Carving Highlights

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Shown in the photo I am carving highlights into the painting on wood.
I use acrylic paints on a an 8.6 x 16.5 inch piece of wood.

To see more of my paintings, please visit my website.

Wood Art

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Photos of more carved wood art paintings I am working on.
I carve highlights into the wood to give the painting a
different look and feel to the art.
These two paintings still have a ways to go before they
are finished. I paint, carve, paint, carve, adding more paint
and carving out bits of lines and other details as I work
on the painting.

Carved Wood

A work in progress.
"Onion Girl Rides on her Red Pigeon".
Acrylic paints on wood.
I carved highlights into the wood to give the painting
a bit more character and a little depth.
In the red tail photo above, you can see the black lines are also carved
into the wood. (Click on the photo for a larger photo.)
The painting is not quite finished; I have some more painting to do
and add some coats of varnish.

Start

Early in the process of painting of five new works on wood.
I carve into the wood details of the art, then add more
layers of acrylic paint.

New Prints

Two new limited-edition on canvas prints:
"Goes well with the Couch."
and
"Number 27 of 599.".

Only 25 prints of each. 39.6 x 39.6 inches / 100 x 100 cm.
Price is $525.00 each, plus shipping.

The images are from by new art book, "Detail Views".
If you are interested in a print contact me at
info@charleskaufman.com

Mail Me Art Show Photos

My two pieces of art (black arrows) in the Mail Me 2009 art show in London, England.
You can see more photos of the art exhibition here.

Sneak Preview 4

This one is on the easel drying (and upside-down).
I have just sketched in the different parts and putting on first wash.
The size is 120 x 120 cm / 47.2 x 47.2 inches.

Sneak Preview 3

An old piece of wood that I am going to paint a skeleton head guy on it.
Instead of sketching in the character with pencil, I used a wood carving tool.
Notes gouges and scratches in the wood.
Next I will paint it with acrylic paints and add a layer or two of varnish.
Then maybe repeat that process.

Sneak Preview 2

Almost done with this painting - 39.6 x 47.2 inches.
No title yet. It is created with acrylic paints on canvas.

Mail Me Art

My art is a part of the Art Show and new book, "Mail Me Art".

Art exhibiton & dates:
Red Gate Gallery
209a Coldharbour Lane,
London. SW9 8RU. UK
+44 (0)207 326 0993

Friday 3rd April 2009 (6pm-11pm)
Sat, Mon, Tues, Wed: 2.30pm-6.30pm
Thurs 9th April: 11am-5pm
More information: darren@mailmeart.com
All welcome, bar and refreshments on site!

Sneak Preview

Just one of the women in the painting.
Here is a sneak preview of my newest painting:
"Nine Women, One Bottle of Wine, Two Glasses".
39. 6 inches high x 55.1 inches.
Acrylic paints on stretched canvas.

In Garden

Look what I found in the garden!
I was doing some spring cleaning in the yard and found this painting in a pile of leaves and old branches. I painted it on wood and stuck it in a tree a couple of years ago.
I put it out to test how it would weather. I see it has dirt, rust and some paint missing. Looking good!
(I also have other paintings somewhere in the back yard and garden area - testing to see how well the stand up to the elements. Now if I could only remember where they are....)

More art by Charles Kaufman here.

Paint Brushes

I currently have over 40 paint brushes in "action".
How many paint brushes does one need at one time?

Fairy

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From my new art book "Detail Views". Page 27.
"Detail View from "Fairies in the Forest"".

More info on the book.

Prints

Here is the secret to my top-quality canvas prints.
I print them myself in my studio.

After not getting the quality I wanted in my prints, I decided to
invest in a large-format printer.
(One of the smartest things I did for my art.)
I know what the original painting looks like and I want
to create a print that looks as close to the original as
possible.

When people first look at my prints on canvas most
think they are looking at original paintings ....that is
until they see the handpainted numbering on each print.
The prints are so good & have so much detail one can see
every brushstroke and even the hairs from the paint brush
that got stuck in the original painting.

And it is just not in the printer where the ink is put to canvas that makes a print good, it is all the pre- & post-print work to get each print just right.
Getting a high-quality digital image, touching it up in the computer, then putting the right combination of varnish and brushed-on texture to get aprint that looks like a painting.

It takes lots of work and there is an art to getting a good
digital print. If it is not good enough for me to hang on my wall
then it does not go to a customer.

Wood Heads

Two skeleton head guys on a piece of old scrap wood.
One piece of wood, two paintings on wood front
and back side.


Close up view of one of the painted heads.


Here you can see the side of the wood.
Handpainted with acrylic paints, then coated with
varnish.
Next I will fasten it to a metal stand for easy viewing
of both sides.

Charles Kaufman art sold online here.

More Art on Scrap Wood

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This is a painting on a piece of scrap wood.
I painted the picture with acrylic paints and then
carved on the wood to add to the design and texture.
Covered in layers of matt varnish.

Art on Scrap Wood

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I take scraps of old wood and paint on them using acrylic paints.
On the right is the back side of the piece of wood. Dried and rotting.
I cover both sides with a couple of coatings of matt varnish.

Art on Wood

"Mr. Happy in a Hat."
Acrylic paints on an old piece of wood.


"Hai" (Shark.)
Handpainted on old wood.
The letters "HAI" have been carved into the wood.

Wood2

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Painted women's faces on both sides of an old piece of wood.
Acrylic paints. Now will varnish, mount on a stand and then off to
a gallery in Heidelberg, Germany.
More art here.

WoodArt

Chunk of old wood. Before and after shot of the painting.
Working on painting on other side of wood.

Wood

Painting wood. The first painting of one side of a piece of old wood.
Don't exactly like it, so I will repaint probably another time or two
before I get it right.
Then I have to paint the other side.
Using acrylic paints and the wood is rough, raw and unsanded or
prepped.

Detail View of "Detail Views"

This is a detail view of page 75 of my new book "Detail Views".
Read more about it here at Back Wall Art publishing.

Box of Wood

My wife found some real old, dry wood at her mother's
house for me to paint on. I have sketched in the face of
a woman on one board. There will also be a face on the
other side.
Once painted I will then mount it on a metal stand
then off to a gallery.

Started a New Painting

Started a new painting......even though I have 4 or 5 paintings standing against the walls waiting to be finished....
I have been doing a new technique on my paintings:
Paint, quit, paint, let it sit, paint, put it against the wall so I can't see it, paint, don't look at it for a few days, paint....repeat until finished.
This canvas is 39.6 x 47.2 inches / 100 x 120 cm.
No name as of yet.
Using acrylic paints.

Three Pencil Paintings

Completed three pencil paintings for a collector in Germany.
The paintings will hang in their office conference room.
Size 60 x 100 cm; 23.6 x 39.6 inches.

Unfinished Art

I have at least 3 larger paintings I am working on at the same time.
All created using acrylic paints on stretched canvas. Hope to finish
at least one this week.