Ashley's Nola

Nola

5 1/2 x 7

Acrylics on Board

A lot of glazing, used R. Bateman liquid acrylics formula for details. Fine lines were done with brush and pen.

Layered colors over pencil drawing. Lightened Payne's Grey background.

Nola

Pencil on Illustration Board, Preliminary for acrylic painting.

9232016 Studies

Boat Planter

9 x 6

Oil Pastel

Boat Planter 2

4 3/4 x 8 3/4

Mixed Media

9182016 Studies

Buoy study colored pencil on Canson pastel paper

Buoy study oil pastel on Canson pastel paper

Buoy study watercolor and Prismacolor pencils

Cat study oil pastel

Used heated OP to blend and baby oil for background and bed.

Beached

Beached

12 1/4 x 15

Acrylics

Following the style of Charles Movalli; his mentor, Emil Gruppe' taught the focus of color shapes as opposed to line only. 

Wave Study One

Wave Study One

10 x 13

Pastel

I couldn't get the right colors from the pastels I had, so I used a combination of fixative (to darken or change hue) and over painting with softer colors.

Santa Fe Memory - Portal Series

Santa Fe Memory

Oil Pastel 

Third in a series of this subject. Part of the Santa Fe Portal series.

Testing the feasibility of using oil pastels for plein air painting.

Pastels used, Holbein (hard under painting), Cray-Pas and Sennelier for final pass.

Rock Study May 5 2016

Rock Study 1

Oil Pastel on paper

And I Miss You

And I Miss You

Acrylics on paper

Bob Peake inspired portrait over abstract painting.

J P Pond Ducks

J P Pond Ducks

24 x 30

Acrylics on Canvas

The Watchers

The Watchers

Water Media on Paper

Last Sunset?

Last Sunset?

9 3/4 x 13

Acrylics on Paper

The wild horse habitat is rapidly shrinking. Storm clouds are overhead for these magnificent animals. 

Christmas Puppy

Christmas Puppy

5 x 7

Acrylics

Village Shopping

Village Shopping

Acrylics

Sir Basil

Sir Basil

5 x 7

Acrylics on board

Grizz

Grizz

16 x 20

Acrylics on board

Sand Hill Crane Dance

Crane Dance I

12 x 18

Pastel on paper

Crane Dance II

12 x 18

Pastel on paper

Cape Porpoise Shack

Cape Porpoise Shack

10 x 12

Acrylics on Board

Maine Christmas 2015

Maine Christmas

9 1/2 x 7

Acrylic on board

Musk Ox Eye to eye

Eye to eye

7 1/2 x 6 3/4

Polychromos Pencil

5 x 5

Mixed Media on Board

5 x 7

Pastel on Paper