And yet another dog.....

Jim's sister asked me to paint Sonora as a Christmas gift for her good friends there in Tucson.

Road to San Bartolome

I decided to try and get back into painting by doing a landscape without any people. This is in the same theme as the series with the corn but I've decided to expand the series to include different aspects of the village and village life. I want to paint the women who plant and tend flowers, the men who make adobe bricks, roads to and from the village and people in the village and in their homes.

Lolly again

I had made notes of changes I wanted to make.  I did the best I could.  It is almost finished.  David does not like the red outline.  I do.  What say you?

Lolly

When I went to visit my grandmother I realized that she was so in love with her dog that the best present would be a portrait of Lolly.  Thanks to Gay, I had seen colormutts and loved the way the dogs looked with the red outline and underpainting so I am trying it.  I did a sketch, then painted red around it, though I now realize it would be better to do the red first.  Let it dry and then did a pass with color.  I will let that dry and do another pass tomorrow.

Cosechando

This is almost identical but for a few details in the clothes and corn.  I need to finish it by Wednesday to be framed so if you have any thoughts, they would be really helpful now.  Thanks.

Cosechando

David took the girls to the zocalo while I painted.  I am still trying to add detail to the landscape and the women.  And get the contrast right without loosing too much color on their clothes.

Harvesters 2

I put all the colors in and now I am trying to correct them and add detail.