Montezuma Castle -Sedona, Az

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Oil on 7x5 hardboard.

This is for the WDE at Wet Canvas...Catherine supplied the photo choices.

The Sedona, Arizona cliff dwellings really piqued my interest. So I did a little Google search and came up with some interesting facts.

An ancient Indian Tribe called the Sinaquas built the cliff dwellings called Montezuma Castle about 700 years ago in the early 1300s.
It took ladders to climb to Montezuma Castle and as the Sinaqua reached each level, more ladders were needed to make their way to the cliff community making it difficult for enemy tribes to penetrate the natural defense of straight-vertical barriers.

This is oil on a 7x5 hardboard.I first toned it with a dark red acrylic.
I became very choosy about where to place the lights and the thick accents.
I really enjoyed doing this one.

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Proverbs 30:8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

Thanksgiving 2010

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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Psalm 107:1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

Bovine Beauty-Calf

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This is for the WDE at Wet Canvas. Skappy generously supplied the reference photos.

I singled one calf from the herd. Always a joy to paint bovine beauty.

I first toned the canvas with a dark red/brown acrylic. After the drawing was on, I painted the background (the area around the calf) with black gesso. After the black was dry, I made it notches darker by painting it with thinned ultr. marine blue oil paint.

After all the background prep, I had fun painting the calf in thick strokes.

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Proverbs 3: 11 My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline,and do not resent his rebuke,12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves,as a father the son he delights in.

Summer Sun into Autumn Sun

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This landscape was posted on Wed. It was done quickly and posted immediately thereafter. It was a summer scene and I felt it was devoid of life...just "blah".

I appreciate the input of my artist friends... Celeste Bergin and Pam Holnback. Please check out their fine blogs. They made several suggestions that I immediately recognized as true. I was merely temporarily "blinded" because of the freshness of the work.

For one thing, I am presently surrounded with fall colors and my muse just didn't want to tackle so much summer green. So I re-worked it into an Autumn landscape.

I'm happier with it now...but, of course (as always), there remain areas in question.

Here's a side by side for easy comparison.

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Proverbs 3:3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Noon Sun

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Oil on 5x7 archival canvas panel.

Thought I'd run this by you folks. I didn't have a lot of time to paint today, so I whipped this up to check some facets of landscape painting that I have been mulling over. Less is more...a touch of red near a point of interest...just basically the power of suggestion.

I don't yet know how successful it is since it's so fresh in my mind.
Do you think it's overdone or underdone...or as the baby bear says: "Just right."?

Thanks for looking.

NA

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Proverbs 3^{: 1} My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart,
² for they will prolong your life many years
and bring you peace and prosperity.

Sitting Pretty-Flamingo

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Oil on 7x5 hardboard.

Loved this flamingo. Li supplied the photo while hosting the WDE at Wet Canavs.

I actually put off starting on this one out of uncertainty of what exactly to do with it...had no idea. But after I got started it was great fun and just kinda came together.
Do you put off starting a painting for some reason?

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Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Veterans Day

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

Some of you folks probably remember this painting from the past. I added a few choice strokes of color and developed it a little more for this post.
I just felt an overwhelming need to pay tribute to all those in service to this wonderful country. Honoring patriotism and God needs to take a high priority in these very trying times.

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Psalm 16:8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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I've been slow on posting because my puter went kaput. Had to have the hard drive replaced. No back up...Wahh...wahhh. Ah but now the computer is running better than ever.
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Dolly by Angela Elledge

A very talented artist, Angela Elledge, painted this in my moleskin for the Flying Moleskin project!!
It's a memorial tribute to my little unconditional friend, Dolly, who I had to part with on Feb. 25th of this year. She was my faithful companion for seventeen great years.

My photo of Dolly was downright blurry so Angela painted from a photo of a different toy poodle of similar color. I can sure see my girl's bright eyes and smile in this painting! What a beautiful job!

This was tremendously thoughtful of you, Angela! Can't wait to have the book in my hands! Thank You!

Feeling Light Headed

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Happy Halloween!

Acrylic, approx. 9"x8" on Canson cold pressed watercolor paper.

The WDE was on a Halloween theme this week. Dana was the gracious hostess.

I first put the drawing on the paper then applied many wet washes of acrylic, often encouraging runs and blends by spritzing with water. Sometimes a blow dryer was used between washes.

I tried to reach a balance between detail and suggestion.

It was a blast to try some experimentation.

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~Luke 6:37~ "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned, forgive, and ye shall be forgiven."

Ontario Autumn

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This painting is in WDE at Wet Canvas. Jean was the host.
Thanks for all the wonderful photos to choose from this week, Jean!

I wanted to try my hand at a landscape and this one sure filled the bill. What a beautiful spot!

I chose to keep it simple and leave out the falls that was in the reference. My reason...I like the peaceful look of the smooth water and reflections.

I tried to follow some plein air painting hints. Simplify... establish the darks first...put in the large shapes...then add some suggestion of detail. The paint is thickest...the lightest light and the darkest dark...the brightest color...are all at the focal point....(Hopefully).

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Genesis 2:9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food.

Bold And Beautiful-Cardinal

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This painting is from a photo I took through a window looking into my backyard.

Cardinals are very musical with their many different calls during the Spring. The bold red color of the males was once referred to as "nature's Valentine" by one of my blogging friends.

This artwork contains two colors that always require special concentration from me...red and green. Getting a value range in red, and still keep it red, is a special challenge.

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Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees

Wildthing

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Oil in 7x5 hardboard.

This was done for WDE at Wet Canvas. Jean was the gracious hostess who supplied the photo.
As if you all didn't know it already, I confess I have a love for woodland creatures of all sorts. They are such survivors. I wish there were some solution to resolve our need for land versus their need for land.

I first coated the board with a very dark red. On each consecutive pass (there were about three passes) I applied thicker paint. By the last pass it was very thick in selected spots such as the white fur above the eyes. I enjoyed this one. Hope you like it.

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Genesis 2:20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.

Pelicans-Revamp

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This painting was originally posted in Feb. of '09.

As I was sorting through some older paintings, I came across this one. Although painted sometime before the event, this just brought to mind the plight of these creatures involved in the Gulf oil spill. I feel the suffering deep in my heart.

I modified and "hushed" some of the "bellowing" blues which were in the first version.
I'm much happier with it now. I hope you all like it!

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Genesis 2:19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

Wonderment

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Oil on 5x7 board.

This was painted for WDE at Wet Canvas. The reference photo was supplied by Bonnie.

My aim was for this one to be super loose. Even though it's pretty loose, I didn't quite achieve what I had in mind...not quite loose enough.

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Mark 10:14 He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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The image below shows the drawing I did on the board. I reinforced major lines with colored ink from red and sienna Pigma Brushes.

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Below is my prepared board.
I squeezed a small amount of gesso, then a few drops of black gesso. I brushed them around loosely to achieve a grayed marbled effect...approximately mid value. This I dried using a hair dryer.

Next I squeezed a couple of small spots of acrylic yellow ochre. I spritzed it with water and brushed the transparent wash over the board. Next added a touch of acrylic burnt sienna to add variety in a few areas. Once again I dried it with a hair dryer.

I love working on surfaces prepared in this way.
Any spots left showing in the finished painting helps to add harmony and energy. Plus by starting from a mid value, the correct values are easier to achieve. It's an inspiring surface to work upon!

Texas Sunset-Longhorn

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard

I painted this for the WDE at Wet Canvas. The reference photo was supplied by Kay.

Awhile back, I painted a lot of longhorn paintings. I actually ran out of good source material. So, it was fun to finally do another.

This is oil on a 5x7 hardboard. I first toned the surface with a combination of cadmium orange and red oxide acrylic. This set me up to answer Kay's challenge of using some fall colors within the composition. I liked it so well that I kept much of it for the sky.

Thanks for looking!

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Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,including every hidden thing,whether it is good or evil.