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This is my latest watercolor,it had been in my easel for a couple of weeks...
just waiting to be finished,but some work got in the way.
the original photo was posted by Lillian Bell in the "Paint My Photo"  website .
Thanks Lillian,for sharing your amazing photo.

http://paintmyphoto.ning.com/photo/forks?context=user

I have some ideas (projects) on mind  but haven't had enough time to  get to it.
This is a  14x20 watercolor,painted in Arches C0ld Pressed 140 Lb.
it was finally finished on Tuesday,May the 21st.

"Rusting on Pile"

I'm back!
Woww! I can't  believe how long it has been since I posted something in my blog.
I've been a little bit busy and sometimes,I'm just not inspired...
I've been working in this BIG piece for 3 weeks or maybe a month...
Well,the truth is that sometimes I don't do anything to it for  days and days...
it is a work in process but I'm not going to add much to it...
I've been having lots of fun doing it,but also had a few frustrating sessions...
I really hope to finish it soon and move on to my next project.
March the 27th '13
  

"Untitled"

Here I am again,this is more an experiment than a painting...
I wanted to try something like this for a while.
I'm a David Poxon fan,I discovered his work not long ago and I'm really Fascinated
by the way he uses Textures,colors...and his subjects.
I really enjoy his work and spend quite a bit of time looking at his work...
it is very impressive and beautiful.
what really makes his work exceptional is the ability he has to create something beautiful 
from what most of us would say is just junk...
this is far from good but again,it is an experiment and I'm just trying to play with texture and colors...
I'm going to keep working with this kind of "Rusty" subjects...
this was really fun to paint,even though it took me a while to finish it...
it is a 7" 1/4  x7"3/4  watercolor on Arches and was painted on Jan the 19th   '13
 
 
 

"Untitled"

well,I'm posting what would be my first painting of this 2013.
I've been away from my brushes for a while,it was about time to
go back and start drawing and or painting.
This is from a Photo I've got somewhere...it is an Egyptian sculpture.
I should do some research to find out about his name.
It has the body of a Lion or something like that,but the face is Human...
I did some cropping to finally get what I believe is the most interesting
part of the picture.
I've always  wanted to try to do some Texture,I did several washes and splattering
on the right side,but I wasn't really happy with it.
I was getting to the point where I didn't know what else to do...
I got to the conclusion of adding some Texture with Acrylics and that's what I did...
After a few  months of inactivity,I'm really happy with the way this painting turn out.
A new year,New hopes,dreams...
Jan. the 14th   2013
    
 

"Race against the time"

This is  a painting that Needs a few details...
I've been working on this nice old-rusty car for a week or so...
I have many pictures of this beauty and finally decided to give it a try...
I'll probably do a few minor brushstrokes and call it finished...
I took it to the critique group last Tuesday and they gave me good feed back  
I wanted to do a dark wash or something for the background,it is just a big white space
but they told me not to do it...
I kind of like it,but I really need to improve my grass,foliage painting skills...
I'm not sure about the tittle,but just don't know what else to call it...LOL
it is painted in a 14"x20"   Hot pressed (Arches) paper...
Oct,the 21st '12 

"Product of Mexico"

I can't remember how long it has been since I took this picture at a local grocery store... 
I'm sure it has been a while,but finally...I decided to paint it.
it gave some problems since the beginning,the preliminary sketch was not as easy as it looks.
at least,it wasn't easy for me...
I think that part of the problem was the photograph,it was a little bit bigger than the way I painted it.
I did some cropping and cut out part of it,I left what I thought it will make a stronger  composition.
it took me a couple of days to paint it,but at the end...
I was really happy with the final result...
I decide to take the title from a small sign that was advertising the "product of Mexico"  
6"1/2 x 7"1/2  inches,painted in arches watercolor paper.
Oct the 14th '12
  

"Power-aid"

Another unusual subject...
But actually,it was kind of fun  to paint.
I bought a small key chain,because I thought it was cute. 
I knew I was going to use it for a painting,but didn't have a clear idea of what
I wanted to do.
suddenly I had so many ideas and started to take pictures of it in different positions.
I choose 2 pictures and worked from both.
One for the pose of the little Robot with the battery on his head and the other one
for the color,it was lighter and nicer that the color from the other photograph.
it was a nice process and every thing went the way I intended to.
at the end,I was very pleased with the painting of my "little buddy"
9" x  12" Original watercolor,painted in Arches cold pressed 
Sept. the 29th  '12