Garden oil painting-Final

Garden Oil Painting

This is an oil painting I did of a garden. Despite the miserable summer weather things are still growing. Had not done any painting in a while and it was good to get back to doing this.    The painting is done on MDF with gesso.  It is large, maybe 20" x 15".  Took about 9 hours. 

Creature 2 - bobob

creature - bobob

I doodled this and thought it would be fun to complete so I kept working on it.  It is a bobob. 

Hand Study

Hand study

Yip I am still trying to keep some studies going.  I have kept sketching with pencil and paper.  The majority of this kind of work I get done at lunchtime.  Here are some hand studies.  I plan to make my way through Loomis for the remainder of the Summer. 

Flight

Flight

This began as a bit of doodle and grew and grew.  I knew i wanted to do something with a lighter palate and this was as good a subject as any. 

I had all the basic stuff down reasonably quickly but the rendering and detailing well that took way longer.  Things definitely got more static as I rendered it further.  It is still a shock how long it is taking me to get to a point where a piece looks finished.  I think if I focus more and have a clearer idea of what I need to get too it would go faster.  On the other hand I am trying to learn as i go so lots of mistakes.