#7 of 21-in-31 "Fiesta Chick"

 "Fiesta Chick" (pastel, 6x4 inches) is on auction for a limited time at DailyPaintworks.

All right, it's the wrong time of year for Fiesta, but everyone needs a fun party now and then right?.. This Chick looks like she had a little bit too much fun last night, lol. It's funny how baby chicks do have such serious expressions, and those eye bags! Like they're older than their years (weeks, days?)

 

Enjoy these progress photos of the painting process! The last photo is of the colors I used.

#3 of 21-in-31 "Cheeky Chick"

"Cheeky Chick" (pastel, 4x4 inches) bid or buy here for a limited time

Here's my third painting for the month! I know I know, I'm only averaging every other day so far instead of the 2 out of 3 I aught to be, but I'll be catching up with many that I underpainted yesterday.

See a GIF of this cheeky chick on my Patreon page! 

Chic Chick

 

"Chic Chick" (pastel, 6x4 inches)

Here's another one of my little favorites that was languishing in a gallery all through the pandemic. "Chic Chick" is finally home with me and will be with me at The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival this weekend, hopefully to find her forever home. (If you're in the area, find me in booth 404 by the Watercolor Terrace!)

I love this one so much I had her as my Facebook business profile pic for a long while there! Enjoy this fun GIF and progress pics!

"The best paintings are sometimes the simplest."

Chickiepoo - Day 15 of 21-in-31

 

"Chickiepoo" (pastel, 4x4 inches) sold

This is the second painting from my triple demo in my weekend workshop, the third one not being completed yet. 

Click here to watch a quick speed video of "Chickiepoo"'s painting process.

Here's a photo one of my participants took of me painting!

Warm Fuzzy #24 - Power Chick

Warm Fuzzy #24 - "Power Chick" (pastel, 4x4 inches) click here to bid or buy

This was the result of a "what if". Richard McKinley encourages his students to keep a "what if" attitude when deciding how to approach a painting, and my habit of working in series of small Daily Paintings especially lends itself to this approach, in fact sometimes demands it! I felt like a lot of my backgrounds lately were becoming a little too predictable. So with this chick I wondered "what if the background were to match the beak, but bolder?" Ok, it did help that there was a bit of this exciting red in the background of the photo. But when I began to throw in those intense reds, orange and fuscia, suddenly the chick went "Wow! Pow!" Timid little chick no longer! Just goes to show you the power of a background and how it can change the mood of a painting!
I could paint this chick like Andy Warhol's soup cans with all sorts of background colors, just to see the difference... hmmm...

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Warm Fuzzy #20 - "You Woke Me Up For What!?"

Warm Fuzzy #20 - "You Woke Me Up For What!?" (pastel, 5x4 inches) click here to bid or buy

I couldn't resist the expression on this fuzzy face!

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No Yawning!

"No Yawning!" (pastel, 4x4 inches) click here to bid or buy

May all your yawns this Easter weekend be not from boredom, but from the state of divine comfort and satiation that comes from relaxation, pleasant company and good food.

But no yawning while Skyping or Zooming family and friends!!

Happy Easter Y'all!

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New work at the Gallery at Brookwood

"T is for Tiger" (pastel, 12x12 inches) $550

The rest of my current inventory from the year has been delivered to the Gallery at Brookwood for the winter. These are most of what I have there now. Hope you can take a visit, their gift shop and gallery are a sublime shopping experience!

Not only that, but all art sales help support the citizens of Brookwood.

"Twin Fawns II" (pastel, 18x18 inches) $975

"Shadowfire" (pastel, 24x24 inches) $2300

"Cow Lick" (pastel, 18x24 inches) $1730

"Twilight Road" (pastel, 9x12 inches) $475

"Smith" (pastel, 10x10 inches) $475

"Peggy" (pastel, 12x6 inches) $390

"Banded Archerfish" (pastel, 4x6 inches) $250

"Butterball" (pastel, 6x4 inches) $250

Later this month I'll be enjoying my first international workshop, in Montreal, Canada! I'll try to make some new posts while I'm there.

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New work at The Gallery at Round Top

"Chic Chick" (pastel, 6x4 inches) $250 Now available at The Gallery at Round Top.

In an effort to push me to paint more and fill up new inventory, I've delivered all my current inventory to the galleries I'm in ...

"Chic Chic" (above) is one of my current favorites, and I've been using it as my Facebook Page profile pic!

Here are some of the other works that are now available at The Gallery at Round Top, in Round Top Texas:

"Daddy!" (pastel, 18x24 inches) $1730

"Daddy's Girl" (pastel, 36x36 inches) $5180

"Midnight" (pastel, 6x4 inches) $250

"Mondo" (pastel, 10x8 inches) $400

"Ruairidh" (pronounced "Roor-rid" meaning Red-Haired King, pastel, 24x12 inches) $985

"Frog #18" (pastel, 5x5 inches) $250

"Frog #19" (pastel, 5x5 inches) $250

"Moora" (pastel, 6x6 inches) $265

Redhead

"Redhead" (pastel, 7x5 inches) $265 framed

This vivid rooster is the only painting I've got left from my IAPS demo and workshop that didn't sell at the time. So, of course, I tweaked it up nicely in the studio at home before calling it done. He was rather dark when I got him home so I'm kinda glad no one bought him earlier.

Redhead will be with me at the Rockport Art Festival in Rockport, Texas, July 6 and 7, 2019.

At the end of the demo...

The photo (left) showed an amazing glow through the comb that I wanted to capture better...