Work in Progress

Here's where I am after...oh...I don't know maybe three, four hours. I had meant this to be kind of a misty feel to it, but then I went to strong on the horses, so now I need to bring the background up to match the horses. Or the fore ground...or basically the ground the horses are standing on. The horse in the back is floating, and while he (Gunner) is typically a freak I should ground him somewhat.

The orange is intentional as is the blue, but I think I will bring it down a bit in a couple places.

Overall I am fairly happy with this piece. You can tell they are horses and with most of my work its meant to be more impressionistic than realistic. Still having a hard time with letting some of the control go, but it will come. Meaning I find myself getting all uptight over the little areas, and then after I let the frustration go I can come back with broader strokes that bring the piece together.

I have been inspired lately to paint as my arthritis is becoming pretty achy in my right hand. Why would that inspire me you ask? Because I know my hands will be gnarled useless masses within the next decade or so, and when that happens you can bet that I won't be one of those paint with my feet types. Besides, my feet aren't in all that good of shape either!

Today when I had my annual exam I mentioned my hands were getting achy and when she (the Doc) looked at them she was quite shocked. Not a good sign. She sent me off to the x-ray tech and set up an appointment to see someone. I don't know, I suppose it was an arthritis specialist. It's late and I've had too much caffeine. Needless to say between my hands and feet you would have thought she would forget about the 20 lbs I need to lose. Sadly such is not the case. It came up over and over. Oh well, I've had a fun year and a half indulging in high fat foods and being a couch potato so its time for that to end.

For those of you who keep track this is an oil piece on an 8x10 panel. I love oils. Have I mentioned that? Probably not. They are messy and expensive but a joy to work with after years of messing with watercolors. And And And I can finish the ground tomorrow after some sleep and some more thought on the whole thing.

Off to try and attempt some sleep. (Like that's going to happen after drinking Mountain Dew at 9:00 at night. That's right, you read that right...I had a Mountain Dew (Last one I swear))