18" x 24" oil Gave myself a good chunk of a rainy Saturday morning to this piece.

Japanese maple madness oil 24" x 30"

profile sketch 18"x 14" oil

20 minute poses at life drawing today. both are gouache on toned paper

Pigeon in haze 16" by 20" oil

16" by 20" oil I attempted to paint this plein air again. Granted the day, wasn't what I was looking for but then again my skills didn't make up for it either. Was looking for more somber weather. Regardless it was fun to do. I might still do some work on it. Fix the water for starters, but I plan on attempting this again in the fall when the trees are changing colors.

Little Dragon 20" x 24" oil

Finally gave these Langnickel brushes an honest try rather than just talking about it.
this is what came out of the Monday night open session.

16" x 20"
oil

Interior shot of my living room / art studio. My cat was chillin on the couch looking out the window
20" x 24"

Pigeon in white
20" x 24"

strip poker
16" x 20"

Some process pics from one of the paintings in the previous post.

Jen
16" x 20"
oil on canvas

Red suitcase
20"x 24"
oil on canvas

My latest gouache sketches.

I got around to re-designing my website. It's the fancy now. go check it
kresoja.com

Raia

14" x 18"

oil on canvas

Did this one months ago. Forgot I had it.

10" x 12" oil

koyoko 20" x 24" oil

I didn't mean to but her face looks very anime to me, has a face doll look.

8" x 10" oil on linen
A little still life I did over the weekend. The flower was from my yard.

10"x 12" oil on linen

A gas works park sketch

big red ruby
18" x 24"
oil on canvas

Painted sketches from this morning.
I scanned these in at a higher resolution so there not so small.

gouache on toned paper

Aaron
oil on linen
10" x 12"

Was digging through some older art and found this one. I remember finding the model and pose so unsurprising at the time, then I looked across the room to see my friend Aaron Coberly getting down with the brushes. Don't think he looked over at me once he was so focused. Go check out his stuff if you haven't. This Dude is one to watch.

A few from this morning.

Gouache on toned paper

I took a picture with my phone after every 25 minute break.
Wish I had more time, felt rushed on this one. The 3 hours just flew by. Didn't go nearly thick enough in spots that I wanted and the hands and feet got a rush job. Bah!

blue kimono
16"x 20"

16" x 20" oil

CREMNITZ WHITE.


So the last 2 paintings I've posted are with the use of Cremnitz white. Its a different beast than Titanium. In the first painting I was in love with stuff, and this last one, well I chalk it up to not having a good painting night. You need so much of this stuff for a painting. You can go darker in valve very easy and get smooth edges like nobodies business. But you really have to use a lot of white and a lot less color paint for lighter valves.
I felt out of control with it on this painting. But that's me not the paint. It's fun using due to it making me think differently about mixing and applying paint. I'm excited to keep using it for a while, Who knows I might try putting both whites on the palette capitalizing on their strengths.

One from last night
oil 24' x 20"

Haven't gone life drawing with my gouache in a few months, but I did manage to get out of bed this morning and go. These 2 or the only decent ones I got.

Homage to Nicolai Fechin.

a quick little gouache of Fechin's Indian girl Portrait

I took a picture every 25 minutes during the model break. Not the greatest photos but you get the point.

20" x 16"

14"x 11" oil

When I painted this, right afterwards while cleaning up I decided to scrape this painting with a palette knife. Only then did I start to see something.

Another portrait from an open painting session. I was playing around with the palette knife and such. Parts of it I like and other parts not so much .

24" x 20"
oil

16"x20" oil

10" x 12 oilWith so many color choices of paint out there, how many are just fools gold?

This is the first painting using my new choice of colors. I've been using the same base color palette for quite a long time. I've added and taken away colors for sure, but I always ended up roughly using the same ones. To understand color better and call attention to the mixing habits I've gotten over the years I decided to simplify.

I didn't want a palette so limited that you could tell . So I went for the biggest bang for the buck or the least amount of colors with maximum amount of range.

I could've just used one primary each but decided on a warm and cool of each primary, plus black and white.

My new choice of oil colors

Titanium White
Cad Yellow light
Cad Yellow Med
Cad Red Light
Quinacridone Red
Phthalo Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Ivory Black

I don't know how long this little experiment will last, but I do know I will learn something. Hell I already miss my green.

Early morning Plein Air
11"x14" oil

This was sunday morning out in the industrial part of Seattle. I've been inspired to get up after checking out the Early Bird Painters Blog.
some really sweet stuff over there.

11" x 14" oil

I didn't use any blues and stayed away from the burnt umber on my palette for this one.
16"x 20"

Early morning painting of a cement factory. I started it outside, blocking in the big shapes and color. Finished it this morning from a photo I took while I was painting. The factory looked like a cathedral all lite up.

18"x 24" 0il

from a Monday night open session
Oil 24"x 20"