ARUN

ARUN__sketch for my friend!
I hope my friend is in bed, but she is a late night person like me...we walk together every morning, so I will give this to her, then....it is a sketch of her son, Arun (rhymes with "maroon", the color of our football team)....Last time we played, 2 weeks ago, Arun caught a couple of my son's passes for touchdowns! Since then, we have had a "bye week", and now our team is all healthy for the big game tomorrow!...there is nothing quite like Texas 5A High School Football! It includes more than just the game: big bands, we have a state champion drum line that plays the whole game...drill team, dances, cheerleaders, mascots, color guard, HUGE inflated mascot that the football guys run through...It is a great time for the communities...and, of course the young people LOVE IT!
My son is the quarterback...here is his "highlight film"...it's a work in progress!
My upcoming schedule is below...
Oct. 32...THIS SATURDAY The Texas Country Reporter Festival in Waxahachie, TX...come see me!
Nov. 17-18 (Wed.- Thus)….Bryan/College Station, TX vvaughan8@yahoo.com for info
Jan. 27-29 or so…..Rockport, TX ***This one is for ART TEACHERS. It would count as “in service”…continuing education credits and all that. You would sign up for several different workshops and your school ought to be able to pay for it …I am not sure of the dates, but sign up for it is right now, I think! See Rockport Art Center for details! . I am just one of MANY instructors!
June 13-15, 2011…info at Fredericksburg Artists School

October 4-6, 2011 David City, Nebraska in conjunction with the opening of my exhibit on October 7, 2011
"Passing America: The Great Plains"

I also offer PERSONALIZED workshops…if you can round up a group of 10 - 15 , I provide all the literature and info, you just collect the money and organize locations and you get to come FREE!...If I have to travel, the fees would include travel expenses…It works well, and I do this all over the country!

Tonito

Tonito___oil on panel__5x5 mini ____for Whistle Pik Christmas Miniatures Show

I have a small grouping of miniatures for the annual Whistle Pik Miniatures Show next month. Here is the first one.
Tomorrow is the last day of the ebay OFFERING of my Colorado Sketchbook. It is pricey, but a genuine work of art that spanned several weeks in Colorado. Below is my upcoming schedule for the next few weeks and a couple of important things beyond that. My WHOLE SCHEDULE is on my web site...

October 23.(THIS COMING SATURDAY!) Texas Country Reporter Festival in Waxahachie, TX. I'll be there!!
Nov. 17-18 (Wed.- Thus)….Bryan/College Station, TX vvaughan8@yahoo.com for info
Jan. 27-29 or so…..Rockport, TX ***This one is for ART TEACHERS. It would count as “in service”…continuing education credits and all that. You would sign up for several different workshops and your school ought to be able to pay for it …I am not sure of the dates, but sign up for it is right now, I think! See Rockport Art Center for details! . I am just one of MANY instructors!
June 13-15, 2011…info at Fredericksburg Artists School

October 4-6, 2011 David City, Nebraska in conjunction with the opening of my exhibit on October 7, 2011

"Passing America: The Great Plains"



I also offer PERSONALIZED workshops…if you can round up a group of 10 - 15 , I provide all the literature and info, you just collect the money and organize locations and you get to come FREE!...If I have to travel, the fees would include travel expenses…It works well, and I do this all over the country!

Tono Dulce

Tono Dulce___30x24 oil on linen___available> On display at Parade of Homes, in Rough Hollow at Lakeway, TX

Parade of Homes is going on now through October 31. The house can be seen HERE (My art is in the house at 301 Bisonet). I provided several paintings for the designer who is a dear NEW friend of mine! This one above, "Tono Dulce" was painted especially for this Mission-style home...maybe the style is more Italian, Tuscan...My friend selected several works to place in various rooms (including a SECRET HIDDEN ROOM!! COOL!!!) When I went to deliver the art, I saw a PERFECT PLACE, so I asked if I could paint this one which I had planned, but not finished!
I turned it out in a hurry, so if you look real hard at the one BELOW, you sill see IMPORTANT changes that I will do when I get it back in a week or so! For now it hangs as below, but FINIDHE, it will look more like the painting above...thank you, Photoshop!

Tono Dulce___State 1

My Schedule:

October 23.(THIS COMING SATURDAY!) Texas Country Reporter Festival in Waxahachie, TX. I'll be there!!

Nov. 17-18 Workshop...(Wed.- Thus)….Bryan/College Station, TX vvaughan8@yahoo.com for info
Jan. 27-29 or so…..Rockport, TX ***This one is for ART TEACHERS. It would cout as “in service”…continuing education credits and all that. You would sign up for several different workshops and your school ought to be able to pay for it …I am not sure of the dates, but sign up for it is right now, I think! See Rockport Art Center for details! . I am just one of MANY instructors!
June 13-15, 2011…info at Fredericksburg Artists School

October 4-6, 2011 David City, Nebraska in conjunction with the opening of my exhibit on October 7, 2011

"Passing America: The Great Plains"



I also offer PERSONALIZED workshops…if you can round up a group of 10 - 15 , I provide all the literature and info, you just collect the money and organize locations and you get to come FREE!...If I have to travel, the fees would include travel expenses…It works well, and I do this all over the country!

Tono Suave__mission bell, dove

Tono Suave__24x24 oil on linen___available



Goliad is a sacred place to Texans, the place where Col. James Fannin and over 300 of his men surrendered in good faith to General Santa Anna, who did not spare their lives as he said he would...it was a terrible massacre...the same month as the fall of the Alamo! You can read more about it here.
This is one of my favorite places to paint..when I am here EVERYTHING seems to "move" my spirit, from the quiet meadows nearby, to the presidio courtyards. The gentle cooing of the white-winged doves is constant, as is the soft sounds from the bell tower....so I titled this one "Tono Suave", which means "Gentle Sound"...



Oct. 21 (Thursday) ALL DAY…till moonrise…..Rockport, TX email quick if you can do this one vvaughan8@yahoo.com

Nov. 17-18 (Wed.- Thus)….Bryan/College Station, TX vvaughan8@yahoo.com for info
Jan. 27-29 or so…..Rockport, TX ***This one is for ART TEACHERS. It would cout as “in service”…continuing education credits and all that. You would sign up for several different workshops and your school ought to be able to pay for it …I am not sure of the dates, but sign up for it is right now, I think! See Rockport Art Center for details! . I am just one of MANY instructors!
June 13-15, 2011…info at Fredericksburg Artists School

October 4-6, 2011 David City, Nebraska in conjunction with the opening of my exhibit on October 7, 2011

"Passing America: The Great Plains"



I also offer PERSONALIZED workshops…if you can round up a group of 10 - 15 , I provide all the literature and info, you just collect the money and organize locations and you get to come FREE!...If I have to travel, the fees would include travel expenses…It works well, and I do this all over the country!

Geraniums Redone

Geraniums Re-Done___12 x 12 gallery wrap, ready to hang!___$450

I just got this one back from an event where it had been hanging a while. It is a "juicy" painting with lots of texture. "Gallery Wrap" means it is on a THICK (deep) canvas that wraps around the wooden framework support. It hangs on the wall like this...the edges are painted a dark warm black and is ready to hang!
REMEMBER the ebay sale of my Colorado sketchbook. It is pricey, but contains 30 original drawings, hardbound in an archival sketchbook. Just 5 days left to claim it!

I have some wokshops coming..see the details below!
Oct. 21 (Thursday) ALL DAY…till moonrise…..Rockport, TX email quick if you can do this one vvaughan8@yahoo.com
Nov. 17-18 (Wed.- Thus)….Bryan/College Station, TX vvaughan8@yahoo.com for info
Jan. 27-29 or so…..Rockport, TX ***This one is for ART TEACHERS. It would count as “in service”…continuing education credits and all that. You would sign up for several different workshops and your school ought to be able to pay for it …I am not sure of the dates, but sign up for it is right now, I think! See Rockport Art Center for details! . I am just one of MANY instructors!
June 13-15, 2011…info at Fredericksburg Artists School
October 4-6, 2011 David City, Nebraska in conjunction with the opening of my exhibit on October 7, 2011
"Passing America: The Great Plains"

I also offer PERSONALIZED workshops…if you can round up a group of 10 - 15 , I provide all the literature and info, you just collect the money and organize locations and you get to come FREE!...If I have to travel, the fees would include travel expenses…It works well, and I do this all over the country!

Mountain Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee__6x8 oil on linen panel__$190

This little bird was hopping along on the tops of the sage when I was in Taos...a sweet little bird singing a sweet little song in all the beautiful fall color! Here is a link to the GREATEST site about birds. If you want to drive your own cat or dog crazy, play some of the bird sounds here and laugh out loud when your pet tries to figure it out! heehee

Fall is a great time to paint! I have a few workshops coming up in the next couple weeks. Join us if you can!
SEE MY SCHEDULE for dates and details or E-mail for info vvaughan8@yahoo.com

ALSO, my Colorado Sketchbook is going to be sold this week! 6 days left and hundreds of people have asked about it. I think a few are watching the offering closely. Click the link to see all 30 sketches.
or click this ebay link to see a few sketches and watch the sale end on Thursday.

Strider_dog, sketch

Strider___a sketch for client approval

Strider's family gave me some photos so that I can paint him! Trouble is, there is no photo exactly like the pose they want, so I am combining elements from different photos and hoping that it looks like him! I like this kind of work, because it is more interesting than just copying a photo.

HERE IS SOME NEW NEWS!

-My entry in the American Plains Artists National Juried Show in Lincoln, Nebraska was awarded THIRD PLACE...

-There are still spots in my one day workshop in Rockport, TX, Thus. Oct. 21...a FULL day of "Studies and Sketching"

-My whole Colorado Sketchbook is being sold on ebay...Oct 23 is the end of the sale...GO SEE IT!

-For you football fans: the Round Rock Dragons play Leander Lions in Texas 5-A High School ball Friday night...please pray for the Dragon QB...my favorite player :)

Chamisa Shack

Chamisa Shack__16x20 oil on linen__available at Act I Gallery in Taos...next week

I have not sent this one to Taos, yet, so you are first to know about it!..If it looks familiar, scroll down and you might have seen this sketch which I posted a few weeks ago. I actually did the PAINTING FIRST! It was my field study and has been unfinished till I made some "oil changes" today...now I can call it "done" and will send it off to Taos....the sketch is in my Colorado sketchbook, and I did the sketch to solve some problems in the painting! Click Here to see the whole sketchbook on my web site. RIGHT NOW I am offering the sketchbook for sale. THE WHOLE SKETCHBOOK, with field notes, grocery lists and all! I have never done this before, so I am just going to see what happens. The sale is over on Oct. 23, unless someone does "Buy it Now".

WORKSHOP in Rockport, TX this month. Email me for details! vvaughan8@yahoo.com

click to see and Watch the Sketchbook Sale on Ebay

Geranium Lesson

Geranium Lesson___8x6 oil on linen panel___$190 if R does not want it
Ah, COLOR!...It has been a while since I posted something in COLOR!. I have been "showcasing" my sketches recently, but spent some time teaching last week and here is one that I taught from...
SPEAKING of that, I have a THREE DAY workshop at the Rockport Center for the Arts (on the Texas Coast) later this month. Please e-mail if you want info. vvaughan8@yahoo.com We will work out on location, in the studio, DRAWING and painting and talking about it a LOT! Please join us!
AHHH football! I am posting viseos of my son on my FACEBOOK page. (I am Virginia Pedro Vaughan on FB).
He has been doing well in big time 5-A Texas football. Lots of news clips to link to, this year! That 4 overtime game last week was the talk of the town...this week was a close game, a loss, but he had his best game ever!.
My sketchbook sale continues! See info below... Out of the Canyon__sketch #30 in my Colorado Sketchbook___EBAY sale now, item #140454193056

Number 10

Number 10___a sketch I am keeping___11 x 14

I have been Talking about football a lot, lately...enjoying my son's senior year as the Round Rock Dragons' varsity quarterback. My friend, Priti, takes the team photos from the sidelines (her son is a receiver). I used one of her photos to do this sketch...I am thinking the photo was way better, but I love sketching! ...My friend/artist Candy from Vermont asked me about this today, so HERE YOU GO, Candy!...I do not think I could do this "en plein air", because it's a little scary watching your son play Texas High School Football...I wonder what the college moms do??? I hide behind my video camera during the game, but I will keep sketching from Priti's photos.

*CONGRATULATIONS to the Dragons for being named ARMY STRONG TEAM OF THE WEEK by Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine . This was for their win Friday Night ...in FOUR overtimes!

Quickie 2__cow, sketch, pen

Cow Sketch 2__see yesterday's post for the other one___ pen on paper__5.5 x 8.5___$50

I have a sketchbook of 30 pencil sketches on archival paper that I am selling on ebay. THE WHOLE SKETCHBOOK! Click the link to see all 30 sketches, and follow the links to ebay if you want to follow the sale, which ends on Oct 23. It is MY COLORADO SKETCHBOOK, and I did the work last summer.
The sketch above is a quick pen sketch, like the one I posted yesterday...they are a good "matched set"...if you like cows! These were sketched with a PEN, which might seem intimidating to those who prefer to have "eraser options", but, (as I told my new student, RV, yesterday) I like the adrenaline rush of NOT using an eraser....I prefer to turn the page if things go wrong :)
OH, THANK YOU for all the fun FOOTBALL comments!...I mentioned my son's team's Friday night game, and the FOUR OVERTIMES...well, today, they were honored to be named as the ONLY 5-A team in Texas for the ARMY STRONG TEAM OF THE WEEK...it is a GREAT honor! Below is the link to read about the Round Rock Dragons...
http://www.texasfootball.com/army-strong-teams-of-the-week

Live Quickie_Cow Sketch

Live Quickie__Cow Sketch. pen on paper__5.5 x 8.5___$50

Of course my favorite thing is COLOR...I LOVE to paint...but there is a real thrill to sketching... I have done a lot of it, lately! (Have you seen my sketchbook that is for sale??? the whole thing??)

This cow was a QUICKIE, which I did in a workshop last summer, showing the class a thing or two! I think what I like best about sketching is that there really is no pressure...the materials are not expensive, so you can turn the page if something seems to be "off"... Also, it stirs a little bit of adrenaline when you capture something from life...I LIKE THAT adrenaline rush (...having been a competitive athlete in my college years!)...

Once competitive, ALWAYS competitive! When the kids were little I would involve them in little competitions to pass the time (especially if waiting in lines, at the bank, post office...appointments) We would throw little rocks at tiny targets, or pitch pennies against a wall, and I have been known to throw footballs with them in airports!...not too easy when the ceilings are low!...These days our family likes to bet on little things like "when the puppies will be born"..."how many"?...When my son and new daughter-in-law "will have a baby" (they don't know about this bet, yet, :)...oops... but, we have dates and genders!

Not sure what I will do when football is over! We have 5 games left in the high school season! Last night we played the Mavericks ( they like to run along the sideline with flags that say MAVS)...we won in FOUR overtimes......My daughter wondered what would happen if their flag people got mixed up...by the way, my son, the quarterback is named

Sam Vaughan...

...that's him at the bottom

Yearling

Yearling___11 x 14 sketch from another sketchbook!__$150

No big comments about this tonight! We just rolled in from our son's high school football game...pre-season is over, this one counts !
My goodness what a game! FOUR Overtimes, and we won...crazy game...COOL QUARTERBACK! I will post a video on my facebook tomorrow :)

Be sure to check out my 30 sketches from the sketchbook I am selling! http://www.v-vaughan.com

Colorado Sketchbook__#30

Out of the Canyon__sketch #30 in my Colorado Sketchbook___EBAY sale now, item #140454193056

This sketch is on the edge of the Rockies, where the plains meet mountains. I always like seeing the "layers" of mountains in the distance, and how each layer gets lighter as it gets further away. Artists call it "atmospheric perspective". There are 30 sketches in my summer Colorado sketchbook, and this is the last one! To see them all together, check my web site. There are also pictures of the open sketchbook, and this one, below, which is the inside cover where I make notes and grocery lists...personal stuff that I USUALLY erase! Since someone will buy this whole field journal, I will ask them if they want the personal notes, or if I should erase them!...I even left the price-tag on this 35 page archival sketchbook! I bought the blank book from Artisans Art Store in Santa Fe...

Inside cover of my Colorado Sketchbook

Pine or Spruce or Fir

Pine or Spruce or Fir___Sketch # 29 in my Colorado sketchbook, EBAY sale starts Thursday, Sept. 23

This title is one of my better ones! I really do not know if this tree was a pine or a spruce or a fir. All three of these types of trees are in the forests where our place is in Colorado. I think pine trees have needles, and the spruce there is "blue spruce" and this one was not blue...so, maybe it's a fir!...what attracted me to it was the gnarled trunk and branches...
PLEASE click here to see the web page I put up last night. It shows EVERY SKETCH in my Colorado Sketchbook. I like being able to see them all together in one place. Tomorrow, I will post the last one, #30.
Also on Thursday, (today or tomorrow, depending on when you read this!) September 23 begins my sketchbook sale. I am offering the ENTIRE sketchbook to any collector who wants it. This is not a "Daily Painting" price tag, so beware when you see the price! This sketchbook represents two weeks of work, and study and field notes. I want my closest art friends to have first shot at it, since I know your appreciation! But if no one buys it this month, I will send it to a gallery. Here is the link for the ebay sale. Below shows how each sketch fits on the page...there are a couple similar photos on my web page...please comment!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140454193056

More of That Rain

More of That Rain__#28 from my Colorado Sketchbook___ EBAY Item #140454193056

Thursday, September 23 begins the EBAY SALE of my Colorado Sketchbook. THe sketch above is number 28 of the 30 in the sketchbook. CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL 30 IMAGES TOGETHER ON MY WEBSITE....BUT...please forgive me for not QUITE having that page set up properly....call it a "rough draft"...I needed to get the blog post done NOW, and was not quite through with the website...check back tomorrow to see it finished ! Email me if you want more info vvaughan8@yahoo.com

Into the Canyon

Into the Canyon___27th sketch in Colorado Sketchbook__EBAY item #140454193056

Thursday morning is the beginning of the Ebay sale of my entire Colorado Sketchbook. It will be a fixed price sale, or best offer. The sketch above is #27 of 30 sketches in the sketchbook. It is a favorite view of mine, along Highway 17 going from Antonito south toward our place along the Conejos...it is an area of great transitions as yhou travel just 25 miles or so from an almost desert-like plain, through mesas like this, then up into the aspens and high mountains....

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The photo below is a tribute to me from my son who just got married Saturday...when he was a little boy he would prepare for a big day by laying his special clothes out the night before:

His full uniform would be in order for the next days' soccer game, he'd lay out school clothes sometimes, and once he put new Disneyland clothes out before a trip there...even the Donald Duck hat...

So, late last night, before an early honeymoon flight to the tropics, I got this photo in a text message/email from my newlywed son...

Somewhere in Venice

Somewhere in Venice 1___pencil on archival paper 11x14---tight version___$300

Somewhere in Venice 2___pencil on archival paper, 11x14----loose version____$300

The sketches above are recent ones I did as samples for a client, but they are available. I have TWO VERSIONS, as you see...one is tight and detailed, the other is loose and a little more impressionistic. Email if you want one... vvaughan8@yahoo.com

MY SON GOT MARRIED YESTERDAY! Congratulations to Tanner and Ashton Vaughan! See pictures on my facebook page. see if you can guess which ones of those beautiful bridesmaids and groomsmen are my children! It was a beautiful and blessed day!.....now back to work!...The Colorado Sketchbook "auction" I have mentioned starts THURSDAY...see details below...

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My Colorado Sketchbook.....Original Sketches in a sketchbook by V....Vaughan

THE AUCTION:

I am offering my entire travel journal from a summer trip to Colorado's San Juan Mountains. This is a 34 page hard-bound, linen covered sketchbook with archival acid-free paper and 30 sketches in pencil. Included are my field notes, and a pencil used in the project! Twelve images are shown here, but you can see all 30 sketches and an image of the actual 10" x 7" journal on my web site... http://www.v-vaughan.com This is a special auction, so I will not sell below the reserve price.

The Project: For two weeks in the summer of 2010, I tromped around the San Juan Mountains and San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado, USA. Summer is the most beautiful season here in this area that features high mountains and farming valleys. It is a view of the southwest in an area that is diverse and rich in culture.The sketches feature a variety of subject matter: Landscapes, figures, animals, farming, cowboys, fishing, southwestern sagebrush and more!

My field notes accompany the artwork, which is done in pencil. Most of the sketches and notes were posted on my BLOG in July and August, 2010 http://www.vvaughan.blogspot.com

The Artist:

V....Vaughan is an award-winning artist and was a finalist for Texas State Artist for 2010. http://www.v-vaughan.com

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NEW VAUGHAN FAMILY

Congratulations to

Mr and Mrs C. TANNER VAUGHAN

My son, Tanner is getting married tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.

He had me paint this sign for him and his bride, Ashton. I painted it last night (He mounted the cool metal "V", and it was all I could do to keep myself from putting FOUR DOTS by it!)...It is a nice, rustic wooden sign with a way to hang it in their house after being displayed at the wedding somehow!

But FIRST, I am off to a bigg high school game in San Antonio, where my younger son, Sam, (the best man in the wedding) will HOPEFULLY be a "good man" at quarterback!!!!

THANK YOU for PRAYERS for these two Vaughan gentlemen!

V....