Thank you, Merry!


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I've started another painting yesterday. It's going to be another cowboy on a horse. I like the theme!!

Prep work took a long time but I got the very first beginning on canvas, hihi.

Got to test out my new brush for the back & foreground. Happy with it! It works as I had hoped it would.

Lots of work to do still, on everything.

Filled in colour, worked on the shirt and chaps for the most part.
Not done with either, it's all just the very first beginning :)

Day 3 of my new painting.
Worked on the horse.
I'm actually quite happy with it!
Now wait and see how it works out when I add the saddle, bridle etc. etc.




Close-up of the horse....

Done a lot of small tweaks and new things, like the stirrups, his jeans, boots, beginning of the saddle bag & slicker etc.

I noticed this afternoon that it looked as if his one leg was way longer than the other.
I measured with the reference image, it was actually okay. Only thing wrong was the angle of his right leg -that you see on the left.
So I got the paints out after dinner (only just finished up) and corrected that.

Colours are bit intenser than in real life cause I took it just now (evening) with the 'night' setting of the camera.

Must say that I really really really like the chaps, hihi.
I worked on those as I had to change the angle of that leg. I like them much better now!

Day 6 of working on this painting :)
Lot of progress since the last update.

Not done yet.

Finished with this last night :)
Still not done.

Almost done!
I changed the entire background. I wasn't happy with the way it was and I just couldn't get it right.
And once something annoys me...
Now I am happy with it!
It no longer distracts from the main subject: the cowboy and the horse yet has enough interest to make it work.
And the cowboy & horse have enough detail to fully carry the painting :)

What remains are details here and there. The dustcloud will partly go over the stones, just a bit.
Have to paint the saddle horn, hate doing these things. So difficult to get the angle of it right, grrr!
The bridle has been painting in but needs some highlights as you can't clearly see it now.
Stuff like that.

Oh yes, and a tail!

As it is I'm declaring it a finished painting :)
Since my last post I changed an awful lot! Like the pushed up sand, the hind legs and so on and so forth.

I'm thinking on a title now :)

Started the 3rd cowboy & horse painting on the 16th.
Still a lot of work to do of course but I'm real happy with how it's going!

Finished this one over a month and a half ago:





A few days ago I began the 4th cowboy & horse painting. Only 2 sessions so far, lots more to do :)

Gotten a lot further with it, even though I didn't paint for about a week.

It's almost done now :)

I just finished it!
I think I'm going to call it "Shadowed Trails" but not sure yet.

This is my new painting "Where We Belong".
Finished it this afternoon :D
And I'm very happy with it!
No horse this time, I felt like doing a romantic scene. And somehow it also called for another cowboy.

40x50cm acrylics.

A lot of images disappeared. I just checked, IMGbox that I used has had major issues since July :/
Serious bummer. I only switched to IMGbox as the one I normally used cannot be viewed in the UK any longer.

Oh well... I'll re-upload last couple paintings:

"Where We Belong".
No horse this time, I felt like doing a romantic scene.

40x50cm acrylics.




My 2nd romantic cowboy painting. I'm calling it "Don't Go, Don't Let Go".
The story I wanted it to tell is that they're involved but she came to think he didn't love her. So she turned around to walk away. But since he really does love her he doesn't want to let her go, stops her from leaving by wrapping his arm around her waist so he can express his feelings to her.

40x50cm acrylics




My last painting, "Campfire Companion"
40x50cm acrylics



The one I'm currently working on: another romantic cowboy scene but this time in a Western town setting.
NOT done yet!
40x50cm acrylics

This is the finished version of my love couple in a Western town.
I've called it "Always You".




Currently working on this:

Loving the artwork Crystal! Keep up the good work and I’m looking forward to seeing the finished piece 🩷

Hi Di! Thank you so much! I will post when it's done or a significant update :D

Finished my painting yesterday!
I changed the ground even though I actually really liked it. But it looked too icy, not something you'd lope across with a horse. It had to be snow.

I thought of adding something to the left, but decided against it as I felt it would become too cluttered. And the 2 tall evergreens bring in enough counterbalance.

As it is the vast open snowy land adds to the feel of the cowboy being out in the middle of nowhere. A feel I wanted to hang on to, which is why I didn't like the idea of a fence.

I'm calling it "Push for Home".
50x40cm

I decided to add a bit to the painting as I kept feeling the left side needed something. Not much, but something.
So I added a few birch trees :)
Now I feel it's truly finished.
Called "Push for Home" - 50x40cm




Before I finished that one off I did another li'l painting called "Cowboy Coffee".
It's only 20x20cm, just the right size for this scenery :)
And I liked having a painting in my cowboy & horse series that doesn't portray either, but still a scene that is related to the lifestyle.

I started a new painting a few days ago :) Another romantic one in a different setting yet again.