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Aug 23 – Second Painting for the DVD Finished!!

August 24th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Finished! Amidst all the editing of the footage and clips from the first and second paintings for the new DVD, I thought I’d never get to the point where I could say the second one (twilight in acrylic) is finished. But here it is! A 16 x 20 acrylic, and every brush stroke, and I do mean EVERY brush mark, is on the tapes.

In filming and then editing this past couple of weeks, I realize that there is just TOO MUCH information for one DVD disk, so I’m putting everything and the kitchen sink on two disks for this fourth in the series. This will be great for me–as well as you–because I don’t have to pare down the information I’ve captured on the digital media to fit on only one disk. I can use almost all of it (well, perhaps not the footage where the dog is drinking slurpslurpslurp behind me!). That will include a longer, more detailed slide presentation, and the special tips and tricks for advanced Color System users.

And on other news, a local fellow was moving and had no one to rehome his koi to, so I said I’d take ‘em–now I have fifteen koi in the front patio pond, and wow… some are really big ones! Here’s a shot taken the morning after they arrived…some already have names–the one on the lower left is “Titan(ic)”. He’s about 16 inches. The water is much clearer now than this photo, I’ll have to take some new pictures tomorrow. Yes, there will be paintings… Who needs television when you can watch the fish channel?
I have spaces in the three-day Color Boot Camp here in November going on the block. You can check out my web page for workshops to find out more. When the snow flies where you are, California in November is paradise!

You can see my entire blog HERE.
My workshop schedule for 2010 is HERE.
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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Aug 6 – The Wolves Amost Done

August 7th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

How about this for a progressing painting? It is the acrylic, and I’m about 4/5 done with it, all caught on tape for the DVD! I’m quite pleased with it so far–the “feel” of the overcast twilight look of it, and the definitive wolfish features in the wolves. I showed how I use what I call “The Foot” tool to pull and push the paint to create the shrubbery and how adding veiled layers creates the feel of the snow. I’ll finish it tomorrow, and then will spend every spare moment capturing the files off the tapes and onto master “dot mov” files for DVD Studio Pro to assemble. Three hour-long tapes on this project, so I’ll have to do major surgery to get the “good stuff” out onto the hard drives. It is a love-hate relationship–takes so much time, but oh, so rewarding!

The painting at this stage is a lot of fun–making every area more interesting than the last, and yet subordinating each area as necessary to keep from the yet-to-come sunlit patch on the snow and white wolf. Oh, the drama!

The glass project sample has gone off for the lamination and the next round on the best glass will commence probably this next week. But first a visit from my niece who is going into the Navy this fall, and I’m so proud of her. We’ll spend some quality time together and perhaps get down to tour the Midway aircraft carrier while she’s here. (Link opens a new window.)

And my three online art appreciation courses open up on Monday, so I am going to be one busy puppy! All courses are full with ten people signed on wait lists, so it promises to be a busy semester.

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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Aug 3 – More Glass Work and the DVD cover

August 5th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Again, more changes, but NOW, it is finished–at least this sample!
Hard to believe how many times the painting has been put on and then removed. FINALLY, today I “got it”–the effect of water–the essence of water–the interpretation of Ron Wood’s vision. And it is so much better than the others I’ve shared with you.

This panel is only part of the eight foot tall ones that hopefully will be approved and moving forward in the months to come.

Trust me though, this won’t take me far from my love of painting–in fact, it may just start another way of creative expression, on mirrors that have been laser etched!

I love the conversation and laughter that this collaboration engenders. When we part, there is always a smile and joyful hug. RW is “good people”.

Tomorrow, back to the wolves painting! I did submit my ad to the fall Horses in Art, and here’s a preview showing the new cover for the DVD, even tho’ number four isn’t REALLY here…(yet!):
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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Aug 1 – Addendum with Images

August 2nd, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Got so excited about the work in progress around Two Trees, that I forgot to enclose the image on the last blog post! Here’s the glass, and I realize that it doesn’t seem at all related to the Color System, but the concept of painting on etched glass is so new, that every mark is a discovery. We continue to add layers (I do) and remove them carefully (RW does) as the work progresses. What’s left is an interesting ever-so-subtle painting that is viewed through the veils of the front etched fabric.

To give you a better idea of etched glass, please look at this project of RW’s, on his web site. The glass here also moves and shifts as the viewer focuses on different parts.

Here’s RW looking at one of the panels I’ve just covered with another layer of acrylics. He’s analyzing it before getting out the cotton swabs and removing about 80 percent of it. Whew…good thing I don’t have an ego about this venture, eh?

And one more of the finished sample panels, outside, lit from the front and backed by what might be a “night” (black plastic trash can, oh dear!). The fabric-etched veil without paint in front of “our” painting is visible now, which is part of the magic. The client wants to get the feeling of a scarf moving in front of her bath windows (shower and so forth), so with the dual laminated painting between the two etched veils, it really shows up!

I hope you enjoy this–what a digression from my traditional, opaque media! Now we resume your regular programming tomorrow with the DVD painting!

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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Jul 29 – Detail shots of the Wolf Painting in Progress

July 30th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

I thought I’d show you two of several detail images of the wolf painting that is coming along on the DVD.

Can you see the layers of paint at this early stage? These two images were taken right after the cameras stopped rolling for the “first pass” on the easel–covering the canvas. Layering with acrylics allows for nuances that might not be there with thicker applications of paint–as with oils. One major reason that I love the acrylics! I painted with them for almost 15 years straight before returning to oils.

The wolf “Yuki” who was the model for this painting died suddenly (age seven) right after I started the painting. Mysteriously eerie, as the photographs were taken years ago. I just heard about it yesterday.

It’s my birthday, and I’m celebrating by having had a breakfast out and I will be going to swim and play tomorrow. Then the weekend will see serious digital editing for the DVD! I don’t count the years I’ve lived, but count the good times I’ve had instead!

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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Jul 26 – Painting the Laser Glass Samples

July 27th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

I’m sitting here with a much-deserved pina colada after working on the glass panels today. The two panels are finished to a certain point, but perhaps will see more changes tomorrow. LONG day…(slurp).

Glass doesn’t photograph well and these multi-layer laser-etched panels are no exception. The images I’m showing you cannot convey the four laser sides that have been etched, nor the vision of the client’s needs for her project. I’m working with a palette of colors found in a Chanel scarf, and working on two separate glass sheets, each 18 x 18 x 1/4 inches. I managed to get them upright using a set of tie/key holders that Ken Middleham had created and left in his workroom. The glass is VERY heavy. In this first image, you see the way I’ve lit it–both from the front and rear so I can see not only the paint as I apply it, but also the way the light will show through it when it is installed. Whew… I’ve only been concerned with one dimension in painting up to this point! This is quite a new challenge.

This second image is of the panel (on its side) that will be behind the first panel. It contains the larger areas of major color for the design. It’s truly difficult to show you where this is going/has gone, and I apologize for that. However, I do hope to have better imagery tomorrow. Hey, unfinished painting to the left, behind it!

I do a LOT of wiping off–as the paint will not adhere to the non-lasered portions of the glass. Yet another challenge!

So please stay tuned.

And on another note, we’re starting to set the dates for the 2011 workshops with the folks back east. How does October sound for Georgia? Florida might work out that way, too!

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My workshop schedule for 2010 is HERE.
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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Jul 25 – Glass and Painting, Horse Head

July 26th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Oh Wow. Hard to describe what my brushes did today–this imagery doesn’t do it justice. Therefore there are FIVE images in today’s posting to try to convey the dynamics of this painting on etched mirror glass, etched on both sides. The first image on the right is the mirrored glass which has been sand blasted on both sides in an interesting pattern, neither side a duplicate of the other, but similar. You can see it especially in the horse’s ears where my painting on the backside comes through but is covered by the etching on the front surface.

How to describe this? The mirrored parts of the image CONSTANTLY change as one walks by the image. The horse head is constant, unless lit from behind, when the image takes on another character entirely! The first image is outside, with the vegetation reflecting in the mirror. YES, it is a PAINTING. But on glass!

This is the first of three I did this afternoon–this one a commission for Ron Wood’s client of his horse. Simple in design, but elegant and modern in presentation. The Color System painted it, of course, and I used traditional acrylics. Technically this painting is a warm up for the big commissioned sample coming up this week. I have the glass pieces here in my studio, and will be painting them tomorrow, in between the wolf painting DVD. Busy as a one-armed paper hanger!

The second image with the brown border is the back side of the mirror, which is not to be viewed. The brown portions are the mirrored backside area. I had fun painting the eye! The next image is the original etched mirror, before I started painting on it. Here it is backlit, almost a black and white image.

You can see that the eye area was nothing more than an apricot-shaped white etched area before the brushes hit it. The black areas are the mirror. Talk about having to adjust and THINK about values as I painted it! The mirror changes the painting at every viewing. Look at this next image, taken indoors with the dining area reflected in it–a whole new painting! Almost like a collage, and yet it is the same piece of mirrored glass.

And not to be saying that one can paint one painting and get infinite variations, however look at what it turned into when I put it outside and photographed it with the blue sky on the mirrored image.

This is an incredibly creative way to make art, and I’m excited to continue to work with Ron Wood on his projects, using my brushes on his elegant sand blasted and laser etched glass.

One painting, infinite display and showing options!

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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Jul 24 – Wolves for the Twilight DVD

July 25th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Amazing how harmonious the Color System can be when it is so easy to use for twilight and overcast day paintings! This second DVD painting is further along than I planned for photographing it, but it just caught me up and carried me. (Not to mention that the camera was somewhere else in the house–sigh.) What we have here is the first full coverage of the canvas, laying in the initial abstract structure of values done ENTIRELY with just four colors plus white.

Which four colors? I bet Boot Camp Workshop graduates can tell me with their eyes closed. But for those of you not fortunate enough (yet?) to be in a “CBC”, I’ll share. The workhorses in this painting are:
Ultramarine Blue
Burnt Umber
Alizarin or Quinacridone Magenta
Thalo Green
and (drumroll…..)
Titanium White
Mixing them together gets all those wonderful gray greens, gray blues and violets. Wowza.

I already like the design, although it has changed from the photo reference. Improved, I think. Now I’ll go back into it and lay in “the rest of the story” with the cameras running. I even promised ON FILM that I would do a “Best of the Best” DVD of the combined footage for advanced students of the Color System–sort of a categorized visual lesson on tips and tricks for making the most of the CS from the hours and hours of footage from ALL the prior DVDs, even those no longer in production. I know the Color System works, and works WELL for all artists.

Speaking of cameras somewhere else in the house, I thought you might enjoy seeing the front of Two Trees Studio in summer. The hills are brown now, however the palo verde tree on the left is blooming, the roses in the picket-fenced bed are doing their thing, and the new siding (last year) really sets off the colors. My studio, and where I sit typing this right now, is inside that lower left window by the green vines. Do you see me waving at you? I love gardening, and just love this space!

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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Jul 22 – The Twilight Painting Begins (for the DVD)

July 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Artists are sensitive. We react, because to do less would mean we are less than full artists. I know this from the spiral of feelings associated with recent events, and it took the helping of another artist to see it in myself. I really wouldn’t want it any other way, though. Would you?

I offer the stages of the newest painting for the upcoming DVD for your pleasure this week. Here’s the first pass–the toning of the canvas and the initial sketch for this twilight scene of wolves in snow. This is a 16 x 20 linen canvas, and I’m painting it in acrylics for those of you wanting to perhaps explore this medium, or already use it. The Color System crosses all media, and this DVD will do that, too!

The initial layer to get rid of the white is a composite of primary yellow (a neutral, pure yellow) and burnt quinacradone orange (going warm). I painted the initial sketch with raw umber. NONE of these colors are in the Color System, and ALL will be completely hidden with the upcoming layers, so I use these “leftover” pigments to do these early stages. When I am thinking about it, I do tend to put a warm layer under my final pigments because the contrast of temperatures helps me make decisions about what percentage of the Cool Box I use. And most of my paintings (with the dominant subject being landscapes anyway) tend to be over 70 percent Cool Box. This one will be even more–perhaps as much as 98%!

We have to use our logical mind in creating paintings–the rules and structure of design are the foundation of creating good art, and those who ignore those (or never learned!) struggle so much in this endeavor. And it ought to be fun and relatively easy. I talk about design constantly in my lessons, because it is such an integral part of the creative process. On that note, do you see the location of the wolves? Ha! I mention that in the film.

On other notes, the Cooper’s hawk is now free–moving from the smaller cage as he became stronger to the covered dog run. There he gained strength and more coordination (and ate more chicken!). His mom came down to the pine tree behind the pen, calling to him, so I opened the door. A squabble of a reunion, and they both flew off to the sycamore in the canyon below the house. I’ve heard them since then, and saw one of them sitting near the chicken pen yesterday. Sigh. Save a hawk, maybe lose a few more chickens. So it goes! I didn’t get any pictures of the hawks together or the dog pen days, so here’s mom looking over her boy earlier in the week. They truly are magnificent.

As ever, thanks for reading this far.

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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Jul 12 – More Art and the Cooper’s Hawk Improving

July 13th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Painting on location is a wonderful way to learn to SEE and to capture a moment in time, with the freshness of brushwork that eludes many artists when working in the studio. So it is for me. On location paintings just seem to resonate with the energy of the moment. It tests one’s ability to paint with swiftness and surety, and hones the skills of “getting it right the first time”.

This 12 x 12 oil was painted in the center of the road during the Women Artists of the West Quick Draw last month. I didn’t even remember taking this image of its finished state–it SOLD the moment I hung it, to one of the board members of the museum where we had our show. I received the check last week, and it reminded me that I’d done it–and did I have an image of it? Well, I did.

The great news on the Cooper’s Hawk is that he’s eating raw chicken from proffered tongs. He ate almost two eggs (cooked) yesterday, so his prognosis continues to improve. Here’s an image of him ust about ready to snap up that bit of chicken. No, I’m not worried about him gouging me–he makes no defensive moves unless I touch his feet (which I don’t!) I feed him three times a day, all he’ll take. I also spritz him with water which he swallows as it hits his face. He does have a water dish, but is not used to it, and probably doesn’t drink much–getting moisture from the meat.

He is starting to regain the coordination lost through the poisoning, now able to move about the cage, although he still rests often and cannot stand on his feet yet.

This morning his mate (or parent) came and sat on the cage, spreading his/her wings and tail to shield him. Aren’t they beautiful and formidable at the same time? You can see the healing hawk below the protective parent/mate. I’m thinking now that this may be the juvenile from this year’s nest–which would explain how easy it is to feed him. He is adult sized, though.

Interesting that just a couple weeks ago I was bemoaning the loss of some of my young chicks to these guys, and now I’m feeding them chicken meat to heal ‘em up. Life moves in odd ways.

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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Jul 10 – The Cover, and Other News

July 11th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

The cover looks pretty good with the text laid across it! Lynda and I are working in harmony to create a good cover for the second in her series of writings about the magical brothers, and I am enjoying the process.

Working in collaboration with another artist can be both enlightening and exciting. I’ve needed some major distraction from recent events, and without even wishing for it, I’ve had some great opportunities. Lynda’s cover, and then another opportunity presented itself! Collaboration with Ron Wood, who does architectural art glass for high end mansions and commercial buildings.

This project involved a trio of eight-foot-tall panels, one fixed and two as glass doors. With fused and laser cut glass, the panels have transparent and translucent painting in between those layers of fused glass. It’s incredible to hold a sample piece of this artform–heavy, colorful, tactile. We worked for days getting the initial design to the architect, using drawings, scans, and hours on Photoshop to get the design in digital form. The architect will be presenting the idea to the client in the next few days.

So silence is healing for me, and I appreciate your emails asking how I’m doing. I’m OK. Art does that to and for us. Creating and immersing oneself in the art process can bring about an inner peace.

On other news, I’m again nursing a poisoned raptor–this time a Cooper’s Hawk. I have the bird in an outdoor cage, and the mate comes down and rests on the upper edge when I’m not there. Wafarin is a nasty poison to all hawks, and people just don’t realize that it is only for rats, sewers and indoor usage. Poisoning the ground squirrels is what causes it to end up in the raptors. I hope he makes it.

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My workshop schedule for 2010 is HERE.
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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Jun 18 – Hey, Virga is a Word and one of my Paintings!

June 19th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Check this out! This Word-A-Day blog contacted me and asked to use my little 7×5 painting of the virgas for their blog–which reaches over twenty thousand people! I of course said yes, since they provide click backs to my site. What a treat to see this little painting in such good company!

It was a hot-hot evening in July, and I was painting outside the Riverside Art Association’s gallery, on the opening of the “Au Naturel” exhibit of plein air work of the Plein Air Artists of Riverside. The evening clouds were lit from underneath with the setting sun, and the virgas were veils of cadmium orange and white. Entitling that painting “Virgas” is how the Word-A-Day folks found it.

On the home front, I’ve been drying garden pickings using my Excalibur dehydrator. Right now it’s full of kale and spinach, which I pulverize and put in my morning fruit smoothie. Organic greens without the cookin’, and I can’t even taste the kale.

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©Copyright 2010 by Elin Pendleton. See original post here.
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Jun 17 – The Cover with more Work

June 18th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

WOW. I can’t believe I let this much time go by without writing to you. Life gets in the way some times, and my last post was when I was down in San Diego for the opening of the Women Artists of the West show. I do hope you can visit the Wieghorst Museum and take in the show. It will be up through the end of this month.

Here’s the cover, coming along nicely now. I have it almost finished on my easel as I type this, and share these stages with you to help you understand how it comes together.

I’ve had to take images of my friend holding a sword to make future corrections in the anatomy. I did these guys out of my head, so they have some, um… “issues”. “Head copy” is what all the old art directors and illustrators were known for. If the director needed a quick sketch of a person holding a can of beer, illustrators were able to draw that directly from their head–no reference. I can do that now, mostly with horses and people, trees and what not–must pay homage for all that early training!

All of the foreground around the figures is done with the Cool Box colors. The only warms in this piece so far are the skin hues!
So on this one, the Color System continues to provide cohesive color and ease of mixing.

Nothing new on the home front, except the chickies are growing up, and Willow thinks she owns them all. A gentle spirit.

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Jun 3 – Thanks and the Cover Painting Continued

June 5th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Now the painting is starting to take on character… That’s Ethan in the back in the white shirt, and his younger brother Jake in the foreground, still in elven attire. I love the strength of this composition, supported as it is by the dark tree shapes on either side. and the light shape in the middle. Much more work to be done on this!

Thanks need to go out to all of you who were first turn kind, then angry, at the loss of my shipping boxes. If your emotions could hit the offender(s), I know they’re rotting in whatever personal hell is their world. I’ve filed police reports, insurance reports and talked to the UPS people. My “regular” driver Steve was off sick on the day the boxes were delivered, or else it wouldn’t have happened. I’m going shopping for some of the replacement items, which means I’ve pretty much given up hope of any returns, and guess I’ll just have to knuckle down and make more and better paintings. Your benefit, and actually, mine, too.

I live by the philosophy that “things happen the way they are supposed to” and this is just one of those “things”. A little more time, and I ought to be over it. I had a bit of a shock when I discovered that the hiking shoes I’d bought on sale would cost over $95 to replace, though. Ouch.

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Jun 2 – The Cover Continues – Star Sons

June 5th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Here’s the first pass on the cover of the Star Sons saga. At this point, the 20 x 16 oil has the major shapes laid in, and the colors are starting to come out. I’m finding edges and making marks as I create, so the final painting only exists in my mind. There (amidst a lot of other issues crowding my eclectic mind), the finished painting is aching to get out and onto the canvas.

I’ve sent the image to the author and her printer, and adjust it as the needs of the cover printing demand. That’s a minor issue to me, as I’m enjoying painting this–sort of like a road trip with interesting side journeys.

Other news… is there something going around? I had all of my paintings, supplies, DVDs and clothes stolen when my shipping boxes were delivered to the wrong house and quickly taken by thieves before my neighbor even knew they were there.

If you want to see the depth of my loss, please look over the last couple months’ of my blog, and know that ALL of those paintings are now gone–the egret, the turtle, the mare and foal in the morning pasture, the groom with the grey in the green blanket…all in the hands of some lowlifes who wouldn’t know a brush from a drug needle. I realize these are just “things”, and I have the ability to replenish these works with better ones, but I sure ache at knowing some of my best paintings are gone forever. Gone, too, are all my samples from the workshops back east, as well. I’m so glad that many of you purchased those before I shipped the rest.

It will be OK. I’ve been through worse. It just could have happened at a much better time, ya theenk? I even lost my beloved Hennessy hammock. Ah well… Willow is a pure delight as she settles into being by my side at every move. Her new dog bed arrived today–via UPS to the RIGHT house. Sigh…

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May 22 – New Commission First Sketch

May 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Time for a new cover commission, and the first sketch is here for you to enjoy. This cover will be the second in the Star Sons series by Lynda Sappington. She’s quite an author, as well as artist, and a good friend. This cover will go through several major changes, but the initial sketches are to iron out the major issues of position and “feel” of the cover. I’m doing my own aikido weapons training, so am really pleased at their sword positions. I want their poses to be authentic and deliver controlled power. A little drama won’t hurt, though!

The two boys introduced in the first book are grown into young men now, and are continuing their lives associated with the magical world. My first cover featured the phoenix, which was a major player in that story. In this second book, the pair are now assuming the major roles.

Here’s her first book, which is available through many sources. My cover is more brilliant than this reproduction, and that painting is in the author’s hands now.

On other news, I’m dealing with some sadness about a dear friend going through some life challenges. It’s hard when one cares, and yet cannot do anything to make a difference. All we can do is tell them we care, and hope they’ll know we are giving them our best hopes. We’ll all face our own mortality in due time, so how these people live to theirs is a lesson for us. My friend is an amazing woman, one I’m proud to know.

Next week I take three paintings to San Diego for the Women Artists of the West show at the Wieghorst Museum in El Cajon.

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May 22 – How about a Workshop? And the name!

May 22nd, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

The Ocala, Florida, workshop was a great event in a grand locale, and I’m please to share with you the photograph taken by Maggie Weakley’s husband–pro photographer, you can see his fabulous work here–of the ten people who participated. And of course, there is Sparky, hamming it up.

There has been an incredible response to my need for a name for the newest addition to the Two Trees household! Thank you all. A list of names, and creative they are! I looked over more than fifty naming options, and cogitated on it for a full day, and the choice is made.
Here are some of your creative offerings: (I’ll never lack for a dog’s name again!)
OhNo ’cause I’m positive that’s what whoever cropped her ears said.
…she is a looker like “Vana White” on the game show and a lopped ear…Vanagogh
Shiloh…Oreo…Meadow…Bibelot…Harlow…Fargo
Hobo…Bardot…Margo (also Margeaux) …Bravo…Aiko
Oido…Segundo…Solo…Yarrow…Juno…Echo
Shiloh (really “pup”ular)…CoCo…Calypso (almost picked this one)
Artisimo…Koloh…Arrow.. Halo…Duo… Mio…Timo…
and perhaps thirty more great suggestions. Even “Shadow”, but I couldn’t bring myself to name a dog after the Tibetan Mastiff pup I lost last January. Too painful. So Willow it is!

Donna McCullough came up with Willow first, although Cheryl Pass, Judi Evans and Mary Lou Roberts also suggested that name.
Donna’s email arrived first, so she’ll be sent her choice of DVD as a gift for helping name this lucky rescue. And I thank all of you caring hearts who love the rescues. What a grand community of wonderful people! And it made my job so much easier.
Willow settling in…

You can see my entire blog HERE.
My workshop schedule for 2010 is HERE.
Color System information can be found HERE.
If you need to email me directly, please click here.

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May 20 – At Lucy Heyming’s Garden

May 20th, 2010 | Posted by Elin Pendleton

Yesterday I painted at the Heyming gardens, a certified wildlife habitat, and it was lovely. A large estate with all the amenities, including this watercourse and bridge. I was there in the early evening, and set up in the shade of the mature trees to look back at this heavily side-lit scene.

There is a diagonal composition going on, with the sculpture being the focal point, yet the bridge demanding more attention initially with all the nearby colors and contrast of values. One sees the sculpture because of its human form, so my intent was to combine and balance the two spots of interest with suggested directional lines. Can you spot them?

Here’s the first of two new additions to the “estate” at Two Trees (ha, with me as the sole gardener and manager, “estate’s” a laughing idea!). She’s about two years old, and someone really did a botched job on her ear crop. However she’s a gem in both personality and conformation. I used to show dobies back in the early 1980s, and can see how well she’s put together. Amazing what people throw away. And she needs a name, so I’d love to hear from you on your ideas of names with the “oh” sound at the end of them–it’s my tradition to name female Dobies with that end–in my past here was Cleo, Widow and Evoe so many years ago, and now this new girl. Send your suggestions! If I pick yours, I’ll send you your choice of one of my Color System dvds. Let the games begin! Nameless wonder needs a name.

You can see my entire blog HERE.
My workshop schedule for 2010 is HERE.Color System information can be found HERE.If you need to email me directly, please click here.

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