Ocean City Inlet Channel marker - Block-in

I worked on this oil painting tonight.  It is the start of the Ocean City Inlet Channel Marker.  I have not put in the marker, but i put the cement block mounted in the rocks to hold back the ocean at the Inlet to the back water at Ocean City.   I will need to add the tower and the shadows cast by it.  I will need to add the highlights on the rocks and the waves.

Ocean City Fishing Dock - Block-in

Sometimes a painting just works and this block-in worked pretty good.  I think I will have to make a few corrections but this one is pretty good as is.  This was done from a picture I took during a really low tide during the Super moon last month.  We were in Ocean City Maryland near the breakwater and Amusement Party near the inlet.

Lyon Lion Fountain - Block-in

I have been out in North Carolina a bit before the Holidays, so I have not done much artwork.  This is the start of a small study of A Lion Fountain in Lyon, France.  I need to refine the Lion head for the fountain mouth and set the background and grate right to make them believable.

Rocky Mountain Stream - Adjustments

I worked on Rocky Mountain Stream tonight.  I added branches to the dead trees and I worked on the shorelines and the water to make them clearer and more convincing.  I will add a few details but this is 95% finished now.

Water Lily - the final tweak

So I thought I was done with this but it was bothering me as I looked at it.  So I added small details of dark blue color in the middle shadows around the yellow center and the little white strands surrounding it. I think this is the final piece which gives it its final depth and detail.

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.