Another Hour of Bullying

Here's my Bully with another hour of painting.
I'm about half done now...having some trouble figuring out how to do the ears/side and back of the head though...

 

 

 

 

 

Struggling with this side the most - need to figure out how to do a studded collar

 

Procrastinating. Again.

I should be painting my helmet but I'm struggling to get at it, so am just going to post a few things I've done over the past few years.
Just a few canvases with some colour on them.  Paintings that I thought were just the start of something that would turn into something else, yet they remain as they are ... and I'm happy with how they look where I've got them hanging so the way they are now is likely the way they shall remain.



8"x 8" acrylic on canvas



30"x 30" acrylic on canvas

 

24"x 24" acrylic on canvas

Finally Able to Add Photos Again!

Hoping to feel inspired to finish it this weekend.  Once I get at it I'm usually pretty good and can make some quick progress, but getting started...well that's another story!  Here's my "Nice Bully" so far:

Rough "sketch" - done several weeks ago (without reference photos)

Front - after about an hour of painting



Left side - may raise upper lip so that lower jaw/teeth can be added in

Nice Bully

I finally got my helmet started for this year's True Patriot Love Foundation dinner/silent auction:
Now if only Blogger would allow me to post my photos!  Grrr....

Two days later and I still can't find the icon for adding images...guess you'll just have to use your imagination until I can figure this out!

SOLD!

Yay - my chair sold on the first day (and I'm thrilled)!

Swing by the display at Sherway Gardens if you have a chance between now and Father's Day to check out the display.  There are some fantastic chairs up for auction this year...several that I would buy if I had a place to put them!!!

A Purrfect Day for a Picnic

Finished and delivered for the silent auction that starts
Friday, June 1st at Sherway Gardens.

Feels SO good to be done! 

 

...a 4-leaf clover for good luck...





Closing In on the Finish Line

 

I'm not sure about the stripes on Frank,
and I need to give Merle some toes...



...but I must admit I'm happy with the gingham effect



Things Are Looking a Little Different

The chameleon idea was making me nuts.  I just couldn't figure out how to do the legs...and those weird feet they have!!!  Sunday night (after having avoided working on it all weekend), I tried and then gave up and painted over the whole thing.


yuck

I had no idea what else to do, and that almost had me in a panic...this thing is due to be delivered by the end of the month and there's still coats (and coats) of varnish to be applied once it's painted.

!!!!!

Even though I painted over the image in red, you could still see the chameleon though the paint...especially the tail on the seat...so I decided to figure out something that would include the shape of the chameleon's tail.  All I could come up with is a cat.  Two cats.  So I sketched them out in primer and then kept going...

Not done yet, but I'm closer than I was ever going to get with that darn chameleon (may he rest in peace)

Getting At It

All set up and ready to go 

It's NOT a seahorse.

Yes, right now it looks like a seahorse.

Maybe it *should* be a seahorse.

If I can't figure out the legs it just might end up being a seahorse...

Back At It

I let myself get distracted by, among other things, a recent trip to Cuba for my friends' wedding:

It was a fabulous time but now I've got to get back to my Muskoka chair. 

I took it apart for the base coat, and today it took me a good part of the afternoon to reassemble and drag it into my "kitchen studio", where the potlights make it easier to see what I'm doing.

This is all I've got to show for myself so far: 

Stay tuned for more...

Along Came a Spider...

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on her duffet
Painting a Muskoka Chair

Along came a BIG, FAT, UGLY spider
With the nerve to scurry beside her
So she covered it with a tin of varnish and
it's
.....still
............there

Here We Go Again

I'm painting another chair for the silent auction that will take place at some point in June at Sherway Gardens (Nelson Park Creative Centre in Etobicoke will benefit from all proceeds).



I haven't a clue what I'm going to do yet...I've had a few ideas that seemed great at first but then I keep changing my mind.  If only I could commit to a base colour so that I could at least get that part completed this weekend.

Hmm...black?  Maybe red...

Let It Be

8" x 8" oil on wood panel

Sometimes things decide for you that they're finished, so rather than fussing over this one and risking the loss of what I like about it, I'm going to just let it be.

The Sweetest Face in This Place

Lucy and I had some fun with a little photo shoot this evening.













I'd Rather Be Fishing!

Finally done!

This helmet will be in a silent auction at the third annual

True Patriot Love 2011 Toronto Dinner

on November 10th.

Click here to read more

(and to see helmets contributed in previous years)



The clover is one of my finds...attached to "share the luck"