I'm a Daily Paintworks Auction Pick this week!

I'm still moving things around in the new place...(translation living out of boxes that have more art supplies than "living" supplies)...and I got an email saying that my little plein air painting from the hayfield in Bracken County Ky, was a Daily Paintworks Auction pick.  Thanks everyone!!  Really brightened my day.  

I just put this little guy up for auction and you can view it here:  http://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/535391

Happy Painting!  I'll be back soon with more painting tips!

Besides Clouds...

Besides clouds, I love trees.  All shapes, sizes, evergreen, deciduous...all of them.  They seem to have personality.  I'm blessed with being able to spend time in many different areas of the country and have exposure to all types of landscape greenery.  These field paintings help me decide what should be turned into larger paintings.  I have to do this because I sometimes get distracted by the beauty of the landscape and forget to focus on the composition of my painting. 

 

For this or other little paintings I have up for auction this week on ebay, just click the link at the above right.



Oils and Medium....

I'm often asked what oil paints I prefer to use by some of my students and I know I'm repeating myself, but I'm still using Gamblin.  I think once you trust a product, you really try to stick with it.  I still use Liquin a lot in the field.  The regular "Original Liquin".  I also like using my own mixture of Gamblin linseed oil and Gamsol for an oil painting medium in the studio.  50/50 ratio. 

 

 

Now this little painting was done on stretched canvas, but when I paint outside in smaller formats, I prefer to paint on board.  Mostly because my pochade box moves a bit on my tripod and so does the canvas.  Board is much stiffer and gives me more control outside. 

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For this or other little paintings I have up for auction on ebay this week, just click on the link at the above right. 



My website has launched!

I'm going to consider it a work in progress for a while, but feel free to stop by and check it out. 

 

www.kimberlyvanlandingham.com

 

 

 

Here's my setup onsite in Florida.  I'm happy to be back here in Kentucky, but I do miss all the water and foliage in Florida.  In a few weeks, spring here in Ky will take care of that though. 

 

For the other little paintings I have up for auction this week, just click on the link at the above right. 



Saying goodbye to Florida for the year.....

 

 

Well, here's a few shots of us walking Chassie on a few of our favorite parks and trails here in Florida.  We're heading home to Ky and hope to bring the warm weather with us.  I'm looking forward to doing more paintings out on the farm in Bracken County and I also can't wait to see all of my students and paint with them.  See ya soon!!

 

The below painting is available for sale on ebay by clicking on the link at the above right.  Thanks for your interest in my work!

 





Places I love to paint....

We just got back today from Eagle lakes and I can't wait to do some paintings from the area.  It's one of my favorite bird watching spots and it did not disappoint today either.  In addition to the birds, the wetlands have such an array of greens and blues I wish I could just go there everyday and paint, paint, paint.  We all have our favorite subjects and plein air sites I guess.  I'm so inspired right now!!!

 

**I guess blogger got the photo issue resolved...so I'm baaaaccckkk!!!! *** 

For this or other little paintings I have up for auction on ebay, just click on the link at the above right. 

Where has the year gone???

We were talking this week and it will only be a few weeks before we head to Florida for the winter!  What!!!???  Where has the time gone???  Though I am down to the last of my beach paintings from earlier this year.  Can't wait to do more. 

 

For this or other paintings I have for sale on ebay, just click on the link at the above right.



The palette knife....

If you look closely at my work, you'll see that most of these little paintings are done with the palette knife. I basically block in the blue sky and the grey/green for the land mass with a filbert, then I'm using the knife the rest of the time. Oils blend so beautifully, even with the knife.

For this or other paintings I have up for auction this week on ebay, just click on the link at the above right.

Artist Trading Cards...

I'm going to start listing some of these little 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch paintings (now that they are dry enough). Most are plein air and I like them because when I'm outside, I can just hold them in my hand and paint. This one is on unstretched canvas, but most I have are stretched canvas on these cute little stretcher bars. The biggest problem I can see with them is they look better in person than the scan. My naked eye doesn't see that close up, but my scanner gets every detail!!

This little 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 oil painting is currently available on Ebay by clicking the link at the above right.

Clouds this year....

You may have noticed that I've got several cloud paintings this year. I just LOVE painting clouds and the late spring, early summer paintings have a ton of them. If I could only choose one thing to paint, I think I would choose early morning, or evening clouds. You never know what you're going to get and I'm never disappointed.

This little 4 x 6 inch oil painting is available for sale this week on ebay, by clicking the link at the above right.