Welcome to the World Zach

I have been out of the studio for awhile.  I have a whole bunch of excuses -I went to Italy, I hurt my neck, and it is still snowing in April.  Anyone of those will do.

Little Zack was born and I painted something for him.

 
This is Youppi the mascot for the now defunct Montreal Expos.  The team is gone but Youppi was great. 

Welcome to the world Zach

Day 1 Youppi

The 30 in 30 challenge is upon us once more. The first time I painted  different things, then dogs, then Rembrandt and the last one was Chanel Perfume bottles.

I have spent all December trying to think of of a theme that would interest me for a whole month. That's pretty hard because I have the attention span of a gnat.  Although honestly I don't know how long that attention span a gnat has. I decided on a series of old toys.  This little fella  was the mascot of the Montreal Expos.  If you don't remember the Expos that tells you how old he is.

Here is Youppi wishing you a Happy New Year

Youppi

I wish you all a very happy New Year and hope at least one of your resolutions come true.

Max the Happy Ogre

The weather sucks, I got rejected from a show, and have I mentioned that all of my old dental fillings have decided to fall out at once.  I am working on a project that is so depressing that I don't even want to talk about it.

In other words I was feeling down really down.  How low, well lower than Marvin.

Life Don't Talk to Me About it

I needed a break from the unmentionable project.  I searched my whole house for something to paint that would be happy.  And there it was.  Somehow saved from my endless bouts of decluttering was this little stuffed creature.  You would have to be an ogre not to smile at it and for all I know it might have been an ogre.

I quickly sketched some optional poses, picked one and did a value sketch 

I sketched on my canvas and then did an initial painting in 3 values - black, white and grey. The fun begins with the colour.  

Max the Happy Ogre

 Et voila - Max the Happy Ogre painted in Acrylic.  I am giving this as a gift to a brand new baby named Max.  Babies are good things.  They make me smile as did working on this painting.  There will be other shows and the sun will come out eventually and I feel better. Hope Max makes you smile too.

Lets not talk about the dentist.