tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328365378215648602024-03-19T23:44:21.348-07:00The Art of David the GoodAn Online and Ongoing Gallery of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and PhotographyDavid The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-56689782257563372792020-12-28T10:07:00.002-08:002020-12-28T10:07:18.544-08:00Baby Girl<p>I painted a small 8" x 10" portrait of my youngest daughter this last week, testing a limited palette of yellow ochre, titanium white, ivory black, alizarin crimson and burnt umber. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceZOJIqqMGaRiAjkL_uGJsGu6qenLL9Qf9yVie9MWGv4HT86zgW_RFLNfrLGjaw3disFtqWEfqaAEmznud2DB1qyxCqL0gln_4LiAuJLrAGuuYYFF244DeT3tYK4iNxxmHFMKlnaSS67V/s752/baby-pep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="600" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceZOJIqqMGaRiAjkL_uGJsGu6qenLL9Qf9yVie9MWGv4HT86zgW_RFLNfrLGjaw3disFtqWEfqaAEmznud2DB1qyxCqL0gln_4LiAuJLrAGuuYYFF244DeT3tYK4iNxxmHFMKlnaSS67V/w356-h447/baby-pep.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><p> Since I was painting with some of my children, I used acrylics instead of oils. I want to try again in oil, as I can get much nicer transitions.<br /></p><p><br /></p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-59824644175478951082020-12-27T15:27:00.002-08:002020-12-27T15:27:38.427-08:00Black Sink Prairie I found this picture of an older painting today while looking for another image. It's a view of the Black Sink Prairie in Citra, Florida.
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWliIMYiIT_wPfgH75hS0ob2I5HYpxUyzVsf-QYGwMwy8UNRAievarDWiQ114Z3oSO8fzYR5ydjwZYxoYPwrtyquckmgT1J3JPmFnp4qxNJRY1nelwPHfKoGawkQxHtSMVa7hyN400KG1e/s800/BlackSinkPrariePainting-web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWliIMYiIT_wPfgH75hS0ob2I5HYpxUyzVsf-QYGwMwy8UNRAievarDWiQ114Z3oSO8fzYR5ydjwZYxoYPwrtyquckmgT1J3JPmFnp4qxNJRY1nelwPHfKoGawkQxHtSMVa7hyN400KG1e/w577-h433/BlackSinkPrariePainting-web.jpg" width="577" /></a></div><p></p><p>This was a memorable painting excursion. Though it's called a prairie, the location is often more of a swamp than anything else. <br /></p><p>I set up my easel by the edge of the swamp in a small clearing surrounded by brush, then started to paint. After starting to block in the landscape, I heard the grunting of a gator, quite close.</p><p>There was a lot of vegetation and water around me and I quickly realized I was not in a safe spot in case a gator felt hungry, so I ended up painting my landscape in a bit of a rush while standing on top of a metal folding chair I had brought. </p><p>My sister Stephanie now owns this painting. It's not the most polished work I've ever done but I figured it would be better to have a rougher painting than to be missing a limb. </p><p>I believe I painted this picture in 2014 or '15. <br /></p><p></p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-7426258630195421242020-12-19T20:02:00.006-08:002020-12-19T20:02:57.413-08:00Jeep Sketch<p>I was out in the yard today with Rachel and the baby, sitting on a towel and soaking up some sun. It was in the upper 50s but the sun felt good and I brought my sketchbook along.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6ek_Qc2Klo93WIX64629Mo17ixz6psO-r3WrmOvZPpRC8ic_8xivh7KV0CEOhL4DsRcUdDbp_eSp5T1UuhLIUftOiUxVYdoP5M4xSTti9erYEn8lCQKHixfgbtThko4AI-HcSqUsxfag/s1047/jeep-and-babies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6ek_Qc2Klo93WIX64629Mo17ixz6psO-r3WrmOvZPpRC8ic_8xivh7KV0CEOhL4DsRcUdDbp_eSp5T1UuhLIUftOiUxVYdoP5M4xSTti9erYEn8lCQKHixfgbtThko4AI-HcSqUsxfag/w490-h640/jeep-and-babies.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><p>This evening I finally finished my portrait of Margaret and will post that as soon as I get a good photo.<br /></p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-31485230968505008492020-12-18T07:22:00.001-08:002020-12-18T07:22:05.965-08:00Making Christmas Cookie Ornaments<p> A quick sketch in acrylics and pencil:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-lgQxW79jttAO02RzGi67nJ0yNsDbFjXp521iTWSJQ_F8xgr1nMwFb-F_ZrrT806yPILEB-atdBxIkQJti4zaNY17JSuAPGyFuG8nL2WRmhgiq1SUxk1WbpyDuNGjoTuxj2t35EEAik7/s1000/painting-of-decorating-christmas-ornaments.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1000" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-lgQxW79jttAO02RzGi67nJ0yNsDbFjXp521iTWSJQ_F8xgr1nMwFb-F_ZrrT806yPILEB-atdBxIkQJti4zaNY17JSuAPGyFuG8nL2WRmhgiq1SUxk1WbpyDuNGjoTuxj2t35EEAik7/w640-h424/painting-of-decorating-christmas-ornaments.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>You can read <a href="http://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/making-christmas-cookie-ornaments-family/">the rest of the story here</a>. <br /></p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-16321290965103411712020-12-16T10:47:00.001-08:002020-12-16T10:47:05.589-08:00Cool Watercolor Techniques<p>Some interesting ideas here:</p><p>https://craftwhack.com/watercolor-techniques/</p><p>I have always liked the look of watercolors but have never done much with them. This makes me want to experiment.</p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-47339413805796349472020-12-09T11:18:00.006-08:002020-12-09T11:18:47.646-08:00Good Art Advice<p> Via Chuck Black on YT:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="367" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Djoa1rdJ9pk" width="441" youtube-src-id="Djoa1rdJ9pk"></iframe></div><p></p><p>You become great at anything overnight. <br /></p><p><br /></p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-62095091472789587992020-12-06T18:04:00.004-08:002020-12-06T18:34:17.682-08:00"Astronauts" (Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20")<p> Finished!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmrB1Mndvd6VvzfaVZwMnZzvec9mxf40_hNH8RdBBvChZtHkxKoEFtWj1ugnU48Swxb19HD0a0FgSSKzw7Baa_Tq_vJSZDTsygKyTc2pgQaTj4VlsXDagHe1cCQkDrN23y7KDWO2Cd601/s1111/astronauts.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1111" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmrB1Mndvd6VvzfaVZwMnZzvec9mxf40_hNH8RdBBvChZtHkxKoEFtWj1ugnU48Swxb19HD0a0FgSSKzw7Baa_Tq_vJSZDTsygKyTc2pgQaTj4VlsXDagHe1cCQkDrN23y7KDWO2Cd601/w640-h562/astronauts.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Oil on Canvas. 16" x 20". $600.00<br /><p></p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-4549853739409385752020-12-04T07:23:00.002-08:002020-12-04T07:23:17.575-08:00Margaret (in progress)<p>I had the honor of meeting a friend's wife in person after having only heard of her from afar. When we met, I was struck by her pale complexion, dark eyes and black curly hair. She reminded me of the pretty women often depicted on vintage cigar box labels, so I asked if I could paint her portrait as such.</p><p>She graciously sat for me and I am now about half-way through painting her portrait. </p><p>As I painted, I took pictures so you can see the image emerging from the canvas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ73fY9psSEvYadTd6-G5cdO7f6jmfRGv6lNPMPBwudycipPtCivAHcxxQSwYO-WmF7oG6Rb7MYgxj40ZCLHH5pxsHX3trBGNJfsGo2j9kd38hBbK5EHKTBH8bcvF8cl80VM6WZs9v-4T4/s800/Margaret-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ73fY9psSEvYadTd6-G5cdO7f6jmfRGv6lNPMPBwudycipPtCivAHcxxQSwYO-WmF7oG6Rb7MYgxj40ZCLHH5pxsHX3trBGNJfsGo2j9kd38hBbK5EHKTBH8bcvF8cl80VM6WZs9v-4T4/w300-h400/Margaret-1.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03FQv7JpyhIuRFZRsVk8QivDIEsveC8EqhMCGm-MKWP-liLDsAGX1W_bQp3yWYu7z_xmdHwmx3VA2u1NPpN_P9eCJN64TjXrnlFcsqhAi-rrY5SF2BVvf6g6GsXLFjBS0Dmmf2Y-_T3Tw/s676/Margaret-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03FQv7JpyhIuRFZRsVk8QivDIEsveC8EqhMCGm-MKWP-liLDsAGX1W_bQp3yWYu7z_xmdHwmx3VA2u1NPpN_P9eCJN64TjXrnlFcsqhAi-rrY5SF2BVvf6g6GsXLFjBS0Dmmf2Y-_T3Tw/w355-h400/Margaret-7.jpg" width="355" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRmYVKuFhUAdpPkSUyLXKnIMjU-bQb5437XM13LvXkeWOQc8QNOYt3DryTTw1Df7Wt4_tovqLoHOikTWMlHMCQebEb1IgmW_tASz5Igl2izlWnoteeBSMUrEwxVM4-K8_bUBLpnZ1XxnZ/s800/Maggie-final-so-far.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRmYVKuFhUAdpPkSUyLXKnIMjU-bQb5437XM13LvXkeWOQc8QNOYt3DryTTw1Df7Wt4_tovqLoHOikTWMlHMCQebEb1IgmW_tASz5Igl2izlWnoteeBSMUrEwxVM4-K8_bUBLpnZ1XxnZ/w400-h300/Maggie-final-so-far.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>It's getting there, piece by piece. </p><p>I have been <a href="http://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/writing-progress-extra-energy/" target="_blank">busy with my writing lately</a> but am trying to spend a few hours here and there on this portrait. I needed to really push myself to break out of my artistic rut. For too long I have just painted small paintings in short periods of time, rather than pushing my skill by working on something difficult. Seeing what can be accomplished when I push harder over multiple days is encouraging. <br /></p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-56314243569068079882020-11-16T10:53:00.003-08:002020-12-06T18:04:45.468-08:00Astronauts (in progress)<p> Almost done...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM47IadA2F6b_viz5Gra6CMUOrirJ8LUxYhq8Gug3HwMVHIaoA6Bj-WhV-fFmwYx3aCutDn6oSuZYI_BHbk8lmJWln9fT9OhU0C7wvERaqJRtw9vbvDi06AU3pEVQKkkIifMvUHZQk_OGW/s806/Astronauts-web.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM47IadA2F6b_viz5Gra6CMUOrirJ8LUxYhq8Gug3HwMVHIaoA6Bj-WhV-fFmwYx3aCutDn6oSuZYI_BHbk8lmJWln9fT9OhU0C7wvERaqJRtw9vbvDi06AU3pEVQKkkIifMvUHZQk_OGW/w637-h640/Astronauts-web.jpg" width="637" /></a></div><p>I bought a bunch of thrift store frames over the weekend and am refinishing them. I put a black one on this painting and stuck it on the fireplace mantle for a few days so I could decide what I needed to fix in the image.</p><p>I'd say it's very close. I plan to do some work on the background as well as add color to the wounded astronaut's face.<br /></p><p><br /></p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-57704734802735153232020-11-10T04:11:00.001-08:002020-11-10T04:11:02.782-08:00Pen and Ink Art from Florida Survival Gardening<p>Yesterday I mentioned that I should have shared some of the pen and ink illustrations I drew for my book <a href="https://amzn.to/3lg4Kjr" target="_blank"><i>Florida Survival Gardening</i></a>.</p><p>Here are a few of them, before they were completely cleaned up for printing.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtErUgkOOqBkhHSdvXkdcNfM-kulBlnURKiO_LMPUXNaHaPlb77zh7VDSP71b1U1-CK0O7I8U3AE1BGS-NCFN65wZzakF8QXLAwsO8t_PX2cUgGUH3paOKcLw8UgzpM5H3iTpFAkpDAghR/s682/Blueberry-david-the-good.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="600" height="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtErUgkOOqBkhHSdvXkdcNfM-kulBlnURKiO_LMPUXNaHaPlb77zh7VDSP71b1U1-CK0O7I8U3AE1BGS-NCFN65wZzakF8QXLAwsO8t_PX2cUgGUH3paOKcLw8UgzpM5H3iTpFAkpDAghR/w353-h401/Blueberry-david-the-good.jpg" width="353" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blueberry<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWiQjSBJWm8jNPQrQ81ieA-krvWgtZi9wUX01rf-enGM50E6WUKsn47Uoo1-bBvhABr4VwwoFAxCxH3oFv4qjycLMTg8P4wAPMrDhmsFMJCiV7Qkv4zRjup1vV4-bWKakMW58K1N35O60/s839/Bidens-Alba-david-the-good.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="600" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWiQjSBJWm8jNPQrQ81ieA-krvWgtZi9wUX01rf-enGM50E6WUKsn47Uoo1-bBvhABr4VwwoFAxCxH3oFv4qjycLMTg8P4wAPMrDhmsFMJCiV7Qkv4zRjup1vV4-bWKakMW58K1N35O60/w313-h437/Bidens-Alba-david-the-good.jpg" width="313" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The text is almost done, then it's time to nail down the rest of the illustrations. So far, it is looking amazing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lord, give me strength to do all You have for me to do!<br /></div><br /><p></p></div>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-87541422246953458422020-11-09T05:11:00.002-08:002020-11-09T05:11:20.910-08:00Satsuma<p>Yesterday evening when my older children were at Youth Group, I spent some time teaching a few of my younger ones to paint. </p><p>My friend Greg's brother had brought us a box of local Satsumas. I saw one on the table that my three-year-old had partially peeled and decided it would make a great subject for our little painting class. Since he didn't want to give his up, I took a new one and partially peeled it, then we painted.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30pTnacjFseUF58mUjvZYhr_sj2j_TSANu0zzJOVmJ61Xhwczz8ICKUR7lxcocbigu8kqflvIY6ZeSw-D4CPIIl2PrLN3ydB-2N7WdtC-fy-jl-ft8wOLgA04mSpV-NMH4kmfEMsc1TtZ/s655/Satsuma-painting-by%253Ddavid-the-good.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="655" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30pTnacjFseUF58mUjvZYhr_sj2j_TSANu0zzJOVmJ61Xhwczz8ICKUR7lxcocbigu8kqflvIY6ZeSw-D4CPIIl2PrLN3ydB-2N7WdtC-fy-jl-ft8wOLgA04mSpV-NMH4kmfEMsc1TtZ/w426-h425/Satsuma-painting-by%253Ddavid-the-good.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p></p><p>During the Corona virus I did almost no art, with the exception of a set of pen and ink illustrations for my book <a href="https://amzn.to/3lg4Kjr" target="_blank"><i>Florida Survival Gardening</i></a>. </p><p>In retrospect, I should have posted those here. We were a little busy trying to repatriate, plus having bad internet down on the island was a reoccurring problem.</p><p>Maybe I'll still just go ahead and post some of them. <br /></p><p>Now we are in Alabama and life is better. I bought a new easel last night, along with some canvasses, and hope to spend some time landscape painting over the winter. </p><p>The landscape potential here is wonderful. Lots of old barns, fields of cotton, pines and lakes. It's quite different from the West Indies but it feels like home.</p><p>Maybe I'll finally re-launch my art career. That is, if I can stop spending all my time working on my writing career. <br /></p>David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-71400392797368296512019-11-27T05:37:00.001-08:002019-11-27T05:37:04.954-08:00On the WingAlmost done:<br />
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I am going back to my roots. Black and white paintings in a B-movie style.<br />
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8" x 10", Oil on Canvas. David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-14698743899721262072019-11-20T10:47:00.002-08:002019-11-20T10:47:18.303-08:008 x 10" Noni Painting in OilsThe baby is safely here and I was too busy to paint for a few days. After doing some reading on oil painting techniques, along with watching some YouTube videos, I ditched my acrylics again and painted a little 8 x 10" painting this morning:
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I was originally going to paint some potatoes but my wife and my daughter both told me that was "way too boring."<br />
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I put the potatoes away, went for a walk down to a noni tree growing in our neighborhood, then picked a fruit and a few leaves.<br />
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Though the ripe fruit taste like bad cheese, black pepper and vomit, the leaves actually make a very nice tea when steeped in boiling water.<br />
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The fruit are also fun to paint. They look very alien. David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-6804789161365252272019-11-10T12:00:00.003-08:002019-11-10T12:00:35.846-08:00Little PaintingsThis week I have been painting little acrylic canvases as we wait for our latest baby to be born.<br />
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I used to play piano to relieve the anxiety of waiting for important things. When we left Florida, I left my piano.<br />
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These are close to finished but I'll touch them up before I show them anywhere other than here.<br />
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<br />David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-76005022616959237922018-08-29T13:24:00.000-07:002018-08-29T13:24:13.410-07:00Rachel and WilliamI have been tweaking my oil painting lately in the quest to paint good portraits.<br />
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I finished this painting last week.<br />
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<br />David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-49438283533478241612016-12-08T11:20:00.001-08:002016-12-08T11:20:09.002-08:00Day 38: Yellow Creek<span _ngcontent-wdf-13="">I just got back from painting down by the
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<span _ngcontent-wdf-13="">I told myself, "David, if you don't do a good painting - a
seriously good painting - today, you're going to have to kill yourself
by eating that tube of cadmium yellow." <br />
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12 x 20". Oil on scrap wood panel.</div>
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As I finished, the rain began to fall again. The monsoons have tinted the creek with mud and I was fortunate to get a chance to paint during a gap in the rainfall. </div>
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Some are little plein air canvases, some are little still life pieces. I attempted a bigger plein air painting of some gnraled felled trees but it's not done yet. Good so far but I need to solve some problems.<br />
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Basically, I've just been sketching with paint and trying to find my favorite palette.<br />
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Nothing I'm really proud of this week. Just practice.David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-33257333580164643362016-12-02T07:33:00.000-08:002016-12-02T07:33:41.645-08:00Day 32: Local WatermelonI bought a pair of little watermelons from a local farmer yesterday and cut one of them up for breakfast this morning. I liked the way the inside looked... so I set up a little watermelon still life and painted 'em.<br />
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My friend Mike showed up yesterday morning with two rough-sawn mahogany boards, then proceeded to cut them up into "canvases" for me. The wood is so beautiful (and normally expensive!) I almost hate to paint on it, but I must paint.<br />
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I can't believe he carried those boards down the mountain from the sawmill, just so I could have more painting surfaces. Great guy. <br />
David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-77592325940033900462016-12-02T07:29:00.002-08:002016-12-02T07:29:34.918-08:00Day 31: Sunset Clouds over the MountainsWhy stop? I think I'll just keep painting daily. It's good for me.<br />
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Like the previous two paintings, this one was done with a limited palette of just yellow, red, blue and white. </div>
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She had been at it all day long, and as she was in the final stretch, I memorialized the moment on a little 5 x 7 panel.<br />
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<br />David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-49083681162054750022016-11-30T06:42:00.002-08:002016-11-30T06:42:44.404-08:00Day 30: "The Revelation"I made it! 30 days of painting daily!<br />
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Here's my LAST painting in the series: <br />
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This is a tiny one - maybe 6" x 6". I am happy with the looseness and composition. I used a viewfinder which helped quite a bit, and added some of the porcelain shards we discovered in the creek yesterday. This is the now-baked head of the same fish I painted two days ago. Still worth painting!</div>
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Thank you all for joining me. I have learned quite a bit. Let me run through the revelations that hit me over this 30 days.</div>
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<b>1. Some days you just feel it</b></div>
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I went into some paintings just knowing they were going to work - and they usually did</div>
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<b>2. Bristle brushes work better for me than soft nylon ones do</b></div>
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I like the way they push the paint around. Unfortunately, I didn't get to use any bristle brushes until day 28, when my wife brought me some from the states. They are so much better.</div>
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<b>3. Sketching helps</b></div>
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Sketching out locations with a pencil or brush to get the right placement of objects helps a lot. I used to just attack the canvas without much planning - now I've discovered that often leads to blah compositions and awkward moments.</div>
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<b>4. You really only need a few colors</b></div>
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Today's painting had four in it. Red, yellow, blue and white.</div>
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<b>5. Plein air painting is much tougher than still life</b></div>
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Rain, climbing mountains, fast shifts in the light, trouble with atmospheric perspective... I need to get out with my easel more. This has been a terribly rainy month with rain most days - the rainiest yet - and so I didn't get nearly as much outdoor time as I had hoped. Maybe in the dry season! I'm committed to plein air painting and I need to do a lot more, but I've also decided that I can tell stories with still life, which is a new thing for me.</div>
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<b>6. Daily painting has improved me</b></div>
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The last painting I did was much easier than the first. Each day I learned something new or built on a previous discovery. I need to keep doing this for a year!</div>
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Maybe I'll do just that.</div>
David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-48153692526108671132016-11-30T06:23:00.002-08:002016-11-30T06:23:51.568-08:00Day 29: Fail BridgeDespite threatening skies, I packed up my French easel and started up the road to the top of the mountain with my daughter in search of a vista we could paint.<br />
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We finally came to a small bridge and decided to stop and paint, as finding a good clear view was not happening.<br />
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A few minutes after we started, the rain came in. Not hard, but just enough to ensure we were in trouble!<br />
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This is all I managed to paint:<br />
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I ended up crouching and painting with the canvas beneath the work area of my easel so I could keep going but my colors went to mud and my view was poor, so... nothing great to report here. After a while we gave up and packed away everything... and the sky cleared!<br />
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My daughter convinced me that we should hunt for artifacts in the river, so we did that for a pleasant couple of hours in two different places. Beneath the bridge above, and further down on a friend's farm. We found an abundance of pottery and porcelain shards, plus old glass. I also found a clay Amerindian artifact of unknown use. I'll take pictures at some point - I'm dying to know what it is.<br />
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Overall, a great day... for everything but painting!David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-70268529165063968062016-11-29T05:08:00.003-08:002016-11-29T05:08:46.754-08:00Day 28: Fish for DinnerThis already scaled, gutted and slit tuna provided an interesting subject:<br />
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This one I could feel was going to work as I painted it. The panel is larger - maybe a 13 x 13, too. I used a bristle brush for a lot of the work and was quite happy with the more aggressive paint application compared to the nylon brushes I had been using. </div>
<br />David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-89420714404908615372016-11-29T05:06:00.001-08:002016-11-29T05:06:16.875-08:00Day 27: CoconutsThis little painting was done on an irregular piece of wood from a broken chair:<br />
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Not bad, but I think the eyes in the top coconut need to be readjusted for spacing.David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-632836537821564860.post-59758046178903380442016-11-29T05:04:00.002-08:002016-11-29T05:04:31.259-08:00Day 25 & 26: Failed ExperimentsOn day 25 I painted a very boring painting:<br />
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Then on day 26 I tried an experiment with gridding a photo, then transferring it to the panel but gave up on it.
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I wouldn't even post these two here if I could help it, as neither shows well or feels finished. Thrift store art, right?David The Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10198938190820294516noreply@blogger.com0