Tuesday, June 30, 2009

More Little Studies

Here are a couple more little quick studies. I'm staying small and quick to avoid getting sucked into all those little details that I like so much.

These were also both done in acrylics. I'm trying to get more comfortable with them before I head back to Michigan this summer. Flying the airlines with oils is becoming such a drama that I want to try a trip with acrylics. We'll see how it goes...

 

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5 x 5  acrylic on board

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8x10 acrylic on board

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Fisherman's Cabin #2

I came across a photo that I've painted before and decided to paint it again using the new Golden Open acrylics. I'm still getting used to them but I think they could be an advantage outside so I'll keep at it.

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8x10 acrylics on Gessoboard

Monday, June 8, 2009

Highland Valley Studios Festival

I stopped by on Saturday to this year's edition of the Highland Valley Studios Music and Arts Festival. It was nicely done in a beautiful setting and I believe a good time was had by all.

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Highland Valley Studios is a growing center for artists here in San Diego County. They're offering a number of good looking workshops over the next year.

Check it out by clicking here.

Click here for some photos from the festival.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

The New Website is Up!

Boy! It takes forever to build a new website. Especially if you do it from scratch - by yourself! What was I thinking?

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Anyway, it's officially up and running now. I still have a lot to do on it and I'll be adding a number of new features and pages over the next few weeks (and months). But the basic framework is there.

Please stop by when you have a chance and let us know what you think....

WWW.RANDALLSMITHARTS.COM