Here's the Process...

After sketching in my subject with a colored pastel 
pencil, I start blocking in the big masses of color.

Next I begin to define my subject (the two girls
and the kayak).

Now it's finally time to put in the details such as
the ripples on the water, the planks on the dock
and the paddle. The foreground is the last thing
to paint.

"Strolling the Snake River," 36" x 36" oil on panel.
J'ai finis!

Pumpkin Patch

"Pumpkin Patch"

16" x 20" oil on panel

When I visited this pumpkin patch I noticed that the orange 

pumpkins were sitting all together on the bare ground away 

from the greenery where they grew.

I snapped some pictures of the vines and leaves and took

the large pumpkin (on the right) back to my studio where I 

painted an image of it into the greenery.

Sometimes combining photography with painting from real

life creates a more interesting painting. Even artists can

enhance their work by editing.

Our Open Studio Was A Success!

Our Open Studio was a success! This year we decided to cater 
Brazilian Food from Braza Grill and serve lots of cookies and treats.

The student work was beautiful!

Holding an open house to exhibit and celebrate your finished
artwork is an amazing way to complete a full cycle of creation;
from a blank canvas all the way to the final framed piece.

"Sunrise on the Pond in Heber City"

36" x 48" oil on panel

Dock at Mack's Inn

"Dock at Mack's Inn"

24" x 36" oil on panel

"Dock At Mack's Inn"

Fun at the COLOR Workshop!

 The two-day color workshop was a huge success!

The first day was spent discussing terms such as value, hue, 
intensity (chroma or saturation) and reviewing the basic primary 
and secondary colors.

It was pretty close to being an information overload.

We created color charts - which are labor intensive, but worth the effort.

Of course, cookies make anything bearable!

The second day was more about putting into practical use the information
from the day before. We completed paintings, reviewed color matching
and talked about utilizing "grays" in our paintings.

Here's part of our work...

"Carousel"

9" x 12" oil on panel

This is my "Quick Draw" plein air 

painting from the Utah State Fair.