New Beginnings
Just framed this piece up ready for the Arabian show tomorrow. New Beginnings is a 14″ x 21″ pastel its amazing the different colours that are in a foals coat, you dont really see them until you start laying in colour.
New Beginning is for sale email me to purchase.
Thank you floridaskip for the use of your amazing photo.
Catherin http://www.animalarthouse.com/
©Copyright 2009 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
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Arabian Kiss
Its easy to see that the of horses starts at a young age with little girls. I love this photo by renowned Australian Photographer Amy Gorman so much thank you Amy for the use of your photo.
Arabian Kiss is 10″ x 14″ pastel FOR SALE Is the first of my finished pieces ready to go to the East Coast Arabian Show next week in Sydney.
Expressions of interest are being taken prior to the show.� email me: catherin@animalarthouse.com to register your interest in purchasing.
Catherin http://www.animalarthouse.com/
©Copyright 2009 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.
We had a great turnout for our Feburary pARTy. Thanks again to Kim Santini for providing the reference image of the Curly horse! Artists – I have tried my best to include information for everyone with their image, but if yours is missing (or incorrect!), just send me an email or make a comment to the post and I’ll make the changes.
Thanks so much to everyone who took part! Without further ado…your pARTy pARTicipants! (in no particular order!)
Kim Santini, “Up Close(Percy)” 6 x 8 acrylic on board
Catherin McMillan, 5 x 5 acrylic on canvas panel
Catherine Gillespie, “Percy”
Lois Primeau, 5 3/8 x 8 oil on gessoed masonite
Sue Kroll, acrylic
Lisa Ward-Guarino, pastel
Candy Simchik, “Hello” 5 x 7 acrylic on canvas board
Kate Dardine, “She Really Didn’t Need a Man on Her Back” 6 x 6 oil on canvas
Kathy Roeth, 9 x 7.5 watercolour and gouache on coldpress archival watercolour paper
Linda Martin, “Snow Globe” 4 x 4 watercolour
Marilyn Sadler, “Snow Pony,” 5 x 7 pastel
Linda Massey, “Winter Reflections” 3 x 20 oil on panel
Diana Lancaster, “Wild Dawn” 6 x 6 acrylic
Linda Ward, “Mardi Gras Pony!”
Linda Shantz, “Up Close and Personal with Percy” 10 x 10 oil on gallery wrap canvas
©Copyright 2009 by The Virtual pARTy and participating artists. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist challenge, visit The Virtual pARTy Blog.
Pendragon
Started on his right side adding colour to his rump and down his leg. Happy with the progress in this drawing, will be putting Pendragon aside for a few weeks now as I prepare for the bit Arabian show next month.
13″ x 19″ pastel. There is currently a hold placed on Pendragon’s drawing if you would like to register your interested in this drawing please email: catherin@animalarthouse.com
Catherin http://www.animalarthouse.com/ email: catherin@animalarthouse.com
©Copyright 2009 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
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Pendragon
Pendragon is a knadstrapper stallion, I just love all his spots. Its amazing that we think of white animals as white but when you look closely there are lovely pinks and mauves and sometimes a bit of blue mixed in. Im really enjoying being back at the easel. Pendragon is my first pastel on the easel for the year.
14″ x 19″ pastel for sale. You can reserve this drawing for yourself drop me an email for more details: catherin@animalarthouse.com
Catherin http://www.animalarthouse.com/ email: catherin@animalarthouse.com
©Copyright 2009 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.
Well, here are the paintings from the latest pARTy! We had good participation, and some great work. I always like to see what different artists come up with.
Though are pursuits as artists are often solitary, a recent comment by friend and fine art photographer Juliet Harrison was a good reminder that we don’t, however, create in a vacuum. We can’t help but be influenced by each other, and that’s not a bad thing, as long as we continue to develop and maintain our own style and individuality. These pARTies are a good example of that – even though some of us went with a very similar crop of the reference photo, our styles remain unique.
In the same vein, these pARTies began as a fun challenge of sorts, between myself and Kim Santini, last year. When other artists began to show interest and we opened it up, what developed was not a novel concept. My first exposure to this sort of exercise was on Wet Canvas, with the weekly Weekend Drawing Events. As a result of that, our own Equine Art Guild has done similar projects. And a great blog with a weekly drawing/painting challenge is Karen Jurik’s Different Strokes From Different Folks.
Okay – enough yaking! Here are the paintings.
First, from your pARTy hosts:
Kim Santini, 4 x 16 acrylic on Raymar panel (above, top of post)
Linda Shantz, 6 x 8 oil on Raymar panel
Now, our participants, below. If I have any latecomers, I will edit the post and add them later! Thanks to all who played.
Delia Pacheo, “The Foal” 4 x 6 acrylic
Judy Johnson, 8 x 8 watercolour
Lisa Ward-Guarino, pastel
Linda Snider-Ward, prismacolor on Stonehenge
Linda Massey, “Playground Encounter” 11 x 14 oil on board
Kathy Roeth, 5 x 7 watercolour and gouache on 140lb watercolour paper
©Copyright 2009 by The Virtual pARTy and participating artists. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist challenge, visit The Virtual pARTy Blog.
Last night I went to the Great Falls Art Society meeting. We had a pastel instructor there, with a live model. It was so interesting and fun to watch her work! She had us do three gesture sketches, then she showed us how she would create a painting in 30 minutes from her cowboy model. After that, we tried creating our own painting from the model. He was a very good model, fun to look at with his hat, boots and coat.
The instructor told us what we were trying to do in this painting, is create something that screams cowboy in a leather jacket, in 30 minutes.
So here’s my attempt. I haven’t had so much fun painting for a long time! I realized the reason I haven’t wanted to paint lately, is because I’ve been painting such tight, realistic looking work. I’d much rather create something like this! It was a revelation….
Donna Ridgway
©Copyright 2009 by Donna Ridgway. See original post here.
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Cool Down
Im heading off to the ISS Summer Show Jumping classic with my artwork this weekend. This is new piece Ive created to have on display. The original photo was taken by my husband at last years Interstate Showjumping event that was held locally.
Cool Down is 13″ x 19″ pastel on pastel board. For more information on purchasing this piece email me
cheers
Catherin
Commissions Accepted – Original artwork for sale.
http://www.animalarthouse.com/
email: catherin@animalarthouse.com
©Copyright 2009 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
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Dommy the Donkey
Donkeys are such fascinating creatures so this fellow was a lot of fun to draw with those big ears and lovely soft eyes.
Dommy was commissioned as a birthday gift. Now that Dommys portrait is at his new home I can post for all to see.
Dommy is a 10″ x 14″ pastel on canson pastel paper.
Commissions welcome. Original artwork canine, equine and wildlife available for sale.
Thanks for looking
Catherin
email: catherin@animalarthouse.com
©Copyright 2009 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
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Carousel 1 sold
thank you to Joan for purchasing this little drawing.
Ever since I was a little girl I have been fascinated with carousels or as we call them here in Australia merry go rounds. This would have to be the smallest pastel I have ever drawn measuring 4″ x 6″ and it was a lot of fun.
Carousel I was the first in a series of carousel creatures and was a lot of fun to draw. Commissions available. email: catherin@animalarthouse.com
Thanks for reading my blog.
Catherin
©Copyright 2009 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
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Games End – Polo Ponies
Gentle Nature
Melody – In memory
Work on Brady’s portrait continues with blending of the highlights and the addition of details in her coat. Because of the dusty nature of pastels, I paint left to right to keep my hand out of the areas on which I’ve already worked.
After photographing this earlier in the evening I began to add color to the background …… I’ll post a peek at that soon!
©Copyright 2009 by Ann Garlough. See original post here.
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Here’s lookin at You is my latest work for sale to aid Horse Rescue. Sahara is one of the mares they currently have in their care.
This work is in pastel and approximately 6 1/2″ x 9″ in size. Please drop me an email if you would like more information on this piece. 10% of the sale price will be donated to Horse rescue.
thanks for looking
Catherin catherin@animalarthouse.com
©Copyright 2008 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
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This mixed media painting on canvas ,18 x18″ is done and as it was done with casein, pen and pastels I will be having it glassed and framed. I have had fun exploring this combination of milk based casein paint and pastels on the canvas. Casein goes down smoothly over the Colourfix primer and then the pastels’ pure pigment floats it seems on the casein and primer base.
“Leader of The Pack” will be put into my website and is available.
Now for today and however long it takes..my desk is cleared and I am doing the inevitable taxes.
Oh, how I avoid this chore each year!!
©Copyright 2009 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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©Copyright 2008 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
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This 18 x 18″ mixed media piece on canvas is coming together okay…I am feeling that I need some work on ‘movement’ around the hounds and then I will back away and call it good. Working with the casein and pastels as been interesting to say the least. I have pushed the envelope a bit and plan on trying others in the near future…as time permits. I have a lot on my proverbial plate at the moment. I need to get some carriage driving artwork done.
Today the outside beckons with sunlight and birds singing their spring songs…tomorrow we will have a winter mix of rain and sleet. That kind of mixed “media” I can do without, thank you!
©Copyright 2009 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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