tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66780459499759976052024-03-13T06:56:49.289-07:00On Becoming an ArtistA journal on the struggle to learn how to paint well enough to call myself an artistJoanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-67734816348320100382013-10-10T07:47:00.001-07:002013-10-10T07:47:54.630-07:00Shadow Pattern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A simple little 6x8 painting of a creek in winter, but the pattern of the shadows on the snow intrigued me. Hence the title, Shadow Pattern. It is going to Framed Image Gallery in Denver for their holiday show.Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-35690384960271873982013-09-21T17:00:00.002-07:002013-09-21T17:00:56.606-07:00Fall has come to the High Country (almost)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Leaves are starting to change, but it has been slow this year. Our first frost was late, just a couple of nights ago, but now they will change faster. This was painted plein air and then tweaked just a little in the studio. If I go back and see these trees they will probably be a brilliant yellow now!Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-24447726489211803682013-09-15T14:12:00.002-07:002013-09-15T14:12:48.781-07:00Headed to a gallery in Denver<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The title of this is Evening Blues, and it is headed to the Framed Image gallery in Denver for their <br />"Homeward" show. It is not one of my small series, but an 11x14. I am painting larger between the small ones.</div>
<br />Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-35407664046441533082013-09-01T13:15:00.001-07:002013-09-01T13:15:27.749-07:00Painting small and often<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This summer I attended a three day paint out in Crested Butte with the Plein Air Artists of Colorado (PAAC). We had lots of fun and painted every day. This is one I painted after I got home. I saw this dog chasing sticks his owner was throwing to him and had to photograph him. The color of the water was amazing, and the lake was aptly named Emerald Lake. A 6x6, this is one of several of that size that I have done lately, trying to do one each day, unless I am working on bigger paintings. I hesitate to call it a "project" as many have done with small daily paintings, as I know already that I won't do one daily. But in my head, it is called 6x6x60, meaning that my intention is to do 60 of them. It might take me a year (or more) but I will eventually get 60 of them done. Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-5887557685346959402013-03-15T09:43:00.001-07:002013-03-15T09:43:36.748-07:00Breckenridge Poster now available<br />
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My painting, Summer Symphony, was selected for the 2103 Bach, Beethoven and Breckenridge poster. It is now available at Hang Time Gallery in Breckenridge and Buffalo Mountain Gallery in Frisco, Colorado. I was thrilled to have one chosen for this series of posters again this year (I also did it in 2010) as it benefits the Music Festival in Breckenridge. The scene is of Cataract Creek, near Heeney, Colorado. It is one of my favorite places to paint.Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-55990967699414549602012-10-15T20:35:00.000-07:002012-10-15T20:35:39.212-07:00Using a separate monitor for reference photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The photo I used for this painting was taken on a very smoky day this fall. The wind was from the north, blowing in smoke from fires in Montana. I recently bought a new 23" monitor which I connect to my laptop and display the photo I am using for reference in the studio. I hung it on the wall on a mount that I can move so I can pull it closer to me or push further away. I like it much better than printed photos, even from the drugstore. My own printer leaves most of the color out, so it is useless, but I have been very pleased with the monitor. It lets me see all the color, even in the dark areas. Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-84238498347554454502012-10-07T14:36:00.000-07:002012-10-07T14:36:58.525-07:00Fall is over in Colorado's high country<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Started as a plein air piece, but finished in studio and given to friends of mine. This was a glorious autumn and I went to Cataract Lake, where this was painted three times in one week! The first time I hiked there, and I swore I would come back to paint. I did, twice. I just finished a large painting from a photo I took while there. I will post it in a day or so.Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-69320808472557337902012-09-22T07:37:00.000-07:002012-09-22T07:37:06.399-07:00At the Beach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am working on a series of paintings done from photos I took in New Zealand. My sister, <a href="http://www.adeleearnshaw.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Adele Earnshaw</a> and our artist friend <a href="http://www.joegarcia.com/" target="_blank">Joe Garcia</a> have a three person show at the Santa Ysabel art gallery in California in December. It will be of work we did plein air while in New Zealand last February/March and a few studio pieces done since. This one is titled "Safe in her Arms". <br />
Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-54441480402388729722012-08-07T14:29:00.002-07:002012-08-07T14:29:13.475-07:00Am I leaving landscapes for figures?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From my latest posts, one could conclude that I am turning into a figurative artist. Not so, but I do enjoy doing them. In fact, I entered three pieces into the WAOW show being held in Texas in November, and the two they accepted were figuratives. So pehaps it is some reinforcement that I should keep painting them. This was not entered as it wasn't finished in time for the deadline, but you will find the accepted two on this blog in the last 4 or 5 posts. I am still not completely happy with this one, but I think it is the best I can do at this time. Painting faces without detail is not easy! Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-7643282652520379412012-07-07T20:58:00.001-07:002012-07-07T20:58:53.454-07:00Summer in the Colorado high country<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last year was a very wet year, with a record amount of snow over the winter and good rains in the summer. As a result, the wildflowers were spectacular. This year is the complete opposite as we now have drought conditions. I hiked Shrine Ridge a week or two ago and it looked nothing like this painting I did from a photo of same area the year before. In this painting there is snow on the peaks, and it was all gone by May this year. I am trying to figure out which paintings to enter into the Women Artists of the West show. The deadline is August 1st, and this may be one of them. Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-57885290863233999752012-07-01T18:03:00.000-07:002012-07-01T18:03:03.807-07:00Another Happy Face<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In my last post, I mentioned a dog painting I did that I called Happy Face. This is it, although, I am afraid it is a little washed out from the original. I wish I knew how ro adjust the color in photoshop to add more gold and tone down the blue a bit.. No matter, I am not selling it here....<br />
It was fun to paint. Have you ever seen a Golden Retriever without a happy face? They are always smiling. Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-87960902645503731852012-06-10T19:33:00.000-07:002012-06-10T19:33:07.418-07:00Happy faces<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently finished a painting of a Golden Retriever that I called Happy Face, (because Goldens are always happy!) But after painting these flowers today, I decided "Happy Faces" would be a good title for this one too! One of the artists in our co-op gallery had brought these sunflowers in, and as I had to work there today, I took my paints with me and did a couple of quick little paintings of them. I don't very often do flowers, but these were fun! Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-78493579964774797882012-05-23T09:56:00.000-07:002012-05-23T09:56:33.139-07:00One day I will take a Karin Jurick workshop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started out painting landscapes, mostly because it scared me to paint people, but now I really enjoy figurative work. I would love to take a workshop from Karin Jurick or from Michelle Torrez. One of these days! <br />
When we were in New Zealand in March and April, we visited an island bird sanctuary called Tiri Tiri Matangi. Lots of schools take groups of kids there on field trips as they have a lot of native birds there that are very threatened. As we were getting ready to leave on the ferry, these kids from Parnell school were killing time by "chucking stones into the sea". I took lots of photos of them and was taken with this little boy as he seemed to be a bit left out by the older girls. Note the school uniforms and the hats, a required part of the uniform. New Zealand is right under the hole in the ozone layer and melanoma is a concern there. Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-54232577371596372232012-05-22T08:40:00.001-07:002012-05-22T08:40:16.085-07:00Another from New Zealand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been back from New Zealand for about a month now and am getting ready for my month as featured artist at my gallery in Breckenridge. This is a little 6x8 called Angry Seas that I did in NZ. It will be on display and for sale at the gallery in June. I am running around picking up frames, framing paintings up and trying to paint new ones too. But I am managing to get some new work done. My sister <a href="http://www.adeleearnshaw.blogspot.com/">Adele Earnshaw</a> will be here at the end of June and we are doing an outdoor show together, so with both shows going on, I will be needing plenty of work. <br />
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<br />Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-14961144650208216612012-05-06T12:30:00.000-07:002012-05-06T12:30:24.185-07:00A figurative painting for a change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been going through the photos I took in New Zealand as I want to do a few pieces from there, but paintings that could be anywhere. I watched several little kids with an eye to getting some good reference, and got some shots of this kid as he played with his boat in the water. I was hoping no parents noticed as I didn't want to have to explain why I was photographing their kids! It is just a little 6x8. I really enjoy painting figurative work. Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-62935587405328692242012-04-18T20:08:00.002-07:002012-04-18T20:14:14.899-07:00A quick oil sketch<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Anoe75STIdg/T4-B1CiaGbI/AAAAAAAAAes/6l01AKEEo1I/s1600/daily%2Bkitty%2B3.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732943598880168370" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Anoe75STIdg/T4-B1CiaGbI/AAAAAAAAAes/6l01AKEEo1I/s320/daily%2Bkitty%2B3.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I have been participating in a group who is trying to paint from life, every day. The every day part is tough and I haven't been good about doing it that often. It is still a bit cold in the mountains of Colorado to get outside to paint. I have three cats, so decided they will be good subjects during nap time. Today I must have been too noisy as they kept moving. I wiped off two starts when my subject left, and started two more which never did get finished. This one isn't finished either, but I liked my start so won't wipe it off. I just wish I had wiped out the sketch lines of the parallel angles in the bottom center. I didn't notice them until I photographed it. It is amazing how many things show up in a photo that you don't notice while you are working on it.Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-40489086992156328982012-04-02T18:39:00.003-07:002012-04-02T18:45:23.675-07:00New Zealand in summer, a great time to paint!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LVHbm1RoDls/T3pVO-6-XII/AAAAAAAAAeg/IhigYugj2C8/s1600/60%2Bscotts%2Blanding.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726983592051891330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LVHbm1RoDls/T3pVO-6-XII/AAAAAAAAAeg/IhigYugj2C8/s320/60%2Bscotts%2Blanding.jpg" /></a><br />We have been in New Zealand for almost 6 weeks now and will be leaving a week from today. <br /><br />I have loved being here and plan on coming back next year to do it all over again, but it will be good to get home. I have tried to paint every day, although it has been very rainy and I cannot paint inside in our rented house, so it has limited me. Still, I got a couple of dozen small paintings done. I don't necessarily want anyone to see them all, but this is one that came out ok. The photo is a bit washed out and perhaps I should have darkened it before posting, but I really don't like to manipulate the photos and prefer to just post what I get. If I want a better photo, I should get a better photographer! ;)Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-4257223265488519302012-02-07T17:23:00.000-08:002012-02-07T17:29:56.154-08:00One more before leaving for New Zealand<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5FuXFvitzWs/TzHPCqVK6HI/AAAAAAAAAeU/dMTyjkFfCjA/s1600/nordica.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 256px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706569847484901490" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5FuXFvitzWs/TzHPCqVK6HI/AAAAAAAAAeU/dMTyjkFfCjA/s320/nordica.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>A friend of mine had asked me to paint her dog. As we were only a month or so away from leaving for New Zealand for seven weeks, and my to-do list was very long, I didn' t think I could get it done before leaving. I sketched it in, and then it sat on the easel for a week or two, looking at me, asking why it wasn't finished! So one night I decided I was going to get it done and it just fell off the brush. I love paintings like that! This was photographed with my iphone (which takes better photos than my good camera!) but it was still wet, so there is a little glare on the right side. Now all I have to do is frame it and get it to her before we leave, now in less than two weeks. </div>Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-72122431323859189312012-01-13T18:23:00.000-08:002012-01-13T18:30:52.717-08:00A dog commission<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PsBUOh_eUiM/TxDnwSdgJNI/AAAAAAAAAeI/JCuNanLAfHQ/s1600/best%2Bbuddies.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 238px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697308345398994130" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PsBUOh_eUiM/TxDnwSdgJNI/AAAAAAAAAeI/JCuNanLAfHQ/s320/best%2Bbuddies.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>This is the third dog commission I have done for this family, but it was the toughest! The photo they sent me of the dog wasn't the greatest, and when I tried a close up, I couldn't figure out where the various parts of the dog were within the black blob that was the head! I don't paint from imagination very well, and really do need reference. So I decided that I loved the girl and the dog together, and did that instead. It made it less necessary to get as detailed with the cockapoo. I titled it Best Buddies, as they look like they really are. The painting is a present for the little girl for her February birthday. </div>Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-19957690051521438292012-01-01T10:12:00.000-08:002012-01-01T10:17:48.675-08:00For once, a painting without a lot of fall color!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_BpYetZV8TY/TwCiYcCS9tI/AAAAAAAAAd8/1H3fxRSylTg/s1600/time%2Band%2Bplace%2B2%2B%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 321px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692728469722691282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_BpYetZV8TY/TwCiYcCS9tI/AAAAAAAAAd8/1H3fxRSylTg/s400/time%2Band%2Bplace%2B2%2B%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Of course, there is fall color in it as that is what I do, but no aspen leaves this time. This is an interpretation of the view at the top of Lizard Head Pass, near Telluride. I was there in September when the leaves were at their peak, but the pass has a lot of pine trees too. I really liked the color of the distant trees and my goals were to get that color right and to make the foreground interesting, which is something I find difficult to do. This is a fairly large painting at 29x24. </div>Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-78233381388378227442011-12-19T18:39:00.000-08:002011-12-19T18:46:31.016-08:00Aspen Grove<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y5twgmsR2Jk/Tu_1gTdNR6I/AAAAAAAAAdw/IISK7F4jkAw/s1600/aspen%2Bgrove%2Bphoto%2B%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 293px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688034789719623586" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y5twgmsR2Jk/Tu_1gTdNR6I/AAAAAAAAAdw/IISK7F4jkAw/s400/aspen%2Bgrove%2Bphoto%2B%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Aspen are the weed tree here in the Colorado mountains. They grow like crazy anywhere you don't want them to be. like in my garden. However, we love them for their color and their ability to fill empty hillsides very quickly. Pine Beetle have devastated our pine forests but it is amazing how quickly aspen are providing cover for the wildflowers and wildlife. This Aspen stand was in Rico Colorado, but it could have been in my backyard in Summit County. This photo of the oil painting was taken with my new iphone and I was amazed at what a good job it did picking up the color. It may be just a touch light, and the blue in the shadows isn't really quite that bright, but I was really surprised at the quality of the photo. This painting is 18x24 and available at the River's Edge Gallery in Alma Colorado, a little town between Breckenridge and Fairplay. </div>Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-88994970975622090662011-12-07T19:07:00.001-08:002011-12-07T19:16:16.284-08:00There really is a South Park, Colorado<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KGYf6qf9N-w/TuArtO-KQGI/AAAAAAAAAdk/xkKrCuOakVI/s1600/Riverside.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683590785854488674" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KGYf6qf9N-w/TuArtO-KQGI/AAAAAAAAAdk/xkKrCuOakVI/s400/Riverside.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>A "park" is a high mountain valley, and Colorado has three of them; North Park, Middle Park and the famous South Park. It isn't really famous for anything except the cartoon series named after it, but it is home to several small Colorado towns. The largest is Fairplay, and just north of there is a little town called Alma. An artist friend of mine, Cat Roberts, is opening a new gallery in Alma, and I will have some work hanging there. The River's Edge gallery is in a little historic building in a town where the largest store (if you don't count bars) is called Al-Mart. Alma is most known for having a cop car with a dummy sitting in it postitioned in different places in town during the summer, trying to get the tourists to slow down as they whiz through on their way to Breckenridge. Now it will be known for having a wonderful gallery too! </div><br /><br /><div>I thought it might be apt to have some river and fishing paintings in a gallery called River's Edge, so this will be one that goes there on Friday. It is 9x12, and an oil painting. </div>Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-59123789495412981562011-11-29T18:20:00.000-08:002011-11-29T18:28:36.481-08:00Breckenridge poster entry<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2JF6T5BpXgg/TtWTSo8QAuI/AAAAAAAAAdY/tQAH2_b1qxA/s1600/poppies%2Bbbb.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 293px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680608453434802914" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2JF6T5BpXgg/TtWTSo8QAuI/AAAAAAAAAdY/tQAH2_b1qxA/s400/poppies%2Bbbb.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>This painting (18x24) was done this summer as my entry into the Bach, Beethoven and Breckenridge poster contest. These poppies are found growing everywhere in Breckenridge in the summertime. Many are in gardens and I suspect others are escapees that naturalized. I did not win this year (I did have a painting selected a couple of years ago) but it was fun doing it and I enjoyed hearing the comments about it. Most people seemed to like it. The one that was selected was also flowers, but it was columbine in front of aspen tree trunks, and was a great painting. I actually voted for it myself :)</div><br /><div>I don't have this piece in a gallery yet, but am waiting for summer to come back so that people will see it while the flowers are blooming. We have a long wait yet as winter has not yet really taken hold here in the mountains of Colorado. </div>Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-8533020979026783462011-11-25T16:33:00.001-08:002011-11-25T16:40:47.226-08:00Stalking fly fishermen<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRTP3QJlGZU/TtAz-MusccI/AAAAAAAAAdM/-3N-dk8RuVk/s1600/Day%2Boff.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679096273776177602" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRTP3QJlGZU/TtAz-MusccI/AAAAAAAAAdM/-3N-dk8RuVk/s400/Day%2Boff.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I spent the fall trying to photograph fly fishermen so that I would have reference to use for paintings during the winter. I think some of the guys were wondering what I was up to as I photographed them over and over. Every so often I had to turn the camera away and get a shot up the river so they wouldn't think I was stalking them (I was!). No one called the police on me and I got lots of photos. This is the first painting I did from this year's crop of photos. It is 16x20 and I enjoyed working a little larger than I usually do. I have just started experimenting with adding figures to my landscapes and I am having a great time doing it! </div>Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678045949975997605.post-22666111325421031882011-11-19T14:35:00.000-08:002011-11-19T14:40:46.312-08:00A dog commission<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btusATwBGf8/Tsgvnbc_LzI/AAAAAAAAAdA/C6L6yGeJb-w/s1600/wheeler%2Bas%2B%2Ba%2Bpuppy.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 296px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676839684731252530" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-btusATwBGf8/Tsgvnbc_LzI/AAAAAAAAAdA/C6L6yGeJb-w/s400/wheeler%2Bas%2B%2Ba%2Bpuppy.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I loved painting this little guy. A friend of mine sent me a photo of her dog and asked me to paint him. Unfortunately, the photo was not very good. It was really hard to see his eyes. I an told that is a common problem with commissions, and my sister suggested I go online and find a photo of the same breed of dog and use his eyes, which I did. The owner of the dog was pleased with it, and so was I. It was a good solution, without violating any copyright issues. </div>Joanne Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706183026187442825noreply@blogger.com0