Acrylic Paintings on Canvas
Over the past few years health issues have stolen away most of my ability to create and I'd reached the point of thinking that my Muse was forever gone when an opportunity to attend a two-hour painting class fell into my lap. Nutti and I went off thinking that we were just going to kill a couple hours only to discover a whole new passion in painting. At the instructor's suggestion, we searched You Tube and found a couple of artists who teach painting in a step-by-step fashion. One is Cinnamon Cooney (the Art Sherpa) and the other is Jane Font (Painting With Jane). Both ladies are phenomenal artists and instructors but there's something about the way Jane Font teaches that got thru the broken circuitry in my head and made it possible for me to comprehend easily and learn! The relief of being able to learn something new again has been a true miracle in my life, especially since painting is something I can do even with limited mobility. All I need is one hand. So here are the paintings I've done so far....very rough indeed, but I'm still learning all the time! I'll try to keep updating this page periodically with new paintings as I complete them. These are in no particular order, so enjoy.
"Watching Paint Dry"
A study in textures--lesson by Jane Font
8x10 Canvas board
"Rusty Paint Can"
Study in shading and layering by Jane Font
5x7 canvas board
Abstract Guitar
Tutorial by Cinnamon Cooney
8x10 stretched canvas
"Boos Blues"
11x14, stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
Super Moon over 1:144 Haunted House
Original composition, 5x7 canvas flat
Micro Loganberry Mill built by Tracy Topps
"Cardinal at Dawn"
11x14 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Spooky Cat Duo"
12x12 stretched canvas
Original design for Spooky Cat by Jane Font
(You'll see this cat showing up in a lot of my paintings just because I love him and those big eyes. I did this one for Halloween since that's when my hubby and I were married. D'awww......)
"Sad Christmas Tree"
11x14 stretched canvas
Inspired by a Charlie Brown with help from a pine tree tutorial by Jane Font
"Chickadee Party"
16x20 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Cinnamon Cooney
"Christmas Morning"
11x14 stretched canvas
Inspired by a tutorial by Jane Font
"Spooky Cat"
11x14 stretched canvas
The original tutorial by Jane Font
Fabulous Flamingos
16x20 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Tracie Keirman
Micro "Golden Hour" Sunset
5/8" x 3/4" canvas
Tutorial for micro painting by Jane Font
"Deb's Scream 1"
11x14 stretched canvas
Original painting "The Scream" by Edvard Munch, tutorial by Jane Font, uses my own color palette
"Deb's Scream 2"
12x12 stretched canvas
I did three versions of this painting and stopped when I did this one because I'd finally captured the emotions I was trying to convey.
"Mr. Crow Cosplays The Scream"
11x14 stretched canvas
When I first started working on The Scream, I did the background very technically using Munch's colors and brush strokes but it went a little too muddy on me despite using glazing compound so I set it aside without finishing the background and moved on to the ones above. After I'd finished them, I returned to this and decided that Jane's tutorial for Mr. Crow would make a great mashup, so without ruffling a feather or opening his beak, Mr. Crow screams.
Mr. Crow is a character in the Rusty Lake "Cube Escape" games; tutorial for his figure by Jane Font
Desert Landscape in miniature
3x5 canvas board
Original composition
"Field of Poppies"
5x7 stretched canvas
Original composition
"Blue Flamingo"
11x14 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Just Jack!"
8x10 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Grumpy Rag Doll"
11x14 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Misty Mountains"
2x3 canvas flat
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Phoenix at Dusk"
16x20 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Pour the Wine"
16x20 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Crow at Dusk"
11x14 stretched canvas
tutorial by Jane Font
"Reading Light"
palette knife, 16x20 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Ruby Raccoon Gets Busted"
8x10 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Sir Skellington"
11x14 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Autumn's Gates"
(You'll see this painting again a few times since I want to do it in each season)
11x14 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Dust Storm On The Way"
11x14 canvas flat
Exercise in painting clouds, tutorial by Cinnamon Cooney
"Swinging at Halloween"
11x14 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Cinnamon Cooney
"Toxic Forest Survivor"
8s10 stretched canvas
Inspired by tutorial by Jane Font
"Tuesday Afternoon"
16x20 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Windy Night"
11x14 stretched canvas
Just me practicing trees and brush strokes, but I liked it
"Witch's Tree House"
11x14 stretched canvas
Tutorial by Jane Font
"Gates at Yule"
11x14 stretched canvas
Inspired by tutorial by Jane Font
"Zen Stones"
11x14 stretched canveses
Tutorial by Jane Font
*This was my first attempt at the stones and only my second painting. I was still using craft paints for this one. Now scroll down and see the same painting with acrylics, done three months later.
Much better!! Practice really does make a difference! LOL!
