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Saturday, March 21, 2009

The Lane Home

"Country Lane"

Water color

This is the 1/2 mile lane to the farm I grew up on. I painted this several years ago. The corn is just starting to tassel on the side of the road. You can see the house and the farm buildings off in the distance.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Nebraska Wood Shed

"Wood Shed"

water color

I painted this a long time ago. It is a painting of the wood shed on the farm I grew up on. It is a spring day in Nebraska. You can see the chicken house in the back ground. The big saw we used to cut logs on the right side.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Maple Leaf Water Color

"Maple Leaf"

Water Color 12" by 16" 140 lb. paper

This is the first time I used a salt technique with water color. I enjoyed the process but I am sure you have to be careful not to over do it. As a potter I used salt in the kiln and it produces a orange peel look on glaze. Learned a lot on this piece.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Maple Pen and Ink

"Maple Leaf on Walk"

Pen and Ink 80lb paper

The pen and ink drawings are hard to take photos of the glare is increase. I need to take a photography class soon. Each new thing i learn leads to three more new things I want to learn. Is that good or just attention deficit.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Maple Leaf on Daily Walk

Copy right by S. Ciaccio 2009

"Maple Leaf"

Pencil Drawing 11" by 14" 80lb. paper

They planted several new Maple and Oak trees around an retaining pond near my house. They put them in right after Hurricane Ike hit so they were not hurt by the storm. There is a walking trail with a nice brick sidewalk that I use for my daily walk. I picked up some of the leaves this winter and took pictures of them.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

"Hurricane Ike Sun Flower" Water Color

"Ike Sun Flower"

water color 11" by 15" 140 lb paper

The last of this sun flower series, time to concentrate on something else. I used a recycled paper with this one but was very disappointed in the durability of the paper. It just did not hold up to the paint and water. Learn as you go. I have picked several instruction manuals some have been very good. I am also learning from other blog sites and "American Artist " magazine has been very informative. Never stop learning!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

"Hurricane Ike" Bloom

colored pencil 14" by 17"

A colored pencil study of the open sunflower. I wanted to add more background to this last study of the sunflower. Horticulture seem to be what catches my eye as I look around for subject mater.