barrel work

Here is some of the work I've done on the barrel. You can see I block out the trees with masking tape so I can paint in the background. Looks better than trying to paint around trees, rocks or other objects. Here is some more work on the model too.

Barrel art!

It's time for me to again paint a barrel for the Paris ArtWalk later this year. I decided to paint one image instead of two. Two seems right since you can only see one side at a time, but I want to put a stronger emphasis on just one image this year. I have had the barrels in the papers and advertisements before and I'm always a little bugged that one one image is shown, and sometimes it's not the one I'd have chose. I'm using an image that Robin posed for. I've been meaning to use her for a painting, she's a great model. Her is the drawing I've started, but I have adjusted her arm and chin since this picture was taken. Hopefully I'll get a lot this weekend.

Paris Art Walk/ Barrel Show

Here's some of the pictures from the Paris Art Walk/ Barrel show. Above you can see my wife Malissa posing as she did in the painting. That homeless looking guy above is me. Above that Malissa is posing next to another painting she posed for. She's a very good model! At the top is a Color Pencil piece I did of my friend Britney. Another good model. It was a fun night. Local celebreties signed the Bourbon Bottles on the Barrels. John Calipari was one, I think Wolfgang Puck or one of those Food Network guys signed another. I didn't know the person who signed mine but I think someone said it was the lady that owned Secretariat. I'm not much into Horse Racing so I'm not sure. Oh, and so it makes more since, we had to paint the labels on the Bourbon bottles to go with our Barrels. The barrel acution went to some good benfit but I can't remember what for. I'll find and post it later. Everyone take care and have fun!