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I call this one Emerald Forest.
Oil on Canvas
Painted with palette knife.

Depoe Bay Bridge
Oil on Canvas
16" x 12"

 

Ona Beach Driftwood

12" x 16"

Oil on Canvas

A Path of a Different Color In Yachats

Raven headed up river

Raven

Fishing Vessel Paintings

Added the jetty to the sketch. Painted the backgrounds 4 days ago and waited until they got dry enough to work on. Then began the boat in this one and will work a little on the water today but mostly will get the other one started.

Fishing Boat Sketches

Sketches for a pair of paintings I am starting.

Attempting a log on the beach just below the Yachats viewing platform at the Yachats State Park.

Painting at Depoe Bay City Park on the south side of the bay.

Painting at Yaquina Historic Lighthouse State Park looking towards the bridge.

Erik Sandgren Oregon Coast Invitational Paint Out day 2 at Yachats State Park

Erik Sandgren Oregon Coast Invitational Paint Out 2013 Day 1 at Seal Rock State Park

Final version of "Evil" before leaving it with the cat owner for critiquing.

The fun version of the way he wanted to remember his cat.

"Evil" kitty got his head today

Okay now "Evil" the cat has his head but there is still lots more work to do before he is finished. Oh and he got the cover on his pillow too.

"Evil" the cat gets his other leg

Well "Evil" got his other leg today but not his head.

More work on "Evil" kitty

Well "Evil" is starting to get his fur. Poor kitty looks pretty bad at this point.

Underpainting "Evil" the cat.

Finally all the wallpaper work is dry and I don't have to be afraid of messing it up. Here you see the under painting. "Evil" the cat will look basically black when he is finished but there is a rather Burnt Sienna color of fur in places as well. That is why I chose to do his under neath color this way.

Painting the wallpaper behind "Evil" the cat.

It took about 6-7 hours to paint the wallpaper four sessions. First I painted the Naples Yellow pattern and then NY and White negative space around the pattern after the pattern was dry. Each layer left to dry between so I wouldn't mess up the first. Then a complete second coat of each because the NY is not very opaque. The second coat hasn't been done in this photo so you still see all of my drawing through the paint.