Raven

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. EP was the gracious host this week who provided a bunch of colorful photos!
Ravens are super smart birds and are truly impressive looking! In my younger days, I had a pet crow named Crawford. Crows and ravens are very similar.

I really wanted to paint this over a ground of black gesso. It really worked out well on some ravens I painted a few years ago. But today I didn't have time to apply gesso and have it dry completely. So I did it against a ground of thinned red acrylic....just didn't have the same feel.

C&C welcome. Thanks for looking and commenting!   

Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

4th Of July 2014

Happy 238th Birthday!

Acrylic on hardboard.

This painting is a repost from 2009. Still appropriate for today.

The principle of our republic is based on God given rights! Understand, that if America loses God...we lose those rights.

I have always held patriotism for the United States of America strongly in my heart-but now, more and more,  am afraid for my country because it feels like hope is being dashed by all these huge rapid fire changes." This is only my honest opinion, so if I rile anyone , I apologize.

I am also of the opinion that there is a much higher power than Washington,DC. He is watching over us all.
And through Him, we will pull through fine.
I am proud of the the USA. Look at any country (or person) closely enough and you will see faults. But there's an overwhelming amount to be proud of...not ashamed of.
Happy birthday America!!!! Know that you are still loved!

God bless the USA!

2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Please take a minute and listen to this song.

In God We Still Trust

Water Lily-Painting Knife

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Oi on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is from one I painted in August, click here.. I liked it so much, I wanted to try the close up image that was posted with the Aug, painting.
This is all painting knife. At the time, I'm fairly happy with how it came out. i might change my mind tomorrow.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy
  
Isaiah 40:8     The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever

City Reflections

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Blame it on the Rain Challenge at DPW presented by  the very talented  Debra Bryant.
Her challenge: Create a painting showing rain.
In my previous post I said I rarely do cityscapes. Well, dang!...here's another one!!
.This was originally painted for the Street View Challenge of Aug. 15th. I changed it considerably by adding more lights and rainy reflections. Below is my original painting from that challenge.
Thanks for a great challenge, Debra!
C&C welcome.

 I added a lot of wet reflections for my version of a rainy scene at the top of this post.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

 Jeremiah 14:22     Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.

Sailors Take Warning-Skyscape

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Oil on 5x7 canvas board.

This is my contribution to The Sky's the Challenge at DPW presented by  Jill Bates.
Jill suggested that we paint a skyscape. She said,  "be brave with color and have fun!"

This is from a red morning I saw last week...and sure enough, the weather got rough.
The colors are amazing in the morning and evening skies. God's palette is beyond matching.

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My Etsy

Matthew 16:2       He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ 3    and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times

Another Fine Mess-Portraits

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Acrylic and Tombow pen on 5x7 hardboard.

This is my contribution to the The Emotion Challenge at DPW presented by Jo MacKenzie.
The challenge? As the title suggests...Paint an emotion!

Laurel and Hardy! Just saying it makes me smile!
A flood of side splitting predicaments and lines are stored carefully away into my library of happy memories. Thank you Stan and Ollie!                                 

I used thinned acrylics much like watercolor washes. I also used a Tombow pen....It makes beautiful graded washes when water is added.
Thanks for the challenge, Jo!

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My Etsy

Psalm 126:2   Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the nations, The LORD has done great things for them 

Birches In Acrylic

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Acrylic on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to the The Birch Tree Challenge at DPW presented by Christine Striemer.

It's been so long, I had nearly forgotten how much fun it is to paint in acrylic!
A lot of wet into wet color blending....then a few thick impasto bits for punctuation!
Thanks for the challenge, Christine. :)

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

1  John 1:5        This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Bathers-Figurative

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Cloud Bather Challenge at DPW posted by that really fine artist, Carol Marine.
She stated that  the challenge is the foreshortened bodies (and the complete lack of sun).

I thought of a few titles that made me chuckle, but, thankfully, discretion won out. :)

This is by painting knife. I think I let a bit more sun in than I should have..but old habits are hard to break.

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My Etsy

 1 Peter 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps

Woodland Watch-Blue Jay

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Birdbrain Challenge at DPW posted by that really fine artist, Carol Marine.
Carol said: Your challenge this week is to paint any bird of your choosing.
Those directions were simple enough...even for a birdbrain like me.

I really like the brash blue jay! He sounds off at the slightest disturbance which warns all the critters within earshot to be on the lookout. Many folks hate his noisy behavior and the threat he sometimes poses to other birds. But I love the color and the bluejay is only doing what God designed it to do.

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Flower Power-Dahlias

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.


This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Susan was the hostess who supplied this great reference photo! Thanks, Susan!!

I was really tempted to do one of the doggies that were pictured, but I forced myself to get into a more uncomfortable zone. Namely flowers. I was encouraged by the waterlilies of last week, so I tried the dahlias. I used the painting knife once more. I also pushed the color.

Thanks for looking and commenting!

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

Isaiah:42:16 "I will lead the blind by a road they do not know, by paths they have not known I will guide them, I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, I will not forsake them."

Different Destinations-Cityscape

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Street View Challenge at DPW posted by the one and only Carol Marine.

Carol snapped this photo on a recent trip to San Francisco. Our challenge was to paint our version of it or use our own photo.

I have always felt somewhat intimidated by cityscapes with all the straight lines and details. On the other hand, the photo opened a great deal of opportunity to crop, change, and interpret. And that's always a lot of fun! So thanks, once more, Carol for a great challenge!

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My Etsy

Proverbs 15:1 "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."

Box Of Chocolates-Water Lily

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Ros was the hostess who supplied this great reference photo!

I was in the mood to use the painting knife for an impressionistic painting.
So, I painted my impression of the water lily. I was trying to manipulate thick paint until it resembled what I was after. Instead of being in control of the paint and making it take on a preconceived appearance, I watched the paint perform (or do its' own thing) under the guidance of the knife. It's like a box of chocolates...ya never know what you're gonna get. This is a FUN way to paint!!
Must confess, I'm still under the influence of Julie Ford Oliver and her great fracturing technique.

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My Etsy

1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Little Red Rider's Hood-Truck

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Old Truck Challenge at DPW posted by the one and only Carol Marine.

Carol asked us to take the photo below and crop, edit, or use your artistic license with it, but use this photo for this one. Have fun!

My usual tendency is to tighten up and paint everything realistically- straight edges and all- when doing subjects such as vehicles, architecture, etc. So I had to remind myself to loosen up with this one.
Thanks for a great challenge, Carol!
Hope ya like it!

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

a MAZING Petals

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Oil on 6x6 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to The Rose Challenge at DPW posted by the one and only Carol Marine.
The challenge was to simply paint a rose in close up. And quite a challenge it was.

So beautiful to look at. So sweet to smell. So DIFFICULT to paint!!
The many convolutions of a rose's petals turns into a maze which will in turn twist my point of reference. Was I painting here or there??
Roses are indeed a real challenge for me. ( The problem may well be that I tighten up and attempt a flower portrait instead of a nice loose, painterly, floral.)
Anyhoo...Thanks for a great challenge, Carol!

Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

Philippians 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth