Senor Gordito

Senor Gordito___8x10 oil on  linen__$390 unframed

Another little burro. His name is Mr. Chubby...appropriate!

Hoping my computer restore will be successful this weekend.

Please hang in there with me for workshop info. I have a few contact phone numbers and dates to share. Coming up FIRST is a series of DRAWING evenings at Joel's north Austin coffeeshop.  Space is limited, so email me soon about this. vvaughan8@yahoo.com .

A one day workshop in Salado, Texas is on September 15. Salado is in between DFW and Austin. We will work indoors and I will focus on capturing impressions QUICKLY! email me if you want to come!

The Stroller

The Stroller__8x10 oil on panel__$420

What is it about little burros? They are "cute", but really they are tough and smart little animals! I enjoyed watching a little "herd" of burros in a pasture not too long ago.

Here are some locations for a few of my workshops. email me if you want more info on any of these...

Be sure to check out this SPECIAL ONE.

I can't wait to see the water go down the drain BACKWARDS there!

September ___weekly Drawing class__Austin___ "Chocolates and Chiaroscuro" 

Sept. 15, 2012___Salado TX

 2013___New York City, Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania...

2014___February 23-March 1___New Zealand

**BE SURE to tell me if you sign up! I like to send things to my students to get them ready, keep them "seeing", and thinking, and talking about it!

Cowgirl Up! Quick Draw, state 1

Cowgirl Up! Quick-Draw__State 1_______done and gone!
Many art shows have a "Quick-Draw". The artists create a painting or a small sculpture in one hour, then frame it and auction it to the crowd which watched the whole thing happen. It's a fun time and raises money for the museum...I usually have a quick draw painting in my head and work it from memory or a sketch. (Remember my big red poppy quick draws?) The Cowgirl Up! folks offered "models" if we wanted them, so I tried something different this time and ordered a mule!...One reason why I like painting the quick draws from memory is that I get to make it up as I go and I am not trying to make it look like the photo if I had one...So, when I got my mule, I ended up likeing the mule's owner as a subject to paint...then I thought it would be cool to do BOTH..only had an hour, and this canvas was 12 x 12...probably way too ambitious, but fun...This is "state 1", just about 3/4 of the way done. My friend Marla took the photo, and it's all I have to show for it! Still pretty rough at this stage, I actually left it fairly rough. The cowboy's name was Merlon, I think, and he had a cigar in his hand which I included in the painting...his wife bought the framed painting in the auction :)

Mule 1 Study

Mule 1 _ 5 x 7 ___available soon
Back from Colorado now, but I have been busy the past few days....mostly missing the mountains and moping! Am finishing up some important paintings so will be posting the studies and sketches for these this week. I have to hold the mule works for a few more weeks to make sure my work is done, then I will have them available for sale. If you want me to remember you for one of these, just drop me an email vvaughan8@yahoo.com

Grand Champion_student work

student art____The Balker____by Jerrod S.

GRAND CHAMPION

Star of Texas Rodeo

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http://rodeoaustin.com/livestock_show/art_show.php

I could not be MORE PROUD of my student, Jerrod, who worked so hard on this painting. It is an oil painting on canvas, 16 x 12, and took top honors in this state wide competition. Jerrod was stunned, as it was his first EVER painting. He succeeded because he showed NO FEAR...often I was busy helping other students, so he plodded along bravely by himself...and took my advice on the few adjustments I suggested.

The best advice? "Get rid of that BLACK ROAD in the background!"

He did!

Note: The darkest thing should be on the focal point, not something in the distance...

...right Jerrod?

THIS PAINTING will be auctioned, with 14 others on March 27 at the Bob Bullock State History Museum in Austin. A FABULOUS venue and important event for Jerrod and two other of my students who placed 5th and 9th. ..Our school, Round Rock Christian Academy was the smallest school entering works, and took 3 of the 15 auction places...good job, kiddos!!!