Filter by Category: Animal
Study of 806
Dec 8, 2014
Study of 806. 8x10, oil on linen panel. 2014. 806 was one of the young heifers at Rocky Point Farm in Point of Rocks, MD where I spent a morning in the pasture with the young cows. I've been meaning to paint this Holstein cow for the last 18 months and I plan to turn this small sketch in to a l...
More Work on the Portrait of Grace
Dec 3, 2014
A continuation of a painting started here: http://www.portraitsbysimonbland.com/blog/post/color-study-and-block-in-for-a-portrait-of-grace I started the opaque layer of the portrait with the face because it's the most important part of the portrait and the obvious center of interest. Beginning...
A Thanksgiving Weekend Painting
Dec 1, 2014
Weatherlea Ram. 14x11, oil on linen panel. 2014 I started this painting as a demo for workshop I held over the weekend. Unfortunately I talked for way too long and only had time to do the block in so I had to do most of the painting work today. The focus of the workshop was on the creative process f...
Color Study and Block In for a Portrait of Grace
Nov 20, 2014
This week I started work on a new portrait. Although I had taken about 100 photographs of the dog, Grace, and had several nice ones to choose from I decided that I could best paint her by combining two of the photos together: one was a good view of her head and the other was a good view of her...
Chicken Sunday
Nov 6, 2014
Chicken Sunday. 12x12, oil on linen panel. 2014 Birds continue to be one of my favorite animals to paint: I feel like I have a chance to paint with strong colors and not fuss about the grays. Most of the painting was done with brushes (background: large bristle, bird: long mongoose flat), but I pain...
Romney Sheep at Weatherlea Farm, Lovettsville, VA
Nov 5, 2014
Sheep at Weatherlea. 11x14, oil on linen panel. 2014 I painted this sheep from using some photos taken at Weatherlea Farm in Lovettsville as a reference. I played around with a design with pencil on paper and then with paint on a scrap of canvas before committing to the portrait. I used a simple pal...