My Hand

I've been in a painting slump.  I started this a couple of weeks ago and was close enough to finishing to sign it but today I did make the final corrections and finished it. It's a tough time of year to be finding inspiration with all of the holiday busy-ness going on. 

This one almost got the better of me.  I did the under painting in grey tones and didn't know where I was going to go with it.  I glazed some of the colors in but wasn't satisfied and ended up painting over the under painting anyway.  But I think it turned out just delightfully.  I hope you enjoy it!

Old Farmstead

This is the first oil I've messed with in ages!  I gessoed some 8x10 panels with lots of texture. I tinted the panel with burnt sienna and then did an underpainting in burnt sienna, alizarin crimson and van dyke brown. The landscape is thin washes of color, added and wiped off while the sky is finger painted!  FUN, huh?