Sailors Take Warning-Skyscape

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Oil on 5x7 canvas board.

This is my contribution to The Sky's the Challenge at DPW presented by  Jill Bates.
Jill suggested that we paint a skyscape. She said,  "be brave with color and have fun!"

This is from a red morning I saw last week...and sure enough, the weather got rough.
The colors are amazing in the morning and evening skies. God's palette is beyond matching.

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

My Etsy

Matthew 16:2       He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ 3    and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times

Himalayan Cat

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas.

There is such a wide variety of cats, and many breeds have very unique appearances.
This Himalayan is pretty captivating.
I applied the paint with brushes, and painting knife, and and put my fingers to work blending when nothing else seemed to do what I wanted.
That's a "fly by the seat of the pants" background....completely invented.

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My Etsy

Revelation 7:17       For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; 'He will lead them to springs of living water. 'And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.'

Spring Memories-Lilac

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

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

 I just had to try those lilacs! I'm not a floral painter by any means, but I really like the Springtime feelings this flower generates. I have some in my yard and they're only there for about two weeks tops. You have to look fast and enjoy them for the short time they're around. Sort of a mini lesson on life in general.

This is on a 7x5 canvas panel. A little brush and a lot of palette knife!

C&C welcome. Thanks for looking and commenting!

This painting was influenced by the style of the great
innovative artist, Julie Ford Oliver.

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My Etsy

Song Of Solomon 2:11    Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.

Another Fine Mess-Portraits

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Acrylic and Tombow pen on 5x7 hardboard.

This is my contribution to the The Emotion Challenge at DPW presented by Jo MacKenzie.
The challenge? As the title suggests...Paint an emotion!

Laurel and Hardy! Just saying it makes me smile!
A flood of side splitting predicaments and lines are stored carefully away into my library of happy memories. Thank you Stan and Ollie!                                 

I used thinned acrylics much like watercolor washes. I also used a Tombow pen....It makes beautiful graded washes when water is added.
Thanks for the challenge, Jo!

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My Etsy

Psalm 126:2   Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them 

Dawn Fawn-Wildlife

Above is the finished painting. The following demo will give you an idea of the steps.

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Step 1

I wanted to show the fawn stepping out of the dark, shadowy woods into a spot of morning sun.
I sketched the deer and restated the main lines I didn't want to lose with a Sharpie. I then put in the darks using black gesso...sometimes with a touch of acrylic Thalo Blue for extra punch on the darks. The deer was shaded with a watery wash of the same. I was establishing (searching out) the values.

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Step 2

 

Still working monotone with black gesso and a bit of acrylic thalo blue, I developed the fawn and foreground values.  

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Step 3

I added oils using knife and brush. I was ready to post this but felt something was wrong. finally I decided that I had held too much to the darker values in my attempt to illustrate the shadows from which the subject was emerging. I felt this image was drab looking.  At this stage is where I many times make the mistake of hurrying up and posting .....feeling some sort of pressure to just move on, and don't take the chance of overworking it. I'm glad I held off this time.

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

I used brush plus a painting knife. I really had fun with the color blends in the foliage and the ground.

I applied the extreme lights sparingly in order to mimic the sun striking selected spots.

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My Etsy

John 8:12       Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Birches In Acrylic

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Acrylic on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to the The Birch Tree Challenge at DPW presented by Christine Striemer.

It's been so long, I had nearly forgotten how much fun it is to paint in acrylic!
A lot of wet into wet color blending....then a few thick impasto bits for punctuation!
Thanks for the challenge, Christine. :)

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

My Etsy

1  John 1:5        This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Hairdo-Cow

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE  at Wet Canvas. mlou was the hostess who supplied this great reference photo!
I decided to try the cow standing waaaaay back in the reference photo. There was a lack of detail after I had cropped it and greatly enlarged the image. So, much of the features were supplied by memory and other close up photos.

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My Etsy

2 Peter 1:18   And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Bathers-Figurative

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Cloud Bather Challenge at DPW posted by that really fine artist, Carol Marine.
She stated that  the challenge is the foreshortened bodies (and the complete lack of sun).

I thought of a few titles that made me chuckle, but, thankfully, discretion won out. :)

This is by painting knife. I think I let a bit more sun in than I should have..but old habits are hard to break.

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My Etsy

 1 Peter 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps

Fruit O' The Vine-Grapes

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

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

 I was in the mood for more painting knife this week, and the grapes seemed to be just what I needed. My goal was to keep this super loose and to leave a lot of room for interpretation for the viewer.
I'm fairly satisfied with the outcome...(at least for now).
I owe much of this approach to that fine artist, Julie Ford Oliver.

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

My Etsy

John 2:9     and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew.

Woodland Watch-Blue Jay

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Birdbrain Challenge at DPW posted by that really fine artist, Carol Marine.
Carol said: Your challenge this week is to paint any bird of your choosing.
Those directions were simple enough...even for a birdbrain like me.

I really like the brash blue jay! He sounds off at the slightest disturbance which warns all the critters within earshot to be on the lookout. Many folks hate his noisy behavior and the threat he sometimes poses to other birds. But I love the color and the bluejay is only doing what God designed it to do.

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

My Etsy

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Wild Thing-Wolf

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

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

I chose the wolf. I have done many in the past. Wolves are majestic, fearsome, beautiful, and heartbreaking all at once.

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My Etsy

Hebrews 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days

Dream Team-Cat

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Oil on 7x5 hardboard.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Kay, a super talent painter, was the hostess who supplied this great reference photo!

Taco Belle, the cat, is really at peace in dreamland. And, of course, there's his odd-couple friend.
This is one of those "I'm not sure if it's done" kind of paintings. I keep resisting the urge to go back in and mess with Taco's fur...But, then again, it all comes together and looks fine from a little distance. So that tells me to stop, and don't overwork it.

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My Etsy

James 4:14 "Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes."

Are You My Daddy?-Bulb Still Life

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Oil on 5x7 hardboard.

This is my contribution to The Lightbulb Challenge at DPW posted by that really fine artist, Carol Marine.
The assignment: Find a light bulb. Paint it. Have fun with it! My kind of assignment! Thanks, Carol!

The title could very well be the burning question in many a little nite lite's mind.

I wanted to do this painting Fast and Loose! Something really desirable in paintings....not so much in significant others...Lol.
So I went with large brush..generous paint. Keep it moving. If I started to slow down to nit-pick at details I forced myself to move on!!
I like the result. Hope you do too!

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

My Etsy

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Tip Of The Hat-Figurative

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

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

I loved the joyful mood of this one! The "Coat Of Many Colors" is an old Dolly Parton song that kept running through my head.

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My Etsy

Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colors.