time flies!

Just a quick update on a couple of pictures.............I realized with a start that we are approaching the middle of January and I had totally forgotten to post anything. Actually, I took time off when my kids were here but started right up again after they left.....got out of the habit of posting, I guess. My son and I planned out the studio upgrades before he left so I am pretty excited about that......this will probably take place in late spring. It's been New England style cold here and I think I have lost a bunch of plants to the deep freeze............time will tell. I covered everything I could but there is only so much that can be done when you have tall tropical trees and it stays in the teens for two days!

correction & progress

 

 

I have been working on this and preparing for Christmas since my two children will be flying in........I can't wait to see them! As soon as I posted this painting the other day, I realized that I had mistaken the size - it is actually 22" square. Since it is so complicated I have been working on the drawing and the values more than the color. I don't like doing those kind of adjustments until I have covered the entire canvas.

finishing things - tour bus 20x16"

I have had this painting kicking around for a couple of years and decided to finish it............still a little straightening needs to be done (I just noticed it the photo) but I wanted to get myself in the habit of posting again.

coco ice vendor - 10"square

I don't know if I mentioned a proficiency at taking photos while driving........must be worse than texting. I don't do it very often but sometimes you just have to catch a scene.

renovation update

I wasn't going to post another photo of this until it was done but I had received a couple of comments so I decided to do an update. First, my son asked me why the figure was "floating" and then my landlord told me that he "felt like climbing the walls too." It's funny but the lack of the ladder had not bothered me a bit because I could sort of see it in my vision of where I was going with this.......mistakes or problems scream out to me but unfinished areas are mentally corrected.

old port cafe - 16x20"

I have been trying to finish up some larger pictures this week - this is one of them. I probably need to do a few more small things but the paint is so unevenly wet now that I have to let it sit a few days. I am going to NY tomorrow so I won't be posting til I get back next week.

old port cafe - 16x20 (beginning)

Some wicked bad glare on this one! Since I am pretty much composing this from some rudimentary photos and memory, I expect this to go through some changes.....I worked on it all day today and yesterday as well, changing the drawing and composition as well as the value relationships. We shall see.