Monday, September 16, 2013
Lexie Sleeping - original oil figurative painting
Sleeping poses are some of my favorites. The model often does go to sleep, which makes it perfect for both of us. The model dreams sweet dreams while I paint happily. This painting is 10 x 8" on Gessobord. Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Last Dance - original oil figurative painting
I hope this painting captures the last dance of the evening - made no corrections and just let the brush do its own thing. It's on 6 x 6" Gessobord. Thanks for looking! Sold
Friday, September 06, 2013
Sweet Jive - original charcoal figurative drawing of dancers
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Woman in a Blue Dress - original watermedia figurative painting
This quick little painting is one of those fooling around things that often seem to go right. So much nicer than working on something for hours, then having to throw it away, like I did the day before yesterday! I listened to Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder while I did a bunch of these smallish watercolor sticks/watercolor on Yupo paintings. So much fun to listen to music I love, while doing pieces that I totally enjoy. This one is 9 x 6". Thanks for stopping by my blog! Sold
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Jivin' Their Way - original oil figurative painting
I really loved doing this one - well, of course, I have fun with every single one of my jivers, but this one, especially. Maybe it's because I sense their joy. The painting's not dry yet, so is a little fuzzy-looking in the photo. "Jivin' Their Way" is on 8 x 8" archival canvas panel. Thanks so much for stopping by! SOLD
Friday, August 30, 2013
Those Crazy Jivers - original oil figurative painting
Those crazy jivers are at it again - oh well, it's a holiday weekend. Thanks for stopping by - have a good Labor Day! Oh, almost forgot - it's on 7 x 5" Gessobord.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
WIP Hearing the Rumors - original oil pastel portrait painting
I've been wanting to do a painting of a woman who hears the whispers of the people behind her (and the whispers are about her). This is a little sketch for something larger. At 12 x 9", there's not enough room to include the gossips in back of the model, so I was just forming an idea for a bigger work. Maybe. Sometimes when I do a small, sort of preparatory thing, that's the end of it - but the ideas of gossip and rumor are of interest to me - not in a good way, but because of the insecurity and worry they cause.
I began this months ago and pretty much forgot about it. It was just a mass of lines in greens and red and black and, being a line person, part of me wishes I had kept it, but it was my shorthand and meant nothing to anyone but me. So I got busy and made it meatier. On Colourfix Spectrum paper. Thanks for looking!
I began this months ago and pretty much forgot about it. It was just a mass of lines in greens and red and black and, being a line person, part of me wishes I had kept it, but it was my shorthand and meant nothing to anyone but me. So I got busy and made it meatier. On Colourfix Spectrum paper. Thanks for looking!
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Saturday Jive - original oil pastel figurative painting
A fun little thing that I loved doing - it's about 11 1/2 x 19" on Art Spectrum Colourfix paper - a delicious concoction and perfectly gritty for oil pastels. Saturdays were always fun when I was young and this is a little tribute to Saturday nights. Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Sold
Friday, August 23, 2013
Tango Practice - original charcoal figurative drawing
I've been away on a late summer visit and have missed blogging, but am back at Hackberry Street Studio and drawing and painting like mad! Here's a 16 x 20" charcoal drawing with touches of white - kind of a doodle while exploring different tango poses and steps. Although, owing to my great - not!!! - skills as a photographer, it looks like a gray background, it's really a light green - one of the Canson Mi-Teintes boards that are just wonderful. Thanks so much for stopping by! Sold
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Another Torch Singer - original oil pastel figurative painting
My wonderful assistant, Roger, was sprayed by a skunk an hour or so ago. Ugh! I've been outside trying to get the peroxide/baking soda/dish detergent to work a miracle. But time always seems to work the best, unfortunately. So, even though he's locked up on the porch, the whole house smells like skunk - not the sort of far-off skunk smell, but the in-your-face skunk smell, which is pretty nasty.
I guess Roger won't be assisting me for awhile. Thanks for stopping by!
Friday, July 26, 2013
Chatting at the Bar - original oil figurative painting
I was mainly obsessed with the woman's red hair and the way she was looking up at the man. Snoopy me, watching and sketching. I'm always wondering whether to abstract the bottles or make them more distinct - this time, I didn't abstract them so much, but may do it, yet. This painting is on 12 x 9" panel - thanks so much for visiting my blog!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Tango in Shades of Gray - original charcoal figurative drawing
Friday, July 19, 2013
On My Easel - original oil portrait painting in progress
Much to do - the corsage, temperature, light, etc. etc. - but will be working on it again in a day or two - 12 x 9" on gessoed board. Thanks for looking!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Country Lovers Again - original oil figurative painting
Went a little crazy with the brushstrokes, which makes it so much fun for me to paint! While painting, I was listening to the soundtrack from Honeymoon in Vegas from 1992 - love those Elvis impersonators! But, impersonators aside, just a wonderful, sweet soundtrack. Then, on to A Bronx Tale, another fave from 1993 - one great song after another.
This painting is 6 x 6" on Gessobord. Thanks so much for stopping by! SOLD
This painting is 6 x 6" on Gessobord. Thanks so much for stopping by! SOLD
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Nita Sleeping - original charcoal figurative drawing
I love to do sleeping poses, especially when the model actually goes to sleep. This pose didn't last nearly long enough to suit me, but I guess I accomplished the general idea. It's done with vine charcoal on Strathmore drawing paper and is about 10 x 10". Has anyone out there used carbon paper for drawing, lately - or ever? Not long ago, I visited a drawing show where one of the pieces was done using carbon paper. I guess it actually works like a monotype, but much less messy. Anyway, I'm about to find out and am really excited. I love to make monotypes by putting the paper over the inked plate and drawing. Now that I think about it, I guess the carbon paper won't be exactly like that, but close enough and should be fun. Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Sassy Jive - original oil figurative painting
I enjoyed painting the arm position of the woman - hence the word "sassy" in the title. It's oil on 6 x 6" Gessobord. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
Dance Hall Night - original oil figurative painting
Just working on so many things this afternoon and came across this 12 x 18" painting from a few months ago that I never got around to posting. Re the other things I'm drawing/painting, I spent the day trying to get the paint to do its own thing while at the same time minding me at least a little. Quite an interesting struggle. At one point, I started a painting with very little drawing, just an indication of where the model would be and using mostly luscious R&F pigment sticks with some Sennelier and Winsor & Newton, as well. It'll be interesting to see how that turns out - but will be slow drying with our weather - we'll be in the triple digits much of the week. And probably much of July/August! Oh well, it's definitely summer. Thanks for stopping by! Sold
Friday, July 05, 2013
Two Step Night - original oil figurative painting
I know this 6 x 6" painting is similar to another of my two step paintings, (which is currently at Artworks) but I always love it when they're cuddled up like this couple. Sweet to watch - and to paint. While doing this painting, plus working on three others, I listened to the late, great Roy Orbison, the inimitable Jerry Lee Lewis and the fabulous young musician, Andy Leftwich. What a great afternoon! Thanks for stopping by!
Friday, June 28, 2013
The Model's Tea - original oil figurative painting
I painted this one while listening on audible.com to An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson. Powerful! And I especially love it because he reads the book himself on audible. That doesn't always work, but it does here.
Back to the painting it's 11 x 14" on archival canvas panel. Thanks for looking!
Monday, June 17, 2013
Maggie - work in progress - original oil portrait painting
Friday, June 14, 2013
Lila's Gaze - original oil pastel portrait painting
This painting began as a life drawing, but the model couldn't stay, so I took a photo, which isn't nearly as much fun as drawing from life, but you take what you can get when it comes to posing. I did this one on a piece of Mi-Teintes board, which I love, and the drawing started out wild and crazy, with colors here and there, but then got a little more traditional - with more local color. It's such a total pleasure to work - especially with the Senneliers - on Mi-Teintes board. Love the texture! And it comes in such beautiful colors, just like the Mi-Teintes paper. This piece is about 16 x 12". Thanks so much for stopping by! And if you have a minute, please check out my oil pastel blog.
Thursday, June 06, 2013
On My Easel - A Good Book and a Glass of Wine - original oil figurative painting
Many changes need to be made, but I'm going to just let it sit for awhile. Of course, the model's gone, so this will be an interesting project. Maybe I can corral someone to pose with a book and a glass of wine. There are worse things. It's 14 x 11" on stretched canvas. Thank you for stopping by!
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Chess Players - original oil pastel portrait drawing
Sorry for not posting more often, but it's that time of year - today it was my Lizzano tomatoes, which I'm actually growing in pots where the deer could get them, but I've wrapped them in netting. That's a huge pain, but an absolute must in this area.
Okay, back to art - this drawing from life was done with mostly Sennelier oil pastels on light green Mi-Teintes board, 16 x 20". If you haven't tried this surface, you should really check it out. It's the textured side of Mi-Teintes paper, but in board form. I think this surface helps to keep drawings loose, because it's tough and time-consuming to work in a tight manner on this board. My opinion, anyway. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Sketch of Lisa - original oil pastel portrait painting
I worked on two oil pastel paintings today - the idea was to post one to my oil pastel blog and the other to this one, but the other painting isn't ready, so here's the little (7 x 5") sketch for Hackberry Street Studio. This painting/sketch was done from a drawing from life and I allowed myself a short time to do it so it wouldn't be overworked. At least, I hope it isn't. Mostly Sennelier, with a few Caran d'Ache on Pastelbord. Digging through my 'stuff', I found a bunch of things that I forgot about and I suspect will be showing up here in the coming weeks. Do you do that? Find things to resurrect? Such fun - sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, but it's fun trying! Thanks for stopping by!
Monday, May 27, 2013
On My Easel - oil pastel portrait sketch of Cindy in progress
I don't know if I'll "finish" this one, or if it's already finished, but I'm just not inclined to work on it any further - will begin something else, instead. The lines please me and I don't want to cover them up. I'm having lots of company right now, so I'll probably concentrate on drawings for another week or so. It's just so easy to pick up where you left off with a drawing - no messiness to it. Unless you count the charcoal that I somehow get all over my face. This piece is oil pastel on Mi-Teintes board, 11 x 12". Thanks for looking!
Friday, May 17, 2013
On My Easel - Sketch of Dancers - original oil pastel figurative sketch
I am sort of obsessed with the way this woman has her arm around this guy - a 'hold' I guess I'd call it. Lately, I've done a bunch of drawings of women with their arms like this, so I guess that amounts to an obsession. It will pass. Thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Lindyhop Lovers - original oil figurative painting
I was pretty happy with this one - of course, there are always things to fool with and I might do that here and there, but overall, I'll mostly leave it alone. I do love visiting with my little dancers - we're never apart for long. It's 7 x 5" on Gessobord. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
On My Easel, Another View of Linda - original oil portrait painting
This is one of the trickiest poses, and I don't think I've completely succeeded, so will finish it tomorrow - and will, among other things, darken the left part of the canvas. But I'll be working from drawings, since the model won't be here and that's such a challenge! Oh well, no one ever said art is easy! It's 10 x 8" on archival canvas board. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Nude in Mixed Media - original mixed media drawing of a nude
This is a drawing that I did from life several months ago and just forgot about. I came across it today while I was going through and (I hope) organizing some of my things. (This project is endless, I tell you.) The gestural lines were drawn on Yupo, using wax crayons (Caran d'Ache Neocolor I). I added a little watercolor - which, of course, doesn't adhere to the wax lines, then applied touches of watercolor crayons (I LOVE those things!) and just generally had a great time. It's about 12 x 9". Thanks for visiting my blog!
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