Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Post 298: Painting Series - Small Landscapes

Painting Series - Small Landscapes

Landscape paintings in a pint size. They are all only 4x6 inches and painted in acrylic.

Painting Name: Landscape Mountain Stream

SKU: 03I23ACG
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 4x6 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
Edition Year: 2023

The distant mountains birth this stream flowing by, flanked by trees and has a rocky bed


Painting Name: Landscape Cliff Hanger

SKU: 03J23ACG
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 4x6 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
Edition Year: 2023

A meandering stream below a cliff, a tree skeleton above and distant mountains


Painting Name: Landscape Valley Stream

SKU: 03L23ACG
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 4x6 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
Edition Year: 2023

A stream winding through a big open green valley, with distant puffy clouds over the mountain range


Painting Name: Landscape Woodland Stream

SKU: 03K23ACG
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 4x6 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
Edition Year: 2023

I think this one is my favorite, how about you? A stream in the wood with the light reflecting on the water and a walking path by the stream.




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Thursday, January 13, 2022

Post 236: By the River, Watch the Progress

Painting Name: By the River

A landscape painting of a river flowing by a field. See the painting in progress to the finish.

SKU: 01I22ACG
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 12x12 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
Edition Year: 2022
Framed?: No
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What Brought About this Painting?

If you look up what the most popular themed paintings are, guess what you will find? Traditional landscapes seem to top the list although local scenes seems to trend better.


With that being said, I like painting landscapes and it felt time to get another one on canvas.

Painting in Progress Images…




Wednesday, January 12, 2022 7:34 PM. Moving along on this one.


Thursday, January 13, 2022 7:29 PM 


Saturday, January 15, 2022 6:22 PM I think I'm about to call it a day on this one...I'll have to eye it a little while. What do you think?


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Monday, June 21, 2021

Post 147: Streams Never Stay the Same 11x14 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas Landscape

Painting Name: Streams Never Stay the Same

SKU: 06CE21ACG
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 11x14 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
Edition Year: 2021
Framed?: No
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Update: September 22, 2021

This painting was entered into a juried event called "Best of the Region 4" - wish me luck! Creative Brush is once again hosting the Best of the Region 4, which is sponsored by p-ART-ners and the Manassas Art Guild

What Brought About this Painting?

The title of this painting comes from a quote by Gary Snyder
"Streams and mountains never stay the same."

Always changing in every way. The light that day, the rain that falls, the creatures that visit, the time of year, the color of the leaves and where the leaves are. Everything changes, nothing remains the same.

Landscapes are, for me at least, very relaxing to paint. Maybe to look at too, what do you think? 

Kind of makes me want to take off my shoes and roll up my pants legs and step into the water and wiggle my toes. Then look for any of the crawfish or minnow - any of the stream's wild life.



A tad bit of glare on the right side of the image when I took the photo of the painting. UGH, still learning how to fix that in PhotoShop.

See the Painting in progress at https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-painting-in-progress-streams-never.html

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Friday, June 18, 2021

Post 145: A Painting In Progress: Streams Never Stay the Same

Painting in Progress: Streams Never Stay the Same

SKU: 06CE21ACG
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 11x14 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
Price: $Pending
Edition Year: 2021
Framed?: No
Commissioned? No

Painting in Progress Images…

To me and for me at least, all paintings start out pretty ugly getting the base layers in so occasionally I will get several layers in at first before I post. Apparently not this time though...



Friday, June 18, 2021 8:07 PM Starting to take shape


Saturday, June 19, 2021 12:53 PM Detailing, its all in the detailing to me.


What Brought About this Painting?

The title of this painting comes from a quote by Gary Snyder
"Streams and mountains never stay the same."

Always changing in every way. The light that day, the rain that falls, the creatures that visit, the time of year, the color of the leaves and where the leaves are. Everything changes, nothing remains the same.

See the completed Painting at https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/2021/06/streams-never-stay-same-11x14-gallery.html

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Post 105: Mountain Reflection, 24 x 24 Acrylic Stretched Canvas

Painting Name: Mountain Reflection

The owner was very pleased with the final and I am so glad! I am finding that it helps when painting from a photo of a real subject, to do the research on the subject and see it from as many angles as you can. And to zoom in on the image to really see if that lump of rock is part of the main mountain, or another in the background. 

SKU: 04BG21ACG
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 24x24 Gallery Wrap Stretched Canvas
Price: SOLD
Framed?: No
Edition Year: 2021
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What Brought About this Painting?
A cousin took a picture of this painting below and I rendered this painting for him. Once again, I am at a tentative pause to study if anything else should be done. I am Master of the Tweak.

After a few tweaks, here it is, the final...


The photograph is below:


Photo by Dwayne Jackson

And the owner of the painting...April 30, 2021. You know on those house shows when they do a room or home fix up then do the great "reveal"? That's the moment that makes it all so wonderful, the reaction to a painting. It makes those hours and days (occasionally weeks) poking around with paintbrushes a really glorious memory just as it does for the client. Enjoy the painting for years to come!



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Friday, April 9, 2021

Post 104: A Painting In Progress: Mountain Reflection

Painting In Progress: Mountain Reflection

A challenge this mountain was. I think I conquered it. 

SKU: 04BG21ACG
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 24x24 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
Price: Not Available
Edition Year: 2021
Commissioned? Yes

Painting in Progress Images…
This commissioned work is from a photo...and the photo is of Assiniboine Mountain which is located on the Great Divide, on the border in Canada of British Columbia/Alberta. It's a pretty big one, 11,870 ft. I am very glad my canvas is only 18 inches by 24 inches. 

Here is a Wiki link to learn more, Mount Assiniboine.


Photo by DJackson: Assiniboine Mountain

I like a challenge and I'm imagining hiking to that mountain may be only a tad bit tougher than getting this monster on canvas. I'll know more in the next few days. I love the colors on the water....let the fun begin!

As always, check back here as I post the progress.



Monday, April 12, 2021 6:25 AM Sometimes things don't go as planned. I started the drawing first on the canvas and undercoat...and decided to start all over again. If you can see the outline above, Assiniboine Mountain isn't centered. So, I repainted the canvas undercoat and redrew the scene again. 

Monday, April 12, 2021 8:20 AM Progress so far this morning. Redrawn the scene and starting to fill in the colors, especially shadows. A lot of black, deep blue, gray and the white of the snowy areas. Please pardon the funny diagonal line - that's the sun coming around the edge of the blinds from the window.


Seems appropriate to have the Mount Everest 16x20 painting in the back ground...





Monday, April 12, 2021 2:00 PM It has come a long way since this morning but still a long way to go.


Tuesday, April 13, 2021 9:34 AM - Reflections on water: If its a dark color in nature, on the water - its lighter. If its a light color in nature, on the water - it shows darker. Reflections on a stream, a creek, a pond, or a lake are quite different from reflections on moving water and quite different from tropical or ocean water. 

Pond and lake water because of their make up, tend to run "greenish".

Moving water fractures the reflection. These are some the "rules" that must be adhered to in order to make a reflection on water look correct.

Want to learn more about a water reflection?

Make Painting Water Reflections Easy!

by Jennifer Branch

Secrets to Painting Convincing Water Reflections



Of course, having the original photograph to go by helps too.

Still a good way to go on this painting - details, details, details - AND of course, on a gallery wrap canvas, the edges need to be finished as well. For example:


Bottom of the canvas

On a Gallery Wrap canvas, there is not a real need for the painting to be framed - BECAUSE the edges SHOULD be finished.

On a stretched canvas that has stapled sides or is back stapled (lesser quality than a professional Gallery Wrap or Museum Wrap canvas - about 1.5 inch depth) and is about .75 inches in depth, those should have a frame. Nonetheless, I typically try to finish the edges, at least to an extent. The fall back is to paint the sides solid black which is at a minimum what should be done.

Thursday, April 15, 2021 6:27 AM - Details, details, details. All the nooks and crannies that make a big rock a mountain. What is amazing to me is occasionally touching a canvas or an area on an artwork because the sort of "Trompe L' Oeil" effect makes it look 3-D. When I can achieve that, that makes me smile. 


Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:19 AM - working on Mount Assiniboine itself, center top.


Friday,  April 16, 2021 6:00 AM - Off to visit family today so no progress on painting temporarily.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 10:31 AM - Back from Louisa, BRS to be specific, visiting family. It was good to see 2 of my Aunts, 1 of my Cousins, 1 of my Brothers, 1 of my Sister-in-laws, my Mom and a few family friends. Back home on Monday afternoon. 


My Aunt and I went for a walk Saturday afternoon and reminisced our histories during walk about. This happened here and that happened there...you know how it is.

Painting Progress so far today:


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