Sunday, December 30, 2007

Wild Angels, Birds, palette knife painting by Fawn


"Wild Angels"
9 x 12 inches
Acrylic on hardboard
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The morning I took some pictures of this stream, some of the foliage and mist looked like large beings. As I painted it, they began to look like angels. So I had to emphasized them.



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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Taylor Creek Again, Plein Air, Daily Painting by Fawn

"Taylor Creek Again"
(#4 in this series)
Acrylic on hardboard
8 x 10 inches
(ready to frame)
This is the same view of the levee as "Taylor Creek Too" which I did a few weeks ago. This time I zoomed in more and left out the big tree in the left foreground. I had set up farther away so the angle was a little different. This is a simple composition, yet it worked well for the birds I wanted to add. I added them this morning along with a few more details.
I saw pelicans, seagulls, egrets, cormorants, herons and a hawk! I settled for the egrets as they are so stunning. I love adding them to my paintings. We have small cattle egrets, snowy egrets, and great white egrets, all in different sizes. Then we have white ibis and the little blue herons that often turn white and look similar to egrets. I almost always see these beautiful birds while I am out painting, especially this time of year. Some stay all year, but the population increases three fold in the winter months.

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Friday, December 28, 2007

Taylor Creek Cypress, Plein air, Daily painting by Fawn

"Taylor Creek Cypress"
(#3 in this series)
8 x 10 inches
(ready to frame)
Acrylic on canvas
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Finally got to go back to Taylor Creek. It was a beautiful morning. I wanted to paint this cypress tree at a different angle than the last time. I love the interesting shape it has. This was done alla prima, including the bird!


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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Brunch 2, egrets, heron, Daily Painting, Wildlife art by Fawn




"Brunch 2"
5 x 7 inches
Acrylic on hardboard




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This is actually the fourth in this series, The first one was done last January! ("Breakfast")


The second one ("Brunch") is on special at eBay (see the side-bar). The third painting is called "Early Birds." they are all from Lake Okeechobee with this similar theme and color scheme.





I watched this great blue heron try to swallow a very large catfish. It took him almost half an hour. I got lots of great pictures. He would toss it up and turn it a certain way and try again and again. He would hold it in the water sometimes and then toss his head up again. I really thought he would have to let it go, but he finally swallowed it! Click on the image to see it closer.



This is painted alla prima, or all at once. This creates a nice wet-in-wet effect with thick impressionistic brush work. I love this technique. Usually I end up letting a painting dry and working over it to make final adjustments, but when they turn out like this it is very exciting. I will leave this one as is.






Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Top Notch, Paddock Farms Miniature Horses, Portrait

"Top Notch"

12 x 16 inches
Acrylic on canvas

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I have been working on this painting off and on for two weeks. Finished it up today. Well, maybe it is finished. Smile. I may touch up the background a little. I like the glow and may extend it down a little more.




Some friends of mine own a ranch called Paddock Farms. They have very nice show horses.


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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

A Rose is a Rose, Alla Prima, Daily Painting

"A Rose is a Rose"
5 x 7 inches
Acrylic on hardboard
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I was thinking about a song called "A Rose is a Rose" as I painted this from one of the groomsmen's corsages. I added the bud and leaves to give the composition more balance.


Monday, December 24, 2007

Wedding Roses, Merry Christmas!

"Wedding Roses"
5 x 7 inches
(ready to frame)
Acrylic on hardboard
I wanted to paint this from life, but my corsage fell apart when I got home from my son's wedding. I wore a royal blue dress, so I used that color for the background. I put the roses in a bowl of water, and I painted them and rearranged them to resemble my corsage. The bridesmaids had on burgundy and the bride's mother had on silver, so I decided to wear blue and not step on anyone else's colors! Smile. Everyone else had red roses. The Church was all decorated for Christmas, so it was very lovely.


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