WIP aka Works in Progress

Been a while since I've posted anything new that I have been working on. Probably because I'm all over the board right now. I think it's part of my creative process in bouncing around here and there. Could be a lack of focus, too, come to think of it ... hmmmm

Actually, I have made considerable progress on the colored pencil piece that I started back in late January. This is the same one that I started and about three weeks in to it decided it was not good enough. Start over. It's only paper. And colored pencil. And time, which I wish I had more of, but don't we all.

In any case, here's Marin or the Little Girl with All Those Curls. Not sure what to name the painting when it's finished.

Marin

It has been that constant push-and-pull that goes in to every painting. I know I have at least two challenges ahead of me in her hair on the right side. It is reflecting a lot of light as well as sporting most of her curls. The painting really hinges upon that. I know it, and probably why I'm waiting till the end.

 The second part, believe it or not, is her lower lip. She's biting it and it's almost non-existent. Along with that is concern about her teeth. Not many of them and there are some spaces between. Need to avoid the "Chiclets" look.







I have been  working on three oil paintings, but am only showing two of them because every time I look at the third painting, I don't like it and wipe the paint off and start over again. 



That is, indeed, the luxury of oil painting or any kind of painting over colored pencil. There's a greater opportunity to fix mistakes. I have always found colored pencil to be the most unforgiving of mediums.

New Hampshire Horse Farm

 

Worked on the fence line, added the horses, noodled with the barn and began laying in some of the snow in the pasture area. 

Kennebunkport

 Didn't do as much here as I had hoped. Still need to darken the sky in the background. Added the ocean -- which may need to be darkened or toned down. That little white blob will eventually be a rock or two or three.

The clouds need some work too.


Hopefully, next week I can feel comfortable enough with painting number three to post it on the blog. Today's progress was positive, so hopefully it will look that good in the morning! 

Congratulations to DC 119!

The results of this year's 21st Annual Colored Pencil Society of America International Exhibition and six members of the local Greater Cincinnati Chapter were selected.  The local members who were selected were:

Margi Hopkins, Vanessa Lawrence, Cheryl Metzger, Donna Schwarz, John Smolko and Katherine Thomas.

 

John Smolko was featured in one of my blogs a few weeks back and his work is always outstanding. Margi Hopkins won First Place in the local show back in December, though her piece accepted in to this year's Exhibition was a different work. I featured that also a few blogs back. Katherine Thomas, like John Smolko, is linked to my blog and you can see her exceptional work -- Adagio -- on her blog.

 

To be selected in to the International show is a major accomplishment and all six of the local members deserve the honor. Great work!