wip 2

Ok doesnt look much yet. Just painted in horse colour. About all i can do with kids around :) Have chosen a mid chestnutty bay colour and will add to it tomorrow.

If you put on a mid colour I find it helps my eye to add the darks and lights to get the tones correct.

Will start adding in the dogs outlines and tones tomorrow and work out if i need to leave out or alter any of the base shapes.

New Work in Progress.

No name yet so will call this hounds and feet for now...hmm kinda like that.? we'll see.

I am working on a long narrow canvas and just taking a section of a picture to create a comtemporary feel to this one.

So far I have just drawn it out and put in a background colour. Not sure if this is the final colour i will use but it helps to sort out the shapes etc. especially in the complicated areas where there are lots of dogs.

Not sure at the mo if i need to change the two dogs at the front? Not really liking that their feet are in an almost identical postition. ??

Will post tomorrow with another update!

CAFEPRESS - MY NEW SHOP!!

For those of you who are unaware, Cafepress is an internet site where you can download your art to merchandise.

I have just opened up my shop . http//www.cafepress.com/kathylewisart

Have a look! You can now buy my images on T shirts, caps, mugs,clocks cards ...etc.etc.

If any of my previous commission customers would like their portrait on merchandise, let me know via my website and i will up load the image to the shop. How fantastic to have your dog, horse pet etc on your favourite mug!!

FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

I have recently added myself to Facebook and Twitter to come into the 21st century !Ha Ha!

You can follow me on Twitter by going to http://www.twitter.com/kathylewisart.

you can find my business page on Facebook search under Kathy Lewis Art

Hope to see you there!

new for 2009!

Lots going on this year!

2 exhibitions running consecutively at the moment.

Furzey Gardens , Minstead , New Forest. England.

28th February - 27th March 2009

Red House Museum, Christchurch , Dorset.

7th March - 2 May 2009

Both are being run by the Christchurch arts Guild. For more details go to their website: http://www.christchurch-arts-guild.org/.

Will hopefully get some pictures and post them here for you to see.

The standard at the Red House is apparently extremely high this year and well worth a visit.

This is just one of my latest paintings which will be on display in the Red House for the duration. Unless it sells of course :)

Here is the finished item! The horses are all very different and the owner was delighted. As you can see, in this final painting all the finer detailling is added. Constantly checking back and forward from the different reference photographs that every fine detail of light, shadow, vein and hair is correct. Well thankfully that is another one done and I can look forward to the next.

I will be demonstrating a horse portrait and palette knife work at Fair Oak art group on 7th January . 7pm - 9pm. So come along if you can make it!


Then for January and February I have a healthy mix of dogs horses and foals to keep me busy.

All for me to say is come back soon and catch up on the progress on the easel and a Happy New Year to you all!

Here you can see the grey mare is much larger now, correct to her relation with the foal and brood mare! Thank goodness for the way I have learnt to work by only underpainting them all in first to ensure it looks right! As you can see I have along way to go on the grey , but have put more detail in with the mare and foal as I was pleased with the way they were going. All along thoughout my painting I am sending these to the owner and we are discussing things as we go along. I prefer to paint like this as it ensures the owner is happy with all the stages of the painting .