Most of these were images from Wetcanvas.com


a winter creek - should have had more aerial perspective in the distance, but some of it works



from California oak and grassland country. Had fun with brushwork here



young Quebecois lad, done yesterday



more indulgent brushwork. Wet transparent darks followed by more opaque lights with a soft flat bush, much like..



from a professional photo clipped somewhere. Don't think I posted before.

from web photo...

again a found photo

a Hipbone Studio session a few months back

a photo from Sunriver this summer, probably the only usable shot I got. I like much of the rocks and foreground, but the light rocks on the left took about 5 tries

a couple from Crystal Springs garden this summer, both done in the last month

this one got a little cluttered in the upper right

some portrait studies:

landscapes from photos

and some figure work from found photos

this last needs some brightening up. could happen.

Think I'd post more often if this layout software weren't so dreadful.

A few more portrait studies

A Hipbone studio session a while back. Some issues with proportions, alas.

And a couple from a Feb. photo trip to the coast.


Got a really nice sequence on Cape Lookout as the sun was poking through the fog.

been doing some cruddy stuff lately but among the better:

a horsey thing from a google photo

more portrait studies

and a couple from photos from wetcanvas.com

spent some time on the latter -maybe 8-10 hours.

it was such a well lit and composed photo

First a net honey with horse.

A recent Hipbone Studio session (two nights actually)

A canyon photo from a CD of pictures that came with a program -the vast majority of which were junk. Trying to slather more (see Edgar Payne). This had an ochre yellow undertone that largely disappeared.


And a copy of a Jean Beraud from a couple years ago. Ahh the Belle Epoque -I'm thinking the poo scraper was pretty glad to have the gig. When it was done I found her head/torso too high and left. So- plan a head.

[and the layout software still bites]

First a still-landscape of hostas in my backyard in mid-summer.



a copy of a photo of some callas from somewhere. A lot of thin layers -took forever.


2 babes - the first is goth grrl again and the second is a good likeness if one isn't particular about the placement of features. I'm still not sure just what went wrong.





Been using a 3/4" soft brush a lot --wet-in-wet with fairly thin layers. So far we're getting along well, with no splaying. This last was mostly done with it -its an Alaska photo from wetcanvas.com.