Monday, May 31, 2010

Work in Progress Pencil Drawing by Charlotte Yealey



Work in progress
This is a graphite drawing of my daughter and I that I am working on. I am using a photo booth photo from around 1990 which really washes out the values in the faces. The drawing is actually darker than this scan looks. I know that I have to darken the values in the faces but I am still working on it.

Variegated Wegela by Linda Young

I had trouble getting the contrast and colors correct on this painting scan.  It is another one of the flowers hit by the hail storm two weeks ago in the "memorials to flowers #7".  This is a Variegated Wegela and the leaves are a greeny yellow, have stripes of yellow and tints of pink on the edges of some of them.  The flower varies from white to a rosy pink. The hummingbirds just love this shrub.

 4-5/8 x 6-3/8"
Variegated Wegela, Watercolor
Linda Young Watercolors

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

"My Dearest Sarah." by Michael Lekites




One of my more recent pieces. Acrylic on canvas. 24x36. The models are two friends of mine (mother and daughter). They posed under a tree that was very close to where the Tiadaghton Elm used to be (where our State Constitution was signed).

Memorial Day, Andy Smith ~ Watercolor

4"x6" Watercolor ~ SOLD
This is a view of a porch on my street.
Happy Memorial Day!

It has been my pleasure to meet and chat
with several PA Daily Painters at Artfest,
in Harrisburg. I will be there Monday
from 10-5 and my space is #113 on Front St.

http://www.andysmithartist.com/

Musically Inclined Series by Daily Painter Bertie Brown Original Musical Motif Watercolor

Musically Inclined

original musical motif watercolor: 13 1/2"w x 10 1/2"h

Going Solo

The piano stands alone

Neither lost nor forlorn

Just a confident fellow

Black and white outside

Inside, mellow.

Its song is melodious

With high notes that soar

But can be quite odious

When notes don’t sound sure

One thing is certain

With a rising stage curtain

The piano likes to play

The solos he’s given

In a most excellent way!

BB'10

blog: http://watercolorsbybertiebrown.blogspot.com

info at: email

"Crimson and Gold" by Tatiana Myers.

"Crimson and Gold" by Tatiana Myers
12 x 12".  Oil Pastel on Ampersand Museum Pastelboard

Just finished my latest oil pastel. Another mess of poppies. I did this one for WetCanvas monthly challenge on floral/botanical forum.

With questions about paintings e-mail me at TanyaOfOz@aol.com .
To see more of my works visit my web site:
http://www.TatianaMyersFineArt.com/
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NESTING
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
15/100


'Nesting'
Oil 8 X 8
15/100

Day 15

This beautiful mourning dove built a nest in
our pine tree earlier this spring, but the nest
was destroyed by a wind storm. I was so
afraid they would never come back, but weeks
later she and her mate were rebuilding the
nest in the same place.

I have been very careful not to disturb her, but
was lucky enough to get a photograph of her
on the nest. She has since hatched two adorable,
fluffy fledglings.

If you would like to see to see more of my work,
please visit my website or my blog.
If you are interested in purchasing this painting,
please contact me. Thank you.

GALLERY OPENING




I attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony this past Saturday. Laura Basso has reopened the Third Street Gallery in New Cumberland, PA. Her gallery is sparkling clean, freshly painted inside and out and the paintings, ceramics, and sculpture are artfully displayed. Several of my paintings are on display there.

"Lunch Time" by Debra Tritt-Kreiger



"Lunch Time" Watercolor 7"x10" on Arches 140 lb paper

This painting is a resubmission. Sometimes I get so excited and I want to show everybody my new paintings, I forget I have to live with it awhile so to see and correct errors made. I guess I'm not perfect! I had to correct a few things on this painting, so here it is again. I just love it. I have more babies in the nest right now!

To contact me or see more paintings go to www.debkreiger.com

"Somewhere in Florida" by Tatiana Myers.

 "Somewhere in Florida" by Tatiana Myers

4 x 6" Pastel on Ampersand pastel board.

This miniature pastel painting was  exhibited on  MASF 2010 (biggest International Show of miniature art in the World).

I was lucky to have 3 of my pastel paintings juried into that show. Two of them are local PA landscapes and last one this seascape what I painted from photos we took last summer during our trip to Central FL. I really enjoyed working on this small painting it is brining back many good memories.

With questions about paintings e-mail me at TanyaOfOz@aol.com .
To see more of my works visit my web site:
http://www.TatianaMyersFineArt.com/
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Introducing Myself.


Hi! Just introducing myself and my work. I'm a new member to the group. Most of my work is in acrylics. I enjoy painting landscapes, figures and portraits. Currently I am working on several different paintings. I typically have 3 to 6 paintings I work on at any given time. This is a painting I completed a few years ago, titled "Thoughts of War, Thoughts of Home." Although it is set in the Civil War time, the painting is more about the separation a war brings than it is about the particular period. Hope you enjoy it.

Sunday Best, Maria Kovalenko Leysens

I was at an antique store in Zainesville, Ohio last summer
and found a bunch of vintage photographs.
I especially like this one... the dog...
I will do some cleaning up on this image.
I see a few things that I would like to do.
Sometimes it helps to see the image away from the studio.
6x9 inches, watercolor

Take me out to the.... Maria Kovalenko Leysens


I painted this and realized that I had my values wrong...
so I used some titanium white washes
and brought it back to what I thought it should be.
I have done this before (on purpose) and really enjoyed the process and results.
6x9inches, watercolor

Friday, May 28, 2010

"Spring Pasture" unframed pastel by Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

Special Ebay Auctions. I will be offering several pastels and paintings on Ebay at a starting bid of 50% of there retail value for one week only. Today I added three unframed pastels. 20% of the final winning bid will be donated to the Melanoma International Foundation.
"Spring Pasture", is a unframed pastel on white Canson Mi-Teintes paper with an approximate image size of 17½" x 23". This plein air pastel is from a scene North of Lititz Pennsylvania, just west of Clay Road looking south on Middle Creek Road. Currently available on Ebay with a starting bid of $750.00. Click here to bid.


For more information on my paintings, visit my website at http://www.jackbinghamcpf.com
Thanks for viewing,
Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

New Painting

'Study of a Redfish'
Image Size: 9" x 4.5". Matted Size: 14" x 11".
Note: Non-Professional Photograph.

Lobsterman Lairs Original Maritime Watercolor Impressionism by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Lobsterman Lairs

original maritime watercolor impressionism: 14"w x 11"h

Lobsterman Lairs

Line Sandy Bay Cove

Quaint little shacks

Where lobstermen store their wares

Buoys, nets, ropes

And traps are stacked there

It’s a place you should know

And if you do go

Let me show you around

‘Cause I love Cape Ann’s coastal towns...

BB'10
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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Buddy, Maria Kovalenko Leysens

This is a very quick study that I did for my student class demonstration. I tryed to focus on "clumping" highlights and fur texture and exaggerated alittle so they could really see it.  I am happy that I finally had a chance to paint my little Buddy.

'Study of a Redfish (Sciaenops ocellatus)' by Thom Glace


Transparent Watercolor on Crescent Mat Board
Image Size: 9" x 4.5". Matted Size: 14" x 11".

Part of my ongoing series of East Coast Saltwater Game Fish
Non-Professional Photograph

Thom Glace Watercolors

"Splangler Farm, rear lot" by Dianne Lorden


Pastel, 9" x 12"
Unframed, $75
Last year, I painted a view from this battlefield farmstead's other side, au plein air. But I was intrigued by the combination of brick and stone on the back of the house, so I took photos of that. (Felt funny setting up to work in the yard, as it's lived in by an NPS ranger. From the other side, I was set up along the trailside.) Every view of this place looks entirely different, and all are wonderfully interesting.

To view my work, visit South Mountain Sketchbook:

White Hot Steel, 30 x 40, oil on linen, by Ron Donoughe

Last year I visited this steel making facility. It is only 8 blocks from my studio here in Pittsburgh and I didn't even know it existed! It is tucked away in an industrial area close to the river. The management was great, allowing photography which I have used for reference. For obvious safety reasons it would be impossible to paint inside the plant. The painting above, done just this week, is about the extreme heat in the foundry. Unless you are standing there it is almost impossible to describe the experience. The white hot molten steel flies out everywhere and illuminates all surfaces with blazing warm color. I've tried to create a painting that shows how it felt. It is not like anything you see outdoors. That is why painting a scene like this is such a nice contrast to working from the cool light of day. I also like the idea of documenting the steel making heritage of this city– an era that is quickly slipping away.

Sketches from Life, Amy Lindenberger




I was over at my oldest daughter's house yesterday. She has four beautiful living children, and since I began my art career as a portrait artist, one of the things I've done is to sketch each of them from life, within a month after each was born. The two older children, now 6 and 8, have had their sketches matted and framed for quite a while now. The two younger ones -- seen above, Ella and Daniel, now 4 and 2 -- had their sketches hastily slipped into a scrapbook until there was a little more time, in both of our schedules, for framing. While I was visiting yesterday, my daughter mentioned that she had just come across these two sketches and wondered if I might have time to frame them so she could hang them with the other two. Before I got involved in the framing process, I thought I'd share them with you.



Wednesday, May 26, 2010

"Speedwell East" painting a day pastel study by Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

"Speedwell East" is an unframed plein air pastel on paper with an approximate image size of 4" x 6". It is currently available on Ebay. Click here to bid.

Click on the image for a larger look.

For more information on my paintings, visit my website at http://www.jackbinghamcpf.com

Thanks for viewing,
Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

'Study of a Colorado River Cutthroat Trout' by Thom Glace


Transparent Watercolor on Crescent Mat Board
Image Size: 9" x 4.5". Matted Size: 14" x 11".

I will be painting a sister Sub-Species of this trout
during a live demo at Foundry Day at Boiling Springs
on Saturday, June 5.
I will be the artist at Caffe' 101 on the square.
The painting will be of a
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout

Thom Glace Watercolors

"Middle Creek Afternoon" framed pastel on paper by Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

Special Ebay Auctions. I will be offering several pastels and paintings on Ebay at a starting bid of 50% of there retail value for one week only. Also 10% of the final winning bid will be donated to the Melanoma International Foundation.

The first is "Middle Creek Afternoon", pastel on white Canson pastel paper has an approximate image size of 7" x 14½" and an approximate framed size of 16¾ x 24¼OD.

Currently available on Ebay with a starting bid of $350.00. Click here to bid.

For more information on my paintings, visit my website at http://www.jackbinghamcpf.com
Thanks for viewing,
Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Bowl of Corks ~ Andy Smith, watercolor

5"x5" Watercolor ~ SOLD

This little bowl of corks are from a wine
tasting. The corks present a good study
in values.

My Blog: www.andysmithartist.blogspot.com
My website: www.andysmithartist.com

oil painting by Joe Kluck

Final Version, Frederick Douglass, by Amy Lindenberger


I'm embarassed to admit that I promised to share this with the group, nearly a month ago. (How DOES the time slip away so quickly??) Another in my series dealing with the abolitionists, this piece is 24" x 24" on Gessobord, laid in with watercolor pencil as a ground, and completed with Prismacolor ArtStix. I wanted a lot of passion and energy with this one, to better convey the intensity of Frederick Douglass for his unfinished cause at this point in his life (approx. 1859), so working with the ArtStix seemed much more appropriate than with the thinner, more precise pencils. I'm pleased to have completed this in time for the opening of my Gettysburg gallery, Civil War Fine Art, at the start of my seventh season. I plan to hang the portrait near a window: I figure that he'll either bring visitors in, or scare them off -- that remains to be seen, I guess!

Lobsterman Lairs Original Maritime Watercolor Impressionism by Daily Painter Bertie brown

Lobsterman Lairs

original maritime watercolor impressionism: 13 1/2"w x 10 1/2"h

All In The Family

Floats, traps

Lobsterman shacks

Ropes, tacks

Fishing knick-knacks

Boots, slickers

Lobsterman knickers

There’s even a place

For trusty duct tape

And WD 40

They’ve got it, surely

All this and more

Behind windows and doors

Filling crannies and nooks

There’s gotta be books

Of maritime knots

In case they forgot

The instructions they got

From Pop and Grandpop

So remember this stuff

When you’re all in a huff

As you pay lots of bucks

For that Lobster you bought

At the boat dock’s Co-op!

BB'10

info at: email

blog: http://watercolorsbybertiebrown.blogspot.com


Through Sun Dappled Woods by Jill Foster

Soft Pastel on Sennelier LaCarte paper 9 X 12
I was driving 'up the mountain and through the woods' to visit Black Hawk Nursery when this lovely play of light and shadow forced me to brake and enjoy the moment. I have enjoyed many more moments of pleasure recreating the scene in pastel and envisioning the sunlight as it danced on the leaves and bark of the trees.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Old Timers, Maria Kovalenko Leysens

6x9 inch watercolor
It has been fun putting these past few paintings together
and they have been coming together so easily.
I guess because I love the subject matter.

"Long Barn at Wayne's" painting a day pastel study by Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

"Long Barn at Wayne's" is an unframed pastel on paper with an approximate image size of 4" x 6". This is the 1st in a series of small barn studies I'm now working on for my painting a day pastel series.

It is currently available on Ebay. Click here to bid.

Click on the image for a larger look.
For more information on my paintings, visit my website at http://www.jackbinghamcpf.com

Thanks for viewing,
Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

'Lavender Fields of Provence' by Thom Glace


Transparent Watercolor on Arches 400 lb. Rough.
4.5" x 3" Miniature
From Personal Photograph.
Sold to a client in Columbus, Ohio

Thom Glace Watercolors

"Red" by Debra Tritt-Kreiger



"Red" 10"x14" Watercolor on 140lb Arches paper
Sold, Prints available

This is my favorite macaw painting. My research for him came from the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve in Maryland. He posed so beautifully in the afternoon sun light.

To contact me or see more paintings go to www.debkreiger.com
Prints available for sale.


"Hummingbird at Morning Glory" Oil by Charlotte Yealey

"Hummingbird at Morning Glory" Oil by Charlotte Yealey


Hummingbird at Morning Glory
Oil
8x10
I am not sure what species this hummingbird is since I used a reference photo from Flicker for this painting. I usually use my own photos but I need quite a few bird paintings for a show and my photos of hummingbirds are limited to one species that comes to my feeder.

pastel painting Layers by Joe Kluck

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Peach and Blue Iris by Linda Young

These iris had only two days of sunshine in their blooming lifetime and were full of buds for flowers to come.  They would have made a glorious daily display of color if only they had the chance to do so.  It wasn't to be their season, though, with the hail storm beating them down; not a petal was left.  However, I have to tell you, one tiny blue bud must have been hiding beneath the green foliage and has now pushed itself into the sunlight to show off what the others couldn't.  Here's my painted watercolor memorial to the Peach and Blue Iris done on a reworked piece of watercolor paper. Memorial to flowers #6

 6-1/4" x 6-1/2"
Linda Young Watercolors
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"Dead Top Tree" painting a day pastel study by Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

"Dead Top Tree"" is an unframed painting a day pastel on paper with an approximate image size of 4" x 6".

It is currently available on Ebay. Click here to bid.

Click on the image for a larger look.

For more information on my paintings, visit my website at http://www.jackbinghamcpf.com/

Thanks for viewing,
Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

A WALK IN THE PARK By Cecelia Lyden

acrylic on canvas
8x10
This is actually a walk in Wildwood Preserve in Harrisburg. Lots of sunshine, trees, and shadows. Perfect setting for wonderful photos and paintings.
cecelialyden.com

Poppy Pizzicato Series by Bertie Brown Original Impressionistic Floral Watercolor

Poppy Pizzicato

original impressionistic floral watercolor: 7"w x 11"h

Little Red Haired Girls

All our little red haired girls

Sporting layers of orange-red curls

Are prancy and dancy

And especially fancy

In the merry month of May

As they celebrate each day

‘Cause that’s the time of year

They spread their good cheer

And wish everyone summer sun-days

With beach, pool, and park fun-days!

BB'10

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blog: http://watercolorsbybertiebrown.blogspot.com

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Pansies by Linda Young

Memorial to flowers #4
Remembering those sweet little lilac pansies that sat in a pot beside my porch.  There are a few remaining in the pot and there's a good chance they'll come back this summer and look great.  The clematis, however, is looking pretty badly and hasn't faired so well after that storm; but I know after some time, will return too.

4-3/8" x 6-1/4"
Linda Young Watercolors
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Lust For Life - Acrylic Abstract Nonobjective Flow Art Painting by Pennsylvania Painter Pat Koscienski


Lust for Life
15" x 11"
Acrylic on paper


Lust for Life is a 15" x" 11" acrylic/ink painting done on paper ala flow/pour technique. It is matted and framed to a 20" x 16" size. The dimensionality of this painting is fascinating & intriguing. The intuitiveness of the painting may look simple, but the angst that goes into such a painting makes it all the more meaningful. If you have any questions or are interested in purchasing contact Pat at patsfineart@hotmail.com If interested in seeing more of my work, please visit my website and blogspot at:

"Back Mountain Road" painting a day pastel study by Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

I found out yesterday I have been elected a Juried Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America. "Back Mountain Road"" is an unframed painting a day pastel on paper from a plein air drawing with an approximate image size of 4" x 6".

It is currently available on Ebay. Click here to bid.

Click on the image for a larger look.


For more information on my paintings, visit my website at http://www.jackbinghamcpf.com
Thanks for viewing,
Jack Bingham, Lititz, PA

MIRACLES
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
14/100


'Miracles'
Oil 4 X 4
14/100


Day 14

Two years ago, I decided to plant strawberries
in one of the raised beds of my vegetable
garden. The twenty plants did well - our first crop
was not large, but we had some wonderful, sweet
strawberries. I was so looking forward to the
next growing season, when I just knew we
were going to have a bumper crop of berries...

Well, much to my surprize, when I went out
that next year to see how my strawberry plants
were faring, I was shocked to see that all of the
plants were gone...and was even more shocked
to find my husband had pulled all of them out
and had disposed of them because he thought
they were weeds...

But miracles do happen...apparently two of the
plants got tossed into one of the other raised beds
and they took root. Both plants put out
berries, so we might even have enough for some
strawberry shortcake...if I decide to share them
with the culprit...

If youwould like to see to see more of my work,
please visit my website or my blog.
If you are interested in purchasing this painting,
please contact me. Thank you.

CAROLINE'S ABANDON post by Cecelia Lyden





I found this painting that my granddaughter did when she was 3 or 4 years old. We painted together then. I loved this painting, because she 1.] kept her colors clean-most children overlap too many colors and they become muddy 2.] such a great composition- can be viewed in any way--accidental of course 3.] what great movement and abandon--inherent in a young, inhibition-free child.
She is nearly 20 now. Sadly, she no longer paints.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Com-posers Series, Original Impressionistic Watercolor Floral by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

original impressionistic watercolor floral: 8 1/2"w x 11"h

Plein Air Posers

Sophie and I

Are painting plein air

Under bright sunny skies

On a day so fair

Our sunflowers primp and preen

While we apply the sunscreen

Then get right to work

As we quench our paper’s thirst

With lots of water, that’s our technic

‘Cause happy accidents are what we seek!

Bleeding colors, water marks

Lights contrasting with darkest darks...

Working quickly, we’re in a hurry

(We try not to worry

Will this be a keeper

Or one we will bury?)

Well, Sophie girl

What do you think

She nodded and smiled

And gave me a wink!

BB’10

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