WDE December 21 2012

These are quick crayon sketches on 300gram watercolor paper. Neocolor 1 caran d'ache size 27 x 17 cm and took 3/4 hrs each more or less. 

WDE Entries November

Catching up with work that I done for various WDE events.

November 30 2012

Sketches  on brown paper

November 23 2012

Graphite sketches on brown paper

Added pastel color 

November 16 2012

Pencil sketch and pen and ink sketch

November 9 2012

Pen sketches

November 2 2012

Crayon sketches were done on plain bristol paper.. 17 x 24 cm

WDE October 2012

WDE October 5 2012 Hosted by Valri

 Vancouver Island

 Eagle

WDE October 12  2012 Hosted by Donna

Boats

Zorn Challenge

WDE October 26 2012 Hosted by Oty

Jug watercolor crayons.. 20,5x26 cm 400grm heavy paper

 added oils

crayon underpainting

Preveza Beach 20x20 cloth covered cutting board..

Loved that old boat watercolor crayons + oils A4 400 gram heavy paper

# 41 42 43 44 WDE Sept 28 mlou_jhu

These small sketches were done for WDE of Sept 28th  hosted by mlou_jhu.

 22 x 22 cm on 240 grm bristol paper using oil pastels--- fingers--scraping etc...

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Pink Golds 

Lake Tufa

Lupin

  Yosemite

#38 39 40 WDE Sept 21

These were done for the WDE of Sept 21 hosted by Shramm/ Sharron. great fall images..

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Last leaves... 22 x 22 cm on 240 grm bristol like paper.

Looking up... 22 x 22 240 grm bristol paper-

Fall view.... 20 x 17 cm too much fiddling...same 240grm bristol paper... no tooth ... have to get a proper watercolor pad!!!

# 35 - 36 -37 for WDE Sept14th

I have a back-load of work that I am just now up-dating

These sketches done for WDE of September 14th 2012 Host was Just Jean
They were done with oil pastels in my 98 grm sketch pad.
18x18 cm

Tulips

Peaches

Shaded Path

# 34 Shed Door

This was done for WDE Sept 7 2012 hosted by Kay aka kreativeK

Shed door  Format Corrugated cardboard with 2 coats of gesso 25.5 x36  Oil pastels with turps
About 1 1/2 hours
This is work in progress... need a bit of tweaking...

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# 33 Antique Shop Door

This was done for WDE Sept 7 2012 hosted by Kay aka kreativeK

Shadows on the door... Format duplex board with 2 coats of gesso 21x19.7 A4 oils wet on wet about 2 hours

Reference photo of a closed antique shop... Loved the way the shadow of the tree fell on the different areas changing their color.  Have to tweak the area under the flowered pot... and maybe make Chester a bit darker!!!

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# 32 Fall Aspens

This was done for WDE Sept 7 2012 hosted by Kay aka kreativeK

Fall Aspens in New Mexico  24x31 Format: cardboard [2layers] with 2 coats of gesso

WIP after  2ours  wasn't satisfied with the foliage so scraped and cleaned it off,
Still find wet on wet quite a challenge and have come to the conclusion that each painting may have different methods of how to start. was trying out a new method where I start with the most vulnerable areas to keep them clean... this method may be good for more simple subjects... not for foliage

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After another hour. Still not happy with the foliage... May try a different method.

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Peeking through the trees.. Chester... part of the WDE challenge

# 31 Tomatoes on a Shelf

This painting done for the WDE  Aug 17th 2012  hosted by Susan aka surob  along with #27 so it isn't quite 31 but I am not going to upset the numbering... 

Small wet on wet 24 x 18 on cotton cloth pasted on cutting board with gesso.

 I wasn't happy with the colors so I didn't post it time. Unfortunately I didn't scan/photograph the WIP. This is oils with added oil pastels... Tomatoes seem a bit roughed up...

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# 30 WIP for WDE Tractor

This was done for WDE August 31 2012  Hosted by Scatty aka Scattycat

8x8 inch covered cutting board.... this is a WIP work in progress because I will most probably do some scraping on the tractor and re-draw and paint hopefully with better cleaner colors  split primary palette
wet on wet.... about 2 hours....

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Well I should have left well enough alone!!! Lesson learned!!! Finished this with a layer of oil pastels after wiping clean the area of the tractor.  Recently  learned from a tutorial about common mistakes students make.  Don't get emotionally attached... not every piece is a masterpiece... learn to MOVE ON!!!!

. Should have fixed it with oils to keep the strokes fresh!!

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Here is a shot of my recycling boards for these small exercises....

# 29 WDE- Poppies

This was done for the WDE August 31 2012 hosted by Scatty aka Scattycat.

Format covered cardboard with 2 coats of gesso... Size A4 29.7x21 cm canvas toned red.
Split primary palette....should have done a closer crop in order to simplify the flowers and foliage/
Am going to make a sign  SIMPLIFY and paste it near my monitor....

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# 28 King of the Roost WDE

Another WDE on 24 August 2012 hosted by Lin aka oldrockchick.

First hour and half....

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Send hour + ... did a bit of scraping ... not happy with the chick on the right screwed bit cockeyed--pun no intended....
29 x 21 cloth cover duplex board with gesso

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# 27 Under The Blanket

This painting done for the WDE  Aug 17th 2012  hosted by Susan aka surob .
Small wet on wet 24 x 18 on cotton cloth pasted on cutting board with gesso.

The first is the drawing and under-painting done with oil pastels wet with turps

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Final painting ... 

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# 26 Pots- Paul Demo II

Here is the second painting of the pots... trying again to follow along with Paul and he demo on using impasto paints... wet on wet style.

Not exactly in one sitting.... here is the first try....

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I wasn't happy about the flowers... too small ... so scraped them off and also scraped excess paint  from the pots as well.

Here is the final... still struggling with "wet on wet"  24.5 x 29.5 stretched canvas

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# 25 Birdie

Another 20x20 cm wet on wet oil . Reference from the WDE event on wetcanvas, this weeks host Rozzi.

A small bird... he is really angry at me!!! I really don't blame him, didn't do him justice!!!
Took about 2 hours.....maybe a bit longer... Used split primary palette

#24 Shells

Here is another from DominicM wde last weekend. Did a tight crop on the shell image... Use of mainly blues and a bit of raw umber..  Wet on wet is still difficult... have to learn to simplify ...