I’m so excited, it’s almost March, a month with so many possibilities. Will is rain? Will it snow? Is it going to be 50 degrees outside or will it be freezing. Of course it’s the month that contains my birthday (and husband’s) so it’s always been a special time for me.
Any other Pisces out there? I love to meet other artsy fish like me!
So here’s what I’ve been up to this week (I’m really itchin’ to paint a horse, maybe next week!):
Working on turning an image that I’ve painted into a sculpture.
Little bunny in a pumpkin. Nice for Halloween or Easter, right?
Playing around with another rabbit I’ve sculpted. Not sure what direction this one is going in yet. My husband says this bun freaks him out a little.
Went to Landis Valley today and got to hop on a wagon for a ride.
Too cold and windy to stay long but we had fun on the ride!
Finally finished my Dutch Rabbit in the Jack O’ Lantern today!
©Copyright 2009 by Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor. See original post here.
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A lovely horse is always an experience… It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. ~Beryl Markham
©Copyright 2009 by Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor. See original post here.
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As many of you know, I took the month of December off from creating ‘Child a day’ paintings. I sure am glad I did, as the month was chaulk full. I have started working on larger paintings again, and have enjoyed that very much. Here is a new Watercolor “Lift off”. This painting is 10 x 16 and can be found on my Equine Art Page on my website. Today I spent the better part of the day, uploading my new website. I have a satellite dish and it really isn’t a very good piece of equipment for this kind of work. I have contacted another company and am waiting for appointments, contacts and all that is entailed in that kind of set up.
At the moment, I have a few pages up on my site. The pages that are not there, is the Canine Art, the Wildlife Art, and the Seascape/Landscape Art. The other Pages are all there for your viewing pleasure. I will be working on getting those three art pages up and functioning. I thank you for your patience when browsing my site. I think you will find the site much more cleaner and up to date than my previous site.
Happy New Year to you all !
DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com
©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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Here is the final photograph of the ‘Grumpy Draft’. This Watercolor is 18 x 15 inches. I really love this painting. The colors are all harmonious with the background colors in the horse and the horse colors in the background. Using shadows, I was able to define the mane more and give it an appearance of hanging away from his neck. And also the appearance that sunlight is glowing off from it in places. This is a very pleasing painting and it would make such a nice addition to your Equine art collection or the start of a new collection.
If you are interested in adding a print of this to your collection, let me know and we can discuss what size would best fit your needs. All Giclee prints are reproduced onto soft and sensual watercolor paper and all materials are archival.
~Debbie
Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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I started working on a Grumpy Draft horse yesterday. I have a slug of images from this past summer, where I took photos of these draft horses (Belgians) at a farm in their pasture. I was actually at a horse show and these big guys live next door, across the road. I know the owner, and I saw him start to go over to his pasture from the show. Over there was a group of children with parents, looking at the peacful giants out there grazing. Some of the horses noticed the people at the fence and started to wander over to see what they might have for treats, I suspect. I knew this would be a great photo op…the large horses, the small horse crazy little girls! So over I went! The owner ducked under the fence and grabbed the halterless head and over they sauntered. The other horses all soon followed.
I bet at this point you are wondering, why was this horse so grumpy?! Well, he was more jealous than anything. You see, these big guys love attention! And if one thinks someone else in the herd is getting more lovin’ and pats than him…well, he shoots a warning look at the attention hog! I loved the drama that was playing out with this guy. In the reference photo the other horse is right under his neck and head, but I decided to leave all that out and let the viewer come to his/her own conclusion as to why this guy is looking so grumpy. Looks like a bad hair day with all those tangles in his mane!
This painting is 18 x 15, created with Watercolors. These photos are the work in progress. The top image shows the full painting. The middle photo shows it on the easel and helps you see the size of the piece in reference to the easle and other things. The last photo is a close up of the head, so you can see the details that have been added already.
Today I worked on the tangled mane. I’ll get a photo of that, hopefully tomorrow.
~DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com
©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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Finally this painting is done…a casein on canvas…30 x 40″ and Titled “Beautiful Blonde Belgians”…. painted from a photo that I took at a local fair this summer. We spent that day watching the draft pulling teams and eating blooming onions and blueberry pie. All rites of summer in Maine. The start of the state agricultural fairs reminds us that winter is not far away.
Actually last night we had a brief taste of winter as big fluffy cotton balls like flakes fell from the dark night sky and covered the farm with a heavy wet blanket. By morning it all was gone…but we got the message. We need to get EVERYTHING done outside and ready the farm for the months that lie ahead. Point taken.
This casein will be put up on my website…..and I will get back to commissions that need being done…..and some new work for galleries that I am with. 
©Copyright 2009 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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Our snow was pretty much all gone until last night. That’s when the Winter Storm Warning began for us, and now we have plenty of the white stuff again, along with high winds and drifting. It’s a good thing my husband hadn’t taken the snow blower off the tractor yet.
I’ve worked a little more on the Belgian painting the past two days and have made a little more progress. Most notably, the inside of the trailer has been painted, and this has given the painting more depth. Later I’ll give some tone to that interior so that it isn’t such a dark hole, but it’s an improvement for now. I also painted the chrome strip on the roof, added more highlights and put in the reflections of the horses and the grass. I may need to add more grass color to make the reflections more believable later on, and after that, the whole trailer will be glazed over with a darker blue.
Now that the trailer is well under way, I can turn my attention to the horses again; the part I’ve been anxiously waiting for. In the next step, the left hand horse will be painted and made darker as was my plan from the beginning. The painting should really come alive with this step.
Since it’s tax season, I’ve also been working on taxes, and they will be my focus until today’s paint is dry. I can’t wait to get the taxes done and to the accountant so that I can spend more time on art again. That should be enough incentive to keep going and not procrastinate any longer, like I’ve been doing along with just about every other American.
©Copyright 2009 by Karen Baker Thumm. See original post here.
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Yesterday was the official start of Spring, so what did we get during the night?! You guessed it; snow! The weather warmed up during the day, and by night fall the new snow is almost gone. There’s still plenty of the old snow, but it’s receding little by little. Alas, the crocus are still buried under piled up snow along the driveway. When they pop their heads up, we know that Spring is really here!
Today I worked on the Belgian painting again and got a little further on the trailer. Not much, but a little. It was fussy, time-consuming work to paint all those lines and try to blend them and keep them straight, and I’m glad that part is done with. It will need another layer of paint, but the next layer should be easier.
It’s amazing what you DON’T see when you’re working up close on a painting, as I was today. It wasn’t obvious until I shot the photo that the rails on the trailer are off on the right side. I’ll have to fix them on the next go round.
When I paint the rest of the trailer; which I hope to do tomorrow; it will make a big difference in how the painting looks.
©Copyright 2009 by Karen Baker Thumm. See original post here.
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I write in my head a lot – I’ll think about what I might want to say in my blog post, then of course by the time I get to this point, where I’m actually posting, I’m completely at a loss for anything interesting to say! Of course when I went to bed at 1:30am last night, I was pretty sure I’d be dragging by now, so perhaps it’s understandable I’m not all that coherent! After making the 30K target for Nano before midnight, I ended up writing another few pages freehand before I went to bed…which was when I glanced at the clock to see the time.
I started today’s painting a little earlier than last night’s – by an hour or so! This is 6 x 8 oil on Raymar cotton canvas on panel (triple primed again). An guess what? The same limited palette. I’ve been painting mostly Thoroughbreds in this project, just because I have so many models around here, so if my draught horse looks a bit like a TB, you’ll have to forgive me! This Belgian I photographed at the Kentucky Horse Park last summer. I have to admit I like the looseness of these ultra-quickies. I’m usually such a blending freak that I often don’t end up with visible brushstrokes, and it’s really nice to get away from that.
The next NaNo target is 40K by the end of Monday. As I guess last night’s after-midnight stint gave me a bit of a leg up, I think I can afford to get to bed early tonight! Or, well…earliER!
©Copyright 2008 by Linda Shantz. See original post here.
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