FRIDAY ALL DAY ACRYLIC CLASS

March 27, 2009

Instructor

Margie Whittington

POPPIES

12" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas

by Margie Whittington

The project for our acrylic class was painting poppies

on a textured surface. First we applied gloss medium

to the canvass and placed a piece of crumpled

white tissue paper on the canvas. Another coat of

medium was spread over the tissue. A coat of gesso

was applied then we started painting. A wash of colors

was painted on the dried canvas and spritzed with water and

held upright to let the paint run down and through

the crevices made by the crumpled tissue paper

creating an abstract under painting. Finally

when the wash was dry, we drew our poppy compositions and

painted the poppies, stems and buds.

Here is how some of the paintings in class turned out.

Claudine

Mary Jo

Marilyn

Ellie

Claire

Yawapa

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WHICH WAY IS THE BARN?

Acrylic on Canvas

30 " x 42 "

by

Margie Whittington

(Close up of the Calf's Face)

Painted in the style of Teressa Elliot,
this calf is standing in the evening glow of the sun
getting ready to head for the barn.
Hopefully there will be some hay for dinner.

Another painting using texture and
some gold leaf accents that look like
foliage in the background.

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PAINTINGS FOR TWIN BABY GIRLS

OLIVIA AND REBEKAH'S

NURSERY

These 24" x 24" paintings will be over the baby beds

of twin baby girls. The canvases are decorated

in the bedding motifs and colors of their nursery.

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A FEW NEW

PAINTING PROJECTS

ON A VARIETY OF SURFACES

Roosters painted on Glass Pitchers and Tiles

A Brightly Colored Wooden Birdhouse

Paintings of an Apple, a Pear, Lemons and Grapes

on ceramic tiles that can be used as coasters

It has been fun painting on a variety of

different surfaces.

The painting on glass required special paint for glass

which could also be used on tiles.

The birdhouse and fruit tiles were done with

regular acrylic paint.

Come back soon to see new paintings on canvas, paper or who knows?

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"BLACK STALLION"
40" x 40"
Acrylic on Textured and Gold Leaf Canvas





The "Black Stallion" painting was a commission painted for a

newly redecorated home. It will hang over the fireplace in

the large "lodge type" big room of the home owned by

a lovely lady named Della!

The colors in the painting blend with the rich warm

tones in this huge room with exposed beams, wooden floors

and two rock fireplaces. I am so pleased that this painting is at

home in this wonderful room and will be

viewed by Della's family and friends.

The painting process on this 40 x40 inch painting was different from

my regular painting surfaces. First I added a textured surface

with a palette knife and a thick compound to give the

surface lots of rough bumps and crevices.

Then my friend and co-hart in crime, Connie, helped me

apply gold leaf sheets in an abstract pattern on the surface.

After painting warm burnt sienna, gold and orange colors as a

base which toned down the gold leaf, I painted the horse from

a photo of some friends horse whose name is "Bugs".

This painting was a challenge but very exciting and fun

in so many ways. I kept the subject matter simple but there

is a lot of interest in the painting surface with

all the textures and colors.

Hope you have enjoyed the painting, the process and it's home.

Come back soon to see what 's new!

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"HERMAN"

Portrait of a Pomeranian

by

Margie Whittington

I have just finished this portrait of Heman, a white
Pomeranian as a commission I received off of this blog.
I had done the portrait of a chocolate labradore retriever
and was contacted to do Herman.


When I received the photo of Herman that I worked from
I was surprised because he looks just like my white pom, Teddy.
Teddy was 16 and passed away a few years ago. So as I painted
the portrait, I had lovely memories of my sweet dog, Teddy.

Here is Mick, the Chocolate Lab's portrait.


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An Indian Princess

16" x 20"

Acrylic on Canvas

Before Christmas I had painted the Indian Chief below.

Now I have finished the Indian Princess above.

I used a very textured background on the Indian Princess

background. It gave it a rough look and then I used rich

browns, burnt sienna and red.

The Indian Princess is the mother of a friend. The Chief is

the same friend's uncle. This was a fun project done

from vintage black and white photos.

Indian Chief

16"x 20"

Acrylic on Canvas

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for information or pricing please email

mawhittington@gmail.com

Thanks for viewing MW Murals and More.

RED CARDINAL IN THE PINES

9" X 12"

Acrylic on Canvas

by

MARGIE WHITTINGTON

For pricing information email:

mawhittington@gmail.com

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greeting

A CHRISTMAS GREETING

FROM CANVAS BY CANVAS

AND ME !

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!

Canvas by Canvas is a group of nine artists,

of which I am one. We paint individual squares

and put them all together to make one painting!

I'm the one with white hair on the top row, right side.

Thank you for viewing my blog this last year. I have

had fun sharing my current art projects and hope you

have and will continue to enjoy receiving the updates

on what I am painting or what we are working on in a

watercolor or acrylic class.

My wish to each of you is a joyous holiday celebrating

the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ and that

you will have peace and love in the New Year!

Margie Whittington

Artist and

Watercolor Teacher, The Upstairs Gallery

and The Fort Worth Woman's Club

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INDIAN CHIEF

16" X 20" Acrylic on Canvas

BY

Margie Whittington

A painting of a friend's uncle who was an
American Indian in his full feather bonnet.
Painted from a black and white photo.

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GONE FISHIN'

11" x 14"

Acrylic Painting on Canvas

by

Margie Whittington

A painting I did in Friday All Day Acrylic Class.

The subject is from the photo in the post below. I took the

photo at the Jones Farm in Santo, Texas

on a crisp fall day a couple of Saturdays ago.

A beautiful day in the country and we caught a lot of bass and

brim in this tank and another one on the property.

My sister in law, Marsha and I fished on the bank while

our husbands Mike and Phil were in a boat in the middle of the pond.

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Friday All Day Acrylic Class

This is the landscape we are going to paint on

Friday at the Upstairs Gallery. We are going to

paint on an 11" x 14" canvas with acrylic paints.

I'll post the results soon.

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WATERCOLOR IN PROGRESS

Goose

by

Margie Whittington

This is a painting from a photograph I took on the river in

Boerne, Texas. After drawing the image, I put a blue wash on

the background and layed saran wrap on the wet wash.

After letting the saran set a minute, I lifted it and the

texture left looks like the motion in the water.

See the photo below.

After painting the water, I began painting the dark beak

and the dark on the feathers. Then I painted the

midtones and light feathers leaving the white paper for

the white high lights on the goose.

The next step, I began painting the

reflection of the goose in the water. I still have

some to do on this step.

Be sure to come back and see the finished painting.

This painting was also a class project at the Upstairs Gallery

in Arlington, Texas. I will be posting some of my students

paintings soon.

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SAGAMORE BAPTIST CHURCH

FOUR YEAR OLD ROOM

"THE BEACH"

The Beach Mural is the last of four

murals I painted for our church

nursery. It encludes three dolphins

jumping out of the water.

A sandcastle with a shovel

and a bucket surrounded by

shells and starfish.

With the blue sky, palm trees and

ocean you can almost feel

the ocean breeze!

Here are the other nursery rooms shown previously on my blog.

Visit again soon to see what I am painting on next,
a wall, canvas, wood or paper.

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CUCHARA CHAPEL

CUCHARA, COLORADO

August, 2008

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,

From whence cometh my help.

Psalm 121; 1

I did a plein air drawing of the church on
Sunday afternoon sitting outside in the cool
Colorado weather, August 3, 2008.

We saw several bear around Blue Lake where we fished
and in the valley along a stream, one was eating berries.

Hopefully you will see some paintings

from these wonderful views of

Colorado.

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painted on a canvas, wall or paper!

SAGAMORE CHURCH NURSERY MURALS

BED BABY ROOM

Blue Skies with White Puffy Clouds

Pink butterflies and Bluebirds

TODDLER ROOM

Monkeys Swinging from the Trees

2 Parrots sitting watching.

3 YEAR OLD ROOM

It's a Jungle Party, a Zebra, a Giraffe, a Monkey

and an Elephant with Balloons,

Oh My!

(The Jungle Party is still in progress. There is a baby tiger in the tree

and a monkey to be finished.)

The Nursery area of Sagamore Baptist Church located on

East Chase Blvd. right off I-30 is taking shape.

One more room after the Jungle room is complete is an Ocean Scene

with porpoise jumping, a sand castle, shells and star fish

and lots of Ocean Palm Trees.

My good friend Sandy is helping me with the murals.

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Come back in a couple of weeks to see the finished rooms.