A little breeze

A chilly breeze and some overcast clouds from the backporch on a sat aft. been trying to photograph "weather" recently. used the soft focus adjustment in picasa 3.

jan 26 park and ride

went for the b/w pattern against late aft clouds.

A lovely winter walk

Took my camera for a walk this eve. then did some processing in picnik and picasa just for FUN!

Zucchini leaves

From my garden, some impressive leaves! wow, really simple to add the picture from Picasa web albums. I am using google/picasa for my online storage of photos.

Drawn Inside 1, gradation of Value

Attempted to post using IE9 but publish post button was not working, so I am trying Chrome.

After watching a Grant Fuller video on http://artistnetwork.tv I have re-realized that drawing can have lost and found edges, too, like painting. It was fun to do and I don't know why I don't do more!

Catching Up

My 3 year old Toshiba laptop died a few weeks ago, and I ordered a desktop from Dell which arrived 2 weeks earlier than expected, Yay! This new computer has plenty of power and a large monitor; using Corel Painter has become enjoyable! No lagging and room to paint with all the palettes handy.
Also have found some better online storage options. The latest version of Picasa has a much improved uploader and Google sells 20 gb of storage for $5 a year. so its much more feasible to use the web albums for backup photo storage.
TTFN =)

More fun with the sun-set oil painting!

I am working on improving my composition sense and simplifying brushstrokes to make stronger paintings. This is oil, 9x12" on masonite from a photo on WetCanvas! in the reference image library. Also showing a couple of possible compositions I drew in my sketchbook. One reason I chose this particular photo is that it is of Chincoteague Island; one of my fav books as a child was "Misty of Chincoteague" about the wild horses that live there. It was written and illustrated by Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis and I would love to have a copy of it!

Sunset Oil Painting

My blog should be called "A painting occasionally"; but yay! today was occasionally. From a photo
9x12" oil on panel

Acrylic landscape edge of the yard

Fun in the am. 9*12" on gessoed Masonite.

Pic test

A photo taken yesterday, posted via my new Android smartphone.

Storm Clouds Above Lake Ca acrylic painting

Took some photos with my new Nikon last spring; we get some great stormy weather out here. It's lovely to paint a cool scene like this when the weather is summer-hot outside!
Chroma acrylics on cradled birch panel, 18"x12".

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