Red Tailed Hawk

WOOD BURNING

Years ago my grandmother gave me a wood burning tool

that had belonged to my grandfather. Recently, I created this

8 x 10 panel that shows a red tailed hawk perched on a tree

 branch. I plan to frame and display it at Pynelogs during the

Headwaters Art Society's show in May. The exhibit will take

place from May 14th to May 28th, 2013. The reception is being

 held on Friday, May 17th, 2013.

Hope to see you there!



SENTINELS AT SUNSET

The following video shows the progression of a painting 

that I have just completed. Fisher Peak and the Steeples

are formidable snow covered summits highlighted against

 a beautiful vista of purple and pink clouds at sunset.  

BEAR  HUGS

 

 

This weekend my husband and I enjoyed the antics of two

young grizzly bears at the Wildlife Park in Kamloops, B.C.

The park is home to many different species of animals that

are native to the province of B.C. Some have been orphaned

or have been injured and rehabilitated but are unable to be

released into the wild again.

While there were other animals that we enjoyed seeing,

none were as entertaining as this rambunctious pair of bears.

 The siblings gave me plenty of opportunities to photograph them

at play and at rest. Below is one of the resident Bald Eagles

who has suffered a broken wing.

It was a great place to collect reference material for my paintings.

 

Fisher Peak Painting

 

 

I have been painstakingly adding the slightest details to the

mountain range that I am currently painting. I refer to the pain because

 last week I broke my middle finger and cut the tip of my pointer finger

 on my right hand. My bruised and sore fingers have developed shades

 of blues/purples and pinks that would rival the colours of this sunset. :)

How I wish I was ambidextrous!

Needless to say, it has been challenging.

Cheers!

FIGURE  DRAWING

 

 

Our art group did some figure drawing the previous

week. These are some of the sketches I made of our

model that night. We made sketches in 1, 3 and 5

minute intervals. It was good practice and I enjoyed

the exercises very much. We plan to do it again soon.

 

A Mountain Range At Sunset

14" x 48" Acrylic on Hardboard

I am happy with the soft and smooth affect that I have created

in the clouds above my mountain range here. I have had to play

with the pressure on my compressor in order to get the fine spray

that I wanted from my airbrush. It is not as easy as I thought it

would be. I enjoy using it though and feel that it will be of great

value for larger paintings such as this one.

Preparing to Airbrush

 

 

I  have started to block in colours on a 14" x 48" hardboard.

I have a series of photos that I snapped of a beautiful sunset

over Fisher Peak and the Steeples. I enlarged my photos

at Staples and have them right above my board for reference.

As you can see, I have placed my squares to help me map

out this long picture. I am going to use my airbrush to give the

clouds a very soft and blended look.