Dog and Sheep

This is the underpainting I started last year for the Meeker Sheepdog Art Contest. Yesterday I started adding color. Today I worked on the dog some more but wiped out everything I did on the sheep. I'll try again another day.

March 12 - Added two more photo as I'm working on the sheep. I keep going back and forth on the relative values of the light and dark. Seems to work better with more contrast but it's getting to be a very dark painting. I also go back and forth on how much in focus the sheep should be. Right now the middle sheep is in sharper focus with the ones on the sides less so With the focus on the eyes above I'm thinking of softening all the sheep features.....time for a walk.

May 1 - Final piece after darkening the dog in the background.

Man with carrizo

I just finished this painting out by Yagul where my friend Judith and I have been painting for the past three Fridays.

Final Cat (I think, maybe, ....)

Triptych of The Harvest

This is a box that I made to submit to a traveling show of women artists who are making art about corn.

Un Chemin en Provence

I did this 8x10 plein air when we were in France. I just sent it to an alumni art show at my former high school and it sold for $500. I was really pleased.

Cat - Fourth session

This was from a couple of days ago. I'm headed into the painting room now to work on it some more.

Blocks to Marian (finally)

I finally framed this for my sister-in-law. We'll take it to Tucson next week.