Box Turtle - Block-in

Saturday is errand day, so till I get to retire I usually don't get much artwork done.  Plus so of the things I have been working on are layered, so I have a bunch of starts but most are not post worthy yet.  Maybe when I get to a third of fourth layer on some of these experiments.  So this post is an experiment, I have never tried to paint a turtle.  I have blocked in the shape and base color, with a little bit of shadow.  Next step will be to outline the shell contours and then work the colors.

Palm Fronds

This is another start of an experiment.  I have not painted palm trees and I want to eventually paint some Weaver birds from Kenya so this is a good practice study.

Smoky Mountains - Block-in

I am starting a new set of studies of different things, some textures, trees, ground covers and atmospherics.   This is an atmospheric study of the Smoky Mountains.  I will add in tree texture and the mists/"Smoke" one sees in this region after the block-in drys.

Foggy Shoreline

Tonight's painting is not original but it is a study before I do some of my own paintings from Maine.  I will need to work on the shoreline of this one.  I color corrected the sky, water, and rocks from an earlier attempt at this one.

Salt Marsh Study

I started on this yesterday and finished it up as far as I could go with it today.  I want to work on the grass and the waves, they are decently started but I am not happy with them.  I will let this rest and then figure out what adjustments are needed.

Cap May Lighthouse - closer to finished

I dug up this oil from last fall, its of the Cap May Lighthouse in New Jersey at night.  You can see were I have changed the highlights on the body of the lighthouse.  I also tweaked the foliage on the trees and shrubs.   Finally, I added the rotation of the light which is what a lighthouse is for, warning mariners of points, shoals, and headlands.

Cloudy Twilight study

Another small cloud/sky study.  This small one gave me fits and it needs some work but it is more practice.  Always need more practice.