Appalachian Mountain Man with Long Neck Banjo - Limited edition prints

Appalachian Mountain Man
with Long Neck Banjo 

13 x 8

Medium - Gouache &
watercolor

$150.00 matted & framed
$85.00 print only

Edition - 50

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Finished - Secluded Beauty

Available for $325.00 matted & Framed (Frame size 18 x 14)
Secluded Beauty
Medium - Gouache & watercolor on 140# Canson Watercolor paper

This is a Springhouse located on Yellow Springs Road & Elbow Lane in West Pikeland, PA

How Squinting Your Eyes help to Simplify

When you start a painting or a drawing it’s very easy to get distracted by fine details, which can be overwhelming.

By simply squinting your eyes as you look at the subject, you can eliminate a lot of the detail, making it much easier to see simple shapes and values, if you are near sighted, just taking off your glasses does the same thing.

As you squint your eyes, most of that detail is removed and you are left with large simple shapes and just two or three main values.

This way you can block in the shapes and values first and then you can get more detailed later if you need or want to.

Below are photos I found on the internet to illustrate squinting. 

 This one is from Ewan McClure

 This one is from Dan Johnson

Secluded Beauty...95% done

Pass # 7
Secluded Beauty (a spring house I stumbled upon in West Pikeland Township) Chester County is so picturesque.
9 x 13
Gouache and watercolor on 140# Canson watercolor paper

This was a study in darks and lights. I forced myself to have darker darks so the lighter areas could pop.

On my easel West Pikeland Spring House

On my easel - getting close to finishing
West Pikeland Spring House
Secluded Beauty
9 x 13
Gouache and watercolor on 140# Canson watercolor paper

Blue Ridge Parkway - Finished

Finished
Blue Ridge Parkway
10 x 7
Medium - gouache & watercolor
$300.00 matted & framed
Frame size 14 x 11
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Ruby Throated Hummingbird with Trumpet Vine...Progression of work

Layout and blocking in color

Starting to add mode to the background color

working on the detail

Starting to work on foreground

Starting to brighten up the hummingbird and vine

   Finished added some highlights and brighter colors to add punch

Ruby Throated Hummingbird with Trumpet Vine

12 x 8

Gouache & watercolor on 140# Canson watercolor paper

$350.00