nuttin' special

I've been experimenting with oil pastels. At first I used them on primed canvas. Lately, I've been painting with the pastels over an acrylic underpainting. This seems to work well and I can use the scrylic to create some texture or just the mid-values for the painting. I posted an eariier painting of a head, but this is my first landscape. it seems to be a great technique for small pieces. This one 9 x 12.

I am still working on the inkjet monoprints and recently uploaded another video to YouTube.

vitural...WOW!!

My virtual gallery I need to fill up! I haven't gotten this to work on my website yet or do I know how well it emails. also, I must find a way to add muxic and commentary. But today i nead to create some paintings. tempus fugit!

after coffee

Well after another cup of coffee I found an old 5 x 7 canvas that had been painted with acrylic. I thought I would try oil pastels over and began a pirates face. I blended the pastel with my finger. A fingernail was a good tool to remove color. I used turps or rather non-turp to blend some. The texture shown through. The face was a little effeminate for a pirate so...

A fun painting that took only about 15 minutes.

Ratz

Bummer day... printers out of ink lost some video..can't find my acrylic paste...

Web pages...

I have been wanting to create an archive of my favorite stuff created over the last years. some in the sixties and some last week. Needless to say, this will take some editing. I have such a ton of stuff. It was my intent to put it on a web page for all to enjoy. But, how to make it interesting was the problem. The above is my first attempt. When an image on the right is clicked that "talking head" will appear on the left and tell about the image clicked. To do this I must shoot a short video for each image. Therefore I have decided that I will edit my collection of images even more! Because my collection of creative endeavors is so great. It runs the gamut from video to paintings to wooden signs and vehicle graphics to writings and photography and printing. Did I mention over forty years of sketchbooks?