Painting on Antique Tree Saw, "USENER SAW BLADE"

"USENER SAW BLADE"

This is an antique saw blade that I have painted a Hill Country Scene on.

The Usener Ranch is close to Fredericksburg, Texas and the

saw painting was commissioned by the family.

The scene includes a barn on the left end, the side view of an

old GMC Pickup used on the ranch, the Usener name on a marble

state of Texas  mounted on a huge boulder at the ranch, a front view

of the GMC Pickup and finally a family of deer

 on the right side of the saw. Bluebonnets fill the landscape.

Hope you enjoy viewing this commission piece. It was fun to paint.



The following photos are close ups of the scene painted on the saw blade above.





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another "SAW" or who knows? 

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"EILEEN AND GRANDS"

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"EILEEN AND GRANDS"

16" X 20"

Acrylic on Canvas

by

Margie Whittington

A Commissioned portrait by Eileen's husband. This was a

challenge since I don't do portraits very often.  Also

challenging with five people in the painting.

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"THESE SHOES WERE MADE FOR WALKIN"

In our first watercolor class at the Upstairs Gallery in Arlington, Texas

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a pair of little boy's Oxford Dress Shoes.

Martha Sue, one of the owners of the gallery kept her son's shoes from

when he was a small boy and has them on a shelf in the art room.

Our watercolor project for the class was to paint the

navy blue and white Oxford shoes.

I had taken a photo and shared with the class.
Here is my painting of the shoes and

each class member interpreted the shoes in their own way.

Below are the result of our Wed. afternoon watercolor class.  I apologize

for not getting pictures of the morning class's work.  Their paintings were

just as creative as the ones pictured below.

"AUSTIN'S OXFORDS"

8" X 10"

Watercolor

by

Margie Whittington

The Upstairs Gallery

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Afternoon Watercolor Class

1-5-11

The Afternoon Class

Sally

Christine

Francie

Sam

Cathy

Janie

Charlie

Claire

Marilyn

Leslie

Patty painted the Oxford shoes in the morning class

and stayed over for the afternoon class and painted Mary Jane shoes.

Joan opted to paint a lovely landscape!

The classes homework was to paint one of their children's or

grandchildren's or husband's or friend's pair of shoes.  I wonder

who will do their homework this week.  Will  let you know next Wednesday.

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PORTRAIT OF JENNY

"PORTRAIT OF JENNY"

 Jenny is a French Bull Dog.

Tweed, a lady who takes watercolor classes with me had 

 this portrait of her dog, Jenny, painted for her husband's Christmas present.

I couldn't post it until now for fear Russ might see it.

I really like painting animals especially well loved pets like Jenny!

"JENNY"

12" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas

by

Margie Whittington


Other Dog Portraits...

RHETT                                                                                                                                                          RINGO

HERMAN                                                                                                                                                  MICK                                             

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CHRISTMAS FUN!

FRIENDS AND CHRISTMAS FUN DAY!

Two of my creative friends, Patty and Janet, and I got together

for a Creative Play Day this week.

We cut and pasted, stamped and glittered all day long.

Patty made a delicious lunch of corn chowder and I brought

Jiffy corn bread, fruit and cookies for dessert.

Here are some Christmas gift tags I made with the

the inspiration of my creative buddies.

I decided to hang the tags on my tree since

they were so festive!



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"HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"

"HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"

8" x 10"

Acrylic on Canvas

by

Margie Whittington

Available for sale

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Playing with Oil Pastels

Canvas by Canvas, a group of artists who enjoy painting

together experimented and played with oil pastels this past week

at the Upstairs Gallery in Arlington, Texas.  One of the owners of

the gallery, Martha Sue Meek gave us some tips on technique and then

we were off and running.  Nancy Standlee did a cactus oil pastel,

Barbara Hackney worked on two landscapes, Mary Ann Stephens

did some figures while Betty Taylor painted some white ducks,

 Karen Foster worked on a spiral shell design. 

We all had fun and as usual learned a lot from each other.

The following "FUNKY BIRDS" are what I worked on,  all are

painted with Oil Pastels.

 

 

"Multi Color Abstract"

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Painting in the Park

"Botanic Garden Path"

Oil on Canvas

8" x 12"

by

Margie Whittington

A group of plein air painters met in the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens

on a cool crisp autumn morning to paint.  There were about 15 +

artists that enjoyed painting in the park.

The painting above is one of the paths through a tree lined

area in the gardens.  It was quiet and peaceful, birds chirping,

very pleasant.

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New Paintings by MW



"LAUNDRY IN VENUS"
9" x 12"
Watercolor

"EXPERIMENTAL"
9" x 12"
Acrylic
I had been collecting some of the paint peeled from my
acrylic palette. This is the textural quality and color
in the middle part of the painting.  Mica chips give
the painting a sparkle.  A fun experiment.

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Journaling Workshop with Nancy Standlee 11-6, 11-7-20

Journaling Workshop

with Artist, Nancy Standlee

The Upstairs Gallery, Arlington, Texas

What an informative workshop at the Upstairs Gallery this

last weekend with artist Nancy Standlee.

Our first day we painted several pictures in our journals

from photos provided by Nancy.



We then did a drawing exercise of a Salt Shaker.

We practiced the alphabet with brush letters and painted

Jelly Bean People and easy faces. This was all the first day!

This is a ceramic horse on the shelf at the gallery.  He was fun to

draw and paint.

We made our own stamps out of Styrofoam and

foam pieces. 

This was a fun journal entry.  It is an embellished black and

white vintage photo of an elegant lady.  Stamped paper collage and

acrylic paint were added with a stamp from Austria.

Another black and white photo of "Frida" embellished with stamped

paper collage and acrylic paint.

We had a fun class and learned a great deal including lots of information

on painting techniques and torn paper painting collage!!!

Thanks Nancy!



Painters In Plein Air-Camp Fire USA 2010

      Camp Fire USA sponsored an

invitational plein air paint out for 29 Texas Artists.

This was a four day paint out.  Thursday, Oct. 14 thru

Saturday, Oct. 17. The artists could paint paintings of locations in

the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens or the Japanese Gardens.

Each artist then donated one of their finished paintings to

Camp Fire USA for a silent auction. Awards and the auction were at a

Champagne and Jazz Brunch on Sunday after the Quick Draw Paint

on Sunday morning from 9 am to 11:30 am.

The Quick Draw paintings done by each artist was also donated to

the silent auction to raise funds for CF USA.

The weather during the paint out was wonderful.

Cool mornings, sunshine and warm afternoons.

An artist dream, to sit or stand and paint for four days.

I met so many talented artists, some I already knew

 and enjoyed every day.

I gained a new appreciation for Camp Fire USA and

their endeavors to help children of the community.  It

 is a great organization working to help

children and develop youth into strong leaders .

The Paint Out Committee and Camp Fire USA staff
did such a terrific job helping the artists,

 organizing the paint out and planning the luncheon.
 I was impressed on

so many levels with Camp Fire USA.

The picture of the painting below is of
my donation to the plein air painting of the paint out.

"WATERFALL"

9" x 12"

Oil

This rose painting was my quick draw contribution
to the paint out.
Both paintings sold at the silent auction at the
Sunday Brunch.

"ROSE"

9" x 12"

Oil

Following are pictures of friends and family that came to

visit during the paint out.I was overwhelmed with the support my

friends and family gave me during this

event.  Many of my watercolor class members, friends and 

my Canvas by Canvas group of artists visited and I met new friends

and artists as well.  Phil, my husband, Della, Marta, Judy, Jo and husband,  

Carolyn, her husband and son,

 Joan and husband, Peggy, Deb and friend

visited but I didn't get pictures.

Mary Ann, Connie, Barbara, Margie, Karen, Betty and Nancy

CBC artists

Sally and Francis

Richard, Hadley and Tweed

Leslie, Lisa and family

Danny and Cindy

Me and CBC

Margie

Charlott and Gaye

Nancy and Connie

It was a fun time and being outside at the Fort Worth Botanic gardens

in such beautiful fall weather was such a treat.

Come back soon and see some of the artists who painted in

the Camp Fire USA 2010 Paint Out. Click on the link

and see pictures and a list of artists that participated in this years paint out.

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