Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

D OG   A RT.    Sherwood Boxer watercolor on 9x6 inch acid free 140# wc paper © V. Bridges Hoyt 2010 Your purchase of this painting will help sponsor Sherwood. Please visit my Texas Sauce Art Life blog for more information or email artist@vbridgeshoyt.com .

I posted info about this painting the other day and since then I have been working on it using  paper , to paint it.  Yep, it is also called collage. Or, perhaps a  "Glorious Mess" ! A way to apply paint/paper in an impressionistic fashion, and have great texture.  I have worked with mixed media and collage before but now I will be trying a variation of what I had previously done. I am sharing the journey and will be posting as it progresses. Now at the end of today, here is what I have done so far.  DON'T BE AFRAID! I would caution against an opinion yet as it is in the "block - in" stage.  (the base for the rest of the painting)  I will say I ran out of certain colors, sooo off to paint some more! It is hard to see in this photo all the little pieces of torn paper I adhered to the canvas. Next post I will include a close up so I can share what the texture looks like. I will be adding many more layers of other colors plus more charcoal, pa...

"The Boss" 6 x 6 Acrylic on Panel my blog my website So sweet, quiet, shy, submissive ...NOT! I had the pleasure of meeting her and at first I thought to myself, what a shame, so quiet, not able to express herself in her  big family... I have learned that she is more than capable of getting her point across. She is definetly a take- charge girl! Even her big sister has to wait to let, "Her Highness" pass by. Funny how dogs have their own order of authority.  Hmmm, does anyone get a vote? I want to share with you about a great organization that works with dogs and trains them to best serve a variety of needs for some very fortunate humans. Please check out  A New Leash On Life You can see all the wonderful things they do and I know you will be amazed as I am. 10% of the proceeds of this painting  will benefit this organization. Thank you for visiting! $100.00 free shipping and handling in the U.S. quotes provided for international shipping a...