Norma Wilson Original Oil Charloais Dairy Cow Cattle Farm Animal Painting Art

Charolais on Red

© Norma Wilson, original oil on canvas 6" by 6"



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It's been awhile since I painted a white cow on red. It is pretty striking. Still having fun on eBay listing some of my older pieces and new small ones as well. I am growing a following on there and it is exciting to see which subjects draw the most attention. I love the immediacy of response and the excitement of the bidding. Go ahead and check it out! I'd love your feedback on some subjects you'd like to see me paint!

Starlit Bovine by Norma Wilson

Starlit Bovine

24" by 24"

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Week one of my my class, Working In A Series with artist Lisa Call.  To begin this piece, I first did an underpainting of random acrylic colors.

Then I did a loose quick drawing using white paint.  And in the next phase began finding all the dark values.  I used a mixture of sap green and alizarin crimson for the background.  I left some of the acrylic to show through in places which added interest.

At this point, I usually forget to continue taking pictures because I get really into it!  I start to work the midtones and some of the lights to develop the sense of light that I love to capture.  

I am loving how much I am learning in this class and look forward to sharing more paintings in my series.  Hope you have a great weekend!

Thirty Paintings In Thirty Days! - Day Twenty Eight

Cora Bell

6" by 6" original oil on panel

150.

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I am loving the strong contrasts of light!

Thirty Paintings In Thirty Days- Day One

Sophie

12" by 12" original oil on canvas

425.

SOLD

Happy New Year!  I am very excited to start off the New Year by participating in another 30 paintings in 30 Days challenge!  I love how it motivates me to get in my studio and get creative!  I hope you will follow along with me and see what each new day will bring.  Today's post is one of my favorite subjects to paint and she is a beauty who lives across the world in Valentia, Ireland.  She has a lot of character in her face and was a joy to paint!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Irish Bovine Beauty

Irish Bovine Beauty

8" by 8" original oil on panel

225.

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Hope your holidays are going well.  I have been pretty busy with teaching and a few commissions but plan to post a few more in the coming days to be available for Christmas.  I am also offering gift certificates in any amount that can be mailed out to you.  They can be used to purchase paintings as well as art classes for you or a loved one.  I teach oil at The Art Studio in Virginia Beach near Towne Center and also private lessons in my home studio.  Group classes are held on Tuesdays from 10 to 1 and Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9.  Please let me know if you have any questions by emailing me at normasfineart@gmail.com.

Thirty Paintings In Thirty Days #26

Cow From Dingle

SOLD

10" by 10" original oil on canvas

Such a pretty cow from a beautiful place in Ireland!  

Norma Wilson Original Oil Kerry Cow Farm Animal Painting Art

Kerry Cow Bathed In Light

10" by 10" original oil on canvas

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I had so much fun painting this pretty gal all awash in the sunny Irish landscape!

Norma Wilson Original Oil Charlois Dairy Cow Bovine Farm Animal Painting Art

Kerry Cow In Repose

10" by 10" original oil on canvas 

with painted 3/4 inch sides.

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My friend, Barbara, who lives part of the year, send me a photo of one of her neighbor's cows.  She knows how I love to paint them and especially love these beautiful big white beauties.  

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and Happy Mother's Day!

Splendor In The Grass

 Splendor In The Grass  SOLD

5" by 7" original oil on wrap around canvas with sides painted.

• This cow just struck me as not having a care in the world. I enjoyed painting a cow in relaxed post for a change.  I did her in two stages, blocking in the main shapes and background and today going in and adding the texture and details.  I enjoy working this way sometimes rather than finishing it all in one sitting.  Some larger pieces like an Irish cottage scene that I am going on commission, I spend quite a bit of time and in many sessions to slowly develop the details.
• Thank you to a reader named Jerry whose suggestion for yesterday's shrimp boat painting was drawn out of all that were sent in to me.  I appreciate all the help from all of you!
• Sometimes I get stumped about what to paint next, so if anyone, has an idea for me about an animal, bird, flower, place, for me to paint....please send me your idea.  If you have a photograph...that is even better.  The group Artists Helping Artists run by Leslie Saeta, and Dreama Tolle Perry have give us artists a challenge of something to paint and post on September 1st that has something to do with the month of September...any ideas on that one?  
• Hope you have a fabulous Sunday!  Keep smiling and thank you for checking in with me!! 

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Norma Wilson Original Oil Black and White Irish Cow

Today's post is a striking cow portrait that is 20 by 20 on gallery wrap canvas with sides painted so there is no need to frame. It is currently on auction in my eBay store. Today was a busy day in the studio with shipping paintingl, working on marketing with new links and e-mails to clinet...very productive but it is now after midnight and it is time to call it a day! Hope your day was a good one... Nite Click to Bid!

Norma's Original Oil White Irish Cow Art

Today was a crazy anxiety ridden day filled with many interruptions, bored teenagers, a comedy of errors with boxes trying to ship a painting which took MOST of the day and a house turned upside down! Once I got to my easel....it all kind of came clear again....exactly WHY I do all of this. Pure joy! Tomorrow I will try harder to BREATHE! It's about the journey, right?? Hope you are all surviving the heat and enjoying the journey... Today's piece is a 12 by 12 on wrap around canvas and is on auction on eBay!Click to Bid!

Cow on Blue Background

Today's post is a 12 by 12 original oil on blue acrylic background. I have sold quite a few of these cows done on a solid blue acrylic background. The cow is done in a very thick painterly oil and makes for a nice contrast. It is on wrap around canvas with sides painted so framing is optional. It is currently on auction on eBay. I am excited to have my cousin Pauline visiting from Ireland. We just had dinner together along with my sister who brought her down from Massachussets where she lives. We are headed to the beach tomorrow after I spend the morning shipping paintings and working on a couple of pieces in my studio. I have a large floral which is a close up of pansies and another of gladiolas that will probably be on the agenda. It has been fun seeing so many paintings on the daily painters site. Our challenge for June has been very inspirational and we also have some new painters who have joined us. Hope you have a great day.

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