Diagonal Line Landscape

I am reading Edgar Payne's book entitled "Composition of Outdoor Painting."  It is always recommended by landscape workshop artists.  It is extremely helpful in finding the composition that works for your art and your vision.   In an effort to learn and improve (we all want that!), I am going to paint a landscape from each of his compositional types.  This one is the diagonal and is entitled "Downhill".  This is an 8 x 10 somewhat tonalist painting.

For sale at my website or Etsy shop 

Point - A Cold Wax Painting

Artists have many choices of mediums or additives to change the way paint is manipulated and the way it appears when dry.  One choice I discovered recently is Dolands Cold Wax.  It is basically a wax product that can be used for abstraction and impasto effects.  It also leaves the finished painting with a beautiful matte finish.  When totally dry, it can be rubbed with a soft cloth to add a sheen.

The attached painting, Point, is done totally with cold wax medium, oil paints and a palette knife.  The strokes are buttery soft.  The medium also allows for gradual value changes.  I did three paintings with the wax before I got the hang of it.  I hope you enjoy seeing this unique medium at work.

8 x 10 inch cold wax and oil painting on linen board - for sale at Etsy shop.

Tie My Sash

Two little girls get ready for dance class.  Tie My Sash is an 8 x 10 inch impressionist figurative.  This painting is for sale at My Etsy Shop.

Lotus Chef

This is a larger painting for me.  It is 12 x 16 impressionist painting with an abstract background.  It is so hard for you to see the abstract strokes but that is my favorite part.

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Boxer

Don't know the dog, but just liked the sincere look he gave me as he walked by.  This is a 9 x 12 inch Boxer (for sale at Etsy) -

Cherry Lemon Sundrop #2

I did one on this subject matter a while ago and thought I would try it again using an old Sundrop bottle.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Sundrop, it is a wonderful caffeine filled soft drink that originated in my hometown... Concord, NC.  If you put cherry and lemon in it you get the classic drink!

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New Painting entitled "Blessings"

12 inches square

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