Artist Blog by Sheep Incognito Artist Conni Togel

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27Jul

WIP “GRASSHOPPER” SHEEP INCOGNITO

Posted by Conni Togel at 23:11 | New Sheep Incognito Art Paintings, Sheep Incognito at Home, Under The Trenchcoat Of Sheep Incognito | Leave a comment

NEW SHEEP INCOGNITO PAINTING ON THE EASEL: “GRASSHOPPER”

 

this is a new painting I’ve started on this weekend – we have two shows happening this weekend in Nappanee, Indiana (Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival), and in Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Irish Festival), so we needed to beef up the walls of the booth…

 

Title: GRASSHOPPER

Size: 24″ x 48″

Media: Oils on canvas

 

Starting with a quick sketch of Burnt Umber thinned with orange oil, I first established the general shape and figure, then painted the background in.

Initially I thought a black sheep would be the best, but with the background being a bit darker, the contrast will be to weak – so I am adding a warmer, wool colored touch to the sheep, to make it look less cold and stand out more.

 

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Close-up of "Grasshopper"

“GrassHopper” close-up by Conni Togel

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08Jul

Sheep Incognito Back On The Trail!

Posted by Conni Togel at 16:53 | Under The Trenchcoat Of Sheep Incognito | Leave a comment

Finally – Sheep Incognito hit the road again!

Forced vacations sometimes are good events – especially those that involve the Sheep Incognito flock getting stuck in Colorado….

We seem to have found possibly the best car repair shop west ofthe Mississippi in Loveland Colorado: Stan’s Auto Service not only got the RV rolling again, but they were fantastic people to work with, and, for the first time in a year, the follow-up mechanic wasn’t shaking his head in despair at what crimes to the RV his predecessor had committed…in fact, he said “that was an excellent repair job they did”.
Wow.
Miracles DO happen.

So, not only did we make it home from Colorado, we’ve also made it up to Pennsylvania for the 4th of July Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, and are heading to the Plymouth, MI Art in the Park Festival for this weekend.

Maybe we’ve finally turned the page to actually getting some time to paint and create, instead of sitting in repair shop waiting areas…

We are pretty excited!