Friday, September 30, 2011

Some things I'm working on now.




Johnny. Oil on canvas, 2011




Study of Apollo. Oil on wood panel. 2011 (Unfinished)
This still needs alot of work, but here is my progress on another Apollo painting in black and white.

Well that's it for now, back to painting for me!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Lil' Lakescapes

A couple of small paintings I finished this morning. Both are painted from imagination and inspired by my time living next to Cordell Hull.


Sunset lake-scape. September 2011, Oil on canvas panel

Continuing to paint experimenting with a few different colors. Substituting things like Cadmium Yellow with Naples Yellow, and cutting back on the use of reds a little bit.


Snowy lake-scape. September 2011, Oil on canvas panel

This one was painted using primarily Blues and white. Although I must admit I used just a little bit of permanent rose in the sky and Burnt Umber in the tree trunk silhouettes. It's about time to start thinking about cold weather!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Lunar Moths

A couple of real quick watercolor studies of Lunar Moths, one of my favorite bugs.


Lunar Moth I. Watercolor, September 2011


Lunar Moth II. Watercolor, September 2011

Saturday, September 24, 2011

September 24th arts


Here are a few things I finished this morning. Let me know what you think!


Lake at Night. Watercolor, September 2011

A quick study of one of my favorite themes, the lake at night with a full moon. This ones in watercolor though. Painted purely from imagination.


Lake at Sunset. Oil on wood-panel, September 2011

A simple view at a couple of tree lines across the lake as sunset hits. I've been using a few different colors on my oil palette lately, and I think I like them. Also painted purely from imagination.


Raven by the water. Watercolor, September 2011

Combining two of my favorite subject matters. I used a photograph of a raven, but I made the background from imagination.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Some more Artsy stuffs!

Here are some more arts, most of which I've been working on recently. Not all of them are complete, (when are they ever?) and I was pressed for time with bad lighting so the photos might not be the best.

Eyeball vortex. September 2011 Watercolor.

I've been doing a few things like this for the last year now. I first got into this subject matter thanks to a simple sketch I did for an art class at APSU. That dark spot on the bottom is a shadow from the tree over head.


Study of Apollo. Charcoal on newsprint, September 2011.

I did this one morning before painting class just for fun. My professor has a sculpture (Head and shoulders bust) of Apollo set up for us to practice on when we have free time. Just a quick charcoal drawing of my friend Apollo.


Melancholy Still-life. Acrylic on canvas, Fall 2009.

This is actually from about three years ago. I did this for my Painting II class at TTU (Tennessee Tech University) My teacher had us set up still-lifes and then she gave us a "word" to paint by. The word she chose was "Melancholy", hence the title.


Lake in autumn. September 2011, watercolor

Painted mostly from imagination. A quick watercolor painting of a lake in autumn. The angle is really wonky on my photograph.

Night Watch. Oil on canvas, 2011

This one is still in process. I was thinking about putting a cigarette in the birds mouth.

Gray-scale rose II. Oil on canvas, September 2011

I recently started doing a series of black and white paintings of roses. This is actually a smaller painting. I only used black and white paint for this one.

Gray-scale rose I. Oil on wood panel, September 2011.

This is the first rose in gray-scale. However with this one instead of using purely black and white paint, I mixed grayish colors (using primarily blues + browns) along side black and white.



The point. Watercolor, September 2011

The point is a piece of land that sticks out into Cordell Hull lake nearby my families property. It's one of my favorite subject matters (primarily just because it's a peaceful place). A great place to meditate and fish!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Its been a while since my last update. Doesn't mean I stopped painting. Here's a few things I've been doing. Some of it is unfinished!

Real quick watercolor painting. Beach in sunset, 2011.

Lake at night #1, 2011 Oil

Church "Down the road". 2011, oil

Church "Down the road" #2, 2011 oil

Balloon in sunset, small oil 2011. Didn't get a very good picture of this one.

Lake at night #2. 2011 oil. This ones pretty unfinished

Crane at sunset. Small oil, 2011