See a quick speed video here!
"Lorikeet II" (pastel, 7x5 inches, bid or buy here)
Day 23 of 28: "Lovey Dove" (pastel, 6x6 inches) bid or buy
The star of my February Paint-Along! I think we had a record number of participants actually painting along. Here's a collage of the doves that were sent to me afterwards... what a beautiful bevy of birds!
To see what paint-along I've got coming next, visit ritakirkman.com/workshops!
Coming up soon, July 3 and 4, spend your holiday weekend at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter and catch some great art, including "Coy"!
See a GIF of "Coy"'s painting process here!
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Day 29 of 30 paintings in June - "Bird on a Wire" (pastel, 7x5 inches)
Only one day left, and then I'll have finished this 30 paintings in 30 days challenge! I haven't painted many birds this month, so it's nice to finish with a few.
See this piece and others like it at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter located right on the beautiful coast of Texas!
Check out some progress pictures here!
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Day 25 of 30 paintings in June - "Blackbird" (pastel, 6x6 inches)
I decided to paint this one directly on a gray board without a terracotta underpainting. I think it suits the values of this bird well.
See a speed video of this painting's process here!
See this piece and others like it at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter located right on the beautiful coast of Texas!
$305, price includes frame and US shipping.
This was actually my first paint-along (with practice critiques) way back in October. I realized I hadn't actually posted the finished painting publicly, so here it is!
Also, I dug this one up because I've decided to add it to my Solo Show (which continues to be going very well!) Sylvie, the gallery manager, is a whiz with sales!
Enjoy a bunch of progress pics extracted from the video, on this post!
Peek was one of my demos from the virtual pastel class I taught back in August. Wow, has it been that long?? I didn't realize I had so many paintings I haven't posted here yet!
This curious emu is one of many small works that I will be taking to the Carriage House Gallery (Boerne Texas) on Wednesday when I work. Each year we focus on Small Works for the Holiday Season, great for gift giving!
Here's a peek at some of the little paintings I'll be hanging at the gallery Wednesday:
A few of these have already sold, but a few more are not pictured here that I'll be framing tomorrow ;)
See something you like, please inquire and I'll send you a closeup!
Here's Peek peeking around the edge of his frame:
I just finished two back-to-back 3-day online workshops. Whew! These were what I had been preparing for all these months since the pandemic started and my string of four east coast workshops turned in to two that agreed to stick with it and move to Zoom.
I created my Virtual Open Studio Days in part to "practice" my studio streaming setup in preparation for these two workshops. All the preparation sure paid off because they both went more smoothly than I had anticipated (Well, except for a few moments when Alexa interfered with the connection of my bluetoooth headset and I finally told her to turn off after I realized it was my headset trouble and not everyone else's mics... Ahh, the adventures of technology!)
This cute little "Gosling" was my opening demo for this week's workshop with the PSNC. He was one of the babies at Fry's Fun Farm a few years ago. I love that petting zoo, their baby animals are the best!
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| at the gallery with my Heilman sketchbox and side of Rembrandts |
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| At the end of the demo... |
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| The photo (left) showed an amazing glow through the comb that I wanted to capture better... |
