Norton Children's Hospital - pen and ink

  Pen and ink on paper, 8.5 x 11 inches

House portrait in oil

I realized a short while ago that I never put this painting on my blog. I painted this house portrait in April 2019. It's oil on wood panel, about 16x20 inches. I think. I need to look that up.

Finished drawing

8x10 inches

Next drawing

I'm always glad when I can start inking in a drawing.

House Portrait, Pen & Ink

Oil Portrait: Boy, Dog, and Poppies

 Finished last night. 8 x 10 inches on panel.

None of the photographs I took show the subtlety in the skin tones, but you get the idea...

At the end, I was putting the tiniest amounts possible on the tips of sable brushes and making small adjustments to the shape of the eyes and the highlights and colors on the cheeks, etc.  I am very pleased with the end results, anyway.

Dog Portrait, oil on panel, 16 x 20 inches

I finished a commissioned pet portrait last week, in oil paint. I haven't met the dog personally, but in the photos I was provided she looked like an incredibly sweet dog.

(Detail)

8 1/2 x 10 house portrait in pen and ink

house portrait

I draw this with a mixture of disposable technical pens and sumi ink with dip pens.  It's a pretty house, and I was especially enjoying the shadows of the trees.

Pen and Ink House Portrait

10 x 16 house portrait, finished last weekend. Black and white on paper. This was a combination of sumi ink and disposable technical pens.

House Portrait

detail

Pen and Ink House Portrait in Old Louisville

8 x 10 inches.  This was a combination of Pigma Micron pens and sumi ink with a dip pen.

House portrait in pen and ink, 10 x 14 inches

House portrait

House portrait detail

House portrait detail

pen and ink details

Here are some close-ups of the drawing I just posted.

House Portrait in Pen and Ink, 11 x 15 inches

House portrait in pen and ink

11 x 15 inches.  This was done with a combination of sumi ink and disposable technical pens.

detail images:

House portrait, slowly progressing. ..

...and nearing the end, at last. I think I can finish it this weekend.

Pen and ink, late at night

I am trying to finish the first house portrait of the year. It's a combination of sumi ink and disposable technical pens.

Floyds Fork Landscape oil painting

This is a commissioned oil painting on panel.  The subject of the commission was actually the bench, which is dedicated to my client's parents.  She wanted to give them a drawing or painting of the bench as a Christmas gift because they are unable to get out to the area much any more.

I initially thought to work on a pen and ink drawing, but it seemed like it would be such a waste of the fall colors that were showing at the time.  A great reason to do an oil painting!

I actually added a little more to this after this photo was taken: a small amount of blue-green glazing to darken the distant foliage behind the trunks on the right edge of the painting. I also used it to add some slight shading and definition to the trunks and a few other areas.

I am pretty pleased with the result.  I'll take another photo of the real-real finished product and a few closeups to post later.

Walnut ink house portrait,completed

I finished this house portrait a couple of days ago.  It was a challenge because of the darkness of the shadows on the dark house; building up layers of walnut ink to create large areas of deep value can be difficult because each new layer of crosshatching goes on less smoothly than the preceding layer.  Also, it was a struggle to make out the details in the source photographs.  At any rate, I am happy with the final result.

This is 11 x 15 1/2 inches on bristol paper.

walnut in house portrait work-in-progress

Commissioned oil landscape work-in-progress

Getting near the end...just need to let it dry a few days so I can work over some corrections, refinements, etc.