Black Bowl Egg

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Broken Egg Challenge at DPW posted by that really fine artist, Carol Marine.
Carol wrote: "I challenge you to crack an egg or two and give it a go!"

The black bowl seemed to make the colors more pronounced. The longer I looked, the more colors I saw! I swear, I was only drinking coffee!! Lol!

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My Etsy

1 John 4:9-10 "We love Him because He first loved us."

Strut Your Stuff-Rooster

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Lin was the hostess who supplied this great reference photo!

I picked the fancy rooster. Chickens were a very common subject to me a few years ago. It's nice to try one once more.

I've been surfing the blogs as usual. One thing that was mentioned quite a bit was using enough paint. And I came across this quote by John Singer Sargent: "No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with."
I have been guilty of being stingy with paint...so this time my mounds of color were a little more generous.

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My Etsy
1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

Fishin' For Complements-Bear

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel

This is my contribution to The Complementary Challenge at DPW posted by a really fine artist, Layne Cook.



Layne's challenge: Using 2 complementary colors (i.e. orange and blue, yellow and purple, green and red) take one color in both directions on the color wheel (for example, orange, red orange and yellow orange) and do not mix the complement (blue) unless it's to make grays (mixed with oranges). You can use white sparingly. The example palettes show the possible color palettes, but not the neutrals. All kinds of yummy grays are possible!

Now THIS was a challenging challenge...Lol! I kept wanting to use forbidden colors to add chroma and values. I stuck with red and green. Red being the variable.

Hope ya like it!

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My Etsy

Proverbs 19:20 “Hear counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come.”

Flower Power-Dahlias

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.


This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Susan was the hostess who supplied this great reference photo! Thanks, Susan!!

I was really tempted to do one of the doggies that were pictured, but I forced myself to get into a more uncomfortable zone. Namely flowers. I was encouraged by the waterlilies of last week, so I tried the dahlias. I used the painting knife once more. I also pushed the color.

Thanks for looking and commenting!

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My Etsy

Isaiah:42:16 "I will lead the blind by a road they do not know, by paths they have not known I will guide them, I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, I will not forsake them."

Different Destinations-Cityscape

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Street View Challenge at DPW posted by the one and only Carol Marine.

Carol snapped this photo on a recent trip to San Francisco. Our challenge was to paint our version of it or use our own photo.

I have always felt somewhat intimidated by cityscapes with all the straight lines and details. On the other hand, the photo opened a great deal of opportunity to crop, change, and interpret. And that's always a lot of fun! So thanks, once more, Carol for a great challenge!

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My Etsy

Proverbs 15:1 "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."

Box Of Chocolates-Water Lily

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Ros was the hostess who supplied this great reference photo!

I was in the mood to use the painting knife for an impressionistic painting.
So, I painted my impression of the water lily. I was trying to manipulate thick paint until it resembled what I was after. Instead of being in control of the paint and making it take on a preconceived appearance, I watched the paint perform (or do its' own thing) under the guidance of the knife. It's like a box of chocolates...ya never know what you're gonna get. This is a FUN way to paint!!
Must confess, I'm still under the influence of Julie Ford Oliver and her great fracturing technique.

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My Etsy

1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Little Red Rider's Hood-Truck

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Old Truck Challenge at DPW posted by the one and only Carol Marine.

Carol asked us to take the photo below and crop, edit, or use your artistic license with it, but use this photo for this one. Have fun!

My usual tendency is to tighten up and paint everything realistically- straight edges and all- when doing subjects such as vehicles, architecture, etc. So I had to remind myself to loosen up with this one.
Thanks for a great challenge, Carol!
Hope ya like it!

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My Etsy

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

All Ears-Burro

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Dominic was the host who supplied the great reference photos!

I picked this attentive fellow. He appears to be really listening up. I wanted to experiment with a slightly different background from my norm. I kinda like it.

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My Etsy

Colossians 1: 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

a MAZING Petals

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Rose Challenge at DPW posted by the one and only Carol Marine.
The challenge was to simply paint a rose in close up. And quite a challenge it was.

So beautiful to look at. So sweet to smell. So DIFFICULT to paint!!
The many convolutions of a rose's petals turns into a maze which will in turn twist my point of reference. Was I painting here or there??
Roses are indeed a real challenge for me. ( The problem may well be that I tighten up and attempt a flower portrait instead of a nice loose, painterly, floral.)
Anyhoo...Thanks for a great challenge, Carol!

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My Etsy

Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth

Good For The Goose- Gander

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Mary was the hostess who graciously supplied the great reference photos!

I imagined this proud guy to be a gander so the title will make sense.

Some palette knife...some brush.
I tried to go by that saying, " a stroke laid is a stroke stayed." Which means after you lay a stroke down, don't spread it or fuss with it...period. Go ahead and make another stroke. I wasn't entirely successful at it but I tried.

C&C welcome. Thanks for looking!

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My Etsy

Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen."

Primary Parrot-Birds

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to at DPW posted by Eileen McCoy.
Eileen wrote: "Paint using the primary colors: red, yellow and blue as the 3 main areas of your composition."
I painted this Scarlet Macaw with a brush and painting knife. I like the rich, impasto, surface.

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My Etsy

Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And he shall direct your paths."

Know When To Fold 'Em-Portrait

Deano's Demo

Step #1

I first toned the panel with a warm colored acrylic. Sketched the fellow in, and placed the darks thinly.

Step#2

Now I lay in flesh tones and the white beard thickly, sometimes with a painting knife. The strokes indicate the flow of the beard.

Done

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Christine was the hostess who graciously supplied the great reference photos!

The gentleman I chose to paint reminded me of a denizen of the Old West who had played more than a few hands of poker in his time...Thus the title "Know When To Fold 'Em."
That phrase is also an objective I aim for as a painter...knowing when to put the brushes down and stop.
I like to show the journey the painting took. To be able to look down and see the first layer of toning...to see the pencil and sketch marks...to the final rich strokes of rich color that sit on top of it all. I'm happy where I stopped with this one.
Hope ya like it!

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My Etsy

Psalms 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God."

Sunflower-Mini Painting

Oil on canvas panel.

Actually this is painted on a 3.5" x 2.5" section of an 8x10 canvas panel. Therefore it might be a little hard to sell...Lol.

This is my contribution to The Paint It Small Challenge at DPW posted by David Lloyd.
David suggested that we paint one in the ACEO size. The ACEO (2.5 x 3.5) market continues to blossom, and some galleries host yearly competitions and exclusive exhibitions dedicated to miniature works.

These would be a great size to keep your hand in painting daily when time is scarce.

My Etsy

Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.