I am finally comfortable enough with oils to attempt the next house in my large commission. I would like to thank my extremely patient and encouraging client for suffering me to do this. Here are a couple of work in progress photos. Of course, since it is oils, it is taking much longer. I am still not used to waiting so long between layers. I think my style is going to be different with oils than it was with acrylics. The first photo is the underpainting, which, in my case, is just a rough map of where things go.
In the following photo, the only thing done is the sky. The other colors are just foundation colors, which I will build on with many more colors until I get it where I want it.
I have also started another painting:
That is supposed to be water. LOL! Those ripples are gonna be the death of me!
For those of you who have not seen the May Offering, I am offering for sale for the month of May a print of the acrylic painting “Blue Jay”. Please click here for information.
The other night, I was walking Toby just as it was getting dark and noticed that the mist was rolling in after a FEROCIOUS thunderstorm the night before and a day of rain. So, I put Toby in and got my camera out. It was pretty dark, but I set the light adjustment to make it lighter and it actually looks like it is much earlier in the day! I thought that was nifty.
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
exists to create art which reflects the beauty and the glory of God, to use art to comfort and encourage people, and to inspire others to pursue the arts. 
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