Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, Baseball parks, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Kansas City Royals, Kauffman Stadium, Major League Baseball, MLB, Virginia Artist on August 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City Royals
Number 19 in the series of 30 is Kauffman Stadium – home of the Kansas City Royals. The stadium is known for having the largest privately funded fountain in the world, a 322 foot fountain and waterfall on display before and after the game and in-between innings.
All the paintings in this series are acrylic on canvas measuring 18″x24″.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged Busch Stadium, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, MLB Stadiums, Painted Diamonds, St. Louis Cardinals, Virginia Artist on August 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Busch Stadium
St. Louis Cardinals
The 18th ball field in the series is Busch Stadium – home of the St. Louis Cardinals. The stadium is very open and offers a great view of the famous Arch.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, MLB, O co. Coliseum, Oakland, Oakland A's, Virginia Artist on July 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
O co. Coliseum
Oakland Athletics
The 17th in the series of 30 MLB Fields is the home of the Oakland Athletics – O co. Coliseum. The unusual 6 floor seating area in the outfield was built to satisfy Al Davis, the Oakland Raiders owner, to provide more seating and lure the football team back from L.A.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Major League Baseball, MLB, Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Field, Virginia Artist on July 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Tropicana Field
Tampa Bay Rays
Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is the 16th ball park in the series of 30. More than half way now. Woo Hoo! This field is another of the domed fields. I don’t find them as interesting to paint as the open air fields.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, MLB, MLB Ballparks, Petco Park, San Diego, San Diego Padres, Virginia Artist on July 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Petco Park
San Diego Padres
The 15th painting in the “Painted Diamonds” series is Petco Park, home to the San Diego Padres.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Chicago White Sox, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, U S Cellular Field, Virginia Artist, White Sox on July 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »
U. S. Cellular Field
Chicago White Sox
U. S. Cellular Field is the home of the Chicago White Sox. It is number 14 in the series of 30 that I am painting and the only field painted as a night scene. This field is distinguished by the “exploding scoreboard” that shoots off fireworks after a home run or a win and it is topped by spinning pinwheels.
Posted in daily painter, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, daily painter, daily painting, Houston Astros, impressionism, Landscape, Minute Maid Park, MLB on June 15, 2013| 1 Comment »
Minute Maid Park
Houston Astros
Completed Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros. This is the second domed field in the series that I’ve painted. To see all the paintings that are done so far in the Painted Diamonds series click here.
Posted in Art Class, daily painter, Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Allen Montague Fine Non-toxic Acrylics, art lessons, Atelier Interactive Artists' Acrylic, daily painter, Fundamentals Artist Acrylic, Master's Touch Acrylic, SoHo Urban Acrylic, Virginia Artist, Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylic on June 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Acrylic Paints
I am using acrylic paints for the baseball parks that I am doing for the Kickstarter project. I chose acrylic for a couple of reasons. First, they dry quickly which makes it easier to put in the details I need in the background scenery. And second, because acrylic dries quicker than oils I can store these paintings as I work on them. Thirty 18″ x 24″ canvas are not easy to store so being able to stack them really helps. 🙂
As you can see from the photo there is quite a few different brands. As I tell my students in art class, every painter has to explore different brands and colors and find their own favorites. These are some of mine. Here are the acrylics I am using:
Winsor & Newton Artists’ Acrylic: Graphite Grey, Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Buff Titanium, Naphthol Red Medium, Permanent Sap Green
Master’s Touch Acrylic: Pale Blue, Warm Grey, Flesh Yellow
Atelier Interactive Artists’ Acrylic: French Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber
Fundamentals Artist Acrylic: Azo Red Deep, Red Ochre, Crimson
SoHo Urban Acrylic: Burnt Sienna
Allen Montague Fine Non-toxic Acrylics: St. Johns Blue
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, baseball, Citi Field, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, MLB, New York Mets, Orange Foul poles, Virginia Artist on June 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Cit Field
New York Mets
Just completed number 11 in the series of 30: Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. One of the most unusual things about Citi Field is that it is the only MLB park with orange foul poles instead of yellow.
Posted in Kickstarter-Painted Diamonds, tagged acrylic, Arizona Diamondbacks, daily painter, daily painting, MLB, Virginia Artist on June 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Chase Field
Arizona Diamondbacks
Just finished Chase Field – Home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. It’s the first domed field that I’ve painted. It was a very different experience than the others. There are 5 more domed fields to paint.
Because of the hot weather in Arizona, Chase is completely air-conditioned. Wow!
This is the 10th painting in the series. Just 20 more to go! 🙂
The Studio 