I’m behind on posting (but not painting!) — here’s the one I did on Saturday. Another koi — I think of this one as ‘the beauties and the beast!, because that fish looks like a torpedo or something lethal.
As for mixing the greens, I decided to slightly increase the odds of good leaf color by adding chromium oxide green to my palette for this one.
#7 – Koi #2 Oil on Primed Arches Oil Paper. 10″x8″
Koi with Water Lilies
My plan to overdose on Shepherdstown scenes must pause. I’m tired of the greens there — and the extreme difficulty of mixing them from my limited palette. I need to do some off-painting experimentation to see if I can develop some better mixes.
In the meantime, here are some koi, which I’ve been wanting to try for years. I like it, though the composition is too lopsided to the left, isn’t it? I didn’t want to include the reference’s departing duck sailing at lower right. Should I add a baby koi down there? Or would that be too ‘coy’? Should I preserve the area as the tranquil spot where the eyes can rest?? And dang – more green issues! A problem for the future.
#6 Koi Without Duck. Oil on Paper. 10″x8″.
Koi with Duck.
Yesterday’s painting – #5 of the daily painting project!
When we saw this scene last year at Shepherdstown near the Potomac River, we didn’t know exactly what it was — discolored parapet, water culverts, old stone pillars, small gushing stream, totally shaded by trees. Mysterious. Drew our attention.
I’m thinking this painting still needs a lot of ‘clarifying’ work. May or may not ‘go back in’ and tweak it some more. I scraped off some whites above the ‘black hole’ because they were way too bight, but probably should add some other light colored patches there . . .
Stream and Culvert at Shelpherdstown. Oil on Paper. 8″x10″.
Here’s yesterday’s painting, along with its reference. I feel like I’m on a marathon and am ALREADY huffing and puffing!!
Potomac River at Shepherdstown WV – #4. Oil on Paper. 8″x10″.
Potomac River at Shepherdstown WV .
Here’s my third of the 100 painting project — still on the Shepherdstown WV subject matter. This one was simple compared to those other two!
The painting & the reference.
Shepherdstown boaters, resting. Oil on Paper. 8″x10″. 2018.
Photo of Shepherdstown boaters.
I hadn’t gotten done with being proud of Sunday’s 1-of-100 painting when – – – – it was time to do another one! This is gonna be tough! Since I’ll have lots of surfaces to kill during this project, I figure I’ll keep going with more of my Shepherdstown references til I have a little collection of similars.
Here’s #2, along with its reference. Hmmm, the minute I put the brush down I start counting the snafus.
Shepherdstown Kayak. Oil on Paper. 8×10. 2018.
Potomac River at Shepherdstown Bridge
We flew to California for Christmas this year and, as usual, I occupied myself at the airports and in-air by some iPad doodling. Thought it would be fun to share some of those from this and earlier flights with you.
I squeezed in a few iPad paintings over the Christmas holiday. My favorite is this sketch of son Sam and grandson Max relaxing over a new book. I shared on Facebook & will add again below the little scribble I did of Max’s lego creation made from a complex (5 bag) set on Christmas Day. He only called for adult help once or twice in the multi-hour endeavor. Way to go, Max!
Sam & Max Reading. Original iPad Painting. 2017
Max’s Christmas Production. Original iPad painting. 2017.