Amber Cover original & modified

Here are two versions of one painting. The original, and a version that was photographed and modified in Gimp, a photoshop type program.  I used a detail of the original painting with the black outlines for the cover of my novel, A Summer in Amber, and used the full version, shown below for a chapter heading illustration. The black outlines adds a great deal to the painting. The original is very plain, but knowing that I'd be modifying it, I didn't care.

12x24" 30x60cm acrylic on board original version

the chapter art version

The cover used the same "cartoon" option that put in the black lines, but used a much higher resolution photo to do so, so the lines were finer than in this low resolution version.

Painting of the week

This week's painting

18x24" 45x60 cm Midnight on the Moor

Used a regular old house painting brush and it shows.

New Paintings 2

I've been painting at least one new painting a week these days. I seem to have fallen behind in posting them, so here's the ones I've done since my last post. All are acrylic on hardboard.

Winter Shadows 18x24" 45x60cm

Sledding in the Alley Study 18x24" 45x60cm

Winter Brook Study 6x8" 15x20cm

Winter Study 6x8" 15x20cm

Winter Alley Study 6x8" 15x20cm

Winter in the Lane Study 6x8" 15x20cm

A Nocturne on a Street Corner 18x24" 45x60cm