Cow - Page 3

Well, I didn't realize that one of my posts was saved as a draft...

Anyhoo - this poor ol' cow is comin' along.

Nebraska

Conestoga Wagon at Scotts Bluff National Monument

I like the shapes of the "ribs" of the wagon when the canvas is removed (for the winter).

It was rather awesome to be walking in the ruts that the wagons made

on their way along the Oregon Trail.

Wyoming

Possible painting idea, note the angus cattle grazing

Beautiful eveing, another painting idea?

Happy Thanksgiving! (Persimmons fini)

Two Persimmons, 6" x 8", oil on pastel board

Below are the pair of "plate" paintings hanging on our kitchen apartment wall. 

I like them. I like the negative shapes.

Love to paint on pastel board with oils.

Oh, and if you have some time, go to the link below to see a 

wonderful exhibit of figurative paintings by current painters!

Enjoy your family and friends this THANKSGIVING and find some art everyday!

Persimmons - Day 2

working away 

Leaves - Yucca

Wyoming leaves - real and 2D -  9 x 11
acrylic & oil on sandpaper mounted on foam core

Yucca glauca (soapweed)

 More about Yucca

(for you nerdy types, like me)

Seed pod of the Yucca

Very cool flat seeds that are stacked on top of one another.

Persimmons #1

I didn't get as much painting done today as I thought I was gonna ... but this sketch is a start.

Found other stuff to photograph:

some heads in someone's yard (!)

the bigger of three lions in a driveway with a 3-car garage! Rawrr!

And a yucca seed pod with flat seeds piled up inside!  

I will put a photo of the yucca plant in another post. 

Oak Leaf

While the real leaves are apparent, it is fun to paint them.

I love the black & white views.

Another beautiful Wyoming evening. Last night's photo.

Attempting persimmons tomorrow ... wish me luck!

Faces #5

Salman Rushdie, 6" x 5.5", oil on panel

Did you guess correctly? Has anyone ever read him?

I read Luka & the Fire of Life, and want to read

Joseph Anton, his latest.

While procrastinating about continuing with my painting the other day, 

I sketched this:

It is my little wooden table easel. So great.

Gold Leaf

Which leaf is real?

In this b&w it is actually harder to tell!

One more for tomorrow.
I am painting SR today. (Another hint)

Burgundy leaf

Which leaf is real?

Ok, no I didn't paint today.

This was done a couple of days ago.

It is the first of a series of leaves on one surface. More to come.

Faces #5 - Page 2

A little further...

Yep, P. R. got it.

Anyone else give a try?

Faces #5 - Page 1

Ok, getting started on my next Faces painting.

Anyone know this guy?

It is serendipity that I paint him today, as today is the Hindu holiday

Diwali, or Deepavali.

(that is a wee hint)

 I am using my foamcore invention for this panel again!

I also am thinking of painting this gal.

Actually it is technically started.

Faces #4 - Ann

Almost finished

6" x 6"  oil on panel

I am always amazed at how a painting will sometimes "finish itself".
I thought I might be working for a few more days, but it is done.

Thank you to my good friend, Linda, for this photo of her mom.

Faces #4, cont...

I am continuing to work on my Faces series. 

(See the start of this one on 9/21/12 post.)

This painting is definitely not Alla Prima (painted all at once), but I found this link by 

Larry Seiler, 

who suggests that once a paint stroke is laid on, leave it! 

Counting brushstrokes is not something I aspire to do, but I get his point. Thanks Larry!

Also, here's another pear painting:

Aceo, oil on paper

The Bath

We needed a little painting to go on the bathroom wall.

Here's a sketch I made first:

8" x 10" acrylic and oil on canvas panel

The Bath 

after The Tub, mixed-media sculpture of 1888–89

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

Bronze, number 26/A

8 1/2 x 17 7/8 x 16 5/8 in. (21.6 x 45.4 x 42.2 cm)

H. O. Havemeyer Collecton, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.419)

Today was warm and beautiful here in SE Wyoming. 

This morning, after biking for 45 min at the local PT office (they have a "gym"), 

my walking route home took me up toward the "airport":

Pencil sketches

Quiet cow - 9" x 6"

Detail of 5.5" square portrait 

Credit to photographer Jordi Ruiz Cirera 

from his series, "Menonos"

 

(This Bolivian woman's name is Margarita Teichroeb.)

Wyoming Light fini

Pear/Tamarind in a Wyoming Kitchen

6" x 8" oil on pastel board. 

This was fun. We have a green plate too.

Pear is gone...

Wyoming light - day 2

Here is another animal who was strolling next to the road

 as we roamed on Sunday.

She had a nice set of horns. 

I was a little intimidated...but she was nice enough.

I think she wants me to paint her.

Wyoming light

I have begun a small still life. It is good to have it to work on
when I am not out exploring the countryside.  Lots of history in this area.
We drove to Wheatland and made a big loop to get back to Torrington.
Part of the way we were on the Oregon Trail route.
We saw this guy crossing the road.

Bull snake (Pituophis catenifer sayi)

Morning cup o'

Morning cup o' joy

6" x 4.5"  oil on Wallis

This is totally after Qiang Huang (pronounced Chong Wong)

  http://qiang-huang.blogspot.com/...

...who is one of my favorite art bloggers. 

I love his way of speaking, thinking and writing about drawing & painting.

Would love to take a workshop from him...and the possibility is THERE because he lives in Austin where Hannah (my daughter) lives!

Plein Aire adventure in WY

Rock formation looks like a head looking to the left, doesn't it?

This beef cow walked under the road via a culvert; surprised me!

Wyoming countryside

My set-up - not so sturdy!  The painting didn't turn out, but it was fun.

The wind almost never stops on the prairie, but I found a sheltered spot along the road.

The sun felt so good to this Juneau girl (who didn't have a summer)!