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Origininal abstract mixed media plein air cow painting
My Journey With Art &bull 4 Hours Ago
I've been exploring the mixed media approach to loosen up the work and, because I love drawing. My goal with the crayons is to use them to add some energy and movement to the work but avoid the temptation to… Full Story »
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Original abstract mixed media cow painting
My Journey With Art &bull Mar 9, 2010
This is another plein air cow painting I did over the weekend. The cow farm is in Winsor, Virginia and I discovered it by exploring the area several weeks ago. One of the rutts I get into with plein air… Full Story »
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Original acrylic impressionist still life painting with dress shoe
My Journey With Art &bull Mar 8, 2010
Bio: Robert Joyner Robert Joyner was born in Hampton, Virginia. Robert's childhood was typical of any boy growing up in the pre-nintendo era. His days were filled with collecting baseball cards, jumping ramps on his rusted-out huffy and playing sandlot… Full Story »
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Original acrylic abstract still life painting of cike bottle
My Journey With Art &bull Mar 6, 2010
This is a fifteen minute studio sketch I used to start my day a few weeks ago. The weather was damp and cold so I used the time to do some still life studies. The curves in the bottle presented… Full Story »
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Original acrylic abstract seascape painting with fishing boats in the wharf.
My Journey With Art &bull Mar 5, 2010
As with the previous posts I'm working with quick acrylic sketches that give me a loose and expressive finish. This series was painted in one session and probably took about an hour to do about six sketches. I thought this… Full Story »
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Longer Poses: Careful Charcoal Nude Figurative Studies by Diana Moses Botkin
Daily Painters Marketplace &bull Mar 5, 2010
A Collective of World-wide self representing DAILY PAINTERS. All types of art work are being shown by our members. When I'm sketching our model, I'm always looking for an interesting angle and something nice with the light. In a room… Full Story »
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Original abstract acrylic horse painting
My Journey With Art &bull Feb 25, 2010
Still trying to work on loosening up the brushwork. I haven't worked with horses in a while soI thought it would be nice to change it up. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by. Robert Joyner was born… Full Story »
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Ruth Sanderson
lines and colors &bull Feb 20, 2010
Drawing is the simplest way of establishing a picture vocabulary because it is an instant, personal declaration of what is important and what is not. - Betty Goodwin Ruth Sanderson is an illustrator with a long career of creating illustrations… Full Story »
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Observe, Sketch & Contribute
ArtPlantae Today &bull Feb 15, 2010
Field Sketching Ghost Ranch Fauna and Flora October 3-9, 2010. The chamisa will be golden; the asters will be lavender. Come enjoy the art of field sketching in the high desert setting beloved by Georgia OKeeffe. On short field trips… Full Story »
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Overcoming Creative Block (Scott Hansen)
lines and colors &bull Feb 13, 2010
Scott Hansen, an artist and musician based in San Francisco, has posted an article on his blog iso50 called Overcoming Creative Block, in which he has asked 25 artists, writers, musicians and other creative professionals “What do you do to… Full Story »
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Original oil seascape painting featuring three scallop boats in Newport News, Virginia
My Journey With Art &bull Feb 11, 2010
'Three Scallop Boats' 16" x 20" Oil on Canvas $600 Contact me for availability This piece is inspired from a few pictures I took at the docks in Downtown Newport News, Virginia. If you follow my blog you know that… Full Story »
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Florian Satzinger
lines and colors &bull Feb 11, 2010
Austrian production and character designer Florian Satzinger has a drawing style with a snap and verve that harken back to the best of classic Disney and mid 20th Century Warner Brothers animation. The lines with which he delineates his characters… Full Story »
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Edward Matthew Hale
lines and colors &bull Feb 10, 2010
Edward Matthew Hale is one of those 19th Century artists about whom it’s not easy to find information, but whose few available images hint at a terrific body of work. Hale studied in Paris with Alexander Cabanel, whose students included… Full Story »
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Original acrylic still life painting with wine bottle
My Journey With Art &bull Feb 9, 2010
'Wine Bottle' Acrylic on 140 lb Archival Paper 11" x 15" $155.00 Contact me for availability This is an alla prima studio painting that was done yesterday. It's been pretty cold and windy in our neck of the woods lately,… Full Story »
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Stephen Harby
lines and colors &bull Feb 8, 2010
Stephen Harby is a working architect and lifelong student of architectural history with a passion for travel and sketching architecture. Harby took a sabbatical from the architectural office in which he had been working for many years and devoted it… Full Story »
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Jonatan Cantero
lines and colors &bull Feb 6, 2010
I don’t know much about Jonatan Cantero; his blog doesn’t have much in the way of biographical information. He is a young illustrator living in Barcelona, Spain, and is apparently working toward a career in comics, though not yet published… Full Story »
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Original plein air seascape sketch with crab boat at the docks
My Journey With Art &bull Feb 6, 2010
'Crab Boat Sketch' 15" x 20" Acrylic on 140 lb Archival Paper $115 Contact me for availability This was a study I did for several of my paintings. My focus was capturing the buildings in the background and trying to… Full Story »
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Original plein air acrylic landscape painting with a country house in Virginia.
My Journey With Art &bull Feb 5, 2010
'Country Dweller' 11" x 15" Acrylic on 140 lb Archival Paper Contact me for availability This piece was painted in plein air about a month ago. I discovered this scene over the summer and decided to return once more. It… Full Story »
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Original acrylic seascape painting featuring fishing boats in the harbor-Study
My Journey With Art &bull Feb 4, 2010
'Three Scallop Boats - Study' 15" x 22" Acrylic on 140 lb Archival Paper $155.00 Contact me for availability This studio painting is inspired from a recent trip to the docks. This fleet of boats have made it in several… Full Story »
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Bill Watterson Interview
lines and colors &bull Feb 2, 2010
Bill Watterson, the artist and writer of Calvin and Hobbes, to my mind the best late 20th Century comic strip after Pogo ceased publication in 1975, is almost as notable for the things he didn’t do as for his actual… Full Story »
