Tiger - Pet Portrait

"Tiger"
oil pastel on paper
8" x 10"
commission

This sweet puppy is headed to one of my favorite clients, who will be sending it to friends in Taiwan!

Painted using oil pastels over water soluble pastels.  See progress pictures below:

I'll be catching up on the blog for the next few months, posting updates to finished commissions and new works.  I've been painting much less during my pregnancy and am getting back in the swing of things.  Trying to get more work done now that I am feeling better... lots to do before Baby Bryant comes in October!

Stay tuned, and thank you for reading!

Bethany

Day 13 - Sunlit Path

"Sunlit Path"
oil pastel on board
8" x 10"
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Catching up on posting these finished paintings...I'm current with the paintings, just haven't had time to blog them (today is day 16).  I'm posting twice a day until I catch up!

This was another cabin from the Daniel Boone Native Gardens in Boone, NC.  

Thanks for reading!

Bethany

Day 9 - Sunlit Afternoon II

"Sunlit Afternoon II"
oil pastel on board
8" x 10"
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This is the companion piece to Day 8 yesterday, "Sunlit Afternoon".  Both are of an old home in Windsor, Vermont.

reference photo

Tomorrow I think I will stick with Vermont and do another dairy cow.  Stay tuned, and thanks for reading!

Bethany

Day 8 - Sunlit Afternoon

"Sunlit Afternoon"
oil pastel on board
8"x 10"
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I took many pictures of the light hitting this old home along Main Street though Windsor, Vermont.  It was across the street from the Constitution House along Route 12.  I started another piece tonight of the same house from a different angle, and will finish it on Day 9!

reference photo
Windsor, VT

I tried out Golden's Pastel Ground on some gold metallic rice paper matboard.  The metallic quality of the matboard was lost under the ground, but I liked the texture overall.  

Stay tuned for this piece's companion tomorrow!  Thanks for reading,

Bethany

Day 7 - Wandering in the Garden

"Wandering in the Garden"
oil pastel on paper
8" x 10"
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Day 7 features another Boone painting based on our 2012 trip, which included the Daniel Boone Native Gardens.

I could keep working on this, adding more detail, but I wanted to keep it fresh and retain each stroke.  I love the oil pastel over watercolor on the Uart sanded papers.  

Going to get back to some more Vermont pictures for the next few days, stay tuned!

Bethany

Day 5 - Squire Boone Cabin

"Squire Boone Cabin"
oil pastel on board
8" x 10"
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Day 5 brings me from Vermont (subjects of days 1-4) to Boone, NC!  Last summer we visited the Daniel Boone Native Garden in Boone, NC.  

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 SQUIRE BOONE CABIN

"This cabin was situated in the Gardens to honor the father of Daniel Boone - Squire Boone. It serves as an educational representation of frontier living in the years following the Revolutionary War. Beyond the cabin, along a path leading back up to the north side of the allee is a meditation maze of ferns and hemlock. Its center point is a statue of St. Francis of Assisi.

In 1992 the reflecting pool and surrounding area was re-planted as a bog garden. Today there is a small bridge across the bog garden that leads to the Squire Boone Cabin."

-Daniel Boone Gardens site 

This was painted on Gatorboard with Colourfix primer in Terracotta.  I used Neocolor II water soluble pastels as underpainting.  This painting reminded two paintings from last year, both from the UNC Botanical Gardens in Chapel Hill, NC:  Paul Green Cabin in Chapel Hill, NC and Garden Path.

Thank you for reading!  Stay tuned for another Boone painting tomorrow.

Bethany

  

Downtown Apex at Night

"Downtown Apex at Night"
oil pastel on paper
8" x 10"
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I love Apex and it's charming historic downtown district.  Last year I did a different acrylic painting from this photo, with Christmas lights and people lined up for the parade.  

"Christmas on Salem"
11" x 14"
acrylic on canvas
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I am going to  have this made into some giclee prints or small canvases.  There aren't many paintings of Downtown Apex available.  The Apex train depot is also on my "to paint" list, as is the view looking South with the Apex Baptist Church steeple.

Thank you for reading!

Bethany

Early Morning

"Early Morning"
oil pastel on board
8" x 10"
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This was a cloud study for a Challenge at Daily Paintworks, "The Sky's the Challenge."  I tried to keep the colors vibrant and not to blend the oil pastel very much.

Painted on rag board primed with gray Colourfix pastel primer.

Thank you for reading!
Bethany

Quiet Wonder

Quiet Wonder10" x 8"
oil pastel on paper

I loved the innocence and quiet in this photograph of my daughter.  The sun was getting high in the sky, making for strong overhead light.  Painted with Erengi and Sennelier oil pastels over a Nupastel/alcohol wash underpainting.  On salmon-colored Sabretooth sanded paper.

Thank you for reading!
Bethany