This oil painting of a woman on a beach is a commissioned piece, cover art for the novel Mermaid Drowning.
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Further progress on two oil paintings, a Samhain themed still life, and an ocean landscape painting.
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On the evening of October 8, 2012 I worked on two oil paintings. I added another layer to the book cover for Mermaid Drowning, and I resumed work on the Samhain Candles still life. I hope to have both paintings finished before the end of the month.
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This triptych painting in dark brown ink takes you into a steampunk American Rockies wilderness, where two scouts watch, helpless, as an airship descends in billows of thick, black, smoke.
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Originally posted November 25, 2011. WIP images originally posted July 6, July 23, November 12, and November 19, 2011. Six sessionsNo reference In the final layer, I darkened the landscape, added some more black to the smoke, and added lighting on the mountainsides. Five sessions I’m ready to be done with this one, so I
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I had a couple hours to paint this afternoon. First on the list was the commissioned sample portrait. Diana – Commission – WIP1 9″x12″ oil paint on canvas board 2 sessions This is probably the ugliest stage in any painting, made uglier by some less than stellar placement of shading on the right eye and
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Fine Art Knotwork, Spirals, & Keywork Landscapes and Skyscapes Realistic Animal Art Work in Progress
Painting and drawing is easier for me to do than sewing, because I spend most of the time sitting in one place. That means while I pace myself on the sewing I will be creating a lot more drawings and paintings. Today, I share with you some work-in-progress paintings. I also laid the underpainting layer
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Originally many separate posts, made between September 2 and November 3, 2010. September 2, 2010 October 1, 2010 October 29, 2010 November 3, 2010
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Originally posted on September 19, 2009. WIP images were posted on July 6, July 23, August 19, and September 18, 2009. Oil paint on canvas board, 9″x12″Five sessionsNo reference I actually do expect to sit down with this painting one more time to make sure the black doesn’t have any white flecks showing through, but
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Originally posted April 3, June 24, July 4, July 17, 2009. Note from 7/30/2019: This was a class assignment, and the further I got into detailing in the shell, the more disinterested in the piece I became. My teacher was willing to grade the piece before it was completely finished, but I hate leaving projects
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