Chinese Dragon

I had to do some research on this painting. I wanted to make this dragon as acurrate as I could to what a Chinese dragon is suppose to look like. The dragons are said to be made up of many different types of animals of the Earth. Head: Camel, Scales: Carp (fish) 117 scales total - 81 infused with yang, the good, and 36 infused with yin the bad. This evens out the dragons temper and personality. I didn't put the scales on the dragon I was afraid of ruining it. So I guess this dragon is going to be unbalanced. Here is the rest of the Earth animals Horns: Giant Stag (deer), Eyes: hare (rabbit), Ears: Bull, Neck: Snake, Belly: Clam, Paws: Tigers, and Claws: Eagle. I grabed references of these animals to come up with my Chinese dragon. The symbol at the top left corner means dragon in Chinese.

I would also like to share pictures of my art room and the new easel I got for Christmas. This is the first painting I got to paint on this easel. Yes, I know this room is a mess. It's the spare room in my house and It's also the junk room of the house.
SOLD!

Koi Fish

Sorry it took so long to get this painting done but, with the holidays it was hard for me to find time.
8x10 oils on canvas. SOLD!

Canoe

This painting has a sepia tone background and the canoe in full color to really make it pop.
8x10 oils on canvas.

Sweet Dreams

I finally did it! I painted my first portrait and I'm pleased on how it turned out. I had some problems at first with the nose but the final result turned out just the way I wanted it to. The nose is the hardest thing for me to paint on a person. Just trying to get the shading just right and the shape so that it ends up looking like the person you are trying to paint is the hardest part.
This painting is not for sale.
8x10 oils on canvas.

Field of Flowers

This painting was done with using just the palette knife. I've done other paintings in the past and I love the texture and the dramatic results you get when using the knife.
8x10 Oils on canvas.

Interior

This painting I chose to use an impressionist style of painting. I had alot of fun with this painting. I'm so use to trying to make things more realistic. The canvas is also painted on the sides so it doesn't have to be framed.

8x10 oil on canvas.

Butterfly

I won't have anytime this weekend to paint. I'm heading down to Pittsburgh for the weekend to visit with my sister. We're taking our kids to the zoo and to the Carnegie museum. I'm hoping to get some more inspiration for my next painting.
10x10 oils on canvas.