New drawing for Shaker Painting

Hey! I've been gone to the Great Rocky Mountains for the past two weeks and haven't blogged but now I'm back, and I plan to do some different and new kind of paintings! Well, slightly different. I've avoided buildings and tried to stick to the deep woods, but I've been getting an urge to paint the Shaker Town area here close to Lexington. It's a great and beautiful place. I also worked with a new model, who is a great friend, and I plan to do her all the justice I can in these paintings. She was nervous about posing, but she did great and I hope to show it in these paintings. I worked on the drawing while on vacation. It was hard to do at first, drawing muscles in the brain are not the same as painting muscles in the brain, so after working on a few paintings it takes a few drawings before I get back into the swing of it. I also used my wife as an adviser (as always) to help me along. But anyway, here is the first drawing of this new series and I actually have the painting half way done. I accidentally dropped our poor camera in Boulder Colorado, so I don't know how long it will be before I post the painting. I was taking a pic of a mountain from my bike and then just dropped the poor camera. I was still able to get the pics I already made onto the computer, but picture taking is over for a while. Everyone take care and have fun and I'll put on more pics as soon as I get a new camera. Until then, hug your camera today and show it everyday that you care, for these accidents happen. Have fun!

Blast from the Past

This is another Blast from the Past. This painting was 2 x 4 feet and sold at the historic Kentucky Theater several years ago, maybe 2005. It wasn't a real scene though, that always bothered me. Now when I do a painting I use real scenes. I want someone to know where the place is if they had ever been there and that has happened several times. I try to get the rocks, trees and everything right. It's my way to honor the places I have been.

Backyard sketches

Some back yard sketches I did to practice drawing. Some Wild Strawberries, which you can eat, I keep hearing people who think they are poisonous but I've eaten them over 20 years and like them better than regular Strawberries. I also drew corn, dandelions, violets and some leaves of a Red Bud tree. I paint often and don't practice drawing near enough. I worked with a great new model last week and I want to be ready when it comes time to draw the pictures from the photo shoot.

Etsy

Hi Folks, I'm doing a showcase today on Etsy, and I've made things a little cheaper than usual in hopes of stirring things up a bit, so check it out if you like. Take care everyone!
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Sorry Folks

Sorry everyone, I didn't realize the font size was so small. I'll try to be more careful about that.

Autumn Days to Come

I have fought with this painting for a while now, but at last it's done. This is a painted version of the Color Pencil piece Changing of the Seasons. When Robin posed for this, I used flash to get her details, but I didn't think about her coloring. Once I painted her she looked like a cartoon, because her colors were not natural to the sky. So I did this in color pencil to figure out the colors and did the painting after that. Color Pencil does come more natural to me and it's easier to problem solve with them. Everyone take care and have fun!

Dogwood Spring

This is a painting I finished last week. It's titled DogWood Spring. Me and my wife Malissa were running around outside of Gatlinberg TN, and I saw this hillside full of Dogwoods. I don't do many pure landscape paintings, but I felt like I had to do this one.