Stuffed Reindeer

As Thanksgiving passes by we march on to Christmas.  This is an Oil study of a stuffed Reindeer usually reserved for the mantel here in the house.

Small Business Saturday

I went to Small Business Saturday at Calvert Brewing Company today.  I sold some paintings and enjoyed their Milk Stout beer.  I worked on doing an expanded version of the Sunlight Spruce trees.  The original is 6 inches by 12 inches, the larger is 12 inches by 24 inches.  I finished a pretty good block-in and the start of details  All around a great day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!  I meant to post this last night, but I forgot in the prep for the holiday.  I am going to Calvert Brewing Company, Upper Marlboro, Maryland on November 26, for Small Business Saturday.  So come out and drink some beer and check out some art.

Palm Trees - the three trunks

I worked on this sketch of three Palm tree trunks done in pencil.  Enjoy, especially with the chill coming to Maryland.

Octopus - the Experiment

This is an experiment of an oil painting.  The design is not original but I thought the challenge to do this in oil would be interesting to paint.  So this is partially complete.  I need to work on the arms, improve the tentacles, and add eyes to the head.

Rocky Mountain Stream - Block-in

I did this small oil study tonight in the Calvert Brewery while drinking Stout and watching the Capitals Hockey game.  Yes, I may be a little ADD, but it is not a bad start.  The water, the mountains, and the ghost trees will need the most work to improve and make believable.

Bristle Cone Pine Marker sketch

Tonight's sketch of the day is a marker sketch of Bristle Cone Pine trees.  They like to grow t the tree line near high attitude in the Mountains across the mountains of the western of the US.