Western Art by Denny Karchner – pencil illustrations, oil and acrylic paintings and prints

This painting is traditional oils on Realgesso Masonite.

Here is version one. On day one, I painted in the sky background.

This is day two. I have roughed in the feathers and hair on his head dress, along with the upper part of his face.

This is the final version.

Thanks for riding along. Stay tuned, there are many more of my works in progress to come.

Denny

This painting is traditional oils on Ampersand Gessobord Masonite. The finished size is 11″ x 14″.

Here is version one. On day one, I painted in all the dark areas.

This is day two. I have laid in the base coat for the upper head feathers.

Day three. Here I painted the base coat on his face.

Day four. I spent the entire day roughing in his porcupine quill collar/chest plate and ear rings plus I added more detail to his face.

This is the final version. I finished detailing out his upper feathers, painted in David’s collar feathers and lastly, I signed it.

I wanted to point out something in this painting that I didn’t notice until after I was about half way through the painting. If you look closely, check out the gold shape on David’s face. It is very cleverly painted to represent a crescent moon using his actual eye and nose, giving us the title that Andrew and I came up with, Cheyenne Moon.

Here are two close-ups of my final version to show all the detail.

Thanks for riding along. Stay tuned, there are many more of my works in progress to come.

Denny

This painting was created using a photo that my wife, Leigh took at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center’s Powwow in 2008.

This is the second painting that I have done of Stan. The first was Cherokee Outlaw.

This painting is traditional oils on Realgesso Masonite.

Signed and number prints are available. Edition of 150.

Original is sold.

Measures: 7″ x 5″