Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Orange Robe - original oil pastel figurative painting
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
More of Those Crazy Jivers - original ink and oil pastel figurative drawing
The first time I saw this jitterbug/jive/lindy step, I was dumbstruck. Maybe the second and third times, too. The guy - usually lower to the ground than this jiver - sort of scoots or hops along while the girl holds on tight to his hand to give him balance. Anyway, it's unbelievable and I just can't help but wonder about his knees. A fun thing, though, and I love it, because I adore what the jivers do as they jitterbug through life. This started as an ink drawing and I was really happy with it. Then, I thought about a little color - that's where the trouble usually starts for me, because my lines end up covered and ruined. But I added just a smidgen here and there, so the lines wouldn't be obscured, and it seems to work??? It's on Bristol board paper, about 9 x 7 1/2". Thanks so much for stopping by!Sold
Monday, November 18, 2013
Nude in a Yellow Chair - original oil pastel nude painting
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Sketch of Kristi - original oil pastel portrait sketch
This sketch was done from a sketch from life - so, a sketch from a sketch, I guess. My joy in doing this was that I used carton paper (about 12 x 9") from Judson's Guerilla Painter - so wonderful and so like that used by the impressionists. I have always loved that look - as if it were done on cardboard, but I could never find anything like they used, without actually having to resort to cardboard. Which I would love to do, but I know it's a no-no.
Check out my oil pastel blog to see my latest flamenco dancer. I usually like to post oil paintings or drawings on Hackberry Street Studio and use most of my oil pastels for my oil pastel blog, but
I am currently going crazy trying to get some oil paintings finished and some of them just won't cooperate. Oh well. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Check out my oil pastel blog to see my latest flamenco dancer. I usually like to post oil paintings or drawings on Hackberry Street Studio and use most of my oil pastels for my oil pastel blog, but
I am currently going crazy trying to get some oil paintings finished and some of them just won't cooperate. Oh well. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Saturday, November 09, 2013
Looking Down - original oil pastel portrait painting
This oil pastel is one that I had on my oil pastel blog some time back and I just decided to post it on this blog, because what I had intended to put here is now in the garbage. And deservedly so. This is on 7 x 5" Pastelbord. Thanks for dropping by!
Saturday, November 02, 2013
On My Easel - Jive Start - original charcoal figurative sketch
Here's how it looks when I have absolutely no models. Tons of lines trying to find the right positions for my little couple. I just know - even though it's raggedy right now - that I can make a pretty good drawing and then a painting out of this. Really. I do. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Friday, November 01, 2013
Flounce - original charcoal figurative drawing
Here's a drawing I did a couple of years ago after watching a live flamenco show. First, there was the gritty, gypsy flamenco that I adore, then a more modern version, I guess you'd say, with such swirling of skirts. Lots of ruffles and grace, yet the dancers retained much of the original flamenco and it was just beautiful. I drew this, I think, with a charcoal pencil. Looks like it, anyway, and it was originally on 12 x 9" Strathmore drawing paper, but I trimmed it to about 8 x 7" or so. It seemed to me that everything after the first few flounces was superfluous. I guess I didn't think so at the time, but do now. Thanks so much for looking!
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Dancer in a Blue Dress - original watermedia figurative painting
These little watermedia dancers are so much fun. I always like to do stuff that isn't too finished. This painting was done with watercolor sticks and some watercolor. I guess I could just say it was done with watercolor, since the sticks are considered the same as watercolor. It's on Yupo. Love that paper! Also, it's about 10 x 7" - thanks for looking!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Jive on Green - original acrylic figurative painting
Here's just a sort of fun thing I did over the weekend - 12 x 16" acrylic on board. Thanks for looking!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Tiny Backward Bend - original acrylic figurative painting
This little 4 x 4" acrylic on Gessobord may be part of the show at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas, opening next weekend. Usually I paint in oil, but acrylic proved just perfect for the occasion, since I was in a rush. The drying time is fantastic! There basically isn't any. I may try this again. Thanks so much for stopping by! Sold
Friday, October 18, 2013
Bullrider Sketch - original charcoal figurative rodeo sketch
You're whispering "what's wrong with her - posting something like that". No need to whisper - it's okay. This is a sketch that I did from life at the local rodeo this past summer. The back end of the bull doesn't really show well, but it's there. Just thought I'd show one of the things that I work from. Probably only I can understand this shorthand scribble, but it will become a painting one of these days. I always think I can 'feel' the subject better if I draw it, than if I take a photo, even though I did take a bunch of photos that night. Thanks for looking and do check out my oil pastel blog.
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Watercolor Jivers - original watercolor and graphite figurative painting
Okay, it looks like I was just totally goofing off, but my jivers like to show up in any medium, so this time they danced on Yupo for the unbridled fun of it. This little painting is about 4 1/2 x 10". Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
A Bow in Her Hair - original graphite pencil portrait drawing
This drawing began from life, but, alas, what young person wants to sit for a portrait - not many. And I tried letting her watch a movie while I drew, but the pose kept changing, so - thank goodness for cameras! You know, of course, that I'm not much of a photographer, but I did the best I could, and here we are - 11 x 14" on Borden and Riley Paris paper for pens. I love that slick surface for drawing. Thanks for stopping by!
Monday, September 30, 2013
On My Easel - Ballet Dancer - original oil figurative painting in progress
So much work to do here, and in the end, I may just toss it. But even if it doesn't survive, I will have learned a lot. This is from a drawing - really a gesture drawing, but maybe that'll be all I'll need. The background in the sketch was just an indication of what was in the studio where we were drawing. I may lose the pink in the background or really really tone it down. On 12 x 9" panel. Thanks so much for stopping by! Sold
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Thursday's Model - original oil pastel drawing of a nude
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Over a Glass of Wine - original oil pastel figurative painting
For a teetotaler, I sure do like the bar scenes. I just cannot resist the interaction between people, especially between men and women. This was a quick sketch and there are things that could be changed (corrected?) but I just don't want to lose the "in the moment" feel that I think it has. It's painted on 5 x 7" Pastelbord. Thank you so much for dropping by! Also, if you have time, please check out my oil pastel blog.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Sweet Thing - original charcoal portrait drawing w/touches of sanguine
Just got some new drawing papers - I'm a paper fiend - I love all kinds of paper! And this is one of the pieces - it's Stonehenge, one of my very favorite manufacturers. This kraft color is new for me. I also got light blue - drool - plus some of my usual colors. This drawing is about 14 x 10". Thanks so much for stopping by and please visit my oil pastel blog.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Geisha with a Fan II - original oil figurative painting
Monday, September 16, 2013
Lexie Sleeping - original oil figurative painting
Sleeping poses are some of my favorites. The model often does go to sleep, which makes it perfect for both of us. The model dreams sweet dreams while I paint happily. This painting is 10 x 8" on Gessobord. Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Last Dance - original oil figurative painting
I hope this painting captures the last dance of the evening - made no corrections and just let the brush do its own thing. It's on 6 x 6" Gessobord. Thanks for looking! Sold
Friday, September 06, 2013
Sweet Jive - original charcoal figurative drawing of dancers
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Woman in a Blue Dress - original watermedia figurative painting
This quick little painting is one of those fooling around things that often seem to go right. So much nicer than working on something for hours, then having to throw it away, like I did the day before yesterday! I listened to Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder while I did a bunch of these smallish watercolor sticks/watercolor on Yupo paintings. So much fun to listen to music I love, while doing pieces that I totally enjoy. This one is 9 x 6". Thanks for stopping by my blog! Sold
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Jivin' Their Way - original oil figurative painting
I really loved doing this one - well, of course, I have fun with every single one of my jivers, but this one, especially. Maybe it's because I sense their joy. The painting's not dry yet, so is a little fuzzy-looking in the photo. "Jivin' Their Way" is on 8 x 8" archival canvas panel. Thanks so much for stopping by! SOLD
Friday, August 30, 2013
Those Crazy Jivers - original oil figurative painting
Those crazy jivers are at it again - oh well, it's a holiday weekend. Thanks for stopping by - have a good Labor Day! Oh, almost forgot - it's on 7 x 5" Gessobord.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
WIP Hearing the Rumors - original oil pastel portrait painting
I've been wanting to do a painting of a woman who hears the whispers of the people behind her (and the whispers are about her). This is a little sketch for something larger. At 12 x 9", there's not enough room to include the gossips in back of the model, so I was just forming an idea for a bigger work. Maybe. Sometimes when I do a small, sort of preparatory thing, that's the end of it - but the ideas of gossip and rumor are of interest to me - not in a good way, but because of the insecurity and worry they cause.
I began this months ago and pretty much forgot about it. It was just a mass of lines in greens and red and black and, being a line person, part of me wishes I had kept it, but it was my shorthand and meant nothing to anyone but me. So I got busy and made it meatier. On Colourfix Spectrum paper. Thanks for looking!
I began this months ago and pretty much forgot about it. It was just a mass of lines in greens and red and black and, being a line person, part of me wishes I had kept it, but it was my shorthand and meant nothing to anyone but me. So I got busy and made it meatier. On Colourfix Spectrum paper. Thanks for looking!
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Saturday Jive - original oil pastel figurative painting
A fun little thing that I loved doing - it's about 11 1/2 x 19" on Art Spectrum Colourfix paper - a delicious concoction and perfectly gritty for oil pastels. Saturdays were always fun when I was young and this is a little tribute to Saturday nights. Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Sold
Friday, August 23, 2013
Tango Practice - original charcoal figurative drawing
I've been away on a late summer visit and have missed blogging, but am back at Hackberry Street Studio and drawing and painting like mad! Here's a 16 x 20" charcoal drawing with touches of white - kind of a doodle while exploring different tango poses and steps. Although, owing to my great - not!!! - skills as a photographer, it looks like a gray background, it's really a light green - one of the Canson Mi-Teintes boards that are just wonderful. Thanks so much for stopping by! Sold
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Another Torch Singer - original oil pastel figurative painting
My wonderful assistant, Roger, was sprayed by a skunk an hour or so ago. Ugh! I've been outside trying to get the peroxide/baking soda/dish detergent to work a miracle. But time always seems to work the best, unfortunately. So, even though he's locked up on the porch, the whole house smells like skunk - not the sort of far-off skunk smell, but the in-your-face skunk smell, which is pretty nasty.
I guess Roger won't be assisting me for awhile. Thanks for stopping by!
Friday, July 26, 2013
Chatting at the Bar - original oil figurative painting
I was mainly obsessed with the woman's red hair and the way she was looking up at the man. Snoopy me, watching and sketching. I'm always wondering whether to abstract the bottles or make them more distinct - this time, I didn't abstract them so much, but may do it, yet. This painting is on 12 x 9" panel - thanks so much for visiting my blog!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Tango in Shades of Gray - original charcoal figurative drawing
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