Sketch from Tofino

Star, our fur baby (see photo below) is sick.  Kennel cough.  So rather than go out to my studio to paint I am nearby to assist if he gets into a coughing spurt.

The sketch is a cluster of trees I kept coming back to.

Below, I put it through the Value Viewer app to show the grid for the painting layout.  Next step is to decide on the colors.  I think the blues and green with not so much orange and yellow.  We will see once I get started the painting seems to talk to me and it could end up totally different.  That's the beauty of it.  A mystery and puzzle to solve.

Star finally sleeping after coughing all night.  Turns out honey is a good suppressant. Wish I'd known that last night.  I also bought some beef bouillon to put in his water so that he'll drink and not get dehydrated.  Worked like a charm.  So good to see him sleeping.  Yes, that's our couch or should I say his couch!

Blessings for a great weekend.

Bente

Jewel Tones Oil painting by Bente Hansen

Jewel Tones 12x12 Oil on Gessobord  $150

The self inflicted challenge for me this weekend was to take the image of the acrylic painting below and do it in a manner that has more oomph.

I like the acrylic painting.  I had a lot of fun doing it with all the lines and drops of color.  I couldn't quite figure out if there was something missing so I put the acrylic up high where I would normally put my reference photo and decided to tackle a new painting with all the beautiful transparent colors that we have been using in Dreama's course. My favorite at the moment is Rembrandt's Transparent Red Medium. Love this color.  Echoing Dreama with "make the darks darker "than you think you need.  You can add the opaques later.

I like the result.  I also took a photo of the new painting and ran it through the Value Viewer App that I have on my iPad and iPhone.  The black and white image in the levels mode was perfect.  Gotta use all the tools at hand.

Blessings for a great week.

Bente

The painting will be available on dailypainters.com tomorrow

Oil Painting by Bente Hansen

Commission 40X40 Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas  Sold

This was such a joy to paint.  I haven't tackled a large canvas for a while and to be able to move and splash on the color and then place layers of thick color and texture over it.  So much fun.

Blessings for a great day.

Charity Oil on Canvas by Bente Hansen

Charity 8x8 Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

This painting is going into a charity auction.  Just got notice it was due next week so had to get with it and stop fooling around.  Isn't it amazing what a deadline can do.  I think I don't have time or can't do it and then suddenly I just set my mind to it and there it is.

I love the combination of the red and teal.  Hope it goes well for the charity and the cause.

Blessings for a great day.

Bente