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Pink and Green

October 28th, 2008 | By Sue Steiner

Here’s today’s start of what I hope will be a grouping of 3 horses grazing. I wanted to pick up the pinkish tones in the horses coat but will probably tone that down just a bit when I get to work on this some more. I’ve got 30 mintues into this.
I will have my Daily Paintings at my art studio for First Friday in Canton in a couple weeks. Stop by to see me in suite #222 above Second April Art Gallerie in downtown Canton.

©Copyright 2008 by Sue Steiner. See original post here.
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10.27.08

October 27th, 2008 | By Sue Steiner

This is today’s painting. It would be what is considered a ’study’- a quick rough sketch that can be developed into a finished painting at another time. To see finished work go to http://www.suesteiner.com/

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‘Painting a Day’ overview for the week of Oct. 20th

October 24th, 2008 | By Sue Steiner
This has been a good week artistically speaking. I say that because I am challenging myself by getting out of a comfort zone in order to learn and hopefully move my work to another level. I also am enjoying the fact that I can choose to ‘move on’ and not fret over a piece or I can ‘fret’ all I want by reworking something in my mind, over and over as I process what my mind sees and what my hands do!
I will post the paintings I have done this week and make comments as far as what they’ve taught me.
I suppose now would be a good time to mention I am self taught. I am a ‘later in life’ artist, painting my very first painting just a few short years ago. I can count on one hand the number of art classes I have taken. I drew horses extensively as a child but stopped once I reached my late teens. I began drawing in my mid 40’s. I now do portraits- people and animals which can be viewed on my web site at http://www.suesteiner.com
I am at a stage were I am hungry to learn and would love to go to art school but I have teen aged kids soon to be in college themselves. I can’t quite justify the expense- especially since an art career is not the most practical of choices. I am now doing what I love. I do know I am an artist at heart, with or without the diploma and am making this trek because it is who I am and what I can do! I believe in the value of art and self expression and have seen its healing effects in my own life. So, by following along with me I am hoping that others may value art and incorporate it in their lives too. Most of all we need to encourage people who have an artistic bent to know it is worth developing and pursuing so thank you for following along on this journey.


A charcoal and pastel sketch from 10/23/08. I am working on quick 30 minute sketches to challenge me to get positioning and form down quickly and efficiently. This particular pose is proving to be a personal challenge. I feel I am making progress on the body but the legs still leave much to be desired and the head could be tucked more. I am choosing difficult poses to not play safe here. I want to get out of my comfort zone since I feel being afraid to make mistakes builds huge barriers in art. By posting my ‘mistakes’ here I am breaking thru those barriers. Maybe I should rename this series The Good, The Bad and The Ugly! :)

Same pose, different day. I did my drawing directly on the canvas– no sketching, tracing, grids or anything like that. This is oil paint and fast becoming my medium of choice. I am also a fan of watercolors but you won’t see any watercolors this week. The position is still not quite right but the freedom I felt in working directly with the wet paint on the canvas suits me very well. I believe this is something I can develop further and is exactly why I wanted to do this project. I have felt a growth spurt coming on– may its thats because I have teen agers and am seeing growth spurts all around me! :) I realized I can not grow if I don’t give myself the room to do so. This Painting a Day I believe will help to bring this on.

This is Ricco, my colt. I LOVED doing this painting. I’ve since made some small changes to the neck area, eye and the left hind leg but am in love with this painting method. You can go thru the archives and see the work in progress pics if you are interested in seeing more but again it is an oil painting with the drawing directly on the canvas. In fact I begin with a rag and just rub out big shapes and go from there. I think this was my favorite from the week. I liked the fine lines and suggestions of shapes which I love to do with watercolor incorporated in this painting.

This is a fast sketch of Ricco in the same pose. I enjoyed seeing how each piece, even with the same reference took on a life of its own while working on it. This is my second favorite of the week. I see shades of my favorite childhood artist, Sam Savitt, in this drawing. My goal was to not be overly fussy. By giving myself a short period of time in which to work I just can’t get too fussy and keep moving on.


This is a scene from my backyard. It is more a study of ‘values’ than anything else. I loved the deep contrasts between the lights and the darks. Sketching done on the canvas, freehand.

Thank you for following along. I am planning on painting a mustang next week. I also have my eye on a shire colt. Stay tuned for more!

©Copyright 2008 by Sue Steiner. See original post here.
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Hafflinging water, New Materials

October 23rd, 2008 | By Debbie Flood

Here I am splashing in the water again! This is a new watercolor and also ‘new‘ in a new way!
I thought it was time to stretch my creativeness a bit and try a few new things. This painting is done on a Textured Clayboard, Aqua Board by Ampersand. Though it has the qualities of a Hot press paper (which is very slippery and the paint wipes off easily) it still has a tooth to it. I thoroughly enjoyed painting on this hard board and will be creating some more new works.
One of the great things I like about this support is that I don’t have to mat it or frame it under glass. How awesome is that??! I’ll need to spray it with a fixative to protect it and just place it in a frame, the way one would an Oil painting or an Acrylic painting.
This painting is Titled: Hafflinging water and is 11 x 14 inches.
Ok, back to the studio for me….so many paintings…so little time….
~Deb

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

©Copyright 2008 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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Favorite Artist - Ann Garlough

October 19th, 2008 | By Carrie Lewis

Today’s artist is also a good friend, Ann Garlough from Fort Worth, Texas.

Ann has been painting beautiful horse portraits for more than thirty years. Her portraits are well known and well received among Western art lovers throughout the world. She has also developed a special following among Appaloosa horse owners.

But she also paints canine portraits, landscapes and small format art with equal confidence.

Her Story Teller Series is based on the philosophy that the best artwork is not only beautiful, it tells a story. King of His Domain (shown above) is only the first in that series.

Ann also has an interest in artists materials equal to her interest in and love of painting. She is the artist who introduced me to Artfix Belgian linen and Raphael linen, as well as providing information on the finer points of canvas stretching, light fastness in pigments and a world of technical knowledge that I had previously not been acquainted with.

Ann does a few shows each year, including the Appaloosa World Show.

If you have the time today to enjoy some beautiful paintings, visit Ann’s web site. You might also be interested in signing up for her studio E-letter to find out where she will be in so you can see her work in person.

©Copyright 2008 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
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Horse and Dog Art

October 19th, 2008 | By Sue Steiner
‘Blu4U Pup’, 9 x 12 oil

‘Over the Fence’, 9 x 12 oil painting

You can see these paintings, along with more of my art during Canton’s First Friday. My art studio is at 318 Cleveland Ave. Suite #222, above Second April Art Gallerie.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sue Steiner

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Waxing Artistic

October 18th, 2008 | By Linda Shantz
Rubytuzday

It was rather on a whim I decided to take the most recent FASM workshop offering. Encaustics are a medium I knew little about but found intriguing. After seeing some originals in person at the FASM general meeting where the teacher for the workshop, Cora Brittan, gave us a presentation, I thought if I could manage to attend and cover my usual barn work, I would! I even had everything on the materials list, so I didn’t have to buy anything.

Simply speaking, encaustic painting is a process that uses wax. Techically what Cora taught us was mixed media, involving everything from drawing, ink, linocut printmaking and collage. I decided to keep it as simple as possible - I’m a painter, so I felt a bit out in left field! Like a good workshop participant, I did a couple of drawings the night before, so I wouldn’t spend half the day working on my drawing and not get a chance to actually play with the wax. It’s something I always encourage my own workshop participants to do, with varying degrees of success!

Poseidon

I found out, very quickly, that it would take a bit of trial and error to come up with work I was actually happy with, though I will show you what I did anyway. I used a combination of technical pen, coloured pencil and oil pastel for my drawing. The first one, which I’ve posted at the top, I went back over a second time with the wax - once I had a better idea of how it worked! The photo doesn’t show it, but I used some of my very cool Sennelier iridescent oil pastels over top of the wax as well.


At the very least, I had some fun with colour today. The last one I didn’t finish, only putting the wax over the drawing I did with the tech pen. You can see I used the same drawing again - all of the colour is from the waxes. Certainly nothing resembling the intricate designs our instructor produces! I believe I will be sticking to oils for the time being, but every now and then it’s nice to just play! I kind of felt like I was back in grade school!

©Copyright 2008 by Linda Shantz. See original post here.
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Rain, Rain, Rain

October 14th, 2008 | By Carrie Lewis

Fall is definitely here and I think winter is approaching! It was 48 degrees and very rainy when I walked to work this morning. The wind was out of the east-southeast and played havoc with my umbrella.

One of the benefits to this onset of Fall weather is the great light. I especially like that gray curtain of mist that rises when rain falls heavily or for a long time. That sort of light always makes me want to break out the paints or colored pencils and do something full of ‘weather’.

In honor of the rainy weather and because I haven’t been able to get good shots of the paintings I worked on yesterday, I’m going to share two ‘rainy’ paintings from years gone by.

Above is Rain Study, an oil painting that was painted as one of two weather paintings. The other one is Snow Study. They both feature the same horse in the same pose, but one is in rain and one is in, you guessed it, snow. Both of them went to new homes fairly quickly, although one of my sisters has one of them.

Rain, shown here, is even older. This is a colored pencil on gray paper and was done in the early to mid-90s.

It sold at the first show it went to (which tells me it was priced way too low!) and in spite of being happy with the sale, I was sorry to see that painting go to a new home. Aside from the fact that it was just a really nice piece, it was framed with a metallic frame that repeated the variation of greens in the painting AND had a texture that looked like drops of water had fallen on it. It was the neatest thing! I’ve not seen that frame since, but it was available in several different colors at the time.

The idea of wet horses so intrigues me that I’ve considered several different ideas for possible paintings or studies since doing these two. I’ve even taken photographs for some of those ideas. The most prevalent idea has been horses getting baths and I have collected a variety of images from a variety of locations. So far, none of them have been The One, so the search continues.

But that’s a part of the process that is almost as much fun as the painting itself!

©Copyright 2008 by Carrie Lewis. See original post here.
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Popping in Quickly . . .

October 13th, 2008 | By Carole Rodrigue
Untitled
16 x 20 original acrylic

I’m popping in for a quick update. This painting is one I’ve been working on recently and it’s not completely finished. She’s a little Arabian filly from a reference sent to me by my good friend Kristen Queen. Thanks Kristen! There’s some tweaking and adjusting to be made, and I’m not satisfied with it yet, but I thought I’d post anyway after receiving a reprimand yesterday.

Yup, sitting at the dinner table having our Thanksgiving feast at my parents, my brother casually looks over at me and says, “You oughta be ashamed of yourself.”
“Uh?”, I wondered.
He then says, “You haven’t posted anything on your blog in ages. You oughta be ashamed of yourself.” Thanks big bro. :-s

So, folks, yes, I am deeply ashamed, and sorry. Please accept my humble appologies. Not to be making excuses, but I’ve been extremely busy with a new job, one where I’m up at 5:30 each morning, then had to study nightly because we were tested once a week. This job required us to reach an average of 80% each test, and boy oh boy, I’m pooped. After doing this for weeks (testing’s done), I just want to sit back and do absolutely nothing! I mean, shut the brain down and do squat!

But, I can’t. See, we sold our lovely house by the lake and we’re moving to the city. As much as living the dream’s been great, the extra time required to do the simplest things has finally taken its toll. After being here 5 yrs, we decided it was time to go. I’ve been in these parts since ‘93, and I will greatly miss the lake, the nature, sights, smells, sounds, the call of the loon, seeing horses every day . . . I’ll miss it all deeply, but the time came.

The final straw that made me decide I couldn’t stay here anymore was this past June when golfing with my significant other and some friends for a fund raising tournament. It had been a wet spring and after standing on a wet golf course all day, my allergies had gotten the best of me. No problem, there was a drug store on our way home so I could get some Benadryl. Right? WRONG!!! See, around here, a pharmacist has to be on site to be able to get Benadryl. So, little ole sick me couldn’t buy Benadryl and it was over an hour’s drive to town to get some. I was sick for 2 days before I could get any, and that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. That very same day, I looked at my mate and firmly stated that we were moving, period. We called the realtor, and after several close calls for selling the place, and nearly changing our minds many times, we sold it. And it’s funny too because on the day we sold, we’d decided to take the signs down the next day. Guess there’s a reason for everything . . .

I know I’ll deeply miss this place, but then again, I am looking forward to new experiences. Just to be able to take walks is going to be such a blessing. I miss taking walks, and so many other things. Will this affect my art? It might. Artists tend to paint what they experience. Will I stop painting horses? HELL NO!!! Never! That’s something that’s completely innate and is has such a strong pull that I doubt there’s anything that’ll ever make me give up painting horses. In fact, I plan on buying one soon, so I’ll be even more inspired. Been thinking of a nice dark bay or black QH gelding, broke, good natured, calm . . . Ahh, can’t wait . . . I’m off my target time-wise for buying my horse, but all in good time. And I will have my horse . . .

On that note, I also wanted to let you all know that I’ll be busy packing for the next couple of weeks, and then settling in to the new place, painting, walls that is, and all that stuff. So, please be patient with me and give me about a month. I promise you’ll see more of my presence then. I know many of you keep checking regularly and have probably been let down lately. Just hang in there with me and I’ll be back soon, and I’ll be able to do so much more online also. I’ll finally be able to have high speed, so there’s so much more that I’ll be able to do, and so many more things I’ll be able to offer. I’m also thinking of a My Space page, more products, tons of good stuff! Until then, you all take good care of yourselves, and wish me luck!

©Copyright 2008 by Carole Rodrigue. See original post here.
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Gaea and Ferendo - Andalusian Mare and Foal - Featured in Painting by Equine Artist Karen Brenner

October 12th, 2008 | By Karen Brenner

Everyone loves a mare and foal! Gaea and Ferendo were crowd favorites at the Fiesta Midwest, and when it was their turn to gallop through the field for people to take photos we were all snapping away! These sweet bay Andalusians created quite a stir! And this painting features the dynamic duo.

Gaeia and Ferendo belong to Gabi, who breeds wonderful Andalusians at her farm, Yeguada Romerito. Fiesta Midwest 2008 was spearheaded by Gabi; she and her team of volunteers created a fantastic event! I hope there will be a Fiesta Midwest 2009.

Gabi’s stallion, Romerito, is part of the Beautiful Horses of Michigan series, and I just started the drawing phase of his painting yesterday.

[Photos are posted at www.karenbrenner.com/blog.html]

©Copyright 2008 by Karen Brenner. See original post here.
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Storm Horses: “Panic”

October 6th, 2008 | By Sue E. Kroll

This is my newest painting, acrylic, 14×24 on Hardboard. Something has spooked the horses, ….the wind is blowing, the dust swirling….., and they are running for their lives. This painting is for sale on my site http://www.sues-art.com
This is number 2 in my Storm Horses series. The first one was finished and sold to a friend several years ago. I love horses running during a storm and will probably do more within this series.

©Copyright 2008 by Sue E. Kroll. See original post here.
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Fall Fair

September 28th, 2008 | By Heather Anderson

This weekend was our local Fall Fair. This is an event that we try to never miss. We love to go and see the children’s art and all the produce, baking, quilts, and other exhibits in the agricultural hall, and then it’s off to see the horses. We can spend hours, watching the various jumping, driving, and saddlehorse classes, and hanging over the rail at the heavy horse ring. I love the way the ground shakes when they trot past, and the sound of thunder from their huge hooves and the wild jungle of their harness. But even these giants get nervous before they go in the ring. I saw this lovely Clydesdale being quietly reassured as he was walked to the entrance of the ring.
“You’ll Be Great” is a 10 by 13 inch watercolor painting, and it is available for sale.

©Copyright 2008 by Heather Anderson. See original post here.
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