Brande Arno Art

The finished "Hay Maze"  Piglet Art I truly love how this piece came out.  I've been amazed at the pure color and beautiful brushwork of Angela Moulton's paintings. Every time I see her latest collection on YouTube, I am awestruck at how pure the background color is.  So I wanted to try my hand at upping background color value in my work.   Below is how I started: Hay Maze Start Here, I establish the main layout and gesture of this piglet's face.  I'm striving for something that looks painterly, yet would bring a smile to the face of the viewer, so this stage is important.  Also, color values on the pig are being set.   Hay Maze about halfway This is where I put that rich background color in.  Notice some neutral colors in with the bright.  I wouldn't want all bright green here as it would be like all caps when texting.  I'll re-post the final Hay Maze below: Lots of changes from the halfway point, ...

4 x 4 inches, Oil on Gessoboard-Sold This is my favorite shed in the neighborhood.  It's worse for wear, but has so much character because of it.  Yesterday was such a sunny day, in spite of being April Fool's day.  I was driving home from an appointment and passed this shed.  The sun light on this shed made me turn around. Maybe if it wasn't the first real nice sunny day, I would have drove by, but not yesterday.  Enjoyed just looking at the shed and then took a few pictures, knowing that today, I'd be making a painting of it.  Which makes it the sixth or so painting of this shed.  Different seasons, same shed.

"Eyelashes" 5 x 5 inch Oil Painting of a Grazing Dairy Cow Sold - Thank you Anyone who has every looked at the eyes of a cow, know they are beautiful and yes, lots of eyelashes.  My goal with this painting, was to make it painterly, but then to add the unusual element of seeing eyelashes.  She's a one of a kind and she's waiting for a home at my etsy shop. 

"Galloping Sheep" 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board S old, thank you What more can you say about this painting?  Just that they really need a haircut.  Let's just say their coupon expired.  They don't know it yet.