Flames of War Shermans - All Done

I finally finished off my Sherman Company. Added some weathering and a wash of agrax earthshade.

Sherman Update

I have been working hard and am getting close to the finishing line. I still need to add decals and a devlan mud wash.

A plethora of tanks

All 30 tanks are done and now painted matte black. I went to the hobby shop with my son and played three games. Shermans (me) against T-34s (Vince) I lost all three games. I need to work on my strategy.

Bodies done

I finished the Sherman bodies tonight. I am pretty happy with the way they turned out. Now I have to finish up the turrets.

Flames of War

I have not been painting. My son and I took up a new hobby, Flames of War. It is a world War 2 miniatures game.  I bought 15 Shermans and it isa ton of work to put them together. Then comes the fun part of painting them. Busy, busy, busy.

Charcoal

I know I have been inactive lately. I just have not been finding the time to be creative. I did steal away today for a couple of minutes and did this quick charcoal.

Red

Alright, here it is all finished. This is 11" x 15". I'm glad I went with the darker background.

I changed my mind

I wasn't happy with the watercolor so I touched it up.

Update

The watercolor portion of this painting is done, on to the acrylics. For this series I didn't want to use acrylics but I have changed my mind after the last painting. It just seemed to lack something.

Blondie

One done and three to go. I'm trying to keep these bright and fresh and simple. I have been getting a little tired of the busy acrylic additions.

Zazzle

Hey, ever wanted an apron with my art on it? An iphone case? Sneaker? Well now you can. I opened a zazzle store. I'm new to zazzle. It is a very cool site. Go check it out.

Hey Ladies

I like working in a series. It helps me stay loose. Here is the first step of a four part series.

Finished

That's right, I finally finished this piece. Yay!

RAC Fundraiser

The Ridgefield Arts Council is having their annual fundraiser at Toscana next week. I didn't have much time, but I created this poster for it. It is based on one of my paintings.

Men Sketch

I haven't had the chance to paint but I am trying to sketch some more.

Step done

Hi all, I know it has been a while but I am back to the palette. I have finished the watercolor portion of this piece. Next and final step, acrylics.

Bottles stage two

Here is my first layer of watercolor. More layers to come.

The bottles begin

I have a Cézanne like image in my head for these bottles. Here is the first step through my process, ink.

Spikes, all done

Quick as a wink, it is done.

Spikes

 finally got the watercolor portion of this piece done. In a few months I'll get the acrylics on and call it done.

Pepsi Refresh Grants

My friend is in the running for the Pepsi refresh grant and needs your votes. Please go and vote. Her is a note from Khristee about the grant

My idea is to spread laughter to thousands of people through a month of free comedic plays.  This idea will impact 2,000 to 4,000 people in the San Francisco Bay area.

This grant will not provide all of the money that I would need to produce a production for a month in San Francisco, so I will be putting in some of my money too.  But I think it's worth it!

I hope you will support me, the arts, and the people of California by voting for my idea.  Please vote once daily throughout May and spread the word!

Piccolo Pizza & Jazzeria

I know it has been a long time since I posted. I am working on a new piece. Meanwhile I have hung my art at Piccolo Pizza & Jazzeria. If you are in the area drop in for a slice and a look.

Pink Lilys

I finally finished this one. One more to go in this series.

Progress

I have been spread pretty thin over the past couple of weeks. What little free time I have had was devoted to the Pirate a Day blog. I finally was able to sit down and work on a watercolor tonight. Next step acrylics, then framed.

Sundance Show Thursday the 20th

Come one come all. I have my opening this thursday, January 20th at the Sundance Café and Wine Bar in Stamford, CT. Starts at 6:30. The owner is is offering 15% off diner if you are a friend of the artist. Here are a couple of photos. Sorry my art is blurry, the camera focused on the furniture.

Wiggly Flower

All done

Wiggly Flower (not done)

The first problem I ran into was when I cut out the paper to the frame size, I didn't leave room to tape it down. I tape the paper down to prevent curling. Oops. I did the watercolor portion of one floral. Next step, acrylics.

It worked!

I cut into the crow feather but because I waited so long the feather was brittle and broke into several pieces.  with my never say die attitude I went a head and dipped it into the ink and began drawing. The results follow.

Working backwards

I bought these three frames at an art tag sale. So I am working backwards, getting the frames first then creating the art that goes with them. I decided on three florals. The large crow feather at the bottom of the picture I am going to cut and use it as a pen. I hope it works.

Gabby Gal

Here is the other pice to go with Gabby Guy. Same size and everything 18" x 24" on masonite. Newspaper glued down, ink, watercolor then acrylic.

Gabby Guy

I know it has bee n a long time. I have been caught up in the Pirate a Day blog. I finally finished one of the two Gabby paintings.

Watercolor update

I forgot how much I don't enjoy painting watercolors on newspaper. But that part of the process is done. On to acrylics.

Art Shows

The opening at Rockwell went well. No sales, but a full house. Also hung my art at Nature's Temptation in Ridgefield. The first pictues are from Rockwell, the last one from Nature's Temptation.