BATTERY STREET BOYS

Battery Street Boys (12x16 oil on canvas panel)

I painted this scene from the Google map for Bill Guffey's VIRTUAL PAINT OUT blog.
It was not finished in time to enter it tn the VPO blog. 

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Battery Street, Charleston S. Carolina.

I painted the background dark green to bring out the Mules.

SOUTHERN LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

The photo club memebers are teaming with artists to develop a PHOTOGRAPH/ART show. The Show will be on display for the month of August at the Gum Tree Museum, Tupelo, MS. I am pleased that Laura Curry has asked me to team with her, because her photos are terrific. I have completed two paintings so far.

I really liked this photo the colors, and composition are wonderful. I enjoy painting details.
I cropped the photo to fit a standard frame, and simplify the composition.
  

FALL LEAVES (12 X 16 oil on  canvas)

MY PAINTING PROCESS

 

This was my all time favorite Laura Photo. I love all the dust and grunge on this jug. But I found my eye attracted to the WHITE cap. I used Widows Paint to modify the photo, replaced the cap with a cork and showed the top threads. Then I took some of the back ground from the right side, and used it to covered over the corrugated metal panel on the left.
 

This is my modified photo cropped for a standard frame.

I generally make a fairly accurate pencil sketch on the canvas.

 

JUG (16 x 12 Oil on canvas)

I generally paint at least three passes over the canvas. In the first pass I try to accruately get the shape and size of major elements. And the successive passes I refine the painting and bring out the details. 

ISLE OF MAN VIRTUAL PAINTOUT

This  painting was done for Bill Guffey's VIRTUAL PAINTOUT blog.

 The Trail of Rocks (12 x 16 oil on canvas)

 

My painting site was near the Niarbyl Visitor Center on Trail Road of The Trail of Rocks.
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The paiting is not finished, I want to define the forground some more, and add some of the sea birds.