Motorcycle

Not exactly sure I am finished with this yet, but I'm pretty far along.  There are some parts of this that I really love, and some that I'm not quite so fond of.

I really had trouble with the front wheel on this.  The fender isn't quite right, and wheel isn't quite right.  But after that, I think the whole painting is gravy.  I love the back 2/3s of this bike.

I got the shading mostly right, I think, and I got the amount of detail in the engine about right.

I had originally planned on painting all of the engine.  Incredibly detailed, like I've tried to do before.  But this time, I painted just a few strokes on it, then stepped back, and WOW, it seemed right.  I did put in a few more squiggles and lines, but noting approaching any real kind of detail in the engine.  Your eyes just kind of fill every thing it.

Like I said to start, I don't know how much more I'm gonna do on this, but I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Motorcycle WIP

You knew it was gonna happen.  it was only gonna be a matter of time until I got back to painting cars and trucks and the like.

I put on a really loose layer to get some base color, and have been slowly adding to this painting.  I think I started a week ago, and while waiting for other paintings to dry, or while in between other projects, I put just a touch of paint here and there.    I don't know how much time I've got into this, And I don't know how much I have to go.  I'm gonna keep on pecking away at it and we'll see how it goes.  For now, it's still a work in progress.  enjoy.

Orange Indian

This turned into a little of a rush job, and I'll probably have to go back and redo a bit of this at some point in time.  I wanted to finish this today, as this has been a lunchtime painting.  Today is probably my last day of work for the year, and I didn't want it sitting around unfinished for two more weeks.

I got the bike to stand out a bit from the background which I think is good, but I don't think I really captured the essence of this bike.  I'll definitely have to try it again at some time.  In the mean time, hope you all enjoy.

Around Campus

This first picture is of my building, but not an entrance for my department.  The wheel on the bicycle rack has been there for about a year and a half.  I don't know if its ever gonna be removed at this point.

This picture is of the very top of our library.  OK, its not the most exciting in the world, but it looks a lot better than the unfinished concrete box that it is.  The greenery in the bottom of the picture is from the tops of trees in front of the library.






This picture is the back side of the taco stand that I described wanting to paint in a previous post.  I still wanna do one from the front of the stand, but this one is nice too.