Home Sweet Home

...okay so I'm dreaming again. This isn't really MY home. I'm an artist remember!

This cute little portrait of a Napa Valley home is for sale as a print from the original acrylic I painted. price: $15.00 size: 8 x 10" with a white border all around and each personally signed by me. I will also put it on my Etsy shop at davehuddleston.etsy.com

Dave's Demos

"A Walk to the Beach"
This watercolor was a class demonstration painting for one of my adult classes. I usually spent the first 45 min. to an hour of a 3-hour class doing a demo. Often times I would spend another hour or so on them after I got back to my studio but, in this case, I haven't touched it since. Maybe it's finished, perhaps I need to do a little more. What do YOU think?

Dave's Commissions

The "Squid Killer"

Commissioned for a 4-year-old boy who, being the very bright boy that he is, came up with this concept of a squid killer truck that doesn't kill squid but, rather uses them as ammunition to shoot at other pesky beasties. The squid attaches itself to them and kills them with it's stench.

The truck is manned by two people and is equipped with the squid launcher, an automatic weapon on the cab's roof and missles as well. It also has a wing that comes out on the side when they need to get airborn.

The acrylic painting was a complete surprise for him and he was thrilled and awestruck. He enjoys describing the details that were all his ideas and pointing out the 15 critters that are placed throughout the piece.

Dave's Famous Funnies

Dave's Commissions

This acrylic painting I did for the Sedona Film Festival, 2007. I titled it "The Shoot".

Dave's Commissions

These two paintings were done for a couple that live high in the hills overlooking the Napa Valley, (CA.). They were done on stretched canvas and are hanging on two walls in their master bedroom. They are 10 x 12' each and represent the views from their home, minus the foreground roads which they requested I add. I had no problem with that since I felt it would add contrast and depth.

The scene below also shows them driving up the road in their vintage red Ferrari.

...and NO...I did not make enough on this commission to afford a Ferrari of my own!

The Explorer

The amazing rock formations surrounding Lake Powell in Arizona were the inspiration for this watercolor, as well as my love for exploring.

Dave's Originals

"Our Bountiful Land"
8 x 10"
this original acrylic painting on stretched canvas is available for sale for only 65.00 plus shipping by either leaving a comment for me here or by visiting davehuddleston.etsy.com

Dave's Sketchbook

a recent sketch from my sketchbook. Many of my sketches were done on location but this is simply one pulled out of my vast storeroom from my memory banks, aka: my little pea brain!

...and yes, I can make this available as an 8 x 10" print if you're a fan of black and white.

Just leave a comment here or visit my etsy shop at davehuddleston.etsy.com

price will be $15.00

Dave's Fantasy Friends

"Jorge takes Squiggy and Hinkle for a walk."

available as an 8 x 10" print for $15.00 by leaving a comment here or by visiting davehuddleston.etsy.com

Dave's Fantasy Friends

"Woodland Faerie"

These two prints also available for just $15.00 each by leaving a comment here or by visiting my Etsy store at davehuddleston.etsy.com


"Dragon Rider"

Dave's Fantasy Friends

Three of my latest mixed media renderings.

They are available as 8 x 10" prints

for $15.00 each or 3 for $40.00 by requesting

them here under comments or by visiting

my Etsy store at davehuddleston.etsy.com

" Jungle Flower"

"Prayer"

"Safari Girl"

Dave's Famous Funnies

WATERCOLOR TUTORIAL

"Seen Better Days"

This is a scene from a recent trip through Arizona. I did a very rough pencil sketch then somewhat randomly filled in some light values, leaving plenty of white on and in front of the old shack. I then added some medium values while the first washes were still wet to get some good blending.

Next I started the dark values on the shack as the sun was mostly behind the subject.

Next came more darks and texture in the foreground grasses as well as defining the tree.

The final steps were to add more light color washes to narrow down the white pattern on the path leading toward the subject, throw in a few birds, a little more grass detail in the foreground and the mesh pattern in the windows of the shack for some textural variety. If you like this 'quickie' masterpiece you may become the sole owner of this original for just 25 potato chips...or dollars if I prefer...which, actually, I do!

Just leave a comment here or go to davehuddleston.etsy.com where it will also be available.

The size is 6 x 9" and it is painted on 140 lb. cold-pressed watercolor paper.

and 2 more new watercolors

above: "Luna, New Mexico" about 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"
and below: "The Relic" also 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" were
both done from photos I took on a recent road
trip to Texas. They are for sale for just 25.00
each or both for just 40.00 by leaving a comment
here or by going to davehuddleston.etsy.com

New Watercolors

"The Old Homestead"
6 x 8"
I did these two watercolors today and they are available for sale for just 25.00 each by contacting me through a comment on this blog or by going to davehuddleston.etsy.com

"A Secret Place"
6 x 8"

"On The Patio"

This watercolor was a demonstration painting for one of my classes and is for sale for just $140.00 either by contacting me at davehuddleston.com or through my Etsy store at davehuddleston.etsy.com

painted on 140 lb. D'Arches cold-pressed watercolor paper. dimensions are 15 x 22"

LOVE tutorial

This is my second offering of the "LOVE"

poster. I decided the first might be a little

too abstract for some so this one is more

traditional.

I started in my sketchbook with just a

pencil rendering, deciding on design

elements as I went along, ( a fair amount

of erasing !!! ).

Next I photographed the sketch and put it

in photoshop on my computer.

My instinct was to make the heart red but

then I figured the lettering would have to be

a light color and I thought it might not show

up as well.

I chose a blue color for the lettering and tried

it out to see if I liked it. Then began to use red

for the background color and also put the

squigly line pattern for added texture.

Next I outlined the large LOVE lettering and

added some shadow effect around the heart.

Here I've added color on the leaves and

decided on a deep burgundy red for the

outer border. An afterthought was to add

the textural pattern into the border.

The final detailing included dropping shadow

effects from the leaves and highlighting some

of the pattern in the border to pop it a bit.

This print is available for only $10.00 either by contacting me at davehuddleston.com or through my Etsy store at davehuddleston.etsy.com

Dave's Famous Funnies