Man in the Mirror

Another painting done a while back in Rexburg. My wife helped me name this painting man in the mirror, although she doesn't remember that.

Painting of a Street

Well I wish I had something clever to say for a reason why I haven't posted in a long time like I was fishing off the coast of Madagascar but I don't. So I will just continue as if it never happened. This was a painting I did at BYUI. One of the hardest things to learn in painting for me is color.

Chair

A nice little still life I painted awhile back. In Idaho it was great to be inspired by others.

Pipes

This Painting was done the semester before my last so pretty much awhile ago but I like it so I thought I would post it. The painting was done in an independent class where I could experiment with modern painting styles and techniques. I think I learned a lot about painting in that class thank to the help of Carla Jimison. I also have about five more of this 3'x4' paintings that I might post in the near future so I hope you enjoy them.

Abstract Seascape

A friend of ours commissioned a painting done by me and the nice thing was I got to paint what ever I wanted. I also knew they would like a seascape with a ship. I couldn't bring myself to put the ship in the painting. So this was there finished painting.

Still Life

A painting in a day was the idea. I went to the store picked up an 8 x 10 canvas and had a little fun. I am at the moment toying with the idea of doing a painting a day and selling them for a month but haven't committed just yet. So if those of you that frequent my blog think that would be something interesting to see then leave me a comment below.

Just as a side note most everything you see here on this blog is for sale.

Phyllis

This was a picture I painted of my Grandmother over the Christmas break. I used an old black and white photo reference to paint the picture. The paint was still wet when I took the picture so there is a lot of shine in the photo.

Sketch

This afternoon I felt like making a sketch. It turned out to be a skull which are awesome! Then I water colored it and scanned it in to the computer. After that started making changes in photoshop, making it dark and grungy. It really seemed a lot easier after trying it this way.

Painting Experiment

So the other day Allen and I decided to do some landscape paintings. As Allen calls it The C.Moulton Experiment. I have done little paintoff's before with Nick Bontorno and atempted one with Carla Jimison but never got around to finishing that one. To see both painting check out Allen's blog post.

Independent Study Painting

This was a painting done for an independent study class this last semester. The project was to create 6 large scale paintings. Size being around 3 feet by 4 feet or larger. I made all the canvases out of masonite board.

Quick Head Drawing

This was a ball point pen drawing of a young man at church. Later on I had been given some watercolors and decide to give them a try and it was a lot of fun.

Oil Painting Class Projects Cont.

These are the last of the oil painting projects. These are the paintings where we are to use everything we have learn in the class to make great paintings. The multiple fruit still life was our final for the class.

Oil Painting Class Projects Cont.

Here are a few more paintings that were done for my intro oil painting class. The projects were ( from top to bottom) based on value, warm vs. cool light and intensity.

Oil Painting Class Projects

Painting #1

Painting #2

Painting #3

During this last semester I took an intro oil painting class. At first I was quite annoyed by how the class was being taught but by the end I really liked it. I think the reason I was having a hard time was because even though it is a four year school they still seem to treat it like a two year school, in the upper level classes you still get crammed with the fundamentals. Luckily in this class we were able to move past some of those things enough for me to enjoy painting. I think now I have a better opinion of still life's.

Road of Light

The painting I did for my sisters Christmas present. It was my first time doing a landscape painting and I really enjoyed it. The painting was done in acrylic paint over a long period of time seeing as how I broke my wrist just after starting it.

Dixie

This was a painting that I did in one of my first semesters at Delta College. The project was to create a cubist painting. It is of a my dog Dixie being walked.