New plein air paintings

Clover Fields 16x20, oils on board.
Distant Yellow 14x18, oils on board.
This is a photo of the canola fields in bloom now near my home.
Canola Fields 16x20, oils on board.

More nice weather last week, of course this week it is raining again!

So here are few plein air pieces from last week.

Ceramic Vases

Something new for me. One of my collectors wanted a set of urns showing winter and early spring as a circle of life theme. They are also into birding so I did a blue jay for winter and a goldfinch for spring on the lids. Painting on these worked out well for me and it was fun once I got the hang of it. So now I am thinking of trying a few more of course.

Both of these are in oils. The urns are about 14 inches tall.

Peach Lace revisited

New figure painting, Peach Lace 12x16. This time in oils on board.

I did the original version of this about a year ago when I was just starting out on my figure painting journey. I though it would be fun to do a new version a year later. I used a slow build up of thin layers to bring this piece to finish.

New portraits.

Tiare 12x16 inches, oils on board.

Sivonna 11x14 inches, oils on board.

Kara 11x14 inches, oils on board.

Some new portraits from the last month.

New figure painting, Soft Light

This one is acrylic, 9x12 onboard. Working with soft lights and tones.

I want to paint like George Innes damn it!

One of my favorite painters is George Innes. Everybody loves Innes landscapes and so do I. But I want to paint like George Innes. Not just do the same style compositions but really paint like he did. All that tonal texture and light to make those wonderful dreamy landscapes. So every month or so I do a few small paintings to check on my progress and my need to try and paint like .... well, George Innes.

Here are two from this week both in acrylic, for now.

Latest progress

The next phase on the Tiare 24x30 painting. Adding more glazing for color and details in areas such as the shell necklace.

Tiare, the painting so far .....

A few shots showing the steps on my latest painting, Tiare 24x30.

I started with a mono base painting, taking everything to a fairly finished level.

The rest is thin transparent glazes, building up color slowly. Not yet finish but getting there.