Another flower study. 5x7, oil on canvas panel. #oilpainting #flowers #painting #floral #flowerpainting #art #oilstudy #pink

A little 5x7 floral study. This is my second time ever painting flowers…lots to learn. #oilpainting #floral #stilllife #bouquet #flowers #painting #art

Went to the flower farm this morning for a bouquet to paint and got totally sidetracked by this pile of kittens. #kittens #cats #farm #sunbeam

A small panel calls for a small chicken. 4x4, oil on cradled wood. #oilpainting #painting #art #birds #chickens #traditionalart #tinypainting

Detail shot of the last chicken painting 🐓 I added some step-by-step photos on my website if you’re curious how it was made: www.kellycottingham.com/blog/buildin... #oilpainting #tutorial #art #chicken #process #birds #painting #traditionalart

All finished with chicken #3. #oilpainting #art #chickens #traditionalart #rural #bird #animalart #animalportrait

Another chicken in progress. #wip #oilpainting #art #painting #chickens #farmanimals #traditionalart

Finished painting from yesterday’s plein air session. Oil on canvas panel. 5x7. #oilpainting #pleinair #art #nature #pennsylvania

Friday morning plein air. #oilpainting #pleinair #art #pennsylvania #nature

Detail view of a recent portrait. Oil on paper. #oilpainting #portrait #art #eye

Process photos from the last portrait. #oilpainting #portraits #art #arttutorial #alwayslearning www.kellycottingham.com/blog/seconda...

Experimenting with a secondary color palette: permanent orange, ultramarine violet, and chromium oxide green. Reference from Museum by Sktchy. Oil on paper.

Some step-by-step process photos for my portrait class. Sometimes I think these are more useful than watching a demo. www.kellycottingham.com/blog/making-...

Delighted that this painting found a home this morning! “Hank Says Hi” Oil on cradled wood 8x10 #oilpainting #dogs #art #traditionalart #pets #petportraits

Golden. Oil sketch on paper. #oilpainting #pets #art #petportrait #dog #goldenretriever

Cooking up some new projects for my portrait class. Oil on paper. Yellow ochre, napthol red, Prussian blue, and white. Reference from Museum by Sktchy. #oilpainting #portraits #art #painting #faces

Quick portrait study using yellow ochre and alizarin crimson. Oil on paper. Reference from Museum by Sktchy. #oilpainting #portait #art

Some takeaways from my first plein air festival. A+, would do again. #pleinair #oilpainting www.kellycottingham.com/blog/rtpa-2026

Started this months ago and just finished up. I completely reworked the trees and added some marks and flourishes to the surroundings. The only thing that never really changed was the bus. #oilpainting #vw #vanlife #vwvan #vwbus #landscape #ontheroad #art #vintage #traditionalart #painting

I’m delighted that this painting got an honorable mention at River Towns Plein Air! #oilpainting #pleinair #art

Rainy view across the river. I had to work under a park pavilion because it was pouring. The light was so bad I could barely see what I was mixing. #oilpainting #pleinair #landscape #river

Detail shot from one of my favorite plein air paintings this past week. #pleinair #oilpainting #details

Another plein air…took too long on this one and feeling pretty meh about it. Hoping fresh eyes in a day or so will help. #pleinair #oilpainting

Painting in the rain yesterday. #rivertownspleinair #oilpainting #pleinair

Second plein air of the day…not quite finished. Might have to go back. #pleinair #oilpainting #rivertownspleinair #farm #art #barn #wip

Another plein air painting in progress from earlier today. #oilpainting #rivertownspleinair #pleinair #art

Lots of painting today. Another progress photo. #oilpainting #pleinair #rivertownpleinair #wip

Progress shot from today’s plein air (1 of 2 paintings). #oilpainting #pleinair #rivertownspleinair #mariettapa

Painting in between rain showers today 🥶 #rivertownsplainair2026 #oilpainting #pleinair #art

My first Quick Draw event at the Marietta Cherry Blossom Festival today. 2.5 hours to complete a painting in the middle of a busy street festival…it was STRESSFUL but also super fun. 9 more days of painting in the River Towns Plein Air. Let’s go! #oilpainting #pleinair #quickdraw

Work in progress. Oil on cradled wood, 8x10. #oilpainting #traditionalart #painting #art #dog #wip #shadowandlight

Close-up of the newest chicken painting. More detail and process photos are now up on my website: www.kellycottingham.com/blog #oilpainting #chicken #art #process

Chicken #2. Oil on cradled wood, 11x14. #oilpainting #art #chicken #bird #traditionalart

Completed painting with some detail shots. Process photos on my website. 8x10, oil on cradled wood. #oilpainting #art #pennsylvania #rural #traditionalart #painting

New painting. Maybe finished? Tbd. Oil on cradled wood. 8x10. #oilpainting #art #rural #barn #pennsylvania #tractor #spring

Finished plein air. I’m trying to choose complex subjects to paint quickly on small canvases. It’s a good exercise in simplification. This is 5x7 and painted in about an hour and a half. Oil on canvas.

A little after-work plein air session. Feels like spring. #oilpainting #pleinair #pennsylvania #spring #wip

Work in progress. I could paint chickens all day. #wip #oilpainting #chicken #art #traditionalart

Finished painting plus some close-up shots. 11x14 oil on cradled wood #oilpainting #art #chicken #chickenart #birds

Work in progress. Oil on cradled wood. 11x14. #oilpainting #art #traditionalart #chicken #painting #wip

Found a tiny frame for this tiny painting. 4x5 oil on canvas #oilpainting #art #dog

Chicken sketch in oil on paper. #oilpainting #art #sketch #traditionalart #painting #farmanimal

Still life with apples. Experimenting with my mark making. I pulled out the roller many times. Ready to move on to the next one so I’m calling it done. Oil on canvas. 11x14. #oilpainting #painting #art #stilllife #fruit #traditionalart

Constructing and deconstructing. Work in progress. #wip #oilpainting #art #traditionalart #stilllife #painting

A new still life in progress. Oil on canvas. #oilpainting #art #painting #stilllife

Finished still life. Oil on canvas. 11x14. #oilpainting #stilllife #art #painting

Quick-ish sketch of this sweet little felt toy from the 60s that someone gifted me. Oil on canvas. 5x7. #oilpainting #art #stilllife

Another close-up. #oilpainting #stilllife #traditionalart #art #details

Close-up. #oilpainting #wip #traditionalart #painting

Time to mess it up (in a good way, I hope.) Looking for ways to deconstruct the scene and abstract the shapes. It’s starting to look a little too literal. #wip #oilpainting #art #stilllife #paint #traditionalart