The Florist-Pig

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 Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Valri was the gracious host this week who provided a bunch of great photos.

 I may be starting a trend for myself. This is my second pig in two weeks. They may be waiting for their buddy so they can go to market.
Painting the color "white" is always fun.

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Psalm 118: 6    The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Snack Time-Pig

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 Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Athena was the gracious host this week who provided a bunch of great photos!

 I just couldn't resist the pig. They usually strike me as humorous critters. Dunno...might just be me.

This is oil on a 7x5 canvas panel. You can look down and see each phase of this painting. From the toning of the support with thinned alizarin crimson...to the sketch...to the thin layer of mid value colors...to the climax of the thick, bright, sun lit areas.
Hope y'all like it!

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^{Matthew 3:16}     And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him

Dashing Dachsie-Dachshund portrait

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Approx. 5x7 on Cotman Watercolor Pad. Graphite, General's Sketch and Wash, and a touch of colored pencil. Just experimenting for a different look. I know I need to do more sketching...maybe this will break the ice.

This is an extra post on the WDE this week.

C&C welcome. Thanks for looking...Appreciate your comments.

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

My Etsy

2 Corinthians:17      Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Tough Guy-Pig Portrait

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Oil on 7x5 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's WDE at Wet Canvas. Gillian supplied all the reference photos. Thanks, Gillian.

 I chose a close crop of a pig because usually pigs are fun, feel good, subjects and fairly easy to paint. It turned out I was wrong and wronger on both counts!
I was all over the map with those colors and the longer I fussed, the more baleful that eye became. I thought I'd better call it quits before he had me for breakfast with his eggs!                            

I used a heavily loaded brush and allowed the paint to mix on the canvas....gets some interesting blends that way.
C&C welcome. Thanks for checking it out!
Available ... If interested, contact me at kkayangel2(at)yahoo.com

My Etsy

1 Corinthians:31         That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Pondering Porker-Pig

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Oil on 5x7 canvas panel.

This is my contribution to this week's The Paint your Pig Challenge posted by Carol Marine .
This weeks’ challenge was very simple. Paint a pig. Any pig

I found a pig painting I posted on my blog clear back in Oct, 2006. Check it out here.
I was struck by this old '06 painting! I thought, "This is better than what I'm painting today!"
Mixed emotions. On the up side, I was doing work then that I like even more today, with the passage of time. On the down side, I somehow feel like I've been regressing backwards instead of progressing.
At this moment, I feel like going back over my old paintings and injecting some of that approach into my present work....That's what I attempted to do with this new porker.

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

My Etsy

Hebrews 12^:7 Be patient when you are being corrected! This is how God treats his children. Don't all parents correct their children?