Monday, May 2, 2022

Happy Easter!

A Little Behind

It is still the 16th day of Easter as I type this ART-icle (haha) So I present you with 2022's painted egg. Here is the link to all the egg paintings I have done. Painted Eggs Link

I chose to do a Bob Ross painting this year. It's actually one of Ross's outdoor landscape scenes - (If you're not familiar with Bob Ross's paintings, all of his paintings are of landscapes - unless I'm mistaken?)


This year I started off with a white egg, not that I haven't any other year, but it was one from a carton, I didn't even look in the chicken coop in the backyard in the morning I just grabbed one from the egg carton in the fridge - now that I'm pondering on this a bit more I don't recall there is a chicken coop in the backyard.


Next I gave the egg a sky, a blue sky that is. No clouds...just sky!


And finally I gave the egg a stream, grass, and a few happy little trees.


I hope you like the final egg, but it is okay if you don't like it.

Happy Easter!


Thank you for reading and viewing this ART-icle!

More art on the way! (Woo-hoo!)





Saturday, February 5, 2022

It's here - a new painting?

 A rainy day? A highschool graduate?

The rain pounded on the grass and splashed against the patio. It soaked the tables that had been set up the night before - wait or were they set up a week ago? Could be, the graduate was early to everything. Whether it be a final exam or an optional something or other, she was there hours ahead of schedule wondering why everybody was late. Anywho the tables were soaked and the poster boards full of baby and child photographs we're hurriedly taken in side, "What are we going to do!" she screamed. It wasn't really a question, more of a scream for help disguised as a question.

"Inside." That's all she said. One word and she went off the walls - "Inside! But have you seen inside. It's chaos in there, floors are scattered with toys - it's a mess.

"It's our only choice!"

That was the end of question. The party was held inside and everybody had a great time, even the graduate.


That was how it started - maybe the events that played out and the diolouge that was exchanged was a bit different, but you get the just of it.

But there was one moment when a guest looked about the room and said, "Wow!" Her eyes were fixed upon the walls, jumping from one to the next in a manner of admiration - she was awestruck.

But I will tell you one thing, it wasn't the walls she was admiring, but rather something on the walls that drew her attention along with a few others around the room.

Yes, you guessed it - artwork, she loved the artwork on the walls, almost every wall had a piece of art strung upon it, or rather nailed upon it - no hung upon a nail. But one piece in particular drew her attention the most - my first oil painting I've ever done - the painting of Our Lady of Grace. And you can bet your bottom dollar that I painted her again.

Take that bottom dollar that you just bet and bet it again that below this paragraph the painting will be before your eyes once again, just as an identical one was there two years ago.

I'm beginning to feel like I'm writing a book - on a phone clicking the little letters on the little keyboard, so below you will find the painting and probably less letters than above this sentence. 






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And here's a side by side look



I hope you readers have enjoyed reading this post and viewing the artwork.

Have a nice Morning, Afternoon, Evening, or Night - whichever time you decided to read this- Farewell dear viewers.



- There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather - John Ruskin






Wednesday, January 12, 2022

A New Year and I forgot...

 Happy New Year Fellow Readers


The year of Twenty Twenty Two - Woo Hoo! Two Thousand and Twenty-Two! What are we going to do! There is a nice little rhyme to get started.

I've got a New Year's drawing for all the viewers - although I missed the first day - it's still going to be the New Year's Drawing since it's the first drawing of the year. (For instance - 2017 and 2019 were drawn in February and March) I actually was painting on January first! So I didn't miss the first day.

On with the drawing!

For those that don't know - I have a series of drawings I've done on the New Year called "New Year Sketch" - I started the series a while back and started posting them on this blog for quite some time - maybe even a whole year ago.

Link to the New Year Drawings Page - New Year Drawings

2022 Drawing - 


The waves are getting rougher, quick get to land! Wait were in Italy - get to a house before we capsize!


There you are! A building from Italy and a guy rowing a boat - May all who view row through the New Year!

What Have I Missed?



Yes It is, no was my Blogirthday on January 10th of this month - two days ago - this blog is now 2 years old! Congratulations for your continual showcasing of artwork and entertaining dialogue to go along with it blog of Esteban Barnes - Happy Blogirthday! Please join me in congratulating this blog dear viewers/readers!

Thank you for Viewing this Blog Today - Stay tuned - A Painting is on the Way!


"Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret or fear."

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis










Saturday, November 27, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving! But...

 Happy Thanksgiving Two days late. 

I wasn't late drawing this picture, just getting it uploaded to this blog, so I was actually only half late. I drew this a while back preparing for a Thanksgiving/fall post, but it's kind of already winter - maybe I'll do a winter themed piece next?

Anyway, here is the fall/Thanksgiving drawing. It is done with colored pencil and ink on paper - 11x17 paper.

A female and male turkey inked in surrounded by pumpkins

There's a little color. Ooh! Look at that moose!

Those feathers are gorgeous! Tasty!

Gobble! Gobble! Nice pumpkin stem.

Beautiful antlers.

There's the whole picture.


Zoom in on those turkeys!

A moose fully colored.



The final product! Hope you like this drawing of this Thanksgiving themed picture. Comment below your favorite fall activity. Come on let's get a discussion going now! You can even discuss a completely different topic if you'd like just get your opinion in the comment section below - make your voice heard!

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