The Picker-Banjo-Figurative

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 Notan

Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Ros did the honor of hosting this week and provided a bunch of great photos!

 Musicians seem to be good subjects. Studious, concentrating, the goal of producing audio art! That's the attitude I usually look for.


The challenge was to do a value sketch (notan)in three tones – black, grey and white.
Simplify - do a very simple line shape sketch.
Squint - Reduce the shapes to as few as possible.
Small - Work small and fast – if your sketch is too complex do another more simplified.

I tried the notan approach and I can see how it would be very beneficial. Like many others I've always been in a hurry to start slappin' paint on. This forces you to slow down and plan. I didn't follow my notan very closely, but, hey...I'm new to it!

I did the sketch on the panel with a Tombow Pen. It did some nice blurring and backwashing when I applied thin acrylics to tone the support ( it's not waterproof like I thought it was). So I left some of it visible in the finished work.
This is about 90% painting knife.

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Counting Sheep-Wolf

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Acrylic on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Lin graciously hosted this week and provided a bunch of great photos!  Lin issued the challenge to include one of the favorite things you love to do in recognition of Valentine's Day.
The sleeping wolf reminded me of one of my newest favorite things...sleeping .

I had found some super examples of flowing active colors on the net. He was using watercolor. I tried to emulate the style in acrylic on canvas panel...and I didn't come too close to what was in my mind's eye.

This is acrylic on a 5x7 canvas panel. The acrylics were applied thinly to encourage colorful blending. I think the controlling part of my mind stepped in.  Still, there are some things I think were successful.

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John 14:27      Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Charger-Carousel horse

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Elaine did the honor of hosting this week and provided a bunch of great photos!

For the challenge this week, Elaine submitted all black and white reference photos to work from. Pointing out once again, that if the values are right the painting will look right. Colors are of a secondary importance.
 C&C welcome. Thanks for taking a peek and commenting.      

1 Corinthians 16:13      Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.

Playmates-Labs

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. EP did the job of hosting this week and provided a bunch of great photos!

 These two labs are having such a wonderful time...the ingredients for their game are water and a stick.


C&C welcome. Thanks for taking a peek and commenting.


Psalm 33:22       " May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you."