Monday, February 23, 2009

Ducks with Bling

They are back from San Diego. Yea! Now John needs to take some good photos for me.

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Painting Revisited

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Well I got some comments from an Art Teacher who pointed out some very obvious issues (No focal point, lost values, repetative shapes, Golden Rule busts Etc. So I fixed. It still has some value issues, but I am not sure exactly how I want to fix. The background has the cooler colors, but they are the same value as the foreground. This is an issue I need to consult the John C. Carlson book on landscape painting. By the way, this is not an exact replica of Chris' photo. Not meant to be. Thats what photos are for. Exactly replicating. Interesting that I didn't see how light the colors were until I brought the painting into the sun light. Jeez what a difference. I guess I need different paining light. All I can say is it is not this bright in the house.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Success at the San Diego Show




Just found out that my Drake Canvasback decoy was First in Species, First in Divers and 3rd Best Of Show at the California Open IWCA in the Amateur Class. This is very exciting and also the only IWCA show I entered him in. I finished him initially last spring, but this summer I gave him a sleight nose job, toned down the vermiculation and added a little more detail to his head.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

First Painting.

Well, I took the plunge. I have recently wanted to try a painting in addition to the ducks. This painting is from a photo Chris took in Montana and it really struck me. I wanted to try something a little impressionistic. Only thing missing is the fisherman who was in the middle of the stream. I decided that with his green jacket and yellow hat, he was going to get in my way.

Hope you like.


Wednesday, February 4, 2009

BlackDuck Revisited

Well, After a conversation Keith Mueller, I decided to change my blackduck. I put more of a sweep in the bill and repainted the whole thing.