...'and a Partridge in a Pear Tree' TUTORIAL...

Something of a TUTORIAL...
My most recent painting is finished...I started to photo the process, but after I got the backrounds based in I got carried away...I LOVE detail work.
First...my rough sketch.
Second...a more refined sketch to scale
5" x 7" in this case.


Third...Design is now traced to a Velum so that
I may apply to painting surface.
Fourth...The sky and hillside colors are base coated,
now ready for the actual pattern to be applied.


Like I said...I got carried away.
Once I started painting the subject matter I just kept going.
It's like 'breaking the ice' for me.
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***Here is the Finished Piece***

***Here it is Framed***

Just S O L D this
But
I will have Christmas Cards
&
Pear shaped ornies...must see,
cause I think they are awesome...
Hope you do too.

EARLY AMERICAN LIFE 2009 DIRECTORY

Here is the LOGO for this years Directory...
& I am honored to be included.

THE MALAMUTE GRIN

PaPa McPuddin loves when Kody sits on his lap...some Lap Dog...all of 124 lbs.

An Easter Special - 4 Gourd Eggs

Four Crow Silhouettes
on Four Egg Gourds

I just finished these 4 different crow silhouettes
painted on 2-1/2" to 3" gourds.
They have been finished with wax polish for protection
and to augment the natural beauty by enhancing the patina.
I am showing them nested on a bed of Spanish Moss
Just in time for a Country Primitive Easter
OR
Anytime of a Country Primitive year.

SOLD

THANKS A BUNCH...