The planes are flying high

Continuing with the airplane theme, I give you this navy corsair.  It was, of course, super fun to paint.  I've liked these since the first time I ever saw one as a kid.  I think is must be the crazy bent wings.  At any rate, this is my interpretation of one of these great planes.

Oh, and I made a video of it.  If you care to watch it can be found here.

I didn't intend to do this, but it seems like the whole painting was done with a couple of different shades of blue.  They were ultramarine, pthalo, and cerulean.  Both the plane and the sky are basically nothing but these three colors.  I'm glad I put in a little yellow on the nose and the red in the logo.

I'd love to get some feedback on this.  Let me know what you think either here or on the video link.  Thank you

Flying High

Wanted to do something just a bit outside my comfort zone last night.  This is what I came up with.  It is a little tight, but I'll probably have another go at it and see if I can't loosen it up a bit.

Im happy with the sky, and happy with the mottling of the green on the plane, but somehow I just don't think it comes together quite right.

I don't quite know, but I don't think its too bad.  Let me know what you think.

Hummingbirds

These Two were practice for my video ( which can be found here. ) I just threw on a mottled background to make the birds stand out a bit.  They were a little too stark on the white paper.  I love painting birds, and think these came out great.  I hope you enjoy them, and if you have a chance, take a look at the video.

I'd love to get some feedback on the paintings, both here and on youtube.  If you've got a moment, leave a message, and/or like and subscribe to my channel.  

For anyone not able to follow the link above, here is an additional link to the video.

More of those pesky coneflower

 I actually meant to make a video about these.  I sat down and started painting last night, but the paper and I were feuding a little.  Or maybe it was the paint or the water.  I don't know but whatever it was, I wasn't feeling confident enough to make a video about these.  I am hoping that I'll feel it more tonight, but we'll see.

At any rate, I hope you like them.

Practice Agapanthus

This is an agapanthus.  We have them all over here in California.  I was asked to attempt to paint these.  This is a first attempt.  It's ok, i suppose, but it dind't quite turn out how I wanted.  I think my paper was too wet, and got too much run in my colors.  I'm gonna revisit this and see if I can't do something a bit better.

Attempting a Rose

Not sure I got it quite right.  I get a little lost in as I go toward the center.  It's just the first one I've done.  A start that I hope I will be able to improve upon quickly.

More Coneflower

I have been out of the studio for about a week.  I didn't really think I would be able to sit on the stool and paint an entire painting without my back erupting in pain.  Last night I ventured out, and the pain was manageable. So, with that in mind i started to dabble again.  This is the result.

Enjoy