Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 15             This painting is complete! (except for some touchups here and there, and some minor changes). The birds didn’t take as long as I thought they would. The nearer, larger bird has the most detail, but the smaller, farther birds are simpler. Surprisingly, I used a large range […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 14             Using the same colors and technique, I completed the grasses across to the right side. I say “completed”, but I always reserve the right to touch up or modify parts. As I said before, I work on areas until I’m satisfied at the time, but I always […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 13             The grasses across the midground are one of the most complex areas of the painting. There’s a complex pattern of flower stalks, complexity in the bunches of grass in how they lay, and the line of pickerel weed that stretches across the lower third of the mass […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 12             The water is now pretty much complete. I continued to add layer upon layer to the roughed in reflection pattern in the lower right. Doing so intensified the colors. For the most part I kept the margins of the light and dark colors quite sharp. Within the […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 11   I was hoping to have the water completed this week but fell short. Other commitments took time from this project. A new commission is taking some of my time, and home and garden maintenance is still an important part of my day. However, I have still made […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 10             I know said I was going to work the grasses after doing the palm tree reflections but I couldn’t resist continuing the reflections across the painting. Once I completed the reflections below the palms I wanted to see how the rest of the water would be integrated […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight, Update 9             After getting all the palm trees in I thought next of doing the grasses that stretch across the scene, but I was anxious to put some water in, especially in the lower left. The palm trees were taken from another photo, pasted in, and weren’t on the […]

This has been a tough month for my wife and I. Our cocker spaniel, Peaches, a beloved and dear companion for 15 years has been struggling with terminal kidney failure, and despite all the intervention, is succumbing to its ravages. My heart isn’t in it to type a discussion of the past week’s artwork. She’s […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight, Update 7   I’ve completed the smaller foliage masses catching sunlight within the larger mass on the right side. To add more definition and make them appear more real, I further defined the edges by working dark color along mostly the top edges where the sun strikes them the hardest. […]

Many thanks to all the participants in my recently concluded Introduction to Colored Pencils class in the On Top of the World Communities’ Master the Possibilities education program. It was a pleasure teaching the class, as all the students were enthusiastic and eager to learn. Your seriousness was evident through all the classes by the questions you […]