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Blogger tag game. I’ve been tagged!

February 21st, 2009 | Posted in Donna Ridgway

I’ve been tagged by Purple Crystal Equine Jewelry in a blogger game. I was glad because I hadn’t been to her blog before or seen her beautiful jewelry. If you would like to enjoy the shape of the horse in simple, graceful lines, which you can wear, you’ll love her work. Very delicate and elegant.

Part of being tagged, you must tag a few bloggers yourself, 5-7….

And name a few unusual things about yourself: So here goes!

1. I once had a cow take my horse and I down in the middle of a gravel road, she was on the fight. I didn’t know my horse didn’t know how to brace herself like my old horse could do!

2. I once decided to go to work selling advertising for a news paper. So I did for four years. It was different from raising cows and kids…

3. I used to paint cross cut saws, (the old time logger saws) and haul them to shows in my Dodge Shadow! Weird thing was, I never tore the seats once.

4. The first time I met Robert was in the M-7 Cafe, I was washing dishes there, he came in to eat. When he left that evening to go back to his logging truck, I told my boss, who was my friend, I’m going to have that man! And I did.

5. My children think I am crazy. I don’t know why. Where did I go wrong raising them, they need to lighten up. LOL

6. Addicted to Facebook and Twitter

7. Love being in the mountains, you never would have guessed!

I’m not sure who I’ll tag, I haven’t given my last blogger award away yet! I’m kind of slow….
Donna Ridgway

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Awarded a blog art award & illustrated answers.

February 19th, 2009 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant


‘Tis the time for awards!
Fellow artist & blogger April Jarocka has awarded me with an(other) art blog award.
Tickled very pink once again: thank you April!
April’s art work is stunning and she has a fantastic affinity with… rocks and a very cute Ugly Bunny. Curious here is her link.

Accepting this award means listing seven things I love and passing it on to seven blogs.

In more than a 10000 words…
I love
Black and white

Going barefoot

Blue

Unusual detail

Peace

Country life

Childhood memories

and my magic Canon for allowing me to capture it all.

With great pleasureI am passing this award on to the following art blogs which are so well worth having a long peek at, beware though High Quality Art Content.

Laure Ferlita of Painted Thoughts Blog
Dawn Secord of Art of the Dog
Erin Vey for her blog Bark
Joe Castillo for her blog
Holly Bedrosian and her blog
Art with a Bark a great collective canine artist blog
and last but not least Jeanette Jobson of Illustrated Life

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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Evening trail, Boxer watercolor

February 17th, 2009 | Posted in Debbie Flood

This is a small watercolor of a Boxer pup. He was probably a year old or less when I saw him at a horse show. I had a lot of troubles with this painting. Mostly, it was the surface that I had to work on. The watercolor board inventory was low in the studio and all I had large enough to just get him to fit on, was illustration board. That stuff is horrid ! But I used it to lay out the design and colors and light direction. I then was able to start fresh on a better piece of board. But it still was too small, though I forged ahead anyways. And the paper didn’t accept my water and colors very well. I guess I have been spoiled by the good stuff! Not all was lost in the workings of this painting. As I did a Work in process posting on the Canine Art Guild’s private forum for the members. I’m hoping what I posted was useful to one or more of them.
I then just realized that I hadn’t posted this guy on my Blog here. So, here he is! “Evening trail, Boxer”.

I’m hoping to make it to the Farnsworth Art Museum on Friday this week with my oldest son. We’re going to get dumped on with snow and ice on Thursday and going Wednesday is out of the question because of other engagements. Fingers crossed we make it!

I’m also waiting for the weather to clear a bit and reach above freezing! Why you ask, other than the reason of wanting sun and warmth??!!!
I found some fixative for my Ampersand Aqua Board! Remember the thread where I was investigating what to protect these watercolors with? So I can frame without glass!
I found some fixative that goes on Prints/Reproductions on paper. A couple coats of this stuff and it should be sealed enough to then go over it with an Acrylic varnish when dry! But our snow flurries won’t stop. I have to spray outside, or we wouldn’t be able to live in the house! PeeeUUUU!!!!! cough-cough….

This is one of those paintings on the Aqua board. “Golden glow”. Doesn’t this look so much more warmer than what is going on outside my window!!

Debbie


Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.

http://www.debfloodart.com

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An Award

February 16th, 2009 | Posted in Judy Johnson


Seems a fellow artist enjoyed my blog and gave me an award. Check out her blog, too, at http://debbieflood.blogspot.com
I am happy to be recognized, and as a stipulation of the honor I am to list 7 things I love:
1) my family 2) my friends 3) horses and all animals 4)down comforters 5)being in water 6)being outside in the woods 7)good books. Kind of a short list when I start thinking about it, I have a wonderful life full of good things that I am lucky to experience.

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Horses in Landscape, Part 5 continued

February 12th, 2009 | Posted in Carrie Lewis

Dinner with Friends
30″ x 24″

Oil on Masonite

February 7, 2009

Today I worked on the second horse.

Rather than draw it on the same grid I used yesterday, I decided to use the second grid. Having two separate drawings will allow me to move them around relative to each other. There may be a more pleasing way to arrange them in the painting and this will be a good way to find out.

The second horse proved more difficult to get a good drawing of because it is so dark. The digital image has plenty of detail, but I was working from a printed image in which a lot of the detail had been lost.

Again making use of the compass and rule, the important markers were placed, then the overall shape of the horse was drawn. From that point, I worked each area in detail, adding more complex details in each area. When that was complete, the entire drawing was adjusted as a whole.

As with the first drawing, shadows were outlined, adding mass to the horse and resulting in a drawing that is far superior to the best previous drawing of this horse on either this painting or the original study.

The last work for the day involved the computer. I scanned the drawings, saved them, then removed the grid lines and copied the horses into a single document so I could move them around and try new compositions.

In addition to the composition in the original image, I came up with three good possibilities.

This arrangement, which has the chestnut horse appearing beyond the black horse, is currently my favorite, but I also like the one shown below.

The next step will be to decide the best composition, then get these two horses transferred onto the painting itself. After that, the only remaining compositional decision will be whether or not I still need a third horse or any other compositional elements.

This painting is available for sale. Pre-Completion Purchases receive a 10% discount off full retail price upon payment of order deposit. Payment in full in cash earns a 20% discount off retail.

Interested buyers may also request basic changes to the painting such as changing the color and markings of the horses.

Thank you for reading and, as always, best wishes.

©Copyright 2009 by Carrie L. Lewis. See original post here.
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One step ahead, frustrated girl with pony

February 12th, 2009 | Posted in Debbie Flood

Well, those of us who have ever had horses and ponies, know what it is like to try to catch one without a halter on! Even one with a halter can be difficult…to say the least! This little girl raises her hands in frustration and tries to figure out her next strategy, while the pony stays ‘One step ahead’.
This is a cute little watercolor painting that I will be adding to my portfolio, as I try to Catch the attention of Children’s Book Publishers!

DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.

http://www.debfloodart.com

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Arthur Update

February 6th, 2009 | Posted in Ann Garlough

With soft pastels I have begun shaping the head with deeper color, and adding a background helps to establish values.  A workday for me is a fun day in my studio, and I look forward to tomorrow’s time there!

It is a privilege to be able to paint beloved pets like Arthur for the delightful people to whom they are Family. I fall a little in love with each animal I paint, and Arthur won me over immediately. Doing his portrait gives me the opportunity to remind readers who may be considering the addition of a dog to their own families about the importance of adoption. In a facility near you a dog waits, his very existence dependent upon someone with room in their heart for a loving animal who asks for nothing more than a chance at life.

Arthur Update

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Your Daily Serving of Protein

February 1st, 2009 | Posted in Linda Shantz


Guess what? You don’t get to eat this one. This little painting was done with casein paint. I’ve always joked that casein should be the perfect medium for me, with my Food Science degree, because it’s made from the milk protein that gives it its name. I got to study casein (the milk protein, not the paint!) a bit in one of my fourth year courses. I won’t enthral you with any of that knowledge right now! This painting is 5 x 7 on gessoed masonite panel. Earlier on in my progress I thought I would go farther than what you see her, but I may just leave it as it is. I kind of like the simplicity, and well, foals are so cute they deserve to be front and centre with as little distraction as possible! (Translation: I’m afraid I’ll mess it up!)

I first became aware of casein paint because fellow EAGer Kathi Peters, who works extensively in this medium. Kathi is the Casein Guru ;-) I have a long way to go, that’s for sure! Her latest casein WIP was well-timed for me, as I prepped some panels this week in hopes of playing sometime soon. Have a look at her blog to see the pro at work!


In case you’re missing the weather report, we’ve had snow for the last three days. Wednesday was the most significant accumulation, but there has just seemed to be a constant snowfall since then. Apparently it’s supposed to warm up tomorrow. None of us are holding our breath! My fellow blogging and artist friend April Jaroka posted a welcome photo of the sun on her blog today. Be sure to visit her painting blog as well for some amazing seascapes…especially if you’re sick of all my snow paintings!

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Gone tweet and joined Twitter and the gang

January 30th, 2009 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant

Here’s a thing. Twitter.
It’s great.
Once you get started and get the hang of it well you just…tweet with the rest of the world.
Why? Simple, quick and fun are the three main ingredients that spring to mind. Many are using Twitter to promote their work, others to keep in touch and some just to say hi.
You really are wired and at the forefront of what’s “happening” .
If you decide to come to the other side one great tip I must share: Tweetdeck. (Once you’re in you’ll understand)

Thanks to the following link I set up my really nifty badges.

http://labs.creazy.net/twignature/

http://www.vincentabry.com/31-logos-et-boutons-pour-twitter-2480

The first link is in Japanese … but where there’s a will there’s a way.

Look forward to tweeting with you soon…

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‘Baby Face’, Day 2

January 27th, 2009 | Posted in Sue Steiner
Work in Progress Horse Art in Oils

This foal is a fun painting to do! The reference photo is clear, detailed with good lighting which makes all the difference in the world! I am enjoying working with good reference materials. I can see why many pet and equine portrait artists make it a requirement that they use their own photos… often we are given poor, blurry snapshot photos and the challenge is to paint what we can not see. You can do what I am doing with my daughter’s portrait and gather other reference material but then the challenge becomes making the portrait look like ‘them’ not the reference. I have some tips on how to take a good photo to be used for pet portraits on my web site at http://www.suesteiner.com/mbr_purchase.php

I am 2 days into this painting now with maybe 1 1/2- 2 hours actually painting/drawing time- I think. I hate to keep track of time when I paint…. maybe I just should say this is the beginning so check back to see it take shape!

to see my finished work go to http://www.suesteiner.com

If you are in the Akron/Canton or Wooster area check out my web site for information on my art studio at . http://www.suesteiner.com/links.php?46609

Thanks for stopping by!

Sue Steiner

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Jack Russel portrait drawn in colour pencils

January 18th, 2009 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant

Ascot is a rare view: the result of my tackling colour.

He is drawn in graphite with a touch of coloured pencil and watercolour.

Gayle Mason’s (Fur in the Paint) explanatory post has been a tremendous help. Her post on drawing cat eyes put me on the right track and it went from there. Gayle is not only a real expert at rendering, beautifully, animals in mixed media but is also very generous in explaining her process.

Digging in my heels and “just” going for it with lots of trial and many errors have been “what it took”. I’m happy with the (almost)final result, the colours are discreetly present, there is depth and the portrait is faithful to my style. (I will put the portrait out sight for a few days and only then bring it back out to make any adjustments and tweaks before signing, spraying and framing.)

I only hope I have trialed and “errored” enough to be able to do another: Joris (Ascot’s brother) has also been commissioned…

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