Painting a Landscape on ACEO card - acrylic painting

Time Lapse Creation of Abstract ACEO Painting - Alien Lake

Speed Painting - ACEO - Acrylic - Fiery Ballerina

ACEO Paintings from Today 4/27/15

I never did ACEO art before. ACEOs are collector cards that resemble baseball cards and such, but are original artworks. They are 3.5" x 2.5".

All three of the above ACEOs are available on EBAY. I did time lapse videos of the Dolphin Play and Fiery Ballerina ones as well and they are on YouTube Here.

Artwork Viewing in a Setting

This is pretty cool. It's a tool to create a room setting for artwork. It's available at Art Showroom

ArtistShowRoom

Room made at ArtRoom

Blue Heron on Lake

Blue Heron by the side of Tampier Lake in the summer. Acrylic on 16x20 stretched canvas.

Original: $800 (free ship to US). Contact me for information on shipping and payment options.

Prints available here.

Graceful Gazelle

Acrylic on 9x12 canvas paper.

Original available matted and framed: $150 free shipping to US.

Daughter and Grand Daughter Portrait - Acrylic on Canvas Paper

Finished this today. The final painting is 9x12 Acrylic on Canvas Paper.

Original and Prints not available.

If you would like a portrait of yourself, a family member friend or celebrity, please contact me for information on pricing.

On my Easel - Portrait of Daughter and Grand Daughter

This is going to take a few days. But I got it started today anyway.

Siberian Tiger Repose

This one took a few days, but I finished it today. Acrylic on canvas paper 9x12.

Original unframed: $270, contact me for payment and shipping information. Shipping free to continental US.

Great Tit - Acrylic on Canvas

Okay, the name Great Tit is funny, but this is a delightful little bird for a painting subject. So full of color and the expression of the facial features make it look like a real little clown.

Acrylic on 8x10 stretched canvas.

Original available: $240 (includes shipping to the continental US).

Prints available here.

Space Angel Fish - Acrylic on Canvas

I spent a lot of last week getting caught up on a writing deadline, so I didn't get much painting done. I did a couple of things, but nothing really postable. Today was my first 'real' day back in the swing of things painting. I was in a little bit of a surreal mood, and was thinking space, then space angels, but for some reason wanted to do something with fish (probably staring at my fishtank for too long). Sooo... space angel fish came into being.

It is an 11x14 acrylic painting on stretched canvas (Fredrix Professional Series).

Entered in the NFAC contest. Bid on entry for great deals on original artwork - click here.

Original available: $616 - free shipping (US only).

Prints available HERE.

Shepherd - Acrylic on Canvas

Felt ambitious last night and started a painting that I didn't end up finishing before I got so tired I had to call it a night. So, finished this this morning.

16x20 acrylic on stretched canvas.

Original painting for sale: $950.00 Contact me at tparrington at gmail.com (trying to cut down on spam, so instead of a link I am posting the email like this. make sure to turn the 'at' into a '@' and eliminate the spaces) for payment and shipping options.

Shipping on all paintings free to the continental U.S. I don't normally ship outside of the U.S. due to the extreme costs of shipping large paintings over seas.

Prints available to any location HERE.

Something New

Surreal Reality

I haven't done anything like this before, but I sure had fun doing it. I saw an artist I admire do something like this, and really wanted to try my own version of it. I am going to be doing more of this I think. It was just so much fun to do.

Original 9x12 acrylic on canvas paper: Not for sale

Prints can be purchased HERE.

Today's Painting and a Tip

Today's painting is a totally personal one. I wanted to capture my dog, Batty. Yes, that's her name and she lives up to it. Even though she's a girl, I named her after the character in Fern Gully (Robin Williams voice) and perhaps I should have taken that character's mental abilities and personality into consideration before bestowing the name on my puppy, dogs like people tend to live up to their names. But I loved the character and it's crazy personality, so I guess I got what I asked for. We love this little nut-case. She's a 5-year-old papillon who has captured our hearts as well.This is a 9x6 acrylic on canvas paper.

The tip I promised in the title is always be careful to avoid damaging canvas' that are either completed and being stored or new and waiting to be worked on. It doesn't take much to damage them. Storing a canvas on it's ends can lead to warping over time, so if you have to store a painting or a new canvas for any longer than a few weeks, I suggest laying it flat on a shelf. Make sure to separate completed canvas with paint on them with a sheet of heavy duty plastic (can be found in paint stores and hardware stores, although garbage bags work okay too), to keep the paint from sticking to another canvas.

Another important thing to watch out for is pressure from something else when stored. I had a canvas standing behind my computer desk. It was only going to be there for a couple days until I used it, so I didn't think it would be a problem. I moved the desk a little bit a couple of times, I didn't think I had hit the canvas, but I did enough to cause dimpling.

This kind of damage may not make a difference as a practice canvas, but it isn't suitable to use for paintings to be sold.

Progression Post for Hyacinth Macaw 4/2/15

Just a few pics of the progression of work on the Hyacinth Macaw completed today - 4/2/15

Original 9x12 acrylic on canvas pad for sale $270. Email me for payment options.

Prints also available HERE

Progression Post for "Rack On"

I finished this painting today and thought I'd add a quick post to show some of the progression shots I took that may give an idea of the development of it.


1-The sketch. Some paintings I start with a blank canvas and do not sketch the scene or figure. However, when the entire focus is on a particular subject, I like to get the framework down first before starting to paint.As you can see by the original, I did some fiddling with the rider before going on to the painting stage. When I did the original sketch I was thinking about an old trainer of mine who had this trick of making his hat fly off whenever the signal for Rack On was called in the ring. It gave the impression of more power... and often worked. I also did some perspective work on the horse's legs, and decided to get rid of the background fencing in favor of no background scenery at all.

2-The values. Starting out, I just did black and white contrasts to show the shadow areas. In this piece, because the final color of the horse and rider's suit are black, I went just a little further and added some grays. The black parts can be as subdued or strong in the final piece as I need them to be, but some of it will always come through as a shadow. In this painting, however, the animal is black, the suit and hat worn by the rider is black and the saddle is black. On top of that, I made the background dark with some black in it (later on). That made it very important to find the values right at the start, so highlights to help the different areas stand out. I apologize for not getting a picture of the values stage. It's pretty close to the next picture, just minus the tan areas.

3-The 1st wash. This is a shade applied over all or some parts of a painting to shade in the upper color areas of the values. This first wash was a brown wash applied to the entire painting. In retrospect, I would have only washed the horse and rider, and left the background untouched by this layer. Both wash layers darkened the background a lot, and made it darker than I would have liked as a contrast in the final piece.

4-Second wash. This is a dark blue wash over the entire piece. Again, in retrospect I would have only washed the horse and rider's suit and hat. I didn't wash the blue wash over the rider's skin.



5-Final Wash- Black wash. Over horse only. I did not get a picture of this stage. Sorry. It would have been helpful to see how dark it could get after using a black wash, but it was an important stage for a black animal. Highlights are what bring out the horse, not shadows as in some paintings.

The final painting after all the highlighting and fine parts are added like bridal, ribbons, reins and stirrups.

Original 9x12 acrylic on canvas pad available for sale: $270. Email me for payment options.

Prints available HERE