Painting of Car

Here is my second painting from class this term. It's from a photo of an old car on a street. I had a very hard time with the trees and the shadows! I started out on a 16" x 20" canvas, then switched to 11" x 14", which worked better. Now I'm on to the next one. This is week 8 of the term, so I only have 3 weeks left to finish something.

Winos, Dingbats & Riff Raff

This was my last painting from Winter term. I used a photo from The Oregonian newspaper and tweaked it a bit. It's 18" x 24" in acrylic.

I ended up darkening the lettering on the building front after I took this photo of the painting, but otherwise it looks the same. This place is called the Historic Barge Inn Tavern located in Newport, Oregon, an Oregon coastal town.

This website has a nice article on Newport and this tavern: http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2009/01/newports_piece_of_the_authenti.html

I haven't actually been to the Barge Inn, but I intend to go....one of these days.