Charlie's Buddy

Charlie's Buddy

24 x 30 original acrylic

Copyright Carole Rodrigue 2010

This horse is a rodeo horse I'd photographed a few years ago. He was with several other horses, and I'd seen the photo hundreds of times. Then lately, I was feeling uninspired and decided to look through some of my old references, and bam! Just like that, standing among the other horses, this one stood out and I immediately knew what I was going to paint! So, here's the final result.

This painting is for sale and you can get more information by contacting my through my website at http://www.carolerodrigue.net/  Thanks for looking!

Can goats apply on the horse art site?

Called "Exploring", this 12 x 16 acrylic was started last year at a demonstration and talk for the Hemet Valley Art Association. I finished it up today, and will be taking the original to the demonstration next Wednesday. I just love working with the thin veils of color, developing interesting passages within larger values and hues. It takes time, but I have time right now. I especailly love the blues on the shadowed sides of the black and white kids.

Bringing a painting to a finished state is a sort of dance with what's going on in front of me coupled with the knowledge in my head. Choices are made for color, brush marks and areas to develop based upon that partnership. Oh, and listening to a good audio book doesn't hurt!

I did make time today to go with a great bunch of folks hiking on Sunday morning, and we all went out for brunch afterward. In the image below, I'm the one midway down the table next to the fellow in the black cap. Keeping excess pounds off is part of the strength I am finding, and I take great pleasure in being able to do many things at this point in my life. Being in good condition is a gift one gives oneself--no one else can do that for you!

Thanks to those of you who wrote yesterday, I know...however it is good to know there are others with this section on the road of experience behind them! Going out with folks helps, you betcha.

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Painting a Dog a Day by Kimberly Kelly Santini

Untitled, from the Saratoga Series, 6" x 8", acrylic on Raymar panel, depicting Thoroughbreds and their jockeys on the track at Saratoga in New York, $349 to the first one who asks nicely. I know there's a great title here, but I'll be darned if I can think of it - suggestions welcomed! Your ideas (including inquiries about commissioned projects) may come straight to me.

There's something about the pagentry and color of horse racing, which aside from the beasts themselves, is mesmerizing. I wanted to capture a sliver of that with this composition - the jockeys and their mounts became a simple excuse for daubs of color. Color is such fun.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, there sits the power of black and white. I want to share with you a portrait of that my friend and uber talented Sheona Hamilton-Grant (aka The Graphite Queen) did of Finnigan. The drawing is due to arrive any day now. I'm getting a small taste of the anticipation and excitement you all go through while waiting for your paintings to arrive home.

Stay warm and safe this weekend - this latest winter storm is missing us in Michigan, but I know it's blanketing many others in the Dog a Day famiy.

Kim

ksantini@turtledovedesigns.com

www.paintingadogaday.com

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READING MATERIAL: Preview and order each of the Dog a Day books at the publisher's website: The First Year (2006-2007) and That's 14 in Dog Years (2008). If you would like your copy personalized, order them through me.

"Her big easy chair" Graphite painting of a Friesian Horse.

"Her big easy chair" 8 x 10 Graphite, $95.00. Inquiries may come to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com thank you.

 

Now if this isn't a fairy tale scene, I don't know what is! This is the stuff that little girl dreams are made of. The princes' flowing dress, and the silver band that holds back the woman's hair. And of course the big black horse to trot away on. This Lady is riding side saddle. This is how Ladies rode back in the day, when they were to be proper and lady like.

I hope you enjoy today's graphite painting. I am taking on Graphite commissions now, if you would like to have your horse created into a lasting memory. All graphite's are created on an 11 x 14 white Strathmore Graphite paper. The completed image is in the 9 x 12 to 8 x 10 range, with no background, for $95.00 plus shipping.

Contact me through my email when you are ready to book your special portrait. Thank you.

 Debbie Flood

"When Ponies Were Painted" by Kate Dardine

Painting #23 in my Painting a Day project. I've been trying to paint a horse for a few days now; for some reason, it just wasn't working, and I'd have to wipe out the horse and paint something else. The other night, inspired by a painting by Jean Richardson, I was finally able to complete a painting.

This piece is 6x8", oil on stretched canvas. Available unframed for $55. Click here to purchase or see more work.

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Laureus signed, new equine drawing by Sheona Hamilton-Grant

"Laureus"
Pencil on Paper, 27x36 cm
Sheona Hamilton-Grant. All rights reserved

Reserved

What great company he was, alert, attentive, kind and oh so handsome.
Here's the finished result of another good week's work.
I wanted a three D effect.
In order to achieve this I pushed the contrast in the neck and accentuated the detail on the nose . I also used a large format so when the portrait is seen "live", Laureus really comes into the room.

There will be a little canine study next. Running off up to the studio to finish him.
Have a great Monday.

Ridden Dressage In Casein

"Shades Of Gray #2" casein on paper 9x12"

This morning while the bitter cold January winds howl outside my studio, I painted, and still in my pj's, have just finished the above casein on paper. This is one more done for my series titled "Shades Of Gray".....a series where I will explore the color, light and shadows in gray [or white] horses. In the past few years I have done a similar foray into the colors I see in the black horse...now the gray will be the subject of this 'experiment"! I am putting it up on my website.

The new online art show with "Women Artists of the West" titled " It''s An Artist's Life" is now on line and I have two still life works 'hanging' in it. I am very proud to be part of this great group of female artists who are from all over the U.S.of A. ...not just the West as their name states. Please take a stop into this virtual show and enjoy. Sorry I can't offer you a glass of wine!

Guess I better get dressed and bundle up to walk the dogs. Out into the cold!

Kathi Peters
WAOW Assoc.,AAEA Assoc.
www.kathipeters.com