And still no camera cord

and by the way, in case you beaut's were wondering, the recent posts do not indicate that I found the camera cord... Jer was just nice enough to take some digital shots of my recent paintings and put them on our computer. Thanks Jer!

My latest, and perhaps greatest... or not quite. :)

So this is my latest "Final" painting. It is a 16x20 oil monocrome on linen entitled, "Patient Playmate"

Silent Quakie

Jer didn't have to go to work one day, and it was nice and overcast--so we went painting up the canyon. The light was pretty even throughout the painting, although the naughty sun peeked out a couple times... I was happy with this one because I felt it was one of the first times that I actually got my color mixtures correct from life--as Ben said, you just have to let it "click". It has clicked with me-- and now, painting from life is my main joy.

Some recent studies and paintings

I felt that before mom's get well roses withered and died, I should preserve them forever is oil paint. It was a fun little painting from life, though quite a bit longer than I would have rathered.... I have a terrible tendency to get a little too tedious. It is 13x19 oil on linen.

So I was feeling sorry for myself one day as I was home alone, and felt an uncontrollable urge to do a portrait from life with my newfound plein air ability with color... so I called a friend, and she modeled for me. It was so fulfilling. In all, excluding model breaks, it was a 2 1/2 hour painting. This is a 11x14 oil on linen sketch.

Hogle Zoo gave me a wealth of material

Jer had the great idea to to sketches in oil paint. He came over and instead of doing our regular charcoal and graphite drawings, we busted out the good ol' grumbacher... It was quite fun. We set up the images on the laptop which makes it roughly equivalent to painting from life and set to sketching. This monkey got out of hand, and was about 2 or maybe 3 hours.

This little guy was only about 30 minutes... Which was nice, because I didn't have to sacrifice accuracy for speed... I got to have my cake and eat it too on this one.

I am alive

For those of you that may be concerned or wondering-- I'm still alive. I haven't posted anything new for lack of a camera cord to post pictures. I personally find my exploits more interesting than my musings--so am waiting on a camera cord to make further posts. I have new paintings and sketches that I would love to show you all, but... So you'll have to wait until later.... and so will I.