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Painting at Pataua

"Bohemian Rhapsody" 10x8" Oil on Board

Hi All, still on holiday in our borrowed horse truck, staying at a friend's riverside farm at the back of Pataua. It's a real…

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Added by Richard Robinson on January 14, 2011 at 11:00 — 6 Comments

Paulo, very well executed. Original idea, very good colours. Well done.

Added by Adele Weyers on January 13, 2011 at 18:03 — No Comments

Richard, this is a wow picture! The colours are stunning; may we know what your palette was?

Added by Adele Weyers on January 11, 2011 at 5:13 — No Comments

Painting at Daisy Bay, Tutukaka

"Daisy Bay" 10x8" Oil on Canvas Board

Daisy Bay, Tutukaka, New Zealand

Hi All, I'm on a wee holiday with the family and took a few hours out to do this…

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Added by Richard Robinson on January 10, 2011 at 14:52 — 5 Comments

I did this at my buddy Rubino's place. I came over to study this skull for a self portrait painting I'm working on. It was a fun study and a great way to wrap up the end of the year. Happy New Year everybody!

Added by Paulo Ruvalcaba on January 1, 2011 at 10:10 — 1 Comment

Christmas wishes

Hi everyone

I just popped by to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and the very best New Year. I hope you have good health, happiness and the very best of friendships.

For myself 2011 is already shaping up to be a very good year especially with an artists residency in the South Island which I will take up early in May.

Warmest regards

Lorna

Added by Lorna Allan on December 24, 2010 at 12:38 — No Comments

Revisiting a Painting Spot

"Shed, Early Summer" 10x8" Oil on Linen Board

"Shed, Grey Day" 10x8" Oil on Board

Grey Day…

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Added by Richard Robinson on December 24, 2010 at 10:08 — 2 Comments

Drawing

For those of you that might be a little intimidated by nice work, .....remember that we all did a bunch of crap....lol (i still do) If an artist acts superior....IGNORE THEM.....they are not worth your time. Art is a little piece of us that escapes into the world.

Something I used to do a lot is buy a box of 10-reams typing paper on sale. I would tear open a ream and sit and do thumbnail sketches for…

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Added by Randy Fanger on December 12, 2010 at 14:08 — 1 Comment

Using Browsers and Technical issues here.

When I first got here, I couldn't upload any pictures. I have a Mac, running the latest.

I was using Firefox and almost gave up. Then I switched to Safari, and that did the trick. They make Safari for PC's I believe so it may help others here with similar issues.…

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Added by Randy Fanger on December 12, 2010 at 13:29 — No Comments

Plein Air Studies and Christmas Prezzies

"Old Friends" 10x8" Oil on Canvasboard…

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Added by Richard Robinson on December 5, 2010 at 14:16 — 2 Comments

Family Portraits Painting Road Trip-Nov 2010 Continued

My cousin Becky

12"x16"

So I couldn't stay away from color! I used Ivory Black, Cad Red, and Yellow Ochre.

My uncle Luis

11"x14

I tried sticking to Burnt…

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Added by Paulo Ruvalcaba on December 1, 2010 at 4:48 — 1 Comment

Family Portraits Painting Road Trip - November 2010

This is my aunt Zefe. 11"x14" Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine.

I took Richards advice and used Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue for this study. I believe this is considered "duotone" vs "monochrome". Still strongly value…

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Added by Paulo Ruvalcaba on November 22, 2010 at 10:00 — No Comments

South Island Painting Adventure

Hi All, I'm a bit behind in my blogging. I was intending to blog every day whilst on this painting adventure, but it's been such a great adventure I just haven't…

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Added by Richard Robinson on November 10, 2010 at 16:55 — 6 Comments

Need Inspiration?

Hi All, just came across this very uplifting video from US painter William Reese.

I highly recommend you watch this one, I found it very moving:

http://www.williamfreese.com/alpha1.html

God Bless,

Richard

Added by Richard Robinson on October 29, 2010 at 15:00 — 5 Comments

New Little Gems

Hi All, hope your painting is going well. I've just added 4 new paintings to the Little Gems page available for online purchase.…

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Added by Richard Robinson on October 8, 2010 at 12:41 — No Comments

Busy Taking Care of Life

It's a busy time for me with family and other things.

I was just dreaming about having more time to have completed

paintings for my blog when I ran across one little painting that was

not included on the right hand side of my blog

where I keep a copy of everything that is…

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Added by Peni Baker on October 5, 2010 at 13:35 — No Comments

Monochrome Studies

"Doña Delia", 9"x11" Oil on Gesso Panel, 2.5hrs

This is Doña Delia, my cousins grandma. She posed for us this weekend at my Tía Amelias house for a portrait painting session. She did such a wonderful job modeling.!

"Self Portrait", 4"x6" Oil on Gesso Panel, 3hrs

I'm going on a six month stint… Continue

Added by Paulo Ruvalcaba on October 5, 2010 at 8:00 — 2 Comments

My Painting Notes. Collected over the millenium.

Progressing Slowly. Add your own comments. Paint Notes small2010.03.pdf

Added by terry clare on October 4, 2010 at 15:21 — 2 Comments

Re: Viewing and encouragement

Having settled into Richard's wonderful site; may I make a suggestion? As many on this site are here to begin their path as an artist, perhaps those of us that have started to walk that path, could ENCOURAGE others, by not just viewing all the wonderful art to be seen, but to make a COMMENT of encouragement on their artwork.

I would hope that comments are tactful and helpful. I'm sure a "Thank you" in return, would at least let people know you have received their… Continue

Added by Gail Runciman-Nicholls on October 2, 2010 at 22:54 — No Comments

wet on wet

After looking at everyones lovely wet on wet landscapes i decided to try it out for myself. Normally i work with very thin layers of wet over dry and slowly build up my paintings finishing off with glazes. Also, normally i work with a limited palate, but everyone here works with a lot of amazing colour.

what can i say, wet on wet, and an "unlimited" palate are very challenging. I found my colours getting muddy quickly. However i do really like the loose impressionistic outcome i have.… Continue

Added by Andrea Fryett on September 30, 2010 at 16:10 — 4 Comments