Robin Redbreast

I felt like taking a short break from the oil paints today. I have a number of acrylic and watercolor paintings sketched and ready to paint....



"Robin Redbreast"
2.5" x 3.5" watercolour on hot pressed paper
© 2007


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Morning Light, Work in Progress, Part 6

It might look completely done... but, unfortunately... its not quite done. I still have to paint the bottom edge of the pictures... and then it will be done.



"Morning Light"
8" x 10" oil on stretched linen
© 2007


This painting has been one huge learning process... its my first landscape, my first larger oil painting, and my first marine view. Looking at it now, there are a few things I would change next time I do one of these. As much as I thought that painting around the edges of the painting would look cool, it has made it a longer process (probably due to the amount of detail I have put in it). Also... I need to better balance the composition... there is too much 'weight' on the left side with nothing to balance it out. Other things are just some minor nitpicks about colours and such. But... overall... I'm really happy with this one.

I hope to finish the last edge in a few days when the current wetspots dry. It'll be easier to grip the painting without rubbing all the paint off. I'll post some pictures of the edges and a better photo of the actual painting then.

Chickadee Breeze

Here's a little chickadee I finished tonight... and I do have to say that I am really happy with the way that this one turned out. I am trying to figure out how to do clouds... nice, fluffy, summer-time clouds. This little guy is sitting in a tree watching the summer clouds roll on by.


"Chickadee Breeze"
3.5" x 2.5" oil on canvas paper
© 2007


I painted this one with a fairly limited palette... prussian blue, titanium-zinc white, and a touch of alzarin crimson in the sky and clouds. The chickadee is painted using titanium-zinc white, chromatic black, and raw sienna.

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Sunset over West Vancouver

My second sunset painting... this time it is of the view in my previous apartment overlooking West Vancouver.



"Sunset over West Vancouver"
2.5" x 3.5" oil on canvas paper
© 2007


The colours used on this painting include cadmium orange and yellow, prussian blue, phthalo blue, naphanol red, alizarian crimson, chromatic black, and zinc-titanium white.

I really like the almost abstract look of this painting and I'm really happy with the way the colours worked out. My goal was to blend without getting 'mud'... and I think I accomplished that.

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