Cat close up

Just a little in-between piece while I'm fighting an unwilling background on a still life. Guess this is going into my portfolio, fun and relaxing stuff while the still life is acting up... ;)

Memphis, 15 weeks

Memphis, doing mighty fine! ;)

Limes and glass finished

The limes and glass finished.
Soft pastels on La Carte, 21x52 cm.

Dog in charcoal - finished

The finished piece. Unless it needs some fixing. Wich it probably will....;)

Charcoal-dog update

Plugging away, got some tunes from the Boss cheering me on.....whoever said charcoal is a fast medium?!! Whoever might just have been delirious....or it might just be me and my usual tendensy to get lost in details! Yeh, taking it's time, putting down hairs, some more hairs, and highlighting some hairs....now, where's my coffee.......?

Actually, artistic lifestyle is pretty neat! :)

Doggie in charcoal

Another work in progress. Working on my drawing skills, a dog done in charcoal and charcoal pencils. Basically just working in shapes of shadow, sculpturing the head, as well as working on the eyes. Drawing is the basic in any painting I do, and doing work in other mediums than my usual pastels is both healthy and fun. A little bit rusty, mind you, but still - happy with the progress so far.....the hard part is to get a wide range of values with the charcoal, very easy to go to dark to fast....we'll see how it turns out.....

Fruits and glass

Happy new year to all, lets hope 2008 will be everything we've dreamed of!

Starting of this years artsy side with - a still life...well, ain't that just a big surprise, lol!
I'm getting 9 paintings framed and ready for exhibition in the cafe, and if everything goes as planned the paintings should be up on the wall Wednesday next week. Gonna be fun!
And if for some reason a little magic fairy should be reading this - I wish for more painting time...! Lets keep our fingers crossed for the new year...

Well, enough about that, and back to the new painting. Wanted to do another format and cropped a pic to this. Doing glass and reflections again, but bringing some new colors into the mix. Usually different greys and blues will do the trick and make for a realistic rendering of glass. In this piece I'm using some purples, yellows and red browns, as I'd like to get a warmer feel. Also decided to use another technique than the usual "tight" way, mixing a more painterly style with the limes. Some dabbing and layering with less blending. Gonna keep the background dark to make the glass and limes really pop.

And here's a close up from the stage I'm at right now: