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Thanks for visiting. If you'd like to know more about me, click ABOUT in the links above. You can see examples of my artwork in the GALLERY, and even check out my online STORE. This page is my BLOG, where I share about the newest things I'm working on. At the bottom of the page you can SUBSCRIBE to receive occasional emails about new projects... I'll never share your info with any other company or person, and you can unsubscribe at any time. Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram too!

Dale Jackson

Jul 25
2 min

Painting a Grand Adventure - Part 2

Continuing work on this large 40" x 30" painting titled A Grand Adventure featuring a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver. The Preparation The...

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Dale Jackson

Jul 8
2 min

Painting a Grand Adventure - Part 1

Follow my journey in the making of this large acrylic painting of a DHC-2 Beaver titled "A Grand Adventure"

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Dale Jackson

Apr 23
1 min

Drawing the USS Donald Cook (DDG-75)

Soon, I will be focused on a painting of the USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), a United States Navy destroyer. The painting will be for my...

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Dale Jackson

May 31, 2021
2 min

Painting the Statue at Wegerzyn Gardens

I don't live far from Wegerzyn Gardens, one of a series of beautiful metro parks that are around the Dayton, Ohio area. I love to stroll...

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Dale Jackson

Feb 12, 2021
1 min

Grizzly Falls Progress Update

An update on a painting I'm working on. I've purchased a new camera. Quite different than my old DSLR which only had a video resolution...

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Painting Grizzly Falls - Foliage and Rocks

Dale Jackson

Jan 19, 2021
1 min

Painting Grizzly Falls - Foliage and Rocks

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...

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Painting Grizzly Falls - Block-In, Part 2

Dale Jackson

Jan 15, 2021
3 min

Painting Grizzly Falls - Block-In, Part 2

Grizzly Falls Oil on Canvas Block-In Part 2

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Painting Grizzly Falls - Block-In, Part 1

Dale Jackson

Jan 11, 2021
2 min

Painting Grizzly Falls - Block-In, Part 1

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...

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USS BAILEY (DD-492) - PART 3 - Detailing

Dale Jackson

Jan 1, 2021
1 min

USS BAILEY (DD-492) - PART 3 - Detailing

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

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A Color Study that may become it's own painting

Dale Jackson

Dec 14, 2020
2 min

A Color Study that may become it's own painting

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...

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Painting a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver

Dale Jackson

Dec 1, 2020
2 min

Painting a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver

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...

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Dale Jackson

Nov 22, 2020
1 min

Developing the Waves, Part 2

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

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Dale Jackson

Nov 20, 2020
2 min

Developing the Waves

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...

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Dale Jackson

Nov 19, 2020
2 min

Adding the Ocean

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...

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Dale Jackson

Nov 18, 2020
2 min

Painting Sky and Clouds

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...

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Ocean Painting - Prepping the Surface for Paint

Dale Jackson

Nov 18, 2020
1 min

Ocean Painting - Prepping the Surface for Paint

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...

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