Ballet dancer

I will be working from this photo that I isolated from a video I previously filmed using the "Print Screen" button, then in "Accessories," "Paint," then "Paste". I was able to crop the photo before I saved it. So Hi-Tech!!!

Using only a black and white print of the picture from my laser printer, I sketched out the form. Oh, and I'm working on this OLD canvas that has many layers of paintings under it. When I don't like something, I clean off my palette over it and use it for a later painting. I don't want to pass on and have my UGLY stuff saved...

I broke out a new color I bought ,Gamblin Radiant Blue, thinned it with Mineral Spirits, and scratched it over the yukky background with a house paint brush. That brand of paint really goes far!!!!

I tried out my new Gamblin Pthalo Green, which is also strong. The canvas seems too wide and I wanted the figure to pop out in her solid parts, so I added some green behind the torso. Too green for the final, but it makes the figure turn pink even though I haven't added any color on it! I want to paint MOTION!

Is the dark too dark????

Hmmmm....

New Testament Series

For the last few years, I've been whipping out these nativity pictures to put in our front yard. They weren't meant to be real paintings, and I did them very fast. They were just to be 'decorations', but I like them. I decided to try and paint real paintings with the same quick, no pressure attitude.

I started a series of paintings of the life of Christ. I have to have something to look at to paint, so I am using a kids book that our church puts out. Hopefully, these will be a departure from that. So far I have 11 started, and make a rule that I can only work on them 15 minutes at a time. Then I switch to another picture. I don't paint every day, but I paint every day that I can - just a bit. None of these paintings have had much time put into them.
 All of the series is painted on masonite board coated with neutral grey gesso, which makes for a smooth, neutral surface that I usually like for doing portraits. I'm trying out new brands of oil paint: Classico, Gamblin, and Williamsburg. All the rest are a cheaper brand by Windsor Newton, Winton.
Painting action figures is new to me, so bear with my learning and experimentation.
I'm enjoying expressing my religious beliefs, and if I am successful, the south is a great place to market paintings of the Savior!!!
Enjoy my success, as well as my failure. This is a gamble!

Poster Background

I painted this in about 3 hours using Acrylics, for a poster background for my church. It was fun and had meaning for me.