"Where I Live" Posting

This is a 6 x 6 oil painting of the North Georgia Mountains. It was created as a commission for a couple who were transferred to Houston. They wanted a painting to remind them of the area. This scene is about 1 hour from where I live in Atlanta.

Chris Werst

Judy's latest painting

Painting done on Kiawah Island SC.   This was send to  me (Maria) by Judy to be posted.  I love it!!!

Spring .. in progress

I've started my second painting in the dream still life series. This one is spring. I need to get back to it because summer is slipping right through my fingers! The table will be turquoise and I used a really funky bright rug from the bathroom for the rug in this one. 30" x 30"

What's on my easel

Well, it doesn't look like much yet. But I'm hoping this will be my entry in the DPW Shadows Challenge. It's a simple composition on a 6 x 6 panel, but this is all I have time for this week. I couldn't let a challenge on shadows pass me by!  

I haven't been working on any long term projects. I'm loving painting alla prima. If it isn't done on the second day, I scrap it or wipe it. So I don't have anything on my easel for that long. I do like seeing what everyone is working on though. And seeing the "in progress" version is interesting.

What's on my easel

Terri Buchholz

I just started this today.  My husband Scott doodling around in the garden.  I started this painting in pastels about a year ago and just could not make it work.  The colors got muddy and I used up all the tooth in the paper right away.  I love what others can do with pastels, but for me, nothing beats the great saturation of colors you get with oils.  Having started over, I'm excited about it again.  The blue flower pot he's holding there is underpainted - it'll be terra cotta when this painting grows up.

What's on my easel...still my Dad's portrait!

Is my Dad's portrait.  I have made progress and have implemented many of the suggestions from the HHG critique blog.  I still have some work to do on the child's hair where it meets my Dad's arm and background as well as the knee the child is sitting on and some tweaking...other than that I am pleased.  here is a picture of the painting and a close up of the face.  I used Chris Saper's newest book "Classic Portrait Painting in Oils' to help me with the wrinkles on my Dad's face.

Critiques still welcome!

Great Blog: Gurney Journey

Hi Gang, I'm sure some of you already know James Gurney's blog, but I just saw the newest post and wanted to tell you about it.

The Gurney Journey blog has passed 2'000 posts and to commemorate the occasion James has put together a list with links to his post popular posts. These posts are covering anything from color wheel to composition and from paint texture to studio lighting.
James is the creator of the dinotopia books and also covers lots of aspects from an illustrator's view. And he is also very generously sharing excerpts from his books - definitely worth reading!

@Jennifer: there's also a series about water reflections...