I am planing to paint the Bell Tower in Enger Park from a different view than the 1st time

Atlanta 1945

My Cat Max

Fall 2011 Class

These are a couple of photos from the last day of the Fall 2011 acrylic painting class at the Fridley Community Center.

House on E.Hennepin Ave SE Mpls mn

I chose this subject because of the architectural detail combined with the tacky alterations and the neglect that the property has endured makes an interesting painting

New Links Added to Sidebar

Fridley Patch and Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts were added to Local Links.

Daily Painters Art Gallery was added to the Bloglist. Click the site title (Daily Painters Art Gallery) to see the Gallery of many new daily paintings.

Duluth Waterworks

This Historic Building
is located on North Shore Drive
just beyond Duluth MN
I photographed a year or so ago while the afternoon sun was shining from the west. Its painted with Acrylics

Paintings by Earl

Bardwell-Farrent House

2500 Portland Ave. So.

Mpls Mn

Built about 1880's on Park Ave. So.

Moved to present location around 1900

and the copper domes and gingerbread detail were then added

I took photos and painted this with Acrylics

eternity

bird lover

Fillebrown cabin White Bear Lake Mn

This cabin was built about 1859 owners were Arthur & Helen Fillebrown . The style looks to me like East Lake Architecture,
( named after an Englishman who created this style)
The building now belongs to White Bear Lake Area Historical Society
I painted the picture with acrylics

Bob Davies Acrylic Painting Videos

Here are several good acrylic painting videos by Bob Davies. There are more of his videos on BobDavies88's Channel on YouTube. He also has tips and tutorials on a variety of media on his website how-to-draw-and-paint. A related website idrawandpaint.com has a community for sharing your artwork, getting critiques, and meeting other amateur artists.

John's Red Flower Painting

John is the oldest member of our painting class. He doesn't have a computer, but his daughter has written some nice articles about his paintings on her blog here and here.

Acrylic Painting Class - Fridley Community Education

Foot in the Door 4 - Videos of Submissions & Opening

Foot in the Door 4

I finished my apple painting just in time to enter it in the Foot in the Door 4 show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This exhibit has been held once every ten years since 1980 and is open to all Minnesota artists. All works must fit within a 12-inch square box.

The 2010 foot in the Door exhibit will run from February 19 until June 13. You can still see The Foot in the Door 2000 Exhibit online.

I titled my painting "Apple Family (Homage to Cezanne)." It reminded me of a family portrait, and it was inspired by an early Cezanne painting. I used three varieties of apples: Braeburn, Red Delicious, and Granny Smith. I made my arrangement on a cutting board and propped a big pad of tinted charcoal paper behind it. I made several digital photos and picked my favorite to use for the painting. I printed out the photo in 8" X 10" size and used graphite paper to transfer the composition to an 8" X 10" canvas.

Below is Cezanne's painting "Glass and Apples" (1879-1882).

Dutch Still Life Painter

I have been working on my apple still life and decided to look up apple still lifes. I found this website by a Dutch painter, Jos van Riswick. I love the simplicity of these still lifes. They show that a lot can be done with a few bowls and a few fruits or vegetables.

3 CRAFTSMAN HOUSES

I created these Images on the computer.
printed the them out, glued the prints on wood, then cut the images out on the band saw

Yule

North Shore Lighthouse

Spiltrock Lighthouse
is located on Lake Superior's north shore, a few miles north of Two Harbors Mn.

This light house is one of the most famous lighthouse on the Great Lakes.

I painted the scene with acrylics on an 11 x 14 canvas board.