'Springtime Walk' - Figurative Oil Painting by Amanda Russian

'Springtime Walk'

Oil on canvas

36 x 26cm

'Seaside Culture' - Figurative Oil Painting by Amanda Russian

I finally finished 'Seaside Culture' (previously titled 'Beach Life').  I have done many changes since my first 'work in progress' posting of this piece.  Deleted a few figures, as well as deleting the sand castle and buckets in the foreground.  I felt, in the end the painting worked better without these items....or maybe it's because it's been sitting in my studio for so long now, I just wanted it finished....sick of looking at it!  It was such a large painting with so many figures....I'm looking forward to starting something new...something on a smaller canvas.

'Seaside Culture'

Oil on stretched canvas

122 x 91cm

I'm going to enter this artwork into the Moreton Bay Region Art Awards....'fingers crossed' I get in.

'Little Girls on the Beach' - Figurative Oil Painting by Amanda Russian

'Little Girls on the Beach'

Oil on canvas board - 25 x 20cm

A small, fun little painting...I enjoyed painting this one.

'Beach Life' - Work in Progress

I'm reasonably happy with the way this artwork is progressing.  I have done a few changes from my first posting of this work....firstly - the lady with the toddler - I have brought forward...I felt her size just didn't seem right in the distance...secondly - I decided to delete the fellow with the red shirt that was in front of the 3 girls on the right side of the painting. 

I feel it's starting to work now....I think - 'well I hope' - first you notice the 3 girls on the right, then your 'eye' is drawn through the painting to the swimmers in the distance.  Well..at least that's what I'm trying to achieve.

The size of this painting is 122 x 91cm

'Glasshouse Mountains' - Landscape Oil Painting

Well, I've finally been able to paint!  Now the kids are back at school, it's time to get back into my 'groove' again, and get some work done. 

I decided to start off with a small landscape of the 'Glasshouse Mountains'.  Thought it would be a nice little one to get me started. 

'Under-painting'

Finished artwork - 'Glasshouse Mountains'

Oil on stretched canvas

30 x 25cm