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In the previous phase, I blocked in the basic structure of the painting. In this phase, I began to get a bit more into the structures of ...

Grizzly Falls Oil on Canvas Block-In Part 2

In the next blog posts, I'm going to be discussing my next work. My next painting is going to be a vertical landscape painting of Grizzly...

The original oil painting of USS Bailey has now been completed and is off to the recipient. Customizable prints of this piece are now a...

I've completed the painting of USS Bailey (DD-492). This destroyer participated in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands on 26 March 1943...

After blocking-in and modeling the structures of the ship and ocean, I began work on the detailing phase of this painting. The detail pha...

Before moving back to the ship, I blocked in the basic foreground water. Next, I began defining ver basic structures of the foreground wa...

I started working on a color study of this subject which quickly turned into a full-on acrylic painting. Because I'm under a deadline for...

I'm currently working on a color study for my work on USS Bailey (DD492) which is to be an oil painting on a 16" x 20" canvas. This color...

I just recently received a new commission to paint a WWII Destroyer in oils. The subject is USS Bailey (DD-492)! USS Bailey is a Benson...

Since I recently finished the large oil painting of the ocean, I asked my son what airplane he'd like me to paint. I think I knew the answ...

I've completed the large ocean painting. This is a 48" x 36" oil on panel painting that is for my wife for Christmas. After many months o...

This weekend I am continuing the process of refining the waves and developing their structure and color. The waves and the surf are proba...

After I completed the underlying layers of blue in the deeps to the aqua layers in the shallows and then the sand up to the shoreline, I ...

After a while to let the cloud layers dry, I started to work on the underlying layers of the ocean. I wanted the hues to be vibrant to ma...

Fast forward from February when I was starting to work on this large painting, I wanted to share my work on the clouds. I didn't record ...

This large 48" x 36" acrylic panel needed to be prepped for painting, The substrate was in an original state where the paint would not be...

In this post, I'll discuss why I think smaller studies really matter with regard to the completion of a larger final piece of art. First,...

While I'm working on this large oil painting, I'd thought I'd list the specific supplies that I am using for this piece. Paints: I have f...

In the time-lapse video below, I show a my work on the pencil drawing study of the waves for my painting. This is only meant as a study o...