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January 16, 2012

Well hello there!

By jay

Ouch, way too long since posting! I started a new job back at the end of October, I’m now the Content Care Admin (of the student site, not the public site) at AnimationMentor.com. It’s an awesome place to work. I’ll get to that in another post.

I’ve been doing some sketching here and there, but I haven’t done nearly as much art as I’d like. Yesterday was the first time in months where I had a sustained session. I ended up doodling and just getting comfortable with painting again. It felt awesome to be painting again.

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September 3, 2011

A yorkshire terrier, painted

By jay

I’ve been working on a commission to do a painting of someone’s dog, but before jumping into the finished piece I took a break to do this little test painting. This test happened to coincide with a friend’s birthday, she has a family of Yorkshire Terriers, so I used them as my inspiration. The commission I’m working on will be for a dalmation, fun fun! I love animals and having more reasons to paint them totally works for me.


Oil on canvas
8″ x 8″

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August 8, 2011

From the depths

By jay

A sketch painting I did this afternoon in between work projects. It lacks any real specific design, but was a fun and quick mood piece to break up what I was doing. Also, I hadn’t posted anything in a while!

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May 10, 2011

Daily… Plein air at the contra loma reservoir

By jay

Well, I didn’t really get any painting done on my plein air camping trip. I did some sketches and one little watercolor study, but that was it. Kind of a bummer, but my own focus is to blame. The trip was incredibly inspiring though and totally worth it.

I went out to Brentwood today to do laundry while Kimi was at work. After lunch I went exploring and found the Contra Loma park in Antioch. The lighting was incredibly boring and flat (in regards to distant hills etc). It made it much harder to try and show depth and form. I exaggerated what I was seeing, while also trying to stay true to the lighting.

The second painting was a study of some trees on the otherside of the reservoir. I was in the shade this time around which was nice, my arms got rather burnt during the first painting. I need to add sunscreen to my plein air kit.


Contra Loma Reservoir 01
Oil on canvas panel
6×8


Contra Loma Reservoir 02
Oil on canvas panel
6×8

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April 30, 2011

Daily… Two watercolor creature sketches

By jay

Tested out watercolor on canvas paper, seemed to work out alright. Also just getting back into watercolor, hadn’t used them in a while! Simple little creature sketches, but fun!

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