'The Weight of the World' An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

 

'The Weight of the World'

© Claire Beadon Carnell

Oil on Stretched Canvas

20 x 10
 

I noticed this Civil War re-enactor when I was
attending Army Heritage Days at the
Army Heritage Museum in Carlisle, PA
this summer.  He looked like he had so much
on his mind, and it made me think of what
an incredible responsibility it would have to be
 for any officer that must prepare to send their
soldiers into battle, and often death.
 

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

VALUE STUDY OF MADELINE An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

Black and White Value Study
'Madeline'
Oil on Panel
8 x 6

Working on a painting of my granddaughter,

Madeline, and have started the process 

with this value study of her looking down. 

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

SUPERSTAR An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge Day Thirty

'Superstar'
Leslie Saeta's Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge
Day Thirty
Oil on Panel
6 x 6
NFS

It's hard to believe this is the last day of the challenge.
I had all kinds of ideas for my last painting, and had
planned to paint from life as I had done with the previous
twenty nine paintings...but I was up in the studio and
found a black and white photo of my ten year old
grandson when he was a baby - looking like a superstar.

This has been a terrific challenge, and I have learned a lot.
Julie Oliver, one of the participating artist asked me if I
had met the goals I had set for myself at the beginning.
I definitely pushed myself to paint with more paint,
and have worked hard to be looser.  However, I have
also realized that I have to paint like myself.
Even when I am painting my last painting, there will
always be something new to learn - which is one of the
reasons I love painting so much!

All of my paintings for this Challenge will be done in a 6 x 6 format,
and my main goal while painting from life
is to LOOSEN UP and USE MORE PAINT...
something which will only benefit my work.

If you would like to join this Challenge, or just follow the
work of the participating artists, just visit her blog:

Slices of Life by Leslie Saeta

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

SUN-KISSED

'Sun-Kissed'

Oil 12 x 16

NFS

This is one of two paintings I plan to enter into

The Carlisle Arts Learning Center's

Lemon Show.

We were in North Carolina visiting my cousins

along the Southern Outer Banks when I took some

photographs of my little grandaughter as she was

sitting in the sunlight pulling books out of a

basket. I knew that someday I would have to

paint that sweet baby skin, even knowing that

in about 10 years she will probably be annoyed

with her artist Grandma...but she'll get over it.

This is probably the only time this painting will

ever be out in public...it is going to be a 30th

birthday present for the wonderful man who

is married to my wonderful daughter. :)

If you would like to see more of my work,

please check out my website. Thanks!

DSFDF Annual Portrait Challenge 2009 Final

'Petra Lange'
DSFDF Annual Portrait Challenge 2009
Oil 8 X 8

I am so glad that I participated in this challenge. I
was worried about the time factor considering what time
of year it is, but it was so nice to have something like
this to pull me away from all of the holiday hustle
and bustle.

If you would like to see more of my work, please
feel free to go to my web

DSFDF Annual Portrait Challenge 2009

I have just started working on my DSFDF Portrait Challenge. We got our pictures last week, and although we are not told who our subjects are, I am almost certain I
know who I am painting :) This is the first time I have participated in the portrait challenge, and I am already having a blast!

Here's my first stage. I cropped my photo, then drew a grid on my canvas before starting to draw the face in. I loved the eyes in the photograph, and really want them to be accentuated in the actual painting.

What fun!!!

Portrait of Jenna 9 X 12 Oil on linenAlmost done!

I think I am almost finished with my portrait of Jenna for the Wet Canvas Portrait Swap. We are working from photographs, so I really checked some measurement and did some refinements and feel that I have gotten a better likeness of her. Will put this out of sight until the middle of next week, then I will give it another look to see what else needs to be done. This has really been a great learning experience, and also a lot of fun!