Qiang Huang Workshop in Cary NC

Just finished a wonderful painting workshop with Qiang Huang at the Waverly Artists Gallery in Cary. What a privilege to be taught by this very accomplished artist right here in the Triangle. I didn't have to travel to Austin TX where he lives.
Qiang is a very fine artist and also a superior and giving teacher. He had the best set up for viewing his demonstrations that I have ever seen!

His teaching of the basic principles of painting, composition, value, color, brushwork, and edges, are applicable to all media. Qiang went around to each student several times a day and gave instructions according to the students level. He is planning a painting workshop trip to his native China for this fall. Check out his blog to see his beautiful work and also for future updates about the China workshop
.http://qiang-huang.blogspot.com/

Excited

Today I am excited to announce that I have started teaching an oil painting class here in Durham NC. Class is Wednesday afternoon, 1:30 to 4:30. We talk, have a lesson and then paint with supervision in my glass walled living room.

Koi Club

8"x8" Oil on Board

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I love Koi, they're so colorful and they love to stick together! These koi were at a zoo in south Florida.

Going Upstream

6"x6" Oil on Museum Quality Panel

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I love marshes. I used to stop along the bridges in Georgia, get out of the car and take pictures. Of course, I envied this boater out on the water.

100 Shelter Dogs #33 Buddy

4"x4" Oil On Board

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I picked up a brush instead of a palette knife today! Also tried a new looser style of painting and I enjoyed it a lot!

Spring Hope

4"x4" Oil on Museum Quality Board

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Wow, this one was so hard to photograph; rainy day, etc.  I know Spring is all mixed up this year; trees in Duke Gardens are already in full bloom and tonight we're supposed to get heavy snow! I always love it when the irises come up!

Sea Bear Play

4" x4" Oil on Museum Quality Panel

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Polar Bear  in the Central Park Zoo having fun!  Another palette knife painting for Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days Challenge.

Winter Roost

6"x6" Oil on museum quality panel

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Today I was in a funk; couldn't decide what to paint, even if to paint, Going around and around looking at all my photos. Finally I saw this one I had always wanted to paint but I had envisioned a large painting. Anyway, I just grabbed a 6"x6" black gessoed panel and sor of attacked it with my palette knife and a wipe out tool.Had FUN and I kinda like it!

Looking for Love

6"x6" Oil on Museum quality panel
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This is a great white egret I photographed in the everglades. During breeding season the area around their eye becomes bright green and they grow special plumage -long white skinny feathers not visible in this view. It is always challenging to paint a white animal or bird and mix all the different nuances and shades of white for shadows, curves, sunlight. This is another palette knife painting for Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge.

Guy Bird

4"x4" Oil on Museum quality panel

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She's looking at him but he's playing hard to get! Palette knife painting # 10 for Lesie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. I'm planning to switch soon to a new brush I bought for Dreama Tolle Perry's Workshop.

Ladybird

4:x4: Oil on Museum Quality Panel

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Another palette knife painting for Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days.

Rabbit

5"x5" Oil on museum Panel

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Day 8 of Leslie Saeta's 30 painting in 30 days Challenge. Oops, I missed day seven and I hope to make it up soon. Still painting with only the palette knife. Sure does save on Gamsol!

Sea Bear

4"x4" Oil on museum quality panel

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Day 6 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days Challenge. I thought I couldn't do this one with a palette knife but I'm pleased at how it turned out! Saw this guy in the Central Park Zoo.

Two Koi

4"x4" Oil on museum quality panel.

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I finally found all my original koi photos. I was reduced to visiting pet stores! This is another palette knife painting and day 5 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge! Good thing she did this; been a little lazy lately but this has got me going! Thanks Leslie.

Chickadee at Feeder

5"x5" Oil on museum quality panel

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This chickadee was looking around to make sure it was not threatened! This is day 4 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days Challenge. 

Balcony Buffet

4"x4" Oil on Museum quality panel

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I put pine cones stuffed with peanut butter, apples, watermelon and other fruits on my balcony and always had squirrels and various birds visiting my buffet!

Everglades Marsh

5"x7" Oil on panel

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Day 2 in Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days. Again, this is an all palette knife painting! It's harder for me to paint palette knife paintings as small as this one. I hope to keep doing the first 15 with a palette knife, then switch to a brush.

Taking Off

 8"x10" Oil on Board
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Here's the first painting for Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. I'm enjoying practicing painting with only a palette knife!  I saw this great egret while in the everglades and I was thrilled to capture his take-off with my camera. I was so busy getting the phot that I failed to notice a gator lurking-probably the reason he took off so suddenly!

Joyful Noise

5"x7" Oil on Board

 

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I saw this grackle just singing away in a sea grape tree at Flamingo Gardens in Ft Lauderdale and I was reminded of my favorite Psalm: Psalm 100. Seems perfect for Thanksgiving!

 

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves:

 we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise:

 be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting: and his truth endureth to all generations.

 

(I still like the King James Version!)

100 Shelter Dogs #32 Handsome

 

 

6:x6" Oil on Board

$100 

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It's been a long time since I posted. In the meantime I have been taking an onlline class Webinarts taught by Leslie Saeta. It's a wonderful class and she gives way above expectations. We are working on our websites, blogs, Facebook pages and lots more.
I'm hoping that Handsome will end up as a present for someone this holiday season.

Her Donkey

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5"x5" Oil on Board

My friend showed me this donkey and her foal if that's what you call a baby donkey! They were in a still rural looking spot right in the middle of large developments with homes, apartments, townhomes and retail stores!

Dance with Me !

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6"x6" Oil on Board

Dancing always brings me joy!

Mother's Day

3.5"x4.5" oil on canvas panel

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My dear daughter gave me a lovely orchid plant for Mother's Day with lots of blooms. I am going to paint the whole gorgeous beauty but I thought I would start out with a baby step: a study of one bloom.

Pansies II

4"x4" Oil on Board

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This one just sold in the Hurrican Sandy Fundraiser!

Another palette knife pansy painting. This is fun. I've been painting these for the 60/60 daily painting challenge created by Adele Earnshaw. Some of my (55 so far) will not be posted and probably will be relegated to the "brush mileage" pile!

Pansies I

Pansies 1 5"x7" Oil on Board

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I took a workshop with Leslie Saeta on palette knife painting and discovered I really love it. Around the same time I studies Richard Schimdt's pansies which I also love. So I put the two together and painted some pansies. This is also one of the paintings I created for Adele Earnshaws 60 paintings from life in 60 days challenge althoug I must confess it has been more than 69 days and I still have 7 to go.

Radish Bouquet

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5:x5" Oil on Board

This is my first day painting for the 60/60 Challenge. As the brainstorm of Adele Earnshaw, 27 artists are participating in the challenge to paint a painting from life (no photos) every day.

100 Shelter Dogs #31 Sam

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4"x4" Oil on Board

Summer Ranch

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6"x6" Oil on Board

I'm always looking for cows while I'm driving along.

They look so peaceful. These cows were on a ranch in Texas.

Morning Beach Stroll

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6"x6" Oil on Board

Saw these two hunting on the beach early in the morning.

Bandit 100 Shelter Dogs #30

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4"x4" Oil on Board

Had fun painting Bandit. He's an Alaskan Malamute and my Dog Barry is a Malmute also. Barry is light wolf grey. Malamutes at affectionate and stubborn. I hope somebody adopts Bandit!

December Beach Walkers

6"x6" Oil on Board

This painting, along with other paintings by the notorious "Hilton Head Gang" will be part of the Exhibition "A Sense of Place" at the Sedona Arts Center in Sedona AZ in February.

100 Rescue Dogs #29 Tabitha

4"x4" oil on board

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Max at the Stern

SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Board

This is my kids dog, this painting was a Christmas present.

Surf Frolic

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5"x5" Oil on Board

Lady in Wading SOLD

8"x10" oiil on board

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Here's yet another interpretation of Karin Jurick's photo which the whole class painted!

December Beachcomber

6"x6" Oil on Board

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Too cold to swim but perfect for beachcombing. This is another Hilton Head late November, early December painting.

Karin"Quickdraw" Jurick

4"x4" Oil on Board

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The notorious Hilton Head Gang is led by the infamous Karin "Quick Draw" Jurick. Karin can visit a beach and shoot everyone in sight before they even know she is there.  Her covert activity is known worldwide. 

100 Shelter Dogs #28 Trevor

4"x4" Oil on Board

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I painted Trevor at an art show; my first painting time in public! It was fun.

November Beachcomber

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At Karin Jurick's Hilton Head workshop she sent us out to take photos and paint. I somehow managed to take this guy's picture while holding the camera in one had and large dog leaping on the end of the leash in the other hand!

Karin Jurick Workshop

What a wonderful workshop with Karin! She has a very keen eye for color and color mixing and uses a lot of paint colors I have never seen before! She draws like an angel; got to practice some more here. Here is a picture of her palette below. Look at all those colors! and very neat after 4 days of painting!   

Best of all she is very down to earth and helpful to all. I rushed out and bought the camera she recommends and will now go out to all my local haunts and take pictures!

Terns Study SOLD

5"x5" Oil on board

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100 Shelter Dogs #26 Humphrey

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4"x4" Oil on Board

100 Shelter Dogs #25 Roger

It's been more than a week since I've posted but I've been painting along. Roger is such a happy dog!

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Oil on Board 4"x4"

Saturday Morning

Saturday morning at WholeFoods, having coffee outside. The light was just right!

6"x6" Oil on Board

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Beach Morning

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6"x6" Oil on masonite

100 Shelter Dogs #24 Roscoe

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4"x4" Oil on Board

100 Shelter Dogs #23 Gracie

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4"x4" Oil on Board

100 Shelter Dogs #22 Harry

Harry is mostly or all Schnauzer! Good name I think.

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4"x4" oil on board

100 Shelter Dogs #21 Clooney

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4"x4" Oil on Board.

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100 Shelter Dogs #20 Hunter

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4"x4" Oil on Board