CHRIS J ART ORIGINALS GALLERY

Updating all my artwork since September 2010

2011-01-01T19:26:00.000-08:00

"Rajah" Prisma Colors

Pilot - Prisma Colors

"Zeppo" Prisma Colors

White crowned Sparrow -- water color and Prisma color

Virtual Paint-out - Manhattan

Yearling - Watercolors

Tamarack-- Beach Pen and Ink and watercolors

Sterling -- from the shelter --water colors

Virtual Paintout - San Miguel De Allende-- Prisma Colors

Junie -- from the Shelter --Prisma Colors

Junie, Happy in her New Home--Prisma Colors

Shelter kittens -Please adopt me.--Prisma Colors

Girl and cat - water colors

Horses -- Monsoon Dreams

Autumn Leaves -- Prisma Colors

Abe's Raccoon -- mostly prisma colors

"After the Rain" -- Prisma Colors

September's Artwork

2010-09-25T17:47:00.000-07:00

This is the photo on which I based the painting below. Photo courtesy Monsoon Dreams

As usual I can see some changes I would like to make but overall I was pretty pleased with the way this came out. (Watercolor)

At the Leo Carrillo Ranch (Watercolor).

The hawk below is the original, I wasn't happy with the way the wing turned out and the tail was a little too wide, so I gave him a shadow and changed the wing and tail (Watercolor)

Plate of Figs (Prisma Colored Pencils)

Jewelry. The ring is opal. I could have made the colors a little more intense, but I wanted to be sure it looked like opal. (Prisma Color Pencils)

Black and white cat. Background and wall need more depth of color.

(Prisma Color Pencils.)

View from Manhattan for Virtual Paintout. Think that may be the UN building center back

(Watercolor).

I is for ....Illuminated letter, for ABC Wednesday.

(Pen and ink 3 X 3 inches)

Some ATC Cards I've set aside ... for What?

2010-08-30T19:09:00.000-07:00

I really don't know. I had thoughts months ago of perhaps selling them as ACEO's but then changed my mind. So they might as well appear here along with everything else.

These are all based on my own original photos and as such are copyright.

Last week's painting, a WHITE CROWNED SPARROW. 8/25/10

Wanda's Art Challenge #5

My Art Work Update June to Mid August, 2010

2010-08-16T21:08:00.000-07:00

Virtual Paintout - Prince Edward Islands

From 'The Depp Effect"

Wanda's Art Challenge #3

Wanda's Art Challenger #2

Farm in the Dales #1

Farm in the Wolds #2

Sheep and Tree

Daisy

Wanda's Art Challenge #1

Hong Kong - Virtual Paintout

The Yearling

Update Mid June 2010

2010-06-13T15:40:00.000-07:00

Lady Lavender (Violet)

Flamborough Lighthouse ATC

Kawaiaha'o Church, Honolulu

(Virtual Paintout)

Norwegian Scene

Woodley Canal Cheshire

Bailey R.I.P.

ART SINCE FEBRUARY 2010

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The Bus Stop -- Czech Republic

Vicki's Lamp

The Shepherdess

Two Trees

Clay Pots --Leo Carrillo's Ranch

Farmland

San Francisco -- Virtual Paintout

Shep

Butterfly Heart

Still Life

Red Delicious

The Rooster

Canary Islands -- Virtual Paintout

January's Art Work, 2010

2010-02-03T17:05:00.000-08:00

I usually post my paintings as I do them, on my MAIN BLOG (click) then post them a month at a time on this blog.

These first two are ACEO's (Drawn and painted on 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" Bristol paper

The Old Mill at Bempton

Pebbles

The next five are rapid sketches with pen and ink and a wash of water color. (ATC size) My first attempt at using only pen, which means no erasing! Not very good, but good practice I suppose.

A tree drawn from imagination.

An empty gift bag. Two robins taken from a china cup.

Our 'entertainment' Center A cat (in case you hadn't noticed!).

Full size watercolor "Waiting for the Fishing Boat"

"Greensleeves" a design from my china teacup ATC

Full size painting from a photograph (my colors, though) taken in Canada

Horses, a practice watercolor painting taken from a note card.

Last of 2009 Updates

2010-01-07T14:11:00.000-08:00

Jose's Car

The Little Red Barn

Going Home

Dreams in the Blossoms

They Can't See Me!

Last 6 Weeks Update

2009-10-05T23:42:00.000-07:00

The old Fisherman at Flamborough

Old North Landing -Late 1800's

Fisherman's Cottage

Fishing by the Bridge

Blackberries

MORE UPDATES

2009-08-12T22:12:00.001-07:00

The pictures on this blog have also been posted at some point in time on my MAIN BLOG
http://www.flamblogger.blogspot.com
I have posted them here also, so that they are all in one place
Almost every one of them have been copied from someone's original version, so please do not use them. In addition, I do not sell any paintings or drawings, this is strictly for my own pleasure.

Now having got the legal part taken care of, here are my latest copies of paintings I did not originally draw, except where noted.

Sea gulls Nesting

"Zorro"

The Logan Memorial Church, the Island of Chuuk, Micronesia
(This is an original)

Mother and Daughter Picking Flowers

A Welsh Scene

Copied from a Tile Designed and Painted by 'Tino' from Portugal

The Yorkshire and Lancashire Roses
(An Original)

A Velvet Sampler

TIME I UPDATED ALL MY ARTWORK!

2009-03-25T16:46:00.000-07:00

Red Squirrel

Flamborough Donkey

Alexis from Jon and Kate

Coble off Flamborough Head

Gold Medallion

A Village in Wales

Sandy's Art Challenge # 2

Going Home at Twilight

Seagull

Red Medallion

Sandy's Art Challenge #1

Purple Medallion

The Prison Door

Updating My Latest

2008-10-19T14:08:00.000-07:00

The Phantome
This is actually not an ATC but postcard size. One day I will set up a blog with all my art works on and this will go there.

The Red Door, (courtesy of Ken of Stouffville)

Medallion, Green

Medallion Blue

Medallion, Harvest

Rainbow Ribbons

The Culprit/ Simplicity

2008-09-28T23:50:00.001-07:00

The Culprit

Simplicity

DOORWAYS #6

2008-09-20T14:25:00.000-07:00

Doorway #6

Stouffville, Ont.
Canada

Three More Done this Week

2008-09-12T16:45:00.001-07:00

Keyhole

Mountain Glen

Flowerscape

Three More Recent Ones

2008-08-29T23:58:00.000-07:00

Flowery

Fishing off Flamborough Head

Cat among the Leaves

Tulips and Doorways

2008-08-18T00:02:00.000-07:00

Jose's Doorway of Memories

Simply Tulips

Found a Few More

2008-07-31T20:34:00.001-07:00

Hawaiian Hide-a-Way

Tropical Tribute

Leo

Dazzling Flower

Henrietta

Fisher Girl and Elegant Lady, Bridlington Pier

2008-07-31T13:00:00.000-07:00

UPDATING THIS BLOG -- A BIT TREMULOUSLY!

2008-07-26T15:56:00.000-07:00

Gillian gave me some very kind words of encouragement and said I should revive this blog. Since I have been posting any new ATC's on Flamblogger I will take Gillian up on her suggestion (and she is a wonderful artist!) and post them here also, so they can all been seen together. I think I needed a bit of encouragement. Though everybody is so kind in their comments, I just don't have a lot of faith in my artistic skills, mainly because I can draw next to nothing from memory. Everything here has been copied from elsewhere, with a few adaptations for my lack of skill in some places.

So here are the ATC's I have done since I last posted on this blog:

Dutch Sail Boat

Mrs. Sunley's Sweet Shop, Flamborough

Post Office Corner, Flamborough

Hawthorn and Sheep, Flamborough

Doorways #1

Doorways #2

Doorways #3

Rural America

Urban America

Western America

Fishy Fun

Michael's Quilt

2008-01-25T13:16:00.001-08:00

For more explanation about this card please go to my main blog flamblogger.blogspot.com

FINALLY!

2008-01-08T00:09:00.000-08:00

Sorry I have been so long putting these up. It's been a busy season for us, as I'm sure it has been for you. But here are some of my latest efforts.

Flowers: Red, Blue and Yellow

Ribbon Hammock

At Rest

Dove in the Rain, Kauai

Garden Bird Walk

Moon, Stars and Willow Leaves.

THREE MORE UNTIL DECEMBER 3rd.

2007-11-18T21:37:00.000-08:00

This Little Light of Mine

Frieze

Bird Walk

OOPS ! Posted this page on Photo ATC's by Mistake

2007-11-14T00:21:00.000-08:00

I've been a long time completing these, although they don't actually take too long to make. It's just that I've been working on a couple of other more full size pictures which will appear on my regular blog, Flamblog.blogspot.com

This first card needs a word of explanation. David Hockney has produced a book of paintings called "Hand, Eye , Heart' . They are his impressions of the Wolds and East Yorkshire; his point being I think, that the light in that area of Britain is quite unique. Since I come from East Yorkshire originally, I am fascinated by these paintings. Since I am not what I would call a 'real'
artist, almost all of my full size paintings are copied from original paintings or photographs. To do this helps me learn how to produce certain effects.

In this one (below) I liked Hockney's bare trees, so I took a small part of one of his paintings and copied it, but not exactly, as the background fields are not the same as in his painting. I don't know if this would be called plagiarism, if so I apologize and will remove it. On the other hand, I believe that plagiarism is copying someone else's work and claiming it to be your own. I did this one because I really like the familiar scene. The book, unfortunately, I think is no longer in print. But if you like Hockney's work, try getting it from the library.

A Bit of Hockney

Victorian Lady

Harmony in Red

Blue Heron

Untouchables

2007-10-06T17:36:00.000-07:00

Flames

Bubbles

One of Each

2007-10-05T22:23:00.001-07:00

One more Impressionistic...

Water Lilies from a Monet

...and one old style.

Entwined

More Impressionism

2007-10-04T15:12:00.001-07:00

These three ATC's are snippets from full size Monet paintings. I took a small part of the painting and copied and adapted it, just to see what it would come out like.
These are the results. (My Titles)

The Windmill

A French Pastoral Scene

View of the Mediterranean

Going Impressionistic

2007-09-27T21:08:00.002-07:00

Dove

Tree of Life

Buxom Lass

More at Last

2007-09-26T22:49:00.000-07:00

Had a lot of thing going on so haven't been able to get to my ATC's for a while. One of the things that was time consuming was the picture of North Landing at Flamborough which you can see on my other blog Flamblogger. Then we got new carpeting and that was time consuming also. We have also had company quite a few times. So now I'm hoping that I'll get back to doing a few more ATC's and a little more frequently.

Parachute

Rainy Day

Petals

A Change in Direction

2007-08-26T20:57:00.001-07:00

I have been wanting to do a painting (fairly large) of a donkey and fishermen from my village. I have pretty much given up painting with water colors, because I like to do very detailed work and my hand is not steady enough when using a brush any more. So I decided to do an ATC of a donkey's head with Prisma Colors and it came out quite well. But to do a painting , say 8x10, seemed a large space to fill with colored pencils. Then I had the brainwave of combining the two media. Now I am about two thirds of the way through and when I have finished it, which may take a week, I will publish it on my Flamblog, (see side bar for link) where I will explain more of what I did. In the meantime here is Dombey the Donkey.

Another Week's Work

2007-08-19T21:36:00.000-07:00

Experimenting with white space on a couple of these. Need more practice at this!

Seaweed

Spiders and Snails

Grass, Leaves and Jars

A Week's Work

2007-08-11T18:53:00.000-07:00

Lampshades

Ping Pong

Haphazard

Flowers and Vase

JUST COLOR FUN

2007-08-02T20:41:00.000-07:00

Sunburst

Flower Ribbon

PUFFIN

2007-07-30T17:11:00.000-07:00

Puffins can be seen at Flamborough Head when they
are nesting, then they go out to sea for the rest of the
summer. We did manage to see a couple when we
were there in June, even though the weather was so
bad and we were lucky to see any at all. But they are such
cute and comical birds.

Experimenting a Little

2007-07-25T23:00:00.000-07:00

Carnival Colors

Green Shell

Red Diamond

A Little Bit Different

2007-07-21T22:47:00.000-07:00

Cheetah

Paisley

BACK AT LAST

2007-07-14T17:42:00.000-07:00

Been on vacation. Got my new scanner.
Ooh -- more expensive than I thought!
Been catching up on some school stuff
but here are three more and hope to
find time to do some more this coming
week.

Spring Rain

Humming Birds

Autumn Leaves

MORE ATC's

2007-05-12T00:26:00.000-07:00

This will have to be the last for a week or two as my scanner has gone on the blink. I think the bulb has gone and since we leave for three weeks in the UK pretty soon, I'm not sure I'll have time to get it fixed. But I'll be back for sure! In the mean time check out my other two blogs noted in side bar, because I can keep these going from my camera. The scanner will have to wait.

Drops of Gold

Lace

I'VE BEEN BUSY!

2007-05-04T23:51:00.000-07:00

Four more ATC's:

Japanese Mirrors

Blue Onion

The next two I posted on Flamblog by mistake,
so now they are in both places.

Wild English Primrose. My favorite wild flower,
along with the snowdrop, but don't think I can
draw snowdrops.

Harebells. They are on such fragile stems that
they really do bend over like this, especially in
the wind.

One More

2007-04-30T14:50:00.000-07:00

The Da Vinci Code ---
Flamboyant, with no Meaning!

APRIL ATC's

2007-04-28T23:36:00.000-07:00

Been a long time coming, but had to give my eyes a rest!

Restraint

Palm Branches

Beetles

Bamboo Leaves

2007-03-31T00:24:00.000-07:00

Lavender Light

Medallion

Birds and Butterflies

Prismera ATC's 2

2007-03-26T00:15:00.001-07:00

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Tacked..................................................Palm fronds and Sun Blinds

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Petals.................................................Trumpet

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Black Pearls and Pastels ..........................Curls and Rings

ATC's WITH PRISMERA COLORS

2007-03-24T23:52:00.000-07:00

I chose to make these ATC's using PRISMA
coloring pencils. I did that because they are
so simple to use. I love to paint and I could
have used various textiles and and papers,
but using Prismas means I can make these
while watching TV and there is really no set up
or mess.

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Tulip Time............................................ ....Wild Flowers

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Silver Jangles..........................................Simply Squares

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Palm Trees at Sunset..............................Primrose Daisy

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Simply Circles.......................................Natures Textures

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Green and Pink Ribbon....................................Spikes

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Green and Blue.....................................Orchid and Berries