Paintings Now by Ruth Housley

·        Fashion Lady – (March) oil medium, stretched canvas,  12x9

·        Majestic American Bald Eagle, (February) oil medium, gallery stretched canvas, 16x12

 

These are my two latest paintings and getting ready to start another one.  I am always looking to do new subjects that inspire me.

 

The painting of the lady I wanted to do because I have always liked long dresses and she has a hat for going in the sun.  It was fun doing this lady painting and wanted to practice more on my portrait/figuratice techniques that I learned several years ago.

 

The bald eagle is North American and noted for their size as a bird of prey, strength, powerful flight, and keenness of vision.

 

Isaiah 40:31 "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint."

I have been taking some photos of cardinals and blue jays that have been in our yard.    I like the blue jays because of the two colors of blue in their feathers as well as the black, white and gray.  The blue jays are a big, noisy bird and is one of the most colorful of the wild birds that have responded favorably to civilization and beome common in the shade trees of eastern towns.  The blue jay is essentially a woodland creature and is still most abundant in open oak and beech trees.  They are three quarters vegetarians, acorns, beechnuts and corn being its staple foods.   They make harsh calls, a trumpeting whistle, a scream like a red-shouldered hawk, a flicker like call, and a song of soft warbles and twitters. 

The cardinal  is the state bird of West Virginia.  The cardinal has a rich, powerful, and  is pleasantly musical.  The male cardinal is red but the  female is brown and has some patches of red and a very conspicuous red bill.  This bird is at home in any habitat that includes dense thickets and tangles near open areas --field edges, woodland borders, stream banks, open swamps, parks and residential districts.  The chief foods are wild seeds, and fruit and supplemented by a variety of insects.  The birds' fondness for sunflower, melon, and squash seeds will bring them to feeding stations and a steady supply will establish wanderers as local residents.   

I have finished another figurative painting and had fun doing this as I did the last one of an elegant lady.  I have been thinking about doing some portraits as well.  This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley. 

I want to practice my techniques of doing features of the face as well as hands in my figurative work..  I enjoy painting ladies with long dresses or long full skirts. 

I painted her dress green since this week is St. Patrick's Day.

Psalms 29:11
"The Lord will give strength unto this people; the Lord will bless his people with peace."

I had fun doing this lady painting. I have always liked long dresses and especially ball gowns. They even wore the long gowns in the civil war days.  This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley.

I wanted to practice my figurative/portrait techniques that I learned years ago. I will probably be doing another lady painting soon.

Psalms 29:11
"The Lord will give strength unto this people; the Lord will bless his people with peace."

I like to follow Connie Tom's blog and see all the beautiful, bright and luminous paintings that she completes.

I also like to follow Marsha Robinette's blog to see what interesting articles she writes as well as her pencil technique that she is so good at and loves to do.

I also like to follow Sharon Weaver's blog to see what she has on her easel or is finishing or preparing to do.  Also the Plein Air that she does with other friends.
I really like the Italy scenes that she did after she and her husband took a trip.

I also like Carol Zirkle's blog and website.  She has some beautiful sky scenes and she does them of the Montana skies.  They are so bright and beautiful.

I like these ladies blogs as well as their artwork.  So keep up the good work.