Photo #2 —> Digital painting IN PROGRESS

Progress on my current commission: I’m working on the sky right now. Highlights will go on the water soon and then I’ll do the boats. 

 

Photo #1—> Digital Painting complete

This was a commission. I had done a similar conversion last year, which was then printed on aluminum and hangs in their home, of the wife of the couple in a kayak. This one is of the husband in a dragon boat. 

This is the completed painting. The original photo and painting of the kayak are below. 

Commission Complete

 I had fun transforming a photo for a friend into a more artistic rendering. I did a few different iterations to see what appealed and they chose the one closest to the coloration of the actual photo. The plan is to print it as a 14x14" print and gift it to the person depicted in the photo.

Outrigger
Digitally altered photo rendered as a digital painting using Art Set 4 and containing elements of watercolor, pastel, and ink

Impact Commission COMPLETE

 I am so happy to have finished (and safely delivered) this commission. It was thrilling to confirm that it plays with the credenza below it exactly as intended. It has its own wall making for an ideal presentation while uniting and bridging an open plan kitchen/eating area/family room. 

It’s strange how letting go of such a piece is rather like re-homing a pet… I am confident it will be happy in its new home. 

This commission was a privilege and superior learning opportunity for which I am immensely grateful. 

Impact. 40x60” Acrylic on canvas

More progress on “Impact”

I keep chipping away at this one. By the time I’m done there’s going to be paint a cm deep on this canvas. It’s fighting me the whole way. I’m finishing up with the water soon and will begin adding the plants that will frame it.

Progress on “Impact” 40x60” Commission

 I have been fighting with this painting (acrylic) since December. I am finally winning. I am maybe 70% there. 

Dry Run progress...

 

Dry run

 Taped a 40x60” paper to a closet and am practicing painting on that before trying on canvas. Long way to go but it’s a start. 

Beginning strokes

Where I am now…

Commission progress…

I’ve continued to refine to digital painting for this project. I divided it into a grid and printed each piece. Then I laid them out on the floor with some tape measures to show the size the finished piece will be. I decided what I want to do is practice painting it full scale on paper next. I have a big roll of brown paper that I cut and will use. Had to overlap 2 pieces to get the right size. Now the question is how will I do this? On the floor? Maybe. I think on a table would have it too high for me to see what I was doing in the context of the entire painting. Hoping for a large easel for Xmas…

+ 2 more house watercolors

 After doing the acrylic painting of the John Dodd house for that commission, I wanted to see if I could do a watercolor. I ended up doing two. The client chose the acrylic, but I’m pleased with these and they were great learning experiences. 

Can you tell what is different between the two besides the coloring of the trees? One of these things is not like the other….

Lookin’ pretty good in a frame! The acrylic is the one that’s been sent to Sacramento  I’ve entered the watercolor for the Maryland Federatipn of Art’s upcoming Light And Shadow exhibition. Fingers crossed!

 

Beginning a new commission…

 Playing with an idea for a #contemporary #kitchen piece based on an old family recipe that makes triangular #cookies with fruit centers. 

Commission COMPLETE!

Welcome Home (James Dodd, architect, Sacramento). Acrylic on canvas. 16x20”