Painting Archives - Page 4 of 41 - Ashley Hackshaw / Lil Blue Boo

Flowers in a Jar Painting Time-lapse

August 31, 2021 by Ashley Hackshaw

The remnants of Hurricane Ida were coming through today so I spent all day in my studio and finally got my time lapse set up for the first time in a while:

I was painting from a photo of a floral arrangement I saw in a magazine (but I’ll have to post it later because I left it at the studio). The finished painting:

Here is the time-lapse:

Just a quick note about my iPad holder…I used my Arkon mount which came with an attachment that I just screwed straight to the wall. It makes it super easy to record time lapses. (Also, I am much quicker at posting time lapses to my Tiktok account if you happen to be on Tiktok!)

Hope everyone is okay after the Hurricane. We have had a bunch of flooding here in the mountains but Bryson City has faired pretty well thank goodness.

New Pet Portraits – With a Floral Style Background

March 25, 2021 by Ashley Hackshaw

These new pet portraits have to be my favorites right now. The customer asked for bright floral backgrounds to go against a light aqua wall and this is what I came up with:

This is Katie:

I love her aging whiskers:

This is Mya:

I love her big droopy eyes and big droopy jowls:

And this is Charlie

What a little mop he is! He reminds me of our Cricket:

All three finishes portraits in one place:

I recorded a time lapse of the whole painting process here:

Here are some other portraits I painted in the last year:

28 February Flowers Paintings for 2021 – Week Four

March 8, 2021 by Ashley Hackshaw

I finally finished up the final week of February Flowers at the end of February. I really liked have a prompt every day but I am also a little relieved to have free reign again. I might end up doing another prompt or challenge in April.

Day 22: Abundant

Day 23: Starts with an R

For this painting I started with a textured surface created using Liquitex Modeling Paste Medium. The medium is applied liberally with a palette knife to cover the canvas and allowed to dry for about 24 hours before painting.

Day 24: Pastel

Day 25: Frame

I used a second hand frame fore this piece and glued a wood panel surface into it before painting.

Day 26: Pastel

Day 27: Park

Day 28: Garden

This painting is my own reproduction of Van Gogh’s “Garden at Arles.”

Below is the original version painted by Van Gogh in 1888.

“This painting has a very decorative feel, and shows Van Gogh experimenting with the Pointillist theories of his friend Signac and of Seurat. He has used small, short brushstrokes, loaded with pure and brilliant colour in a very controlled manner.” –VincentVanGogh.org

Thanks so much for following along with this challenge. I hope some of you were inspired to make your own versions of each prompt!