Colt

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Oil on a 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Helen was the host and provided a bunch of great photos!

This colt/filly just reminded me of Spring. The weather has turned kinda nasty around here. So it provided a welcome break.

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My Etsy

John 12: ⁴⁶           I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

Serengeti Sundown-Elephants

I knew something was badly wrong about the colors in my image, but try as I may, I couldn't come close to solving the problem. Well, low and behold, today I solved it...so simple. I take all the photos of my art inside with a light setup that works for me. The camera had gotten on daylight setting instead of incandescent. It's been incorrectly set that way for at least a couple of weeks! No wonder I wasn't satisfied with my color adjustments. Anyhow, Here's a much truer image. ( Sorry about the confusion).

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Original Post below

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

 This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Joel was the host and provided a bunch of great photos!

 I combined two photos for this painting. A beautiful sundown and two elephants. Something about painting elephants touches a sad spot in my heart, knowing their plight just to survive a bit longer on this planet.

This is oil on a 5x7 canvas board. Part painting knife and part loaded brush. Plenty of paint for texture. I had to re-invent some of the lighting....never an easy thing to do.
Hope ya'all like it!

C&C welcome. Thanks for Commenting!!!

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My Etsy

John 1:1      In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Poser-Cat Portrait

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 Oil on a 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Scatty was the host and provided a bunch of great photos!

It looked as though this cat saw the camera and struck a pose!

I toned this support with a thin later of alizarin crimson. That original toning makes up much of the background. I used some painting knife plus a heavily loaded brush.

C&C welcome. Thanks for stopping by and leaving your much appreciated comments!

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My Etsy

 Psalm 39:7     " May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you."

Midge- Cat Portrait

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Kay was the hostess who provided a bunch of great photos! This is her cat, Midge. I got a kick out of Midge keeping a cautious eye open between snores. Kay challenged us to work in some black and orange within our paintings in honor of Halloween.

C&C welcome. Thanks for looking and commenting.               

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My Etsy


^{1 Peter 1:24}                 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
²⁵ But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

Sitting Pretty-Cat Portrait

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Mary was the gracious hostess

 The intense gaze of a cat often gets my attention as a subject.

I pushed the color boundaries in this one a little. As an experiment, I didn't use a toned panel this time. I really missed it. Lotsa paint!


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My Etsy

 2 Corinthians 4:18       While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Pasture Eyes-Cow

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Susan was the gracious  hostess. 

Looks like I'm on a semi cow kick lately! Well, I love painting them and they're a popular subject among the viewers.Got Milk???             

C&C welcome. Thanks for looking and commenting! You all help keep me on the right track.

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My Etsy

Isaiah 64:8        Yet, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our Potter, and we all are the work of Your hand.

The Shadow-Angus Cow Portrait

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 Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Lin supplied all the reference photos.

I wasn't too sure about painting such a dark character as the Angus but, thought it'll be a good challenge. The shadow of the ear across the shoulder really was what caught my interest.

This is oil on an acrylic toned canvas panel. First I covered the gessoed panel with a thinned alizarin crimson. Then I painted in the dark shadowy areas with black gesso. Below is what the start looked like. I like starting from a mid value and working my way up and down .

C&C welcome. Thanks for checking me out and commenting!

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My Etsy

Psalm 4:2      "How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods ?"

Tough Guy-Pig Portrait

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Gillian supplied all the reference photos. Thanks, Gillian.

 I chose a close crop of a pig because usually pigs are fun, feel good, subjects and fairly easy to paint. It turned out I was wrong and wronger on both counts!
I was all over the map with those colors and the longer I fussed, the more baleful that eye became. I thought I'd better call it quits before he had me for breakfast with his eggs!                            

I used a heavily loaded brush and allowed the paint to mix on the canvas....gets some interesting blends that way.
C&C welcome. Thanks for checking it out!
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My Etsy

1 Corinthians:31         That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Spotlight-Cow

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

Wow...(patting myself on back)! Two posts in the same week!!!!! It has been awhile since I've done that. I started out in 2006 all gung ho and dashing out nearly one a day for quite some time. Guess I got lazy over time plus general wellness factors. But I still enjoy the painting, posting, and comments from my friends! :)

I wanted to investigate lighting with this one. By keeping around 80% of the painting dark or colorful midtones, the small area I've selected to receive light is really in the spotlight. I like the dramatic effect. Hope you do too.

C&C welcome.

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Update

I gave this ol' gal a face job! Many niggly things I wasn't too happy about in the first take. I Worked on her eyes, ears, nose, and added more exciting color to the face shadows. I think the effort was worth it!

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My Etsy

Romans 10:13        For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Candy Colored Cow

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Oil on 7x5 gessoed hardboard.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Scatty was the gracious hostess who supplied all the great reference photos.

 Just couldn't pass up the white cow! I love pushing the color all over the place on a white subject and the lighting on this cow was perfect.

This is oil on a 7x5 hardboard. All by brush....no knife this time.

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My Etsy

Proverbs 27     Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 

Seeing Red-Bull

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Oil on 7x5 gessoed hardboard.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. The very Valri was the gracious hostess who supplied all the great reference photos

 I decided to do the bull and make him a little more menacing than he appears in the photo. It's always fun to try and paint the temperament of a subject.

This is oil on a 7x5 hardboard. After sketching the bull with a Sharpie, I toned the panel with thinned Alizarin Crimson acrylic.
The high value colors were applied with both a painting knife and loaded brush.

C&C welcome. Thanks for commenting!


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My Etsy



John 12:46      I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.