Daily Diaper #271 "The Studio Shelf"

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This is a small sketch of one of my studio shelves. Cans, brushes, frames . . . all can be found on this shelf and more shelves just like it.

Daily Diaper #270 "Strawberry Sketch"

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I picked this mini etch-a-sketch up from a Cracker Barrel a couple of years back and I think I've painted it half a dozen times or more since then so I've probably recouped my $4.99 and then some. The little berry is one of the first out of our garden this year.

Daily Diaper #269 "Skin Tones"

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A small figure study that carries the name that I have used in a few other pieces. Skin tones can be a marvelous thing to play with. It sometimes is very easy as an artist to over-simplify things for the sake of brushwork or style. Light carries with it an infinite amount of color and intensity, sometimes it can be a challenge and a bit fun to try to see what it's showing us.

"Cinderella's Ball" Daily Diaper #268

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This is a bit of a throw-back for me. For a year and a half or so this "genre" of painting was my bread and butter. Objects stuck, taped or glued to a wall with something of a story behind it and yes every now and then I stuck my ugly mug in there for good measure. This little card (the first ball) came from my wife's grandfather . . . posthumously. As with most of his generation he kept everything. This was a sticker that was obviously a CrackerJack prize or something very similar. He kept a few dozen of these guys so I think I've got some reference to work from. The second ball is a simple Christmas ornament that I've been wanting to paint for a while now. It was a ball painting it . . . .hope it's one looking at it!

Daily Diaper #267 "Spring Trees"

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A little landscape in honor of spring.

Daily Diaper #266 Torrit Nude #2

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Another in my Torrit Grey series. I guess I'll have to keep painting these till I run the tube out or I just get plain sick of doing them!

Diaper Cleanout #3

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I am going to put the handful of diapers that didn't initially find homes back up on to DPW for one last go around at a reduced price. If their sad puppy eyes don't convince anyone to take them home then they will meet Mr. 4" brush and Mrs 5 Gallon Bucket of Gesso . . . . soooooo if ya' want em better get em while ya can cause I'm a makin room in my flat files:)

IN PROGRESS "Smokin Colors" 10x14 Oil on Panel

I thought I'd put something up on the blog that related to some of the pieces that I do for Art4Diapers. A while back I did a series of self portraits for this blog that I thought would lead to a larger piece. Here ya go. It's about 75% there. Hopefully it will be done in time for a competition in town here. I'll post a better photo of the finished piece once it's done.

DAILY DIAPER #265 "SURPRISE!"

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 This was a combo of a couple of things that I picked up a while back on the clearance rack at a local store. I loved the look of this little guy. . . you squeeze him and his eyes bulge out. I know he's from a cartoon but unfortunately I must say that I don't know which one. My daughter doesn't watch much TV, though she already Elmo (a terrible harbinger of things to come I think.)

Diaper Cleanout #2

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I am going to put the handful of diapers that didn't initially find homes back up on to DPW for one last go around at a reduced price. If their sad puppy eyes don't convince anyone to take them home then they will meet Mr. 4" brush and Mrs 5 Gallon Bucket of Gesso . . . . soooooo if ya' want em better get em while ya can cause I'm a makin room in my flat files:)

DAILY DIAPER #264 "Angelic Torrit"

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Another piece done only with TZ White, Gamblin's Torrit Grey and a touch of Lamp Black. This pose just seemed like it should be in an old french painting with this head on a winged body looking up to the heavens for answers.

DAILY DIAPER #263 "Extra Virgin Eggs"

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Any cooks out there will definitely be able to relate to these guys. One of my first jobs was waiting tables and working in a kitchen in a fairly greasy diner. Through the years I worked in many restaurant from "hole-in-the-wall" bars to fairly upscale dining working next to trained chefs. I have a true love of food and cooking and this piece has just a couple of the essentials in my kitchen, maybe yours too?

Diaper Cleanout! #1

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I am going to put the handful of diapers that didn't initially find homes back up on to DPW for one last go around at a reduced price. If their sad puppy eyes don't convince anyone to take them home then they will meet Mr. 4" brush and Mrs 5 Gallon Bucket of Gesso . . . . soooooo if ya' want em better get em while ya can cause I'm a makin room in my flat files:)

DAILY DIAPER #262 "Ohio Country"

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This is a smaller version of a larger painting that I layed in a few months back and leaned up against my wall and kinda forgot about. The larger is 20x16 and to kind of get myself back into the mindset I painted this little guy with some subtractions from the larger one. This was a run down barn that was sitting out in eastern OH on what turned out to be a wonderful day for clouds and light as it pertained to landscape painting.

DAILY DIAPER #261 "Cloudy Communication"

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Only a few hundred yards away from my house, I've seen this scene or a facsimile of it many many times. It just so happened on this unseasonably hot day the clouds just seemed right for painting.

DAILY DIAPER #260 "Crop Lines"

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Another landscape in honor of our upcoming spring. This one is a bit larger than my usual for this blog @ 8x10. This was a scene from Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill KY. Wide open spaces and crops all around you make for very nice views.

DAILY DIAPER #259 "Slightly Standoffish"

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I always love scenes with one lonesome tree in a field. This one really wasn't that lonesome with the whole family of trees in the distance. . . maybe just a bit "standoffish" though:)

DAILY DIAPER #258 "Torrit Nude #1"

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I haven't done a b/w piece for ages, maybe as far back as my Atelier days. Yet here it is in all it's black and whiteness. This piece was actually inspired by the local manager of the art store that I shop at. As I was checking out with a few brushes and some panels Damon came out of the back with a few sample tubes of Gamblin's Torrit Grey. If you are unfamiliar with theis color or the company, each year Gamblin recycles the clean off and left over colors from that years production and blends them together to form a grey, which the sell in a limited run as Torrit grey. Every year is different, sometimes you might get one that's a bit green, sometimes a bit blue or red. This year the grey is a wonderfully warm grey with yellow and red notes throughout. So I decided to paint a few nudes, in the old Atelier Grisalle method. This piece was painted with Gamblin's T-Z White, Torrit Grey, and a touch of Mars Black for parts of the hair and under the arms.

DAILY DIAPER #257 "Indiana Clouds"

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This is a piece that I did last spring over in Indiana. Many of the more rural landscapes that I paint are from scenes in this area. This was a day right after a rainstorm had cut through the area. The sun popped out and many of the wonderful clouds that remained filled the entire sky, it was simply beautiful.

DAILY DIAPER #256 "Found Light Lost Shadow"

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This little figure study harkens back to my good old Atelier days. Painting it I could almost feel the other students around me scratching away at their paintings. The beauty of poses like this is the absolutes in values that you get from the highest points of light carving the profile to the complete absence of light hiding all the details from your eyes. Simply one of my favorite ways to paint the figure.