"Rolling Hills" color study by Michael LeKites

I've cleaned this up a bit. Changed and softened the sky. Refined the foreground. This is a study on  line, movement as well as color. Something a little different  and fun. As well as experimenting with backgrounds that may be used in other future paintings.Oil on canvas, 16x20.

http://michaellekites.blogspot.com/

CROSSING THE LITTLE BUFFALO Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Crossing the Little Buffalo'

Oil

20 x 16

I have always loved the mournful sound of train whistles, 

especially at night-time.  It was so intriguing to wonder where 

the train might be traveling...were there passengers on the train, and

what were those passengers thinking about as they moved 

forward in the dark of night.

For years, I've have had my eye on this beautiful old railroad
bridge.  It is located off Second Street in Newport, PA,
and crosses the Little Buffalo Creek.  Last Fall I was delivering paintings
to the Perry County Council of the Arts, and was fortunate to find

'my' bridge in full autumn regalia, on a beautiful sun-filled afternoon.

I'll bet quite a few trains have traveled back and  forth

over this old bridge!

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

ANDY SMITH, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

Original watercolor available November 18-20
at my Annual Open House.

www.andysmithartist.com
www.andysmithartist.blogspot.com

Pepper Party Watercolor Still Life with Peppers by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumetnal

Pepper Party

watercolor still life/peppers: 10" x 11"

so this is the season

for hot pepper stew

‘cause outside it’s cold

do you need some too?

BB'11

Watercolors by Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

blog: http://watercolorsbybertiebrown.blogspot.com

for info click: email

"Dickinson College in Autumn" By Debra Tritt Kreiger

"Dickinson College in Autumn" 10"x8" Acrylic on canvas

Just finished this painting. I'm glad I chose this scene to paint because it looks like we will be moving right along into winter! I was really taken by the beautiful surroundings of the Dickinson campus. The iron work on this gate is wonderful and I wanted to show case it. Having the beautiful trees in the background is a bonus!

This painting will be available for sale at the Carlisle Arts Learning Center's "Local Scenes exhibit" during Art for the Holidays. The opening reception will be on November 27 at 19 N Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.

To see more of my work go to www.debkreiger.com or follow my blog at debkreiger.blogspot.com or you can shop in my new store, Deb's Gifts

"Joseph's Coat" Contemporary Painting By Donna Holdsworth~Portage~

This painting is done on 16x20 textured wood panel.  It is a mixed media painting.  Graphite, ink, acrylic and collage.  Link:  Donna Holdsworth Contemporary Art.  Thank you!

A SPLASH OF FALL COLOR By Cecelia Lyden

oil/canvas

11x14

www.cecelialyden.com

Squeezed between a cold, rainy day on Thursday and a cold, snowy day on Saturday was a cold, partially sunny day on Friday. Our plein air group decided to seize that day and we headed for Willow Park. I shivered for most of the time we were there, but we managed to find a spot of color by the creek and, once again it was so nice to be out painting with friends.

Why Blog? Maria Kovalenko Leysens

Blogging has been a wonderful way for me to "get out of town."  I have seen many new viewpoints, shared some of my own and made some wonderful artist, designer and collector connections. Scrolling through my blogger friends is like paging through a magazine. It is good to share some of the successes and struggles that we all go through. So for my fellow bloggers, a huge thanks for taking the time to share!

And finally, this is a watercolor demonstration that I did showing some examples of different watercolor techniques (salt, wet on wet, softening edges, splatter...)

www.mklart.blogspot.com

ANDY SMITH, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

18x24" Original watercolor
Available at Open House ~ Nov. 18-20

www.andysmithartist.com
www.andysmithartist.blogspot.com

"The King And I" by Deborah Nell

"The King And I" by Deborah Nell
16"x 20" watermedia on Yupo paper
This was painted yesterday in about 30 minutes. I had a little time before I had to see some clients. Was so delighted that the first attempt was successful. My sister Andrea in California named the painting. She saw it on facebook and made that suggestion. It fits.
You can see more of my work at www.deborah-nell.artistwebsites.com
I also have my work displayed at Carroll Art Center in Westminster, MD. I'm one of 10 artists in a Show called "Full Figure" The Show runs till November 16th.

"Moose Falls", Pastel by Tatiana Myers.

"Moose Falls", 10x8" Pastel on Wallis

This is a small pastel painting, another one in my Wyoming series. Pastel on mounted Wallis.

Those are famous Moose Falls what located somewhere on a way from Grand Tetons National Park  to Yellowstone National Park. Those are ones of smaller falls of Yellowstone with somewhat better access to it.There is also spectacular stone bridge near by those falls and some day I'm going to paint that one too.

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/

http://www.TatianaMyersFineArt.blogspot.com/

A Drink (a departure in wood-burning) by Dianne Lorden

It's been a while since I posted here, but not because I haven't been busy working. Thought I'd share one of my recent completions of wood-burning on a gourd.
My artwork can be seen at South Mountain Sketchbook

My gourd-crafting can be seen at Shamanic Art

LATE SUMMER MORN ON THE BAY By Cecelia Lyden

oil/linen

16x20

http://www.cecelialyden.com/

It was a late August morning when I took this photo from the deck of my daughter's home on the Chesapeake Bay. The sun was up and the clouds were rolling in. A light breeze moved through grasses, already turning fall colors. Shadows cast from the house created strong contrasts on the grasses. This painting was done from my photo. I was down in Annapolis to help my daughter recoop from surgery. No time to paint, but time enough to drink my morning coffee on the deck and take lots of photos.



Visit http://ceceliaramblings.blogspot.com/ to see my CLOUDS REVISITED post.

"The Blue Hound Barn" By Debra Tritt Kreiger

"The Blue Hound Barn" Acrylic on 10"x8" canvas

This is my second painting while plein air painting at the Blue Hound Farm in Lewisberry.
So many places to paint! I could hardly pick a spot! I felt this magnificent barn needed to be painted. It was bathed in the afternoon sun, which warmed me up a bit since it was a bit windy and cool.

To contact me about the purchase of this painting or see more of my work go to www.debkreiger.com or follow my blog at debkreiger.blogspot.com or you can shop in my new store, Deb's Gifts

Two Mile House mixed media by Linda Young



©Linda Young

Two Mile House #3

8 x 10

Watercolor and water media

This is a watercolor painting with mixed media.  The watercolor paper was placed over a foam core board, stretched and tacked to stretcher bars and dried completely.   When the paper had dried, the painting was created in watercolor with touches of acrylic to pop the color of the flowers.   A fixative was sprayed over the painting that had dried completely.  A satin varnish will be the final step before the framing process.  The benefit of this procedure is glass and matting are not needed and the painting can be framed as if were an oil painting on canvas.

This painting will be available for sale at the Carlisle Arts Learning Center's "Local Scenes exhibit" during Art for the Holidays.  The opening reception will be on November 27 at 19 N Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.  BUY LOCAL, BUY ART!

If you'd like to see more of my work, please visit my website.

"Patience" by Taryn Day

oil on panel
6x6 inches

This beautiful Andalusian horse, waiting for the next command, seems to embody the essence of patience and nobility.
To see more of my work visit:
My Daily Paintworks Gallery
Awake and Painting Blog
Taryn Day Fine Art

Andy Smith, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

Another gem I am saving for Open House...
18"x14" original watercolor ~ Untitled

www.andysmithartist.com
www.andysmithartist.blogspot.com

10th Ward Yellow, 32 x 42, Ron Donoughe

Pittsburgh has a particular style of architecture.  Some areas have skinny row houses that are packed together on steep hillsides. This is the case with the 10th Ward of the city. You can sense the claustrophobic environment in this alleyway painting I did last week.  To think I once drove through these places only to get somewhere else, never really seeing just how interesting they were.

The Good Ol' Boys Of Spring by Donna Berk Barlup

The Good Ol' Boys Of Spring

by 

Donna Berk Barlup

Watercolor on Paper 12" x 10"

I am thrill to be a new member of this talented group.  

This watercolor was started at a farm auction.  I would often bring my sketch book and my camera to auctions to catch some of the characters you see there.  There are always many interesting people and objects at these farm auctions.  I am intrigued by the unusual things people collect over a lifetime and the sadness that their entire life collection is now up for sale.

Taimen Trout (Giant Eurasian Trout)

Transparent Watercolor on Crescent Mat Board

Image Size: 10" x 4.5". Second Image in the 'Trout of Mongolia' Painting

Non-Professional Photograph

The Taimen Trout is the world's Largest Trout (Huncho taimen) 

with a record catch of 231lbs!! Also known as the Mongolian Terror,

the Giant Eurasian Trout, the Siberian Salmon.

The most common bait is a mouse or a rat.

Or if fly fishing- a large artificial mouse.

The Taimen Trout is being framed with my watercolor study

of the Lenok Trout in a Double Watercolor Image Framing

titled "Trout of Mongolia. This is my second double

painting of Asian Fish - with the first being titled

'Trout of India' with the Indian Trout and Tibetan Snowtrout

that are really carp that have the appearance of trout-

therefore, are named as they are.

You can view the 'Trout of India' on my website.

The Taimen is an amazing trout, as a typical trout is only

2 or 3 lbs, and the Taimen Trout can weigh 100X as much!!

THOM GLACE WATERCOLORS

www.thomglacewatercolors.com

www.zazzle.com/thomglace

www.cafepress.com/troutbythomglace

Inherent Transparency Watercolor Eggplants and Pumpkin by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Inherent Transparency

original watercolor eggplants/pumpkin: 7" x 7"

as summer languished

in translucent honey haze

autumn revives

with transparent amber days

while indigo ink nights

blanket mile-high starry skies

and cooler winds collide

pushing summer’s heat aside

from translucent to transparent

these transitions are apparent

seasons come and seasons go...

nature’s cycle so inherent

BB'11

Watercolors by Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

for info click: email

blog: http://watercolorsbybertiebrown.blogspot.com

PINCHOT PARK By Cecelia Lyden

oil/canvasboard

11x14

www.cecelialyden.com

You might not guess, with the use of so many warm colors in this fall scene, that this was an unusually cold, windy day for mid October. The sky was overcast [again] with some in and out sunshine. This was our paint out/picnic/meeting day. We were all bundled up, but we still enjoyed delicious food and warm camaraderie.

Lenok Trout (Mongolian Trout)

Transparent Watercolor on Crescent Mat Board

Image Size: 9" x 4.5". First of 2 Trout

for "Trout of Mongolia" with the Taimen Trout.

Non-Professional Photograph.

I am continuing my series of Asian Trout

with the Lenok & Taimen Trout, found

in Northern India,Mongolia & China.

Both are very large trout with the Lenok

getting  over 20 lbs. and the Taimen(Giant Eurasian Trout)

getting over 200lbs!! A 2 pounder for a normal trout

is considered a good catch!

THOM GLACE WATERCOLORS

www.thomglacewatercolors.com

www.zazzle.com/thomglace

www.cafepress.com/troutbythomglace

"Winter" Contemporary Tree Painting By Donna Holdsworth~Portage~

This mixed media painting is done on 11x14 textured stretched canvas.  Painted with acrylics.  My winter tree! Link:  Donna Holdsworth Contemporary Art.  Thank you!

Finishing of kiwi underpainting by Tatiana Myers

I feel that I finished working on underpainting for this kiwi. This photo can do only partial judgment to what it look like now, it does appear more neutral, but yes - you can still see all primary color glazes.

I have to stop now and let it dry for a few days. Then I'll be back to it with local color (oil). However, if extra correction will be needed, I always can bring back some more tempera. Not sure if it will be needed.

Now I better get busy with something else and forget about it. It is a part of the game.

*********************************

...to be continued.....

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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Out of Reach, a Colored Pencil Drawing by Amy Lindenberger

This is a drawing I created some years ago when invited to be included in a hardcover book entitled Creative Colored Pencil Portraits. The book/project was the brainchild of Colored Pencil Society of America founder, Vera Curnow. Vera provided a variety of photographs of this particular female model. Each artist selected for the book was to choose a photograph on which to base their composition. I selected a photograph of the model which featured her standing by this window with her arm outstretched. The second figure I added, and purposely kept rather ambiguous. My intention was to call to mind those times when, try as we might, we are powerless to reach certain people emotionally, or powerless to influence certain situations. The book is most likely out of print at this point, but I have seen it in some library collections.

Out of Reach eventually went on to be included in another book, The Best of Colored Pencil 4, and I am posting it today because it also happens to be my entry into the upcoming Members' Exhibition to be on display October 29 through November 28 at the Adams County Arts Council's brand new Arts Education Center at 125 S. Washington Street in Gettysburg. The Grand Opening is scheduled for 10 - 5 on Saturday, October 29 with tours of the new facility, performances, artist and culinary demonstrations and more. I will be demonstrating colored pencil techniques and watercolor pencil techniques from 11 until noon. Hope you can stop out and visit!

Andy Smith, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

Untitled watercolor 18" x 14"
Another one for my Open House in November.
SAVE THE DATE ~ You are invited!
November 18-20 ~ 28th Annual Open House
Held at the studio in Lititz, PA
I am painting...

www.andysmithartist.com
www.andysmithartist.blogspot.com

FALL GLORY Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Fall Glory'

Oil on Linen Panel

10 x 8

This past Saturday, a group of artists met up

 to paint at the beautiful Blue Hound Farm in Lewisberry, PA.

Mary Beth Brath and Brownyn Hughes arranged the event,

which included a tour of the farm before we started to paint,

refreshments and a delicious supper and then a critique of our

day's work by Cathy Mabius.  It was an absolutely

delightful day - full of laughs because of the mishaps

caused by the gusty winds, as well as the antics of the

various farm animals!

This is the first painting I worked on - of a glorious tree out

in the field.  The wind was relentless - had to hold on to the

easel to keep it steady.  As I was getting ready to transfer

my painting to my carrier,  the wind ripped it out of my

hands and sent it sailing!  Thankfully it landed face up,

but it did get a small smear and some dirt on the way...

I fixed the smear and left the dirt alone so that I could just

wipe it off once the painting had dried.

Here are some pictures from our day...

This domestic turkey circled me the entire time I was working on 

my second painting.  He would posture, and then when he was

behind me he would start to drum his feathers.  I worried

for a while...but then just realized he was only another art critic!

After having her easel blown over by the strong winds,

Sharon Benner used her 'studio' in her van.

She told me that this is how she paints in the winter -

it is quite a cozy set-up!

Deb Kreiger working on a beautiful painting of

the lane into the farm.

Cathy Mabius painting out in the fields.

Mary Beth was able to find some shelter from the

wind by setting up near one of the barns.

Clare Klaum was also painting the view of the lane

and its row of beautifully colored trees.

Brownyn Hughes worked by the barn where the

brown cow with her calf were located.

Susan braved the winds out in the open, and had

some tape to help hold things steady!

Mary Beth's son Andrew really enjoyed this

adorable puppy.  I have to say that it was the most

mellow Jack Russell terrier I have ever encountered,

and I would have loved to have taken him home with me...

although I am sure that my cat would NOT have approved...

If you would like to see more of my work,
please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

BECKONING by Linda Benton McCloskey

 

This piece was begun as a demonstration at the class I teach at the York Art Association.

It's a large canvas - 36 x 48 - with acrylic, colored gesso, graphite, water-soluble crayons, and graphite.

Linda Benton McCloskey

www. LindaBentonMcCloskey.com

Watercolor Belly Dancers WIP by Kathy Michels

I am continuing my work on my watercolor belly dancer painting. The photo shows half of the painting. The full piece has two belly dancers. The dancers were dressed in goth instead of the brilliant color costumes I had anticipated. So I decided to focus on the knives and bellies and took a more artistic approach to the painting. It has been a challange and been fun dealing with the skin tones, lace, feathers, fake flowers, etc.

Watercolor pencil class by Dianne Lorden

I've been enjoying the watercolor pencil class with Amy Lindenberger at the Carlisle St. location (Gettysburg) of the Adams County Arts Council. (They've officially relocated to Washington St. and will have the Grand Opening on Oct. 29.) This picture represents a few of our exercises. I'm trying out this medium -- which is totally foreign to me; I've never even worked in traditional watercolors! -- on the DPP Challenge Blog October challenge. What a hoot! I've no idea how it's going to turn out. Amy is teaching this class with an emphasis on techniques for laying down a foundation for a traditional colored pencil illustration.
My artwork can be seen on South Mountain Sketchbook

"An Opened Gate" By Debra Tritt Kreiger

"An Opened Gate" 10"x8" Acrylic painting on canvas.

This past Saturday I spent a sunny windy day on the Blue Hound Farm in Lewisberry with fellow artist plein aire painting. I decided to take my acrylics along since it was so windy. This is a view from the lawn looking towards the entrance. The colors in the trees were perfect and the sun was nice and bright. Had a great time and am looking forward to the next time!

To contact me about the purchase of this painting or see more of my work go to www.debkreiger.com or follow my blog at debkreiger.blogspot.com or you can shop in my new store, Deb's Gifts

DPP Challenge Blog

You still have time to do a painting for the DPP Challenge Blog!

Hope that you will check out DPP Member Taryn Day's creative

challenge for this month. She has come up with a terrific idea

that is in the true spirit of Daily Painting!

Hope to see some entries :)

ANDY SMITH, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

20" x 23" watercolor
Untitled... this will be available at my
Annual Open House in November

I used this painting as a demonstration on my blog.
To see the progress go to:
www.andysmithartist.blogspot.com
Start on Sept. 26 with the drawing.
No fancy tricks here.   It is hand drawn, my usual palette;
no special paints for the copper!  The paint felt like
it just flowed off my brush.  I am in a painting sweet
spot!

Coastal California by Christine Marx

This is one of the plein air paintings completed on my trip out West. It was a lot of fun standing on the cliffs, overlooking the Pacific, with about 60 other painters. It was so fun walking around seeing all the different interpretations of the same view, with so many different color palettes!

To see more work please visit christinemarxoriginals.com

Zebra Look by Charlotte Yealey

15x20

Acrylic and Colored Pencil

This Lake Tobias zebra did not want to turn around to get his picture taken but he kept his eye on me.

I am not too satisfied with the stripes-they made my eyes cross.

Look for this guy on Fine Art America prints and cards. 

"Tempest"Contemporary Modern Abstract Painting By Donna Holdsworth

This painting is done on 11x14 textured stretched canvas.  Painted in acrylics.  The mood of the times on canvas.  Link:  Donna Holdsworth Contemporary Art.  Thank you!

Fall Feast by Barbara Durbin

I have been having a difficult time with the background. I started lighter, went darker, and then lighter again. I'm back to darker with lighter washes. All that washing on a watercolor means I'm done for awhile and my edges are going to have to be cleaned up afterwards and my green stems lightened. I really didn't see this piece creating this much trouble when I started. Ugh.

ANDY SMITH, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

14" x 18" watercolor
Untitled... this will be available at my
Annual Open House in November

I am not painting my daily miniatures right
now but I am painting daily almost all day on
larger pieces.  Lots of new things on my blog...

www.andysmithartist.com
www.andysmithartist.blogspot.com

"Bridled" and "A Respectable Bird" by Taryn Day

 

Here are a couple more animal portraits, both oil on panel and 6x6 inches. 

Sometimes when I've been staring at a painting for a couple of days I get to the point where I honestly don't know what I think of it anymore.  I think I like these, but I'm not sure!  Does this happen to anyone else?

To see more of my work visit:

My Daily Paintworks Gallery
Awake and Painting Blog
Taryn Day Fine Art

Lake Marburg by Mary Beth Brath

Hello Everyone!  I am happy to be back to blogging after a couple of weeks of computer problems, changes and upgrades.  This is the first painting that I have been able to photograph and edit in my new editing program.

Lake Marburg - Codorus State Park

11x14" Acrylic on Canvas

I have painted this scene a few times.  My children love to play at this area so I keep going back to the same location with them.