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Pets To Posies: July 2011
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Saturday, July 30, 2011. Versions (not higher resolution) of the ones sent - very pixelated and worse than the originals. I guess I'm a sucker since I said I'd TRY to do this portrait. This is a favorite client and she's commissioning it for a friend of hers who just lost this cat. So many people think an artist can look at bad reference photos and immediately paint a superior portrait. Fortunately, this client is not like that but she would still like a miracle, of course. I know, I know, I could have r...
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Pets To Posies: A Flower for my Daughter
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Thursday, February 28, 2013. A Flower for my Daughter. Well here I am again. I wanted to post the Tiare flower I just finished and to publicly thank Mr. Troy McKaskle for allowing me to use his photos as painting references. You can click on the photo to see it larger. I painted this in oils using a grisaille. A grisaille is the entire painting done first in shades of gray (NOT 50 of them this time! OK, back into hibernation in the studio as I've been painting up a storm since I got my mojo back! Will yo...
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Pets To Posies: May 2012
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012. All the Colors of White. We recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Pensacola, Florida where we went to see my husband's family, primarily his mother who is in her 90's. Most of the time was spent visiting with family but we did take some time to go to Pensacola Beach and all the way out to Ft. Pickens which is part of our National Parks System (you can read about Ft. Pickens HERE. I thought our little baby, CiCi really illustrates the strength of the wind, don't you? It has bee...
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Pets To Posies: Final Commission
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013. I wanted to share my final commission with you even though I haven't posted here in quite some time. I've decided to retire from painting pet portraits or other commission work and this gorgeous white German Shepherd Dog makes a lovely good-bye post. The first clue I had was my husband retiring this past spring and wanting to do some traveling. That was fine, one can work around various trips and travel plans, right? I finally got to feeling well enough to paint again only to ...
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Pets To Posies: June 2012
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Saturday, June 30, 2012. Floral WIP Painting in New Oils. Well, I started another oil painting this morning and got this far before deciding to do a WIP (work in progress) of it. The only things I'm not sure about are the leaf in the bottom left corner and that stem beside it so I may take them out. I'll wait and think about it a bit more first though. So, I'll eventually try other brushes and surfaces - Jiminy! A painting supply addiction is almost as costly as a drug addiction! Links to this post.
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Pets To Posies: February 2013
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Thursday, February 28, 2013. A Flower for my Daughter. Well here I am again. I wanted to post the Tiare flower I just finished and to publicly thank Mr. Troy McKaskle for allowing me to use his photos as painting references. You can click on the photo to see it larger. I painted this in oils using a grisaille. A grisaille is the entire painting done first in shades of gray (NOT 50 of them this time! OK, back into hibernation in the studio as I've been painting up a storm since I got my mojo back! Happy V...
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Pets To Posies: August 2011
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Friday, August 26, 2011. Being a Loose Woman Ain't Easy! The following is a blog post I did at the Paint My Photo. Website. They're having a contest where members can post a painting of theirs in a loose style and possibly win a book by Jean Haines. Who is to judge the contest. Since I've been a fan of Jean's since I first saw her work on Wet Canvas, I really wanted to win her book but - - - the following blog post explains it all! She makes it look so easy, doesn't she? I think it's too late for me to p...
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Pets To Posies: July 2013
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Friday, July 5, 2013. Since I recently retired from painting pet portraits, I wanted to invite you to my new blog which is still about art but is not so focused on pet paintings. I wanted a new blog as a symbol of this new direction I'm taking with my art. So, without further ado, let me present the J Gibson Art Studio blog:. Http:/ jgibsonartstudio.blogspot.com/. Beaufort, North Carolina 28516. Https:/ www.facebook.com/TheArtestryHideaway. The Raleigh Street Gallery. 120 West Raleigh Street.
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Pets To Posies: November 2011
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Sunday, November 27, 2011. A Very Odd Thanksgiving! This past week - a week containing our American Thanksgiving holiday - has been a wild one and one very different from past Thanksgivings! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it seems to be the one most unaffected by blatant commercialism. (I won't even. Comment on starting "Black Friday" on Thanksgiving Day this year! This year the kids (we have a son and a daughter) had other plans and I didn't have to cook a conventional Thanksgiving dinner.
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