I will be taking you through the stages of my new equine painting. I did a number of sketches using  photographs as reference.  Then, I developed a graphite value sketch.  The drawing gave me the feel of rubbing my hands over the colt.

I began this painting by applying a wash of burnt sienna to the entire canvas.  I established the values of the filly.  I really like the burnt sienna wash with the coloring of the colt.  So, I know that the grasses will have lots of warmer tones. 

In case you are wondering, she is checking out some yellow flowers, which will be added by the time I share the next image with you.

I hope you will enjoy this painting adventure.
Thanks for visiting,
Teddy

Here it is!!! - Painting number 52 of my 2009 Painting a Week project.
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It has been a great experience creating a painting for each week of the year.  I have given you a bit of variety, although, most of the paintings have been landscapes.  Thanks for watching my progress and visiting often.

I will be writing a E-Mail Newsletter at least 4 times this year with a sprinkle of special announcements.  Please continue to follow my blog and visit my website.

Wishing you and your family good health, happiness, and a prosperous New Year.
Teddy

This landscape depicts an October scene in the rural midwest.  It is so inspiring to stop along the roadway and catch a view like this one. 

I hope you are enjoying my 2009 Painting a Week project.  Although, I have been late in posting some of my paintings, I have completed a painting for each week beginning the day after Christmas in 2008.

I hope you will visit my website often. 
Teddy

These beautiful leaves are a nice reminder of the variety of colors present in the foliage of fall.   This variety brings excitement to the heart of this artist and many others.
Realizing that winter is not far behind these blazing oranges, reds, yellows, and golds, I eagerly await the seasons first snow. 

I hope you will enjoy this piece.
Thanks for visiting,
Teddy

I enjoyed painting this piece from the window of my studio.  It was the first snow of the season.  The light snow blanketed the field.  The shadows reached across the snow.

I have three more paintings to finish for my 2009 Painting a Week.  It was been a busy fall, so I have fallen behind; but, I will post them even if I don't complete them until January.

I hope you have enjoyed my painting a week project for 2009.
Happy New Year!!!
Thanks for visiting my blog,
Teddy

I am still remembering and enjoying the photos from my trip to France.  In Brittany, the beautiful Chateau Josselin, owned by the aristocratic Rohan family, stands high a top a hill.  After touring the chateau, we walked across this bridge, once a draw bridge over the moat protecting the castle.  This Red Door opens to the small medieval town of Josselin.

This was a fun painting.  I began setting all the darks with blue and red violets, then added the lights to the wall.  The finishing touch is the Red Door.

I hope you enjoy this painting.
Teddy

                                              You will recognize the brightly
colored leaves and cone-shaped clusters of hairy, red fruit of the Sumac trees in this scene. 

Sumac is a nonpoisonous plant of the cashew family.