This was one of my free, one-day downloads. For 24 hours (17 – 18 Jan 2011), people could download a printable copy of my b&w fine art drawing, Pandorica #4. It would print on an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of white paper at 150 pixels/inch. This was the first of my one-day downloads. From time…
This morning’s skies looked ominous at first, and the colors were there for just a couple of minutes. I was glad that I’d already set out my palette with the colors I was likely to need. This was a small, fast oil sketch on an 8″ x 10″ canvasboard. Many sunrises feature the brightest colors…
It was another sunrise with quickly-changing skies. I had to work very quickly to capture the colors on these two 8″ x 10″ canvasboards. The first one includes darker colors and higher contrast. (In real life, the reds aren’t that vivid, blue-ish, or light.) The sun was just coming up (in back of me) and…
With some minor changes, the larger Flurries at Dusk painting is now completed. (See the nearly completed version plus backstory, here. Mostly, I added contrast in some areas, and softened the white areas in the sky.) It’s a higher key than I’d expected, but I’m pleased with the lyrical quality of the color. The completed…
This weekend, I completed the fifth of my Pandorica-inspired drawings. This is the first of the bigger drawings. The circle is about 10 1/2″ across, and it’s drawn on a 14″ x 17″ sheet of paper. The design was drawn, one block at a time, using a zero-point Koh-i-Noor drawing pen and black India ink….
I’m beginning to work on larger paintings, based on some of my recent color studies and oil sketches. The photo (above) shows the first stage of this painting. I’m happy with at least half of it, so the finished work won’t look tremendously different… or at least I don’t think it will. (Sometimes a painting…