Spirit-Osprey

Close ups

Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Li was the gracious hostess. Thanks for the great reference photos.

Li offered many beautiful reference photos.This one called out to me the loudest. The beautiful osprey! She found it on the ground with a broken leg and wing. With help, she managed to get it to a conservation group. I do hope it recovered to be flying again.

Not too much to say about this except I pushed color variety and used well loaded brush strokes. It was educational and enjoyable.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com


To purchase on Etsy click Here.

John 17^:1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.

Apple Patch-Green Apple

Close ups

Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Pare Down your Apple Challenge at DPW posted by Carol Marine .
Carol said: What is the smallest amount of information that still says "apple"? Your challenge is to paint an apple - any apple - in as few areas of color as possible, and still have it read as a 3-dimensional apple.

I called this painting "Apple Patch". It may be more accurately called 'color patches'. It was educational to record the color and value shifts as the form rounded away from the light source.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

Acts 3:16 “Through faith in the name of Jesus, this man was healed—and you know how crippled he was before. Faith in Jesus’ name has healed him before your very eyes.

Winged Rainbows-Lorikeets

Close up

Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Christine was the gracious hostess. Thanks for the great reference photos.

These colorful birds really appealed to me. I checked them out on the internet, and found that they're called Rainbow Lorikeets. I'd probably break my neck going for my camera if one ever landed at my feeder. But that's not too likely as they are native to Australia.
Some palette knife was used but this was done mostly with a loaded brush.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

John 20^:11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb ¹² and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

Crumpled Paper-Bonnet

Close ups

Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Crumpled Paper Challenge at DPW posted by Kim Rempel .
Kim's challenge: "Take a piece of paper, crunch it up, put it in a well-lit setting and paint! It's a great exercise to study shapes and relative values. I would suggest a plain paper in order to see value shifts more clearly. "

After crumpling the sheet of paper and throwing it on the desk, I saw an old-timey bonnet. Guess it's like seeing shapes in clouds.

This was done with the painting knife. A lot of fun laying the thick paint!

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

John 16¹⁵ All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”

Wearin' Of The Green-African Gray Parrot

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Close ups

Acrylic on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Valri was the gracious hostess. Thanks for the terrific reference photos.

Valri challenged us to put something of Patty's Day into our paintings. So I did this African Gray, named Smokey Joe, and created a shamrock design as background. Plus a little green color into the plumage...thus, wearin' of the green.

This is standard fast drying acrylic. I decided it was easier to render all the variations of gray with washes rather than the thicker approach with Golden Opens.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

To purchase on Etsy click Here.

John 14^:12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Good 'N' Gooey-Jelly Donut

Close ups

Acrylic on 6X6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Donut Challenge at DPW posted by Kelley MacDonald.
A rather simple challenge was issued: "Paint your bad donut love!"

My favorite fruit..Lol! The raspberry filled donut!

I painted this using Golden Open Acrylics. It's really one of the first few times I've ever used them. I'm used to the fast drying kind. It's strange, but to me this felt like a combination of similarities of oil and standard acrylic yet different. The creamy texture of the paint and accelerated drying time were both satisfying and disturbing at once. It will just take some getting used to.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

To purchase on Etsy click Here.

John 12^:35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.

Intertwined-Figurative

Close ups

Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Kay was the great hostess. Thanks for the terrific reference photos.

I decided on the triple portrait because of the loving, directional gazes. The silent gazes of these lovely ladies speak volumes! I brought the older girl in closer to the grouping. She was way out on the right in the photo.
On this figurative, I tried to avoid hard lines in the features and maintain soft edges. Exact resemblances was not my intention.

Almost entirely by painting knife. I like the exciting surface texture achieved
I hope you like it!

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear

Let There Be....

Close ups

Oil on 7x5 hardboard.


This is my contribution to The Horsing Around Challenge at DPW posted by Carol Marine.
Carol posted this great photo of a horse in morning light. It will be fun to see all the different takes on this.
This painting reminded me of God saying, "Let there be light". On blessed mornings His light shows us the wonders of his Creation.

I did this piece with a painting knife. It's a relatively new technique for me. It's difficult to give up the control of a brush. But highly rewarding to see the possibilities of expressiveness that the knife offers! I hope you like it!

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

To purchase on Etsy click Here.

Snoozer-Lion

Progression shots

Done

Close ups

Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Jean was the great hostess. Thanks for the terrific reference photos.

Thought I would post the progression shots. I really liked the markings and minimal background in the first step. Kinda wish I had kept that.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

Isaiah 11:⁶ The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.