Virtual Paint Out May 2010 Czech,Republic

Well this is fun the second painting I've done for the Virtual Paint Out Blog.  This is a 8X6 inches oil on panel of the St. Nicholas Church "Roof Tops" in Prague, Czech Republic. The reference photograph was captured from google map's street view.

Demo, Thin Hen, painting for the art shop

This oil painting was inspired by a ACEO painting "Hen on the run" and I was set up to do a demo. The other photo is of my old hen house when I had free range chickens and wonderful eggs. The finished 8X6 oil on panel will be in my art store in June. Thanks for looking and keep painting.

Demo, Thin Hen

I how have enough paint on the painting to do some push and/or pull with the oil paint, see detail on left.  
The finished painting.  Brushstrokes do matter, follow the contour of the object.
My palette at the end of the painting.

Demo,Thin Hen

Image to the left..... I started with a toned gessoed 6X8 panel and a sketch.Is the composition what I want?
Center image.....I am blocking in the darks and background. Are the values right?
Right image..... If you have something in your painting that you do not want to change or not willing to change then you are in trouble. The little darlings have to go.

Preview Five New Pochades for the month of May 2010

Five new pochade oil paintings for May 2010 in the store.

 http://lindacheekartistwebs.com   All are original oil on panel all the same size 6X8 or 8X6 inches all the same price plus shipping.  Each month for the year of 2010, I will be listing five new originals oil paintings as the year goes on.

May's painting are: "How Green is my Valley" , "Living on the Edge", "Across the Bridge", "Catch of the Day" and "Little Red Hen".  Back to work on next months paintings..

April Virtual Paintout, Canary Islands

This is my first time contributing a painting (Bar Castillo,O/P 6X8) to the Virtual Painout a blog hosted by artist Bill Guffey.  Bill has set up a blog with the idea is just that , using Google Street View as a resource for traveling the world to find interesting locations and subjects for artist to come together in one area of the world, virtually, once a month with other artist and paint what they choose.  Next month Bill will choose a new location, this month it was the Canary Islands off the Western Sahara and Morocco, Africa.