Last night for foxes.

Well, I have to get this finished tonight some how. I have a deadline by the morning for my xmas cards and I want this one included. I won't worry about tiny details tonight. When the paint is drier I can add the fine details to the fur, etc. I just want the image to look good enough for a printing on cards. When I finish the fine details, I will enter the picture in a competition. Well, I can't worry about that tonight.

I need a coffee and get back to work! :) Here it is so far.

Well, here is the finished product for the xmas card. I will let the painting dry and finish the details over the next couple of weeks. My next biggie is the landscape tryptich so watch for that one.

Pam

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1 a.m. Tuesday. ZZZzzzz....

I'm getting tired and can't stop yawning... so... here it is so far. Ignore the reflections from the overhead lights please.

See you in the morning. :) ZZZzzzz...

Pam

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Ugly!!!... but keeping at it.

Updates below!

OK, I'm at the ugly stage right now! I've gone too far in the other direction and lightened the snow too much. SIGH! Oh well, and I realize the snow is too high on the right hand side. Shrinking the picture down to this size helps because it is fairly big to work on and I can't get back far enough to see the mistakes.

I'm not even looking at the right hand fox at the moment. It has to be much more detailed than the far one, but if the scenery isn't correct, the whole painting won't work.

Back to fix everything.

Monday morning Oct. 30th update: This is what it looks like before I run uptown to buy more paint. :)

Using a lot of white on this one! I'll be back to do more and post the updates later today. It has to be finished by tomorrow night! EEEEEEEEKKK.

All right, if I were a drinking person right now I would take a good stiff drink! As it is, I'm having a diet pop and a computer break. :(

I'll keep going till late tonight.

Pam

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Oct. 26th fox work

I'm working directly on the foxes today to get them mostly done.

Here is this mornings fox.

A lot more work to do by Monday night. :)

Pam

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Foxes changing.... :)

Of course, I'm changing the design of the painting a bit and darkening the snow. It will be well blended in the end but as I put in the background trees I realized that the snow in the background was too light.

And there will be more changes as I go, that is what I like about painting. I never know what the finished picture will look like.

Pam

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Foxes today Oct. 24th

Well, I don't know if this looks any different to you but I have been working on the background snow and starting on the trees. I just realized the trees look crooked but it is just the photograph.

I changed it a few times today, of course :(, but I'm starting to like the snow. The foreground will be done after the foxes are put in. I'll get back to the trees, I just pulled a batch of bread out of my oven and I'm going to make myself a cup of tea. I still have a couple of hours before bedtime so .... back to work. :)

Pam

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Sunday & Monday, Oct.23rd

Every week, my sister and I like to get together for an art day. Yesterday, we actually got to paint all day together. I took the photograph and you can see that she paints completely different than I do. She is a watercolour artist and turns her painting depending on the direction of the watercolour wash.

Check out her website.

Anyway, you can see that I was starting a cottage painting. I'm still working on the fox painting today and here are the updates for tonight.

Cottage step 1: 16 x 16, canvas.

Foxes step 2:

25 1/2 x 32" canvas.

Pam

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"Gunner" the FINISHED PICTURE

Here is the final picture of Gunner. :)



Boy, am I glad this one is finished. It is one of those paintings that just seem to go on forever, but I like it now.

The picture is a little fuzzy until I get my sister to photograph it. I can't wait for my new camera.

Thanks for watching. I'm back to the landscape triptych tomorrow.

Pam

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finishing Gunner tonight!

Yeah, I'll be finished Gunner tonight!! :)

Just putting in some leaning trees and small bushes, and a few more edges of downed leaves and I'll be finished.

Here it is almost done.

I'll post the finished picture in the morning.

Pam

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New ones and old ones.

While I finish the ones that you have all seen before. Here are the up and coming batch.

Puma, for the Ontario Puma Foundation.

Midnight Bandits, for our local museum exhibition in december with the theme "Night Shades" or that time between dusk and dawn.

And lastly, foxes although they haven't been drawn onto the canvas yet.

Keep watching and thanks.

Pam

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Drat..without camera again.

Boy oh boy...just when I wanted to do an update. NO CAMERA! :( ... It's on a hunting trip with my husband. I'll be glad when I get my new camera.

I'm just trying to finish up the last on "Gunner" and I plan to finish the carp and the triptych. Today I had an ART day at my sister's house which included preparing 3 new canvases for painting. I also did some blocking in on one of them.

So, today I drew out "Night Bandit", a racoon stealing from a bird feeder. This HAS to be finished and dry by Nov. 23rd! It will be on display during the month of December at the Timmins Museum and National Exhibition Centre. The show is themed, "Night Shades" by our local Porcupine Art Club and has to do with the time between dusk and dawn.

Also drawn out today and ready for painting.... a puma for the Ontario Puma Foundation. I'll squeeze in this one between others on the go.

And lastly.... another big painting...of foxes (or fox) I'm not quite sure of the final design. But I started painting it by blocking in the main colours and areas. There is a lot of snow in the painting.

I'll keep you posted.

Pam

Oct.8/2006, fixes to Gunner.

Well, I sat and stared at "Gunner" after Thanksgiving Day turkey last night. I stared and stared until I realized the butt of the gun wasn't wide enough. Aaaarrrgh! Oh well, corrections can be made in acrylic.

This morning I quickly made corrections to the gun and lengthened the barrel, which I knew had to be done. I'll keep working on it and I'm determined to finish!

Oct. 11th UPDATE:

Almost done. The foreground is finished and I just have to finish the background and a few details in the closest trees. I can't wait!

Pam
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Gunner (again!)

This has been the week of fighting with my paintings. I think they're winning. :)


Actually, family responsibilities have interferred with my painting so I can't complain. Family comes first.

This is where "Gunner" stands right now and I think I'm continuing with this design. I didn't think a basic hunting dog painting would give me difficulty. But I will trudge on and finish it!!

Starting to add trees and tree shadows. Things are starting to flow now, it is just a matter of work. So, back to work. :)

Sat.: Starting on details.

Pam

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Four days till Thanksgiving...

With only a few days till our family hits town, I have a lot of painting to do.



Today I have been concentrating on my carp until my head is spinning. I have to do a lot of it from imagination. Here is where I am at 2:30 p.m.

I've been fighting with the carp, and it is winning....aaaarrrgh. OK, I'm switching to Gunner the dog for the evening.

Pam

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Beauty's Shadow

After a relapse of my cold yesterday, I'm feeling better and painting today.

To get back in the swing of things I loosened up on my Swan painting, now titled, "Beauty's Reflection". (Update; silly me, it should have been Beauty's Shadow. )

I'll switch to the carp painting - still not titled :( .

Here is where I am this evening.

Pam

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