Casual Man on a Beach

This was such a bad idea from the beginning and without live models to blame it on too.

So here;s the skinny. 5"x7" acrylic. I was hoping to get some niche postcards out of it. but ney.

Progress Photos.

Close up: Ignore the gloss medium. The final finish will be matte. I use gloss to aide in glazing

Rouge of Rusted Man

Some touch ups but I tried painting with a wet on wet technique. I like the spray paint background. I have more experiments to come.

100th Blog

I found this on my book shelf, and I forgot that When I made. All I know is carving indoors--bad idea. I think I'm still coughing up sediment.

Tufted Titmouse

Titmousies are common on the Cape. Most of them where I live are tame enough to land in your hand and chew some seeds

So of course I wanted to paint it.

Progress Photos:

BAM!

Here's my pallet. I've been making an effort to use less than my normal 37flavors of tints tones and shades.

But I did use silver, blue interference, and titanium white for the background. Which makes the bird seem slightly more real in certain lighting.

Or just simply suited to the right room.

New Mail Box

I think it looks classy.

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4/24/11 UPDATE:

I received this in my newly painted mail box after many week of stylishly received mail.

I talked to the Post Master about it, he said "don't let this guy ruffle your feathers. If he takes your mail, its a federal crime. And then the real fun begins"

Silver Chickadee

I had some time this week to finish a sketch I started a while back. I wanted tor try a slower method of working with acrylics that utilizes a ton of glaze medium and a reflective silver under painting. I kinda like it. I don't know how practical this would be on a larger scale but here is the finial image for print.

Silver Chikadee, Acrilic and Charcoal, 5x7"

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As always, the progress photo in reverse!