Maggie and work on another canvas...

I spent much of today painting, new canvas above, Maggie below, and chatting with motorcyclists in town for the Hells Canyon Rally. It made for a fun day.

I think I had a little more fun though since I was painting and outside it was raining, for much of the afternoon and evening. Let's hear it for blue skies tomorrow.

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A little more Maggie...

"Maggie and the Dandelions"

(in progress)

12"x12" acrylic on canvas

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I spent most of yesterday working on some window photographs that will be at Zephyr Bakery during the Elkhorn Classic Stage Race next weekend, and some t-shirt design stuff too.

I'm crazy about the painting I'm working on though, and so at 8:30 or 9 PM I went down to Short Term Gallery and painted till about 11. I created just a little bit more of Maggie. I'm really happy with the results.

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Maggie appears...

"Maggie and the Dandelions"

(in progress)

12"x12" acrylic on canvas

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I decided to try something a little different, because of the abstract background there is no room for error when adding the dog. My friend tom always sketches out his paintings using white chalk on black canvas, and I thought that would work for me too.

It did and it didn't. The chalk works great because it's easily washed away while painting, or if I make an error in proportion, a little water and the line is gone. However, using it on this background, I had a hard time seeing where I made my marks. So, I picked up a small paint brush and here's the results of several hours of work.

I'm looking forward to working on Maggie again tomorrow. I'm also working on another commissions abstract background that's turning out pretty cool. I might be posting the progress on these two paintings off and on the next few weeks.

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