Finished Pug Pastel Painting

I have been kind of missing in action lately, it has been so hot here that I haven't been doing a lot of painting.  The heat seems to have sapped my energy.

It is cooler this morning, so I decided to finish a pastel painting that I had started a while back.

It is done with soft chalk pastels on paper and measures approx: 11 x 14 inches or 28 x 36 cm.

Pugs are one of my favorite breeds of dogs.

As always feel free to comment and criticize.

Unsure of a title at this point, I am leaning towards something like, "Not me, I'm Innocent"

Art Walk for Festival Mar Bermejo

During the Festival Mar Bermejo we went on the Art Walk.  Here are a few photos of some of the artwork.

Mural Is Done

This morning I put the finishing touches on the mural and I am saying that it is done.  Beginning to end it took me 27 days; although I skipped working on it a few days here and there and as it is pretty warm here now I only worked for a few hours each time in the mornings.

I learned a couple of things while doing this.

1.  I do not particularly like using acrylic paints, for the simple fact that they dry too fast and there was next to no time for shading.

2.  I actually can do a big project and finish it before getting bored with it.  I have a short attention span.

Here is the finished mural, finished size 150 cm x 100 cm or about 60 inches x 40 inches.  Many thanks to Alfredo for allowing me to use his picture for reference.  The mural is of a scene in our downtown area, part of the malecon with the mountains in the background.

One Blue Door Painting Done

I have finally finished the first one of the Blue Door paintings.  There was a LOT of tiny detail on this painting and it took me what seemed like forever to finish it.

It is oil on canvas, approx. size is:  30 x 40 cm. or about 12 x 15 inches.

Comments/criticisms welcome as always.



The full painting.

Lantern detail.

The other lantern detail.

Door detail.

Mural WIP

I finally remembered to take a photo of the mural, or as far as I have gotten so far.  I have done a bit of work on it since these photos; but it is a LONG way from finished still.  It is getting warm here so I have only been working on it for a while some mornings when I haven't had other stuff going on.  So considering how slowly I work this could take until next year to finish.

Here are a couple of photos of it as it was a couple of days ago.

Mural -- Background Is In

Ok, I have been working outside on the mural.  Not lots of hours as remember it is pretty warm here right now; although the humidity isn't bad yet.  Today it is 35 Celsius right now, which is more or less 95 F..  I try to start in the morning after the patio has some shade and then work for a while at it.

At this point it basically looks like a big mess, as this is just the background colour, about the only thing that is almost done is the seagull in the top left hand corner, so lots of work to do yet.  I am hoping to beat the humidity; but not sure if I will or not.

I am not liking working with the acrylic house paint, it is so different from oil paint.  It dries soooo fast that I have exactly ZERO time to do any shading so that is going to be a big problem when it comes to the finishing work.  Not sure how I am going to get around that one.  Anyone have any ideas???

Ok here are some photos of it in progress, as I want to keep track of how it is going.

This is where it is situated on the wall, basically between the propane tank and the electrical breaker box.  The door to the apartment is on the right hand side of the breaker box.

The seagull, the only thing almost finished in the whole painting.

The whole mural.

The dark line close to the bottom is the seawall and in front of it is the bay, Guaymas Bay.  A lovely place to relax in the evenings.

Painting A Mural

As if I don't have enough paintings in the works at the moment, (3 in oils, 1 more drawn and ready to be put on the canvas).  I decided to start something new to me, a small mural
We have white walls on our patio, (brick construction with a smooth layer of concrete over it), and I have been thinking about doing this for quite a while; but I hadn't found a photo I wanted to do, until the other day.

I wanted the photo to represent Guaymas and I think this one does.
It is of the malecon, walkway along the bay, in centro and depending on how it turns out people should recognize it as a view of our city.

I blocked it out and starting drawing a few days ago in between doing other things, painting, naturally not housework lol.  I decided to keep it fairly small, (for a mural), so it is going to be about 60 inches x 40 inches or about 150 cm. x 100 cm..

As usual I think I picked something that is way beyond my abilities, (lots of details); but am going to give it a try.  If I don't like it, I will just paint over it and pretend it didn't exist.

I am not sure how well I am going to do working with acrylic paint either, I am worried that it is going to dry way to fast for me to blend it as I want.  I guess I will find out tomorrow when I start slapping on paint.

Here are some pictures of the drawing, as it is done in pencil and fairly lightly I edited the pictures to make the lines show up, so the photos look pretty weird; but you can make out the drawing lines.



The whole thing.

                                                                                     

















The left side.

Sort of the middle.

The right side.

The whole view from the right.

The whole view from the left.

Wish me luck as I am going to need lots of it.