Paloma en la Noche

 

Paloma en la Noche___24 x 24 oil on linen___available at Cowgirl Up!

The "Dove of the Desert" is San Xavier Mission in Tucson, AZ. "Dove in the Night" is my painting of this solemn place under the moonlight.

Cowgirl Up! kicks off in about a week. It is the best gathering of western women artists in the country... an event full of fun and fabulous art.

For the next three days, I will post the large works I created especially for this event.

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Below is a special piece of art created by my art student, Ethan, for a big contest. It came out SO WELL, I just HAD TO post it!

 

Mallard in Flight over the Shallows by Ethan Wiggins__9x12  oil on panel

Ethan's entry for the Federal Jr. Duck Stamp Competition, Texas event 2013

Good Luck, Ethan!

24 - Webs on the Rocks

Webs on the Rocks__8x10 oil on canvas

#24 in the Birdseed Project

Working with high school artists is a lot of fun. I especially enjoy helping them see easy solutions to things they always thought to be difficult. Here, we worked with oil sticks (are those the same as oil pastels?)...see the first step at the bottom, the second step in the middle, and the final step at top.

This lesson was to demonstrate how to create "distance" with atmospheric perspective (compare the near rocks from the far ones?).I also talked a lot about "shapes of shadows", "drawing with light", "Color in the shadows" and a few other little lessons. TMI for these new painters, but enough to make them BRAVE...you ought to see their works!

 

Webs on the Rocks___State 2

 



Webs on the Rocks___State 1

Duck! - SEWE Workshop

Duck Study__6x8 oil__SOLD

A few weeks ago I exhibited at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE). After the show, a few of us artists spent a few days at the ACE Basin, Donnelley Wildlife Refuge painting and photographing everything from avocets to whooping cranes! One morning we conducted a workshop for a group of young artists whose works placed high in the South Carolina youth Duck Stamp Competition. I used this study to lead the kids in a "team project"...THEY worked together to create a BIG painting! Click the album link to see!

SEWE Photo Album

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V....Vaughan Spring Schedule

Now thru April Passing America...Cactus Jack's, Gruene, TX
Show runs through April

March 15-17, C. M. Russell Museum Auction, Great Falls, MT

March 23-25, Cowgirl Up! Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ

April 9-13, Southeastern Plein Air Festival, Gadsden, AL

...see my schedule for more dates upcoming