ritakirkman.blogspot.com
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings: Carmelita (and the CA Workshop!)
http://ritakirkman.blogspot.com/2015/07/carmelita-and-ca-workshop.html
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings. Pastel, oil, and occasional drawings. Saturday, July 25, 2015. Carmelita (and the CA Workshop! Carmelita" (pastel, 6x6 inches) click here to bid. Carmelita is a foal at an Arabian horse ranch in central California. My friend Michele who I'm staying with drove us out there Wednesday evening and I got some great shots just before sunset! One girl had to leave at the end of yesterday. But I had two die-hard students come in an hour early this morning. The Heritage Gallery West.
ritakirkman.blogspot.com
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings: Nuttin' Honey
http://ritakirkman.blogspot.com/2015/05/nuttin-honey.html
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings. Pastel, oil, and occasional drawings. Friday, May 22, 2015. Nuttin' Honey" (pastel, 8x8 inches) click here to bid. Back to the easel at last! Here's something a little different; this one's in the shade. I like it! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Get my Daily Painting delivered to your Inbox! Be aware that your subscription will not be active until you have verified the link in the email you will receive upon subscribing! View my complete profile. Buy Prints, and More!
ritakirkman.blogspot.com
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings: Hank
http://ritakirkman.blogspot.com/2015/07/hank.html
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings. Pastel, oil, and occasional drawings. Saturday, July 18, 2015. Hank" (pastel, 8x8 inches) click here to bid. Sometimes I'm drawn to more non-traditional compositions. It's fun to look for the lines and value patterns that will make a strong and interesting composition, with less emphasis on showing off the subject in a traditional 'portrait-like' way. Here are some progress shots:. I used gold, terra cotta, and black primers for this underpainting. View my complete profile.
ritakirkman.blogspot.com
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings: Cottony
http://ritakirkman.blogspot.com/2015/07/cottony.html
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings. Pastel, oil, and occasional drawings. Monday, July 20, 2015. Cottony" (pastel, 8x8 inches) sold. Last painting to post for a few days, until my workshop in Paso Robles begins on Thursday and I can get some demos done! Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning I get to take a flight out of Austin at 5:55am. That means I get to wake up at 3:15. .Oh, joy. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Get my Daily Painting delivered to your Inbox! View my complete profile. My Pencil Portrait Website.
ritakirkman.blogspot.com
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings: Little Piggy Pink
http://ritakirkman.blogspot.com/2015/07/little-piggy-pink.html
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings. Pastel, oil, and occasional drawings. Friday, July 31, 2015. Little Piggy Pink" (pastel, 7x5 inches) $200 unframed for a limited time. One of the demos from my workshop in Paso Robles CA last weekend. I should have just woken up my 17-yr-old computer-geek son and had him do all of it for me (as he was the one to load me up with the new Windows - from a flash drive no less! Use it or loose it, as they say! Hopefully I'll post again before I go. View my complete profile.
ritakirkman.blogspot.com
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings: Mophead
http://ritakirkman.blogspot.com/2015/08/mophead.html
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings. Pastel, oil, and occasional drawings. Sunday, August 2, 2015. Mophead" (pastel, 6x6 inches) sold. What do I post when there's no time to paint? I find something that sold before I could post it! This is from my last busy batch in July. I painted it for a new friend I met at IAPS who loves my sheep paintings and who generously shared her rented house with me during the convention in June. Here are some progress shots:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mike Etie Fine Art.
ritakirkman.blogspot.com
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings: Road Sketch #34
http://ritakirkman.blogspot.com/2015/08/road-sketch-34.html
Rita Kirkman's Daily Paintings. Pastel, oil, and occasional drawings. Monday, August 3, 2015. Road Sketch #34" (pastel, 5x7 inches). One of my demos from the CA workshop. I cropped and color adjusted a pic from the morning drive on the Thursday before when my friend Michele took me a winding scenic route through some hills to the coast. Landscape not. Being my strong area, this painting went through its own winding visual progressions before I finally had to cut myself off! View my complete profile.