Sunday, April 14, 2019

Laundromat - 2 and a new blog location and site!!!


You guessed it. Another early Saturday at the Laundromat. This time my mother stood in for me. I've included an early stage of the block in... Thought it was interesting to see what stayed and what changed. My panel was a little wetter than usual to start so most of the drawing faded away. But I had what I needed.

Oil on Panel - 6" x 6"

See it in the store

New blog location -  https://www.edwatsonsmallworks.net/blog

With the new blog is a new gallery and store!  I'll be adding some new things that didn't seem to fit here.  If you have a chance, check out the site.  I'd love to hear what you think!

Friday, October 16, 2015

Recent works

Been a while!  Just a quick update...

I had hoped to get this up before the opening, but time has been tight.  My painting entitled "The Post" was accepted into Recent Works at the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of art.  If you're in Chicago-land, stop by and check it out.  It is a nice show and a nice opening!  It will be on view until 11/15/15.

Also I added a new painting to my current project today... http://dryingdays.blogspot.com/

Go Cubs!!!

Saturday, February 8, 2014

My new project!


I hope you're all enjoying the olympics.  After a two year hiatus, my new project.  It'll be a bit different at first, but a bit broader in scope.  I hope you'll all still follow along.  Please sign up to receive new paintings in your box:

Drying Days

I wish you all the best in the new year.  Thank you once again for your patience and support.  This email list will revert to cover major news and the occasional update.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

#176 -- Supplies


Oil on panel - 5" x 7"


Sunday, May 1, 2011

#175 -- Bleachers 2

8" x 6" - Oil on panel

Friday, April 29, 2011

#174 -- The Bleachers 1

8" x 6" - Oil on panel

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

#173 -- Expression De Boy 2



Oil on Panel -- 6" x 8"

Friday, April 22, 2011

#172 -- Expression De Boy #1



Oil on panel -- 6" x 8"
Sold

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

#171 -- Dawn 2

Oil on panel -- 8" x 6"
Sold

Saturday, April 9, 2011

#170 -- The Portal



Oil on panel -- 6" x 8"

Thursday, February 24, 2011

#169 -- Mather Home


Oil on panel - 8" x 6"
Sold

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

#167 -- Thresholds Sketch 4


Oil on panel 5" x 7"
Sold

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

#166 -- Thresholds Study 3



Oil on panel - 7" x 5"

Sunday, January 2, 2011

#165 -- Thresholds Study 2



Oil on Panel - 5" x 7"


Thursday, December 23, 2010

#164 -- Thresholds Study


Oil on panel - 5" x 7"
Sold

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

#163 -- Under The Bridge and Demo

Another Winter night scene for you today... with a little demo to boot. I had a blast with this one, it's just so rich! Hope you'll enjoy it to. As always thanks for looking!

This will just be a quick walkthrough as I need dinner! If you have any questions or feel like I missed something, feel free to drop me a line. On to the meat and potatoes...

Step 1 - A quick brush drawing, about a minute. I used a little turp on this one to make the fluid curves a bit easier to grab.


Step 2 - Blocking in the darks. Most of these areas will just be "lost". It's not often you get to loose a whole structure!




Step 3 - Hitting some of the secondary shadow areas. Just big flat shapes for now...


Step 4 - The turning edges and a bit more refinement of the bridge...





Step 5 - The Color! I've been itching to hit this for a while. Not often I get to slap pure Cad red in the middle of a composition! I kept my mixture really loose for the lighter area of the pavement. It adds variety while minimizing the work later on. Hard to see, but I darkened the sky and slapped some sky color in next to the darks in the pavement.



Step 6 - The light and glare.... and a few other fun little details to give it some character. Take note of the range of temperature in the reflection from the street lights. Very important little details...




That's it! We're done! Hope you enjoyed it!

Oil on panel - 5" x 7"
Sold

Monday, December 20, 2010

#162 -- Crowd Study




Oil on Canvas - 6" x 6"


Sunday, December 19, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Monday, September 6, 2010

#159 -- Take A Breath



Oil on panel -- 6" x 8"
Sold

Friday, April 16, 2010

#158 -- Flo


Oil on panel - 6"x 8"

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

#157 -- The Boxer



Oil on Panel -- 8" x 6"


Friday, April 9, 2010

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

#155 -- Suzy in Profile


Oil on Panel - 6" x 6"


Tuesday, March 30, 2010

#154 -- 2 Peas in a Pod



Oil on Panel -- 6" x 6"
Sold

Monday, March 29, 2010

#153 -- Ghost



Oil on panel - 6" x 6"


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

#152 -- Huddle Study



Oil on panel -- 6" x 8"


Saturday, March 20, 2010

#151 -- Spectators 9



Oil on panel - 6" x 8"


Friday, March 19, 2010

#150 -- Spectators 8



Oil on Panel - 6" x 8"