Showing posts with label pet portrait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pet portrait. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Texas Sauce Art Studio Etsy Shop Close Out Sale 50% Off



50% Off Close Out Sale
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Sale good through August 31, 2015


I have decided to close my Etsy gallery shop and put the Etsy shop maintenance time to better use painting. Through August 31, all items can be had for 50% off list price. Any items remaining at the end of August will be removed from inventory and the shop will be closed. Thanks for your support through the years.

Use coupon code THANKYOU50 for 50% off all purchases at www.TXsauceStudio.etsy.com/

Coupon is good through August 31, 2015.


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As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.  V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas™. 
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The Boxer, a Clown of a Dog, 6x6 inches. Final.

The finished painting ….

SOLD
"Christmas with Noah" aka
The Boxer Clown, mixed media

watercolor, colored pencil and ink pen on paper, 6x6 inches
copyright Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2014
Thanks to Leisha Stinchcombe for permission to paint from her photograph. 
Sale proceeds from this painting will benefit Lone Star Boxer Rescue in Texas.

I'm happy with it, the painting that is. A good thing about painting ownerless dogs is that I can paint freely with only myself to please. I can experiment with new techniques. Yes, I'm happy with this one. 

The dog in the painting is Noah. I mentioned in a prior post that my dog Thor is a Boxer. Thor perfectly defines clown with his antics. Always I am amazed at how high he can bounce. Jump, yes, but the word bounce creates a perfect word picture for his exuberance. He is such a happy go lucky boy. More about Thor boy later. 


Use wisely what you have been given and you will be given more.  MATTHEW 25:29

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings. 
V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas™. 

View my Texas Impressionist Oil Paintings
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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Christmas with Noah, The Boxer Clown

Clown of the dog world … the Boxer … a work in progress … image 2


Reserved. Sale Pending. 
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"Christmas with Noah"
The Boxer Clown, mixed media work-in-progress #2

watercolor, colored pencil and ink pen on paper, 6x6 inches
copyright Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2014
Sale proceeds from this painting will benefit Lone Star Boxer Rescue in Texas.


With one more pass of color on this piece, I will call this painting done. My friend Leisha granted permission to paint from her photograph of Noah. Leisha is also a friend of Lone Star Boxer Rescue and does much to help Boxers without owners. 


Use wisely what you have been given and you will be given more.  MATTHEW 25:29

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings. 
V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas™. 

View my Texas Impressionist Oil Paintings
Subscribe to my blog letter in the top sidebar at Texas Sauce Art Life, or contact me here. I do not share your email address.

Friday, January 3, 2014

Clown of the Dog World, the Boxer

Clown of the dog world … the Boxer … a work in progress … image 1


Contact Vernita here to reserve this new painting. 
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The Boxer Clown, mixed media work-in-progress
watercolor, colored pencil and ink pen on paper, 6x6 inches
copyright Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2014
Sale proceeds from this painting will benefit Lone Star Boxer Rescue in Texas.

Clown of the dog world, the Boxer makes a friendly, loving pet … unless something goes terribly wrong. 

My dog is a boxer. Boxers are known as the happy, friendly, bouncy breed and make great pets unless all the circumstances go wrong as they did in a tragic situation last week in Arizona. A man was killed and his wife seriously injured as they tried to break up a fight involving their six dogs. Their cocker spaniel started a fight with the boxer. The other four dogs, including what is described as a "Shepherd

Saturday, June 8, 2013

SOS, Saturday of Shipments


I love sitting outside early mornings listening to birdsong. The little mockingbird must have found his wings. We never saw him again. Even with a background of tires rolling on pavement and the occasional too loud revving of an automobile engine in the 20 mph zone outside the fence, the birdsong chorus overpowers with a morning melody. 








Today I will ship two paintings (Ernie Dal and the fawn) to one person, a new collector. Then I will get back into my oil paints to finish the spots on Daisy Dal who has been waiting in the wings for too long.





The air is dry and cool this morning, cool for a Texas summer that hasn't yet officially begun, a good day for painting. I love Saturday! All I need is a fairy godmother to clean the house... A girl can wish.


As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.
V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas. 

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Zeke Boxer Finis

13039. Sold with a donation to Lone Star Boxer Rescue in Harris County, Texas.
Zeke Boxer • copyright Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2013
watercolor wash and ink line on Arches 140 lb. hp paper
6x8 inches
Click on image to view enlarged detail.
Painted in 15 minute segments of found time started Friday evening and finished late Monday evening.
I am loving working on the Arches hot press paper. This scanned image shows more true color than the digital image shown in the previous work in progress.

boxer, dog, illustration, pet portrait, watercolor and ink, wash and line, realism, MaimeriBlu watercolor paints, Golden Lake, Cobalt Blue, Cad Red, Cad Orange, Permanent Red Light, artist Vernita Bridges Hoyt

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.
V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas. 

P.S. I listed a new Penny Auction today. Find the link in the top right side bar at the blog.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Down-Stay, Thor Boxer Dog Sketch

Thor the Boxer-boy makes a good sketchbook model. He doesn't stay still for very long, so I must work quickly. I am always amazed at how the addition of color brings a sketch to life.

Boxer Pup "DOWN-STAY" • 5 x 8.5 inches
sketchbook art in line and wash
ink and watercolor

Contact me for availability.

Ink line sketch prior to addition of watercolor


As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.
V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas. 

Monday, March 18, 2013

Just a Little Nugget, Boxer Puppy Portrait

Sold
JUST A LITTLE NUGGET
pastel on black-toned Mi Tientes paper
6x8 inches
artist Vernita Bridges Hoyt

This is a painting of Boxer Nugget from the previous post, but Nugget is a very young puppy in this pastel painting. You can see my conceptual sketch of puppy Nugget (aka Gus) here. 100% of proceeds from this painting go to Legacy Boxer Rescue in the Dallas - Fort Worth area of Texas.

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.
V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas. 

Friday, March 15, 2013

Nugget, a Pastel Pet Portrait

SOLD
NUGGET, All Grown Up
Boxer pet portrait
pastel on Mi Tientes paper
8x10 inches
artist Vernita Bridges Hoyt
You have probably figured out by now that I am on a mission to paint commissioned pet portraits to help Boxer rescue organizations. The two I typically try to help are both in Texas: Lone Star Boxer Rescue in the Houston area, and Legacy Boxer Rescue in the Dallas area. If a person wants the donation to go to a different organization, I am happy to send it as long as the rescue group is a registered 501(c)3 charity organization. I donate 25% - 100% of the sale price (less shipping fees) to the charity depending on the size of the painting. 

I am posting some images below of the painting of Nugget to show you the progression of the pastel painting.

Step 1: Line drawing and first pastel strokes

Step 2: All local color applied over drawing


Step 3: Detail developed as more pigment was added



Step 4: Eyes completed


Step 5: Painting sprayed with pastel fixative which darkens colors

Final Step 6: Color refreshed by adding highlights of pastel pigment
This painting was shipped to the owner after adding those final color highlights of pastel.
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As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.
V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas. 

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Yorkie Dog Portrait

"Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it." —Robert Motherwell.


Click image to enlarge.

I have painted homeless dogs and I have painted upscale dogs. Last week I was commissioned to design two tote bags with a Yorkie on them—my first Yorkie ever.

My client wanted only totes—so the original painting is in my inventory. This small work is waiting for somebody somewhere who will be reminded of their Yorkie and give this painting a home.

  • Yorkie jr.  © Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2011
  • mixed dry media on Arches 140# cp paper
  • 10x8 inches
  • artist@vbridgeshoyt.com
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... and then there were totes.

ART. My newest tote bag design ... "Yorkie jr" personalized for the granddaughters of my collector. She is giving them as back-to-school gifts and really liked the way the Yorkie sits on the name. I can very easily personalize the Yorkie design with a different name. You won't find these at Zazzle or Cafe Press or anywhere but here. Email me for more information on the totes—txsauce@txsauce.net

When we look around us, we find art everywhere. Art is on labels of products, in our TV ads, on t-shirts and other clothing items, on all our greeting cards (which are a huge market), on the covers of books, on the pages of children's books, etc.—not to mention hanging on our walls and in our museums. Robert Motherwell was right when he said, "what a poor life without [art]."

Find yourself an artist to follow. There are many of us. I hope your artist will be me.

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