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The Art of Dale Jackson
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Hummingbird Drawing Finished
The Hummingbird drawing is finished. This drawing took about five hours to complete. Condensed in this video to about five minutes....
Dale Jackson
Feb 17, 20211 min read
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Grizzly Falls Progress Update
An update on a painting I'm working on. I've purchased a new camera. Quite different than my old DSLR which only had a video resolution...
Dale Jackson
Feb 12, 20211 min read
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A Short Recess
I'm taking a short recess from my painting of "Grizzly Falls" and filling in the gaps with a few drawings. The reason for this is that...
Dale Jackson
Feb 2, 20212 min read
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Painting Grizzly Falls - Foliage and Rocks
In the previous phase, I blocked in the basic structure of the painting. In this phase, I began to get a bit more into the structures of...
Dale Jackson
Jan 19, 20211 min read
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Painting Grizzly Falls - Block-In, Part 2
Grizzly Falls Oil on Canvas Block-In Part 2
Dale Jackson
Jan 15, 20213 min read
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Painting Grizzly Falls - Block-In, Part 1
In the next blog posts, I'm going to be discussing my next work. My next painting is going to be a vertical landscape painting of Grizzly...
Dale Jackson
Jan 11, 20212 min read
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USS Bailey (DD-492) Prints Available
The original oil painting of USS Bailey has now been completed and is off to the recipient. Customizable prints of this piece are now...
Dale Jackson
Jan 4, 20211 min read
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USS BAILEY (DD-492) - PART 4 - Completion!
I've completed the painting of USS Bailey (DD-492). This destroyer participated in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands on 26 March...
Dale Jackson
Jan 1, 20211 min read
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USS BAILEY (DD-492) - PART 3 - Detailing
After blocking-in and modeling the structures of the ship and ocean, I began work on the detailing phase of this painting. The detail...
Dale Jackson
Jan 1, 20211 min read
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USS BAILEY (DD-492) - PART 2 - Modelling Phase
Before moving back to the ship, I blocked in the basic foreground water. Next, I began defining ver basic structures of the foreground...
Dale Jackson
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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USS BAILEY (DD-492) - PART 1 - Blocking-In
I started working on a color study of this subject which quickly turned into a full-on acrylic painting. Because I'm under a deadline for...
Dale Jackson
Dec 23, 20202 min read
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A Color Study that may become it's own painting
I'm currently working on a color study for my work on USS Bailey (DD492) which is to be an oil painting on a 16" x 20" canvas. This color...
Dale Jackson
Dec 14, 20202 min read
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A new commission - USS Bailey (DD-492)
I just recently received a new commission to paint a WWII Destroyer in oils. The subject is USS Bailey (DD-492)! USS Bailey is a Benson...
Dale Jackson
Dec 12, 20201 min read
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Painting a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Since I recently finished the large oil painting of the ocean, I asked my son what airplane he'd like me to paint. I think I knew the...
Dale Jackson
Dec 1, 20202 min read
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Ocean Painting Completion!
I've completed the large ocean painting. This is a 48" x 36" oil on panel painting that is for my wife for Christmas. After many months...
Dale Jackson
Nov 30, 20201 min read
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Developing the Waves, Part 2
This weekend I am continuing the process of refining the waves and developing their structure and color. The waves and the surf are...
Dale Jackson
Nov 22, 20201 min read
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Developing the Waves
After I completed the underlying layers of blue in the deeps to the aqua layers in the shallows and then the sand up to the shoreline, I...
Dale Jackson
Nov 20, 20202 min read
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Adding the Ocean
After a while to let the cloud layers dry, I started to work on the underlying layers of the ocean. I wanted the hues to be vibrant to...
Dale Jackson
Nov 19, 20202 min read
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Painting Sky and Clouds
Fast forward from February when I was starting to work on this large painting, I wanted to share my work on the clouds. I didn't record...
Dale Jackson
Nov 18, 20202 min read
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Ocean Painting - Prepping the Surface for Paint
This large 48" x 36" acrylic panel needed to be prepped for painting, The substrate was in an original state where the paint would not be...
Dale Jackson
Nov 18, 20201 min read
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