Water and reflections.

I'm trying to get all the correct values in place, in the Carp painting. Easier said than done but I am getting along. I just have to put in the time.

Here is the next stage.

It looks like a disaster at the moment, but all my paintings go through an ugly stage.

It can only get better from here. :)

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Dixie and a Carp

I'm working on the shotgun area in Dixie's painting, no high detail here. I just want to make it look like a shotgun and bird.



The Carp is coming along and I'm getting all the dark areas and edges of the painting covered. This painting will have painted edges and I need to make sure that none of the canvas can be seen if it is hung this way.

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Carp update.

Alright, I don't have a good name for the carp painting yet, but I have stage one of the painting.

I'm trying to get everything placed correctly and get the water in around the carp and water swirls. It's all water reflections, so don't get confused. :)

More tomorrow.

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Going BIG

Here I am, again, without my camera so my scanner will have to do today. Unfortunately it leaves a dark edge around the picture where I can't get the canvas close to the scanner.

I am working on my standard size 16 x 20 canvas for "Workin The Flats" and you can see I am confused about what kind of sky to add. This section is at the bottom and middle of the painting. There is no point adding details to the figures until I know what the sky looks like. I'll keep working at it.

I am also putting details into "Dixie in the Field" but I don't think you can see the difference yet.

The BIG things I am working on need my camera.

I have stretched the canvas on 3 panels to make a 60" Triptych landscape painting. I am waiting for the gesso (primer) to dry. Then I have to draw in the basic shapes and I'm ready for painting. :)

This is the reference photo.

I have started painting a 24" x 30" painting of a Carp swimming in dark water. Again, I will need my camera to show the stages of this one. Of course I will add more details so that you can actually see the carp.

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I'm Baaaack....

After a long break from painting (about 10 days) I'm back to the old grindstone.

I took some time to redecorate the inside of my house while my husband was out of town. With the addition of a new kitten to the family, the time has just flown by.

I just wanted to mention that I've entered the miniature painting, "Feet Up", in the Creative Catalyst Summer Art Show. It runs until Sept. 15th and you can view the entries HERE.
There will be more entries as the summer progresses.

I'll post today's painting progresss later this evening.

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Finished Portrait

Here is "Portrait of a Fisherman".

The finished bass was shown in yesterdays post.

I have a quick painting I can work on this evening while the primer dries on my other canvases. Here is stage 1 of "Workin the Flats".

The sky is boring so I will have to decide what to do with it.

Then tomorrow I will work on finishing "Dixie in the Field" Ooooh, I love doing dogs. :) And "Gunner". There should only be a few hours left on them, let's hope.

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Working on the bass in the fisherman picture.

The Bass is finished in the portrait.

Step one:

Step Two: Filling in the darks.

Step 3: Done

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Almost finished the fisherman.

I just wanted to show you a section of the finished background in the painting, "Portrait of a Fisherman".

I'm leaving the face till last and right now I'm adding the dark areas on the bass. The gold undertones are dry and will show through the dark. The only other correction is the front arm which wasn't in the photo reference. I'll have to use my own arm as a model. LOL Should be interesting.

I'll be glad to finish this one and varnish it.



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Back to the grindstone.

Peace and quiet, time to paint. :) The long weekend in July is a quiet time in my house. Everyone is away or busy and this gives me a lot of time to study, paint and be with my own thoughts.

I'm finishing up the "Portrait of a Fisherman". The steps would be too detailed to post here and you wouldn't be able to see many changes. I'll just show the finished product. I will also show the finished paintings of "Dixie in the Field" and "Gunner" as soon as the last parts are painted.
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I have two new paintings to begin. The first one is a 20 pound carp swimming in green algae laden water. Here is the photo reference.

I'll have to add my own details so you can see the carp head and have it more centered in the canvas. Right now it looks like it is swimming off the page. :)
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The next painting will be a landscape triptych (3 panels, one painting). This might be interesting for you to watch because I am doing things a little different.

The first thing I am doing a little differently is I am using a coloured light brown canvas as a base and I am stretching the canvas myself to 3 different size frames. There will be 2 thinner side panels and a wider center panel. The canvas will be primed with a brown coloured gesso, that I mix myself, to prime the canvas to give it archival quality. The gesso will match the colour of the original canvas. That way, should you happen to pick up the painting or examine the back, the base colour will be the same.

The next thing I am doing a bit different is I am using 4 different photo references to make 3 panels within one painting. Here is what the finished painting may look like. It is just a reference for me to use while painting and I can change things for the better as I go along.

Here are the 4 photos and I can explain how I used these in the final image.

The first one is used in the bottom of the left panel (panel #1).

This next photo is (almost) the whole large center panel (panel #2), all except the small left piece.

In this photo, just a small portion of water and rocks is used in the third panel.

This fourth photo is really cut up. I have used the whole left side in the panel #3 but have moved around the tree root and three other rocks to make up the panel.

Also, the top right-hand corner has been stolen to use as the top of panel #1. (Look back at that panel.)

I hope that I can do this painting justice. I look forward to using loose brushstrokes as this is a large painting, 60" wide!

Thanks for watching.

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