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new pencil drawing – black draft team

January 14th, 2010 | Posted in Bethany Caskey

Winter-bound and in between illustrating books, I have had spare time in the evenings to draw and experiment with pencils and papers. I am “working” on these at the little farm house, which does not have the studio space I have in the shop, so I have kept supplies at a minimum that can be used on a portable drawing board. I also brought out some scraps of watercolor paper and my ever trusty box of Winsor Newton pan watercolors. We are anticipating above freezing temps for the rest of this week and into the next. More time will be spent in finding items under the drifts, moving snow and unlocking padlocks that have been iced shut for weeks.

Using a photo resource for this drawing, taken last October at the local Teamster’s Challenge Day, I still have the struggle between “photo realistic art” and more “artistic” renderings. Bottom line has been which has been the most marketable. Sad, but true.

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©Copyright 2008 by Bethany Caskey. See original post here.
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“Comforting a friend” Watercolor Painting Finished

January 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Debbie Flood


I’ve recently finished “Comforting a friend” 13 x 14 Watercolor. This team is from a team of 6 Black Percherons. They have been out in the sun during the Summer months, so when I photographed them, they were bleached out to this pretty reddish bay color. I couldn’t resist the bounced orange and red light upon their coats and the emotions they portrayed on their faces, when interacting with one another.

~DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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“Lift off” New Watercolor and a New Website design

January 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Debbie Flood


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.
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©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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Clyde & Lockkeeper

December 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Carrie Lewis

The studio year is rapidly winding down. In my final days for 2009, I’m working on two portraits.

I’m still working on the background for Lockkeeper. I have to say after today’s work that it’s more a matter of holding ground than gaining territory. I repainted the sky to lighten it and added a few clouds, hoping the lighter value would improve the over all look and feel of the painting without having to totally repaint the sky.

I also repainted the most distant trees.

I’m not sure either improved the painting very much, but I am working on it and there are days when that’s accomplishing quite a bit!

On the other side of the coin is the portrait of Clyde.

Clyde’s portrait entered the painting phase at the beginning of last week and by the end of last week, I had almost the entire panel (20×24) covered with the initial layer of dead layer colors.

Clyde was a big bruiser of a horse. A Clydesdale – Thoroughbred cross used for dressage. I didn’t get to see him in person, but have seen videos of him in the practice ring and was quite impressed.

That bold head carriage and big blaze have been a delight to work with so far.

I was hoping to put more work into the portrait today, but Saturday’s work was still wet and the painting is too large to try to work around or over the wet areas. So it rested for the day. I’ll check it again tomorrow. My goal is to have the first level of the dead layer done by the end of the day on Wednesday.

When I end the work day Wednesday, I’ll also end the work year in the studio. It hardly seems possible, but another painting year is just about gone.

And another about to begin, Lord willing!

©Copyright 2009 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
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Hair is hard

November 27th, 2009 | Posted in Judy Johnson

Here’s what’s on my easel and on my unused Nordictrack this week.  You can get a glimpse of my ultra organized studio and the barn out back.  It’s a beautiful spot to work in.  Virtually finished with these two paintings.  I may go back in and mess up the mane a little more, and yellow up the lighter one.  I tried to keep loose, and almost succeeded.  They do look good from far away :-)
They are titled “Scenes from a Marriage 2 & 3.”

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Finished equine pencil portrait.Ingredients used.

November 27th, 2009 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant

“Hurricane”

Graphite on Paper. 36×56 cm.

Sheona Hamilton-Grant

Finished.

Hurricane is my first drawing this big.

The result was well worth the extra hours.

In this post I thought it would nice to share the set of instructions used for preparing and producing this specific drawing.

(p.s:The ingredients used can be found worldwide, the way in which they are combined comes from trial and error.)

INGREDIENTS

1 sheet of Mellotex paper, whole

3 clutch pencils, filled (6B, 2B &2H)

1/2 piece of Blu-Tack

1 gorgeous subject (1.1 tones/2425 lb)

12 finely detailed digital photographs

XL Foam board

Artist Tape

1 “White Lies” cd

2 Marillion cds

Collectors Edition Pink Floyd

11/2l of drinking water (daily)

2 nespresso coffees (daily)

Preheated studio to 19 ºC = 66.2 ºF.

65 hours of drawing time.

Freshly ground passion.

DIRECTIONS

In a warm studio, over angled drawing board, outline subject and study eyes, movement and light. Add a pinch of passion and bring inner vision to a simmer.

Place paper on foam board. Tape corners with artist tape. Secure and set aside.

Turn on music.

Review sketch and bring to parchment. Begin eyes to get a perfect expression.

On a clear drawing board, under good light, add more work to overall subject. Pin down the darks and gradually stir in the lighter values. Allow the lighter grays melt into the drawing, and then add detail to the mix. Work gently for approximately 65 hours until the values are completely coated with details.

Finish with a pinch of zeal and a crack of freshly ground passion.

Serve immediately.

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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Joined two Watercolor Societies

November 27th, 2009 | Posted in Debbie Flood

Back during the end of the Summer, beginning of Fall, I joined two prestigious watercolor societies. I am now an Associate Member of the American Watercolor Society, AWS, and an Associate Member of the National Watercolor Society, NWS.
These are sustaining associate memberships. With acceptance into several of their National competitions, I will then be eligible to seek Signature Member status. That is when I can use the initials of the club after my signature on watercolor paintings & be considered a Full Member. It’s a very prestigious honor to get to that point! You can check out the links I have posted here to go view their websites and learn more about these organizations.
I’m looking forward to see what I can learn from these organizations and the new artists that I may meet.


For a little fun, I put the image of the watercolor, “Grumpy Draft”, in my photo lab in my computer and digitaly drew a Santa hat on him. I was hoping it would cheer him up. I’m not so sure that is working for him! lol.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving Holiday!,
DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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Hairy Legs can be … nice?

November 20th, 2009 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant


Long hairy legs really do make for nice viewing…who would have thought? (insider tip: make sure they are from the animal kingdom.)
Another Christmas commission finished and a few more hours spent on the dashing Hurricane.
Wanted to share a detail of the progress. A few more hours still needed tweaking here and there but overall looking OK and then it will be on to the chest and right shoulder muscle.

May well be a few more days before the next update.
The week end is approaching fast and I’m already tucking down taking on tackling position…
Cheery waves to all of you wherever you are!

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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‘Grumpy Draft’ Watercolor finished

November 19th, 2009 | Posted in Debbie Flood

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.

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Dark Red Bay Percherons, New Watercolor

November 14th, 2009 | Posted in Debbie Flood


I’ve started a new Watercolor this week. This is how far I have come on this as of today. This image is 13 x 14 inches. I took the reference photo at a Draft Horse Show this past Summer. I took so many photos that day. These two were part of a six horse hitch of dark red bay Percherons. I decided to crop the image to get an intimate feeling with the two up front, leading the pack. I’m getting very addicted to this painting. I go to bed at night, thinking how I would love to work on it…but my lighting isn’t very good in the studio at night. Not for getting true colors anyways. I’ve been thinking about those lights that create daylight in the studio. I may do some research on those. But then…I would be tempted to stay up at all hours of the night painting! That might not be so good for me. I wouldn’t get much sleep and my family really wouldn’t like me then! So I work hard all day on it, get a good nights sleep and jump out of bed in the morning…rearing to go at this painting again!
I finished the grumpy draft horse. I haven’t photographed it yet. I’m waiting for the best lighting situation to get a true to color image. A client saw it in person tonight and she really liked it. I think it will be a popular image! Maybe a Giclee reproduction is in store for that painting. He’s such a moody, grumpy horse, with a tangled mane!

Thank you for following my Blog. I enjoy painting and I really enjoy showing them to you. Even better is when you like them enough to add them to your collection. That is the ultimate praise to give an artist.

~DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com

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An new visual update: Hurricane

November 11th, 2009 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant

Here he is, the big chap with all sorts of strange feature problems.
Notice how the eyes and the nose are wonky. Easy fix (phew!) and not a big worry at this stage as all is still in the “getting it just right” process.
I will ask you however to forgive the quality of the scan. This drawing is so big and getting it to sit on the scanner is pretty challenging. I will have to revert to my Eos’s help from now on.

Thanks for popping by.
More to come… soon. Tomorrow is another “no school” day.

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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More progress on the Grumpy Draft’s tangled mane

November 10th, 2009 | Posted in Debbie Flood


Here’s my progress on the mane of the Grumpy Draft Horse. I had to stop for a bit today. I actually have a little more completed than what shows here, as I took a photo during work. I also darkend the field with more rich colors.
I’ll be going to the Tray Chic Dinner and Auction tonight. My mustang themed table will be up for auction to benifit the Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor Maine


Here is the table that I painted. They are also auctioning off a blank table, and the winner gets a pet portrait painted on it by me. Should be a fun night!

~DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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Grumpy Draft Horse, watercolor in progress

November 6th, 2009 | Posted in Debbie Flood


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.
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What’s on my easel

November 5th, 2009 | Posted in Judy Johnson


Here are two paintings just waiting to be finished. �The two heads has more to go but I am going to try to go lightly and painterly and try to keep it looser. �I may go back into the back scratcher one and try to loosen up some of the details there. �I love the sky so much in the first one that I think I am going to change �the second sky to the more gray tone. �Seems more interesting.
So in a few days when I stay home long enough to do some painting we’ll see how things shape up.

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Mini progress on Hurrican portrait

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

Zoomed in and cropped: due to the size of the piece this is all my scanner could cope with (sadly all I could get done this week)
I did however finish another Christmas commission, sort out paperwork and miscellaneous data before the school break next week, so all in all it has been a successful and busy week.

Hurricane is coming along smoothly (if still a little bit bland and without much muscle shape.) This is has all been rendered in light layers of 2B on Mellotex paper.

Must admit to wondering if I have not bitten off (size-wise) more than I can chew draw…
One thing for sure: there’s nothing like a new challenge and pushed boundaries to keep an artist on hers toes…
Thanks for popping by. Have a great week-end.

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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Great Art Review on Kelli Swan’s Horse Pencil Drawings!

October 29th, 2009 | Posted in Kelli Swan

Hey all!

The Artwach Blog just posted a delightful review of the Animal Instincts Art Show, of which I am a featured artist! I have six original pencil drawings of horses in this show, which will run for about another month. Included in the artwork I submitted are the following themes: dressage art, jumper, clydesdale draft horse art, harness racing, barrel racing and thoroughbred horse racing art. There’s still time to stop by Gallery 6000 at Kent-Stark Campus to see the exhibit! Canton, Ohio – home of the Football Hall of Fame!Pencil Drawings by Kelli Swan.
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Beautiful Blonde Belgians

October 20th, 2009 | Posted in Kathi Peters

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.

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Before The Paint

September 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Kathi Peters

I am sitting here posting this…still in my pj’s! That is one of the perks of having my studio at home!!! But I got into this drawing this morning and forgot about everything else! So the dogs sit and wait to be walked for their mid-morning walk and here I am posting about this sketch that will be put up on a 30 x 40″ canvas this afternoon. …after I walk the poor pups! After I get dressed!
Actually they have been busy watching from their deck perch as Les trims around all the gardens. I am sure our Corgi , Addie thinks he could do a better job!

This sketch on bristol paper is really too big to scan at 11 x 14″, so I will have to photo it to really show all of it and my signature on the right bottom. As I explained before, I very often work out a sketch before putting paint on canvas or board. This sketch works for me…so I feel the ‘need’ to get into it.
I am excited about the possibilities! Strike while the iron is hot!!! No???

©Copyright 2009 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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