Michael, charcoal on paper, 24x30

Tonight I went to the opening of the Cedar Hill Art Centre. It was a lot of fun with artists demonstrating, and belly dancing. They also had life drawing, which I was glad to participate in. Here's one of my sketches.

Ogden Point Breakwater, Sunset, oil on canvas board, 6x6

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This is a small painting with a big feel.  It was such a sunny warm day for October. But by the time I got out to paint a cold wind had come in. (When I finished painting I was shivering but satisfied).

 This is Ogden Point Breakwater. People love to walk out on it .

Personally, I don't like walking on it because I have a bit of fear of heights and there are no rails.

In this painting I used ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow light, and cadmium red medium, plus titanium white.

I chose this high horizon because I wanted to capture the feeling of the greatness of the sea.  Incidentally, I painted this from where the search and rescue and pilot boats are moored. (perhaps a future painting).

Little Guards, oil on canvas board, 6x6

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Here's two more of those cute little felt animals. Their ears really do stick up like that. I think they look like they're defending their territory from the acorn.

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These are the little felt dogs I used. The acorn is really a small one, so you don't really get the scale of the dogs from the photo.

Here's the sketch I did on a yellow ground. (I decided to shorten the blue dog's tail as the shorter tail made him seem more alert. 

A King's Breakfast, 6x6 oil on canvas board

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I was going to have these for breakfast but by the time I finished painting I had them for lunch. It was a lot of fun painting them and satisfying (in more ways than one).
I really had to use patience. I used a view finder to try to get the bowl in the right proportions. Maybe over worked it a little but overall I'm pleased.

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