James Painting - Part one

I worked on this oil painting of my son James.  I put in the basic colors and I will work on adding depth and deeper colors inn the face and hair.

Sunset Study

Today's study is a sunset with cirrus clouds.  I did the paint wet on wet, i.e. I mixed the clouds colors together on the canvas.  I will let it rest and I will tweak it a bit tomorrow.

Summer Time Humid Sunrise study

I worked on this quick summer time sunrise oil study.  The humidity is rising in this one.  I will probably add some tweaks to this to add some depth to the foreground and I will work on the foliage.

Summer Cirrus

Sometimes a painting just works in one go.  This study of summer time Cirrus or Mare's Tail clouds came together well and I will not add or change anything on this.  Too bad this does not happen evertime.

Back to the easel - Spruce tree study

Back from a short trip and after catching up on house chores, I worked on this small spruce tree study.  It will need some adjustments but it is all part of the practice needed to improve.

Anniversary

Today is the my 21st Wedding Anniversary.  Since we honeymooned in Taos and Santa Fe, we do a Day of the Dead themed cards.  This is not my original design but it is only for my wife and your viewing.  So Happy Anniversary Barbara.

WIP - Part 2 DRGW Narrow gauge engine

So I did a little to refine the background, cleaned up some lines on the front of the engine and I blended some of the snow plow to make it more pleasing to my eye.  Still a lot of work to do.