[Oregon Artist]

Here are some of my latest paintings.......

 

[Scott R Nelson]

I like all three of those.

The red boat has a nice fog effect in the forest behind it. I would be willing to hang a painting like that in my house.

The boat at the dock also looks good with more detail in the boat than the background and good use of contrast.

Is that last one Mt. Rainier? (I haven't spent much time in Washington State, but that's my best guess.) I'm not generally a fan of paintings of the forest, but this one is interesting with its range of intensities.

Good use of light, dark, and mid-range intensities and letting the watercolor paper show through.


You're motivating me to get back into painting again so that I can start sharing a few new paintings of mine.

 

[Oregon Artist]

Thank you,Scott
The mountain is Mt Hood from the Trout lake area all my paintings are from photographs I take,then I use them as a guide,in the Grizzly picture there was no fog but I like fog effects so i made the painting that way.

 

[TerryCurley]

Beautiful

I love these pictures. Haven't tried doing anything in watercolors but I do love the look of them. I'm using acrylics and oil. You are very talented.

 

[Oregon Artist]

I love these pictures. Haven't tried doing anything in watercolors but I do love the look of them. I'm using acrylics and oil. You are very talented.

Thank you, Terry I took a watercolor course at my local community college and have been painting for 2 years. You have to unlearn everything you did with acrylics the white is the paper not white paint so you paint sort of backwards once it clicks it makes sense!

 

[Scott R Nelson]

You have to unlearn everything you did with acrylics the white is the paper not white paint so you paint sort of backwards once it clicks it makes sense!

That, and you usually have to have the whole thing planned before starting out so that you can do everything in the right order.

It's also harder to fix a mistake, but not impossible. A professional artist friend of mine told me once how she scrubbed off the whole bottom of one painting, an area about 6" by 12", so that she could do something else there. The final painting was absolutely beautiful, and I couldn't tell that she had done that.

 

[Liz]

All 3 look good, I especially like the middle one of the boat. I like how you kept the background to a minimum so as not to distract from the subject.

 

[Oregon Artist]

All 3 look good, I especially like the middle one of the boat. I like how you kept the background to a minimum so as not to distract from the subject.

Thank you I have those boat paintings and some other on display at a local coffee house, I sold one last time I was on display maybe I will sell another!

 

[TerryCurley]

Cool

I bet you sell all three of these.

 

[Oregon Artist]

I bet you sell all three of these.

Thanks Terry, I looked at your acrylics and like them give W/c a try you might like it.

 

[Oregon Artist]

A couple more

Here are a couple more I just finished up

 

[TerryCurley]

Watercolors

I do like the look of the watercolors but right now I'm into oil. Really like the thick pudding feeling of the paint. I'm thinking about trying a knife painting one of these days.

It's so wonderful that we will never run out of things to try when it comes to painting and Water Colors are definitely on my list...but not for awhile.

Thanks for the compliment on my work...you have no idea how I eat it up.

 

[TerryCurley]

Wow

I love these also. Especially the bridge. It's so cool that you have a restaurant to display them. I've been to many restaurants that display art work. I love looking at them.

 

[Scott R Nelson]

Those both look good, I like the bridge better than the ship.

The dock seems to be at a different angle than the ship somehow.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Oregon Artist]

I love these also. Especially the bridge. It's so cool that you have a restaurant to display them. I've been to many restaurants that display art work. I love looking at them.

It is actually a coffee house and they have the artist of the month where you can put up your work for a month and if you want put a price on them, the shop gets 20%, I sold a painting for $125 the last time I showed here is that painting. Scott, I think you are right about the dock I didnt notice it I can change it easily

 

[Oregon Artist]

Jessie's Fish Co

Latest painting in Ilwaco Wash

 

[TerryCurley]

Using watercolors

I just started using oils. I'm really liking the oils. Maybe some day in the future I'll give watercolors a try, but I want to stick with the oils for awhile.

 

[Oregon Artist]

I just started using oils. I'm really liking the oils. Maybe some day in the future I'll give watercolors a try, but I want to stick with the oils for awhile.

Learn what medium you like I wasted time doing acrylics you will never get good if you dabble in different media IMO It took some time before I got it with WC I tried painting like acrylics and it didn't work.

 

[Liz]

You have a really good eye for perspective. Congrats on your sale (saw your other post), it's not surprising at all and I'm sure you will get many more.

 

[Oregon Artist]

2 more

just finished these