Roll Call

I'm taking stock of the WIPs I have in the studio, recalling exactly what is there (yes sometimes I lose track!) and making note of what needs to be done to actually get these pieces to completion. Tonight I worked on another that is in the underpainting stage. This is a 16 x 20 oil on masonite of Sealy Hill, Canada's Horse of the Year in 2007. Hopefully one more session will get this underpainting where it needs to be - then I will give it some more time to dry, before I get to play with colour! I will be back to Bear Now shortly - that one just needs a bit of drying time too!

Just a short check in tonight - time to go clean my brushes. Tomorrow I'll see what other work I can back to the surface!

Beauty Sleep

The title is in honour of Monster today - napping in the sunshine, in our lovely mud. I'm without my camera right now, as both body and lens had to go back to Canon for some attention, so I've been running off with my father's Nikon D80. We're not getting along that well, unfortunately, as apparently I can't even get it to focus! I have some really cute baby pics of Leo, but they're fuzzy! That doesn't stop me from using them as painting references, but it does make me hesitate to broadcast that I can't actually take a decent photo! It's a bit humiliating. So far it's been hit and miss, with far too many misses, I'm afraid.

I checked the mare and foal underpainting yesterday and was surprised to find out that it's dry to the touch, which means I can get back to work on it. In the meantime, seeing as I'm apparently in monochrome mode, I've been working on further refining the underpainting of another piece. This is 16 x 20 oil on panel of Canada's 2007 Horse of the Year, Sealy Hill. There's still a ways to go, and hopefully the fact that the racing season in Ontario is just a couple of weeks away will keep me motivated to continue!

Back to work!