Staying in the Groove.

I have given up on painting every day I missed Thursday and today. It really doesn't matter. It is most important that I don't burn myself out. 

Here is my painting from Wed. The model wore this wonderful outfit along with some elaborate makeup. It made for a fun challenge.

 Earlier Wed. I went out to Saw hill ponds, one of my go to places.

 From Tue.

 Friday I came home tired after working all day. I thought I'd just do a quick still life since I was tired. I ended up staying up until 11:15pm working in these bell peppers.

 Sat. was cloudy and windy. I weighted my easel down and painted this scene on Mapleton Ave in Boulder. You can see the first FlatIron between the roof and the tree. This piece is 16x20 in size. That is a bit bigger than I an use to working. My dream is to paint larger and larger pleinair paintings.

painting in public places

I have been painting in public places in an attempt to get some exposure.

It has been fun getting some attention while I work. While architecture is fun to paint, I do miss

a more natural subject. This is the Boulder Cafe on the Pearl Street Mall. I hear it is closing in June.

 Weds. night produced a pretty nice Figure painting.

 I have been painting every day. Thur. night I had very limited time, so I whipped this one out in about 30 min.

 This is a painting of Nina's Flowers and gifts, where I show my paintings in Louisville.

 Here is another Pearl Street Mall painting.

 and another.

 Today I went down to the Santa Fe Arts district in Denver to scope out galleries. Of course I had to paint while I was there. There really wasn't very many people out at all.

art from the last two weeks

Since my last post, I have been to New Mexico, Worked in my studio and drawn a figure study. I have made a new goal to draw or paint something every day for the foreseeable future.  Sorry I don't have the time or energy tonight to comment on each of these pieces. Still I hope you enjoy.

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I have painted these trees a few times, but never with snow. The sun was coming in and out, but I was able to catch a bit of the shimmer that was happening when it was out.

 I painted a couple of figurines this week. This one goes along with the season.

 A little clowning around.

 Sunday I joined a figure group for this six hour pose. I went really big with this one at 24x36. It was a little intimidating at first, but turned out to be a whole lot of fun.

Art in winter

This first painting is the result of an Idea I've had for awhile. I wanted to paint a steaming hot cup of something. After some failed attempts to get steam with hot water and ice, I got some dry ice. This didn't work exactly like I planed. The steam bubbled out of the water and spilled over the edge kind of like you'd imagine the steam would act in a witches cauldron. I went ahead and painted any way,  trying to imagine what the steam should look like if it was drifting up. I may try again sometime in the future. I am thinking of bringing a hot cup of Joe outside on a cold day.

 This is from our Study group at the studio.

 Wends. night.

 Friday afternoon at East Boulder rec center.

 On our property on Sat. afternoon. I really like what the light was doing.

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I took advantage of the beautiful weather this week to do some Plein Air painting.

I went to Ward where there are many beautiful buildings with lots of character.

 That after noon I cruised up to Brainard lake. This is actually Red Rock lake. What a beautiful spot.

It was so nice, I went back the next day. It usually is blowing 100 miles an hour and cold. This was a great treat to have such nice weather this time of year.

Wends. I decided to draw for a change.

From a photo I took a few years ago in Ohio. 

Just north of Hygiene.

 

December unemployment

My Job has me unemployed for a couple of months. Consequently I get to paint a lot. Here are a few from the last couple of weeks. This first was done in the studio. I enjoyed remembering colors and values to improve on the photo I was working from.

 From last Weds night.

 Thursday My friend Chala set up this model for the full day. I personally find beauty in all sorts of different body types. It was a fun day.

 This is from a PACC paint out in south Denver I went to last week.

 My Brother Dan hired me to do a portrait of his well loved and well missed dog Moot.

 Another portrait from this past week.

 A still life from a Tuesday afternoon study group I have been able to participate in since I'm not working. The light on this one is working remarkably well. I need to fix the fact that the picture on the page doesn't follow the edge of the page.

 This is a barn out on Teller Farm east of boulder.

 Earlier that morning I painted the Elementary School on the corner of 20th and Pine in Boulder. I believe it is called Whittier. Again the light is working quite well on this one