Livestock Auction Building, Denton, Maryland

I started this a while ago with drawing this out and setting the basic lines.  I then was flummoxed on how I wanted to paint this so I tucked it away.  I did a mid-year clean and re-organize and found this today and saw exactly how I wanted to start this and I have a plan to finish it.  This building was a Livestock Auction Building in Denton, Maryland.  It was was decrepit and in need of paint, which gave it lots of character and interest.  This is the basic bloc in of the colors and now I will have to add the age, peeling paint, rust, and other age.  Now the building is a flea market and has been painted and repaired.  Good for the building, boring for the art.

Waterfall stream study

Tonight I blocked in this small study of a small waterfall spilling over rocks.  I will make some small adjustments to the rocks and the water but I will wait for this oil painting to dry a bit.

Hallet's Peak - part 2

I messed with this over the weekend and I will continue to work on it.  Most paintings aren't really finished as much as abandoned.  I tweaked the rock faces and changed the trees some.  This is a long way from being finished and I might convert it to a larger canvas to better work things out.  I started a smaller study tonight but I was not happy with it so I don't know when it will get posted if ever.

Sunshine trees - Part 2

Tonight, I looped back to this study I had blocked in of trees along a stream with a sun getting closer to the horizon.  I wanted to do something different than the Cherry Blossoms commission I was working on, so this is a lot more subtle in colors.  I refined the shadows on the water and the foliage near the base of the trees.  I added foliage in the tree tops.  I will probably add and change those some next.

Cherry Blossom Washington Monument - the Finish

So I am 99% done with the Cherry Blossom Washington Monument Commission.  I will sign it tomorrow after letting it rest of night and I will look at it with fresh eyes in the morning.  I changed the tidal wall color and worked a little on the reflection near it.  All the rest of the finishing touches were on the blossoms and their texture.

Turkey Point Lighthouse - Block-in

I worked on this block-in for this study for Turkey Point Lighthouse in Maryland.  I plan to do a significant amount of work on the left side trees and bushes.  I just put in a very basic value and shape.  I will tweak the clouds some also. Then there will be a lot of detail on the lighthouse.

Cherry Blossom Monument - getting closer

I was able to work more on this painting tonight after work and I am getting closer to being done.  The last miles are the hardest.  I worked on the water reflection and the retaining wall.  I added more blossom foliage and I am trying to get it structurally right so the tree has depth and structure.  I will have this done by the weekend and to its owner early next week.