panel......$100SOLD








I ran accross this mug and had to paint it. It reminded me of my own face badly in need of a shave.



Wednesday, February 16, 2011

ONE BLACK CAP


                     6x6"acrylic on pane..........$100 SOLD



Tuesday, February 15, 2011

OREGON JUNCO

        6"x8" acrylic on panel......$100 SOLD



 Ah...Yes.. the dark eyed Junco . Another common visitor here. This may be a little more color than in real life but hey!....this is poetry not journalism. Besides, it is so darn gloomy and wet right now I need some color. Artistic license.

Monday, February 14, 2011

MY LITTLE CHICKADEE

6"x6" Acrylic on panel ... $100 SOLD

The truth is I can't find any birds around our place right now so I had to do this from a photo but our trees are usually crawling with these chickadees. Once the weather warms up and the wind stops blowing they'll be showing themselves.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

FOUR BLACK CAPS

6x8" acrylic on masonite
$100 SOLD

I did this as an entry in DAILY  PAINTWORKS challenge http://www.dailypaintworks.com/
The challenge is to only spend 10 minutes on each of the figures. That's tough. You gotta have everything ready, move quick and resist the impulse to rework things.
Chickadees are really energetic little guys so this is appropriate.

by the way... I find that many people don't know what acrylic paint is when it comes to art. Some may think acrylic is like water color. Not at all! Artists acrylics are exactly like oil paints. They both are about the same texture and brush about the same. The artist can lay it on heavy with brush marks or put it on  in thin layers.  The difference is acrylics dry very fast whereas oils dry very slowly. This painting was dry in about 3 hours while oils would take days. I like acrylics for that reason but also they clean up with water as opposed to mineral spirits.... much less toxic.