Gloria 1 Portrait
Visual Art GiftsVisual Art GiftsThis portrait is of Gloria, Gerardo and Jonathan’s mom. It is from a photo I took a few months ago. I needed a break after doing the first few portraits.   Although she’s probably in her mid-fifties I think she looks more like 35-40 from my post processing.  I only went through my usual remove sun [...]Visit: http://visualartgifts.com Gloria 1 Portrait

Ice Cream Cone – Second Oil Painting
Visual Art GiftsVisual Art GiftsI was watching some of the videos in the Learn and Master painting course where Gayle was showing how to make different brush strokes and I was trying them and then I felt inspired to improvise and I wanted to paint a cone and well a cone by its self is a little too abstract [...]Visit: http://visualartgifts.com Ice Cream Cone – Second Oil Painting

Pink Centered Carnations 1 & 2 Ethereal Radiance and Contemplation
Visual Art GiftsVisual Art GiftsCarnations are my favorite cut flower since they are not common in gardens yet very cheap cut. They also keep nice for about 3 days.  They also come in quite a few different color combinations.  Roses are also easy to buy as cut flowers, but cut-roses seem to be inferior in quality compared to those [...]Visit: http://visualartgifts.com Pink Centered Carnations 1 & 2 Ethereal Radiance and Contemplation

Winter Pine Tree – Acrylic Painting
Visual Art GiftsVisual Art GiftsThis was my second attempt at painting with acrylic paints and my first 6×8 (inches) with acrylic paint. It was done in layers over three days. I guess I spent about 3-4 hours on it. I imagine someone with experience could have done it much faster. Winter Pine Tree – Acrylic Painting by Christopher Johnson On the [...]Visit: http://visualartgifts.com Winter Pine Tree – Acrylic Painting

First Oil Painting
Visual Art GiftsVisual Art GiftsAbout a week ago, I first tried acrylic painting with a small bookmark.  As I expected, I really didn’t like how the paint was dry in only about 3 minutes so I had no time to mix and blend.  A day or two later,  I spent a while (at least a half an hour) starting [...]Visit: http://visualartgifts.com First Oil Painting