New painting under way

As you may know, I have three wonderful cats, two of which are always near me in my studio when I work. Here's Tiff resting near my drawing board.


Jpeg and Tiff having a snooze right where I need to be to work. Laura doesn't show up much, I guess that she is not an art fan.


Walking In A Dream is about 3/4 finished at this point. I still have to add some details and change some colors. A friend of mine in town, Richard Hellyer, has 12 cats ! I don't think that I could manage that, my cats sleep with me, I can't imagine having 12 cats in bed with me.

Started painting "Walking In A Dream"

Here is my computer sketch of a new painting I will do which is titled "Walking In A Dream". I had fun creating this sketch and am pleased with the design and the colors. The drawn squares on the sketch will help me to transfer the image to the canvas.


After drawing the image onto the canvas I begin to lay in the colors which may change during the long process of painting. This canvas measures 48 x 48" and I am painting with acrylics, my favorite medium. I will show you how the painting progresses in the next few posts.

25th painting in my new series

I just finished my new painting titled "Dancers" which measures 30 x 40" and is acrylic paint on canvas. As I mentioned in a previous post, the sketch for this piece was created on the computer and was used as a basis for this work. I enjoyed experimenting with design shapes as well as color in this painting, it is the 25th painting that I have done for my Abstract Nudes series. I will be starting a new painting soon and will post it's progress at the various stages that I go through.

New painting progressing well

I begin the painting by starting to add areas of color. These colors may change later when I can see how they are working together. I have already changed some of the colors from the original sketch.


As I add the orange areas I can better tell how the colors are reacting to each other.


Here I have painted in some of the darkest tones and the painting seems to be coming together nicely. Some of the colors may change as I get closer to being finished. On the next post I should be near completion. I enjoy experimenting with color and design as it makes the procedure so much more interesting and is also great learning process.

Happy Easter everyone !

Starting another new painting

Here is the color sketch for a new painting which was created on the computer. I will not necessarily follow the sketch exactly, but rather use it as a starting point.


I draw squares over the sketch which will enable me to easily transfer the image onto my canvas.


The drawing was done on the canvas using a marker pen. On the next post you will see various stages that I go through when adding the colors.

An interesting quote, something to think about.