Latest Oil Painting

I created this painting for a commision.
It was originally "A frog" and then was changed to "can you do a train and a frog in the same painting?"
So this is what I came up with.
I hope they liked it. I think it was a success.
Its Oil on Canvas 16in x 20in.

WDE - Watercolour efforts from the last month.

These are my efforts for a couple of the WDEs from the last month.
I have not been doing a great deal creatively.
I am working on an Oil Commission that is taking up my creative time but when it is done I will be able to get back to painting and drawing regularly, and participating in the WDE, which I love to do.

Tiger Finished.

I have been working on this one for a long time now.
It is 1M x 50cm, Oil on board.
I am extremely pleased with the result.

WDE-Acrylic Pears

Finally got a chance to get back into doing the Weekend Drawing Event at WetCanvas.
I thought I'd give my acrylics a bit of a go.
This is a 12" x 12" acrylic on canvas.
So much FUN! I really enjoyed this one!

Life Drawing.

Now for something a little different.
I went to a to a life drawing class held at The Junction Hotel in Newport, hosted by "ink and lead". See more here:  inkandlead
A really enjoyable event with some interesting results.
I'm keen to try drawing again at the next event.
With 4 x 5 minute poses, 2 x 10 minute poses and 2 x 15 minute poses, this is what I came up with.

Oil Painting.

Finished this one a few weeks ago.
It's Oil on board and quite big at 1M high.

WDE Portrait.

I thought I would have another play with Artrage 3.
This is from a reference provided by in the last WDE.

WDE - Orchids

Just got the new Artrage and love the new watercolour feature.
Here is a painting I created using a reference from the WDE at WetCancas this week.
I like how it works!

WDE - Christmas drawing.

This is from last weeks WDE.
It is drawn with back pen and colour pencil.
Best wishes eveyone for Christmas!

WDE Digital painting.

For this weeks WDE at WetCanvas, I had a try at doing a portrait.
I'm not too good at portraits but I guess if I keep practicing, I might improve.
This is a digital painting created with ArtRage.

WDE Dolls.

WDE at WetCanvas this week gave me the opportunity to have a go at drawing some colourful soft toys.
ArtRage Digital Painting.

More Cards for the Dog Series.

Its taking me a long time to complete these but I am slowly getting there.
Here are a few more I finished in the last couple of weeks.
These are all Acrylic on Watercolour card. 2 1/2 inch x 3 1/2 inch.

"M is for Maltese Terrier.""Q is for Foxhound." (Couldn't find a dog starting with Q.)"U is for Harrier Beagle."(Couldn't find a dog starting with U.)"R is for Rottweiler.""P is for Pumi."

More Dog cards for the 25? Exchange.

Slowly making my way to the finished line!
Here are some more cards I have painted for the 25? Exchange at WetCanvas.

1: "H is for Havanese."
2: "I is for Italian Cane Corso."
3: "J is for Jack Russell."4: "K is for Kelpie.5: "L is for Lowchen."
6: "N is for Newfoundland."
7: "O is for Old English Sheepdog."

WDEs from the last few weeks.

1: Pumpkin - This was created using Artrage Digital oil paint. The colour isn't as vibrant as I would have liked but I don't mind this one.
2: Guitarist - I chose this because you cant see the boys eyes so, no eyes to do, not so intimidating to try. I enjoyed the process. It seems a little unfinished but I like the overall effort.
Artrage, Digital chalk.
3: "Polish" - This is another Artrage digital. I used the oil paint to create an Abstract, inspired by one of the WDE images. I had alot of fun with this one and really like the result.

Easter WDE - Digital Art.

Happy Easter!
These eggs were created using an image from this weeks WDE and Artrage. I used the metallics and stencils in Artrage and tried to bend the images around the eggs using Photoshop.This Magnolia is from another Image from this weeks WDE and I have used Artrage to sketch freehand and Artrage oil paints to paint.

Digital Rainy Day.

This weeks WDE at WetCanvas gave me the opportunity to try this rainy day image using Artrage. Quite like how it turned out.

New cards for 25? Trade at WetCanvas.

I decided on a theme for this trade.I am painting 25 dog breeds for each letter of the alphabet.
Trying out a different support for the acrylics, 300gsm watercolour card.
Here are the first few:
A is for Airedale -B is for Border Collie -C is for Chauaua -
D is for Daschund -

G is for German Shepherd -

ATC for the Africa Exchange.

Here are some more ATCs I've painted forthe Africa trade at WetCanvas.
All acrylic 2.5 x 3.5 inch in size.
Quite like doing these little paintings.

1. Sleeping Hippo.2. Penguins.
3. Lioness.
4. Hippo.
5. Elephant 3.
6. Elephant 2.
7. Altelope.
8. Buffalo.
9. African bird.

WDE Oil Painting - Cherries

This is another try at painting and completeing an oil painting in one sitting. This was 2 sittings, before and after lunch!
It took ages, 6hrs and 45 minutes.
Its 16 x 20 inch gessoed board and I am used to painting ATC size!
I enjoyed the challenge of painting it.

WDE Oil Painting - Amber.

Unusual for me to paint an oil painting in one sitting.
I was inspired by the Oil painters on WDE that finish thier paintings in the one sitting and thought I would try.
Although not a bad effort, no where near the standard set by the other members.
This is 6 x 9 on Oil painting paper. Took about 1hr 45mins.