At Camp

This is acrylic on a 10" x 14" canvas board.
I've finished another project! I feel this is a fairly accurate picture of a camp scene. I traded my model's beer for a coffee! I told him it probably has Baileys in it and he seemed pretty satisfied.
Now back to work on my other new project.
This is a Sherry original.

At the Watering Hole

This picture started out like one of Jerry Yarnell's show in the background but then I missed all the other shows. His picture had turkeys in it and I couldn't find any pictures of turkeys I could use so I used a photo of a rabbit I took.
This is acrylic on an 8" x 10" canvas panel.

Flower Arrangement

This was another picture from the Jerry Yarnell tv show. I used his painting style for the background, but using my own colour scheme. I used the wood table but also in my own favourite colours. The light source was the same as his but I changed the style and colour of the vase, and used the flowers that I preferred.

This was done in acrylic on an 8" x 10" canvas panel.

Heading Home

This is an imaginary place. I liked doing the reflections so much in the last painting that I thought I do a picture with even more!

I think I must have repainted the sky about a half a dozen times until I settled on this colour!

This is acrylic on a 16" x 20" canvas panel.

Morning Sun on Spanish River

This is actually a real place this time. We have a camp on the Spanish River in Massey and the sun was beaming on the beach one day. I loved the photo so much that I thought I'd try to paint it. The part I liked the most about this painting was the reflection in the water on the other side of the river. Can you see the ripple of the beaver swimming?

This is acrylic on a 16" x 20" canvas panel.

Bluebird

This picture used some of the elements from a Jerry Yarnell show for the background developing and the post with the wire fencing. I changed the type of flowers used and did less lighting from the sun. I also used my own bird. Jerry's show used a house wren. I preferred a bluebird because I felt that it was more their habitat than a wren.
I was impressed with how the picture turned out and gave it to my Mother-in-Law as a gift.
This was acrylic on an 8" x 10" canvas panel.

Reflections of Cattails

I felt like cutting out on my own again. This is another imaginary place. I felt drawn to paint with yellows and blues.

It feels good to just create something from nothing!

This is acrylic on a 16" x 20" canvas panel.

Study Painting 2

This was also from the Jerry Yarnell show. I watched to show and then tried to do the picture from memory. I find it less frustrating than looking at a picture in a book and trying to figure out how he did it exactly. I want to have my own elements worked in too. I figure this will allow me to learn my own techniques and preferences as well.

This is acrylic on a 10" x 14" canvas panel.

Study Painting

This is a Jerry Yarnell, study painting I tried. I had some difficulty with the trees mountain and highlighting of clouds, but I'll keep on trying!

This one is also acrylic on a 16" x 20" canvas panel.

An Evening at the Cabin

This is a non-existant place, that I wish I had.
It is acrylic on an 8" x 10" canvas panel.
This was my first painting I've done since high school.