Patrick Ching Art News Cowboys and Kiwikiu October 2022

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Aloha Friends,

I hope you are doing well and enjoying the change of seasons into fall. Here in Hawaii this is the time the surf switches from south to north.

The picture above is from the recent rodeo reunion in Waimānalo. With me is bronc rider "Handsome" Jason Lau and Kimo the Wonder horse.

The Art Tip this time is "Painting Brindled Animals". A couple of samples of this are an oil painting of the great bull "Rocky" and an acrylic mural on the Waiomina boot of a bull named "Arthur".

There is a Butterfly Painting Workshop, October 16, on Kauai and I'll be at the Kīlauea Lighthouse on October 19 from 11am-1pm to autograph art and books.

The new Painting in Paradise episode is on the endangered Maui Parrotbill known as the Kiwikiu. Within this episode is a tribute to a wonderful nature photographer, the late Nate Yuen.

The featured painting is the Kiwikiu and the original painting and prints are now available.

I hope you enjoy the Stick Pony art from our last rodeo in Waimānalo. It was a special time as it was the last rodeo put on by Bud and Katy Gibson of Town and Country Stables. Many of my old friends returned from the mainland to share in this event. I hope you enjoy seeing them in this newsletter.

Finally, I'll share a memory of Halloween past to add some seasoning. I put some of our rodeo memories in the Favorite Photos along with some pictures of Halloween past.

With Thanks and Aloha from me,
.

Art Tip - Painting Brindle

The Great Bull "Rocky" was a brindled bull that went unridden for 200 tries in Hawaii. The term "brindled" refers to the vertical striping pattern that occurs in some animals like dogs, cats, and sometimes, cattle.

The challenge in painting brindled animals is that you must be aware of how the dark and light patterns of color look when they are highlighted and also how they look when they are in shadow.

One way to approach this effect, which may be easier for new artists, is to paint the stripes of color evenly, then add transparent glazes of light colors to the areas where the sun hits, and shadows to the areas that are in the dark. When you get more skilled and confident you can add the highlights and shadows to the wet paint which makes for a more impressive painting.

Stick Pony Art

Young Cowboys and Cowgirls Painted their Stick Ponies and raced them in the arena at Dita Holifield's All American Rodeo last weekend. Hundreds of kids got to participate in the four day event which was the last of its kind at Town and Country Stables for a while.

Bud and Katy Gibson, owners of Town and Country Stables and Rocker G Livestock, have been putting on rodeos there since the 1970's and several of our friends came from the mainland to give the rodeo a beautiful send off.

The stick pony races have been a part of the rodeo since the rodeos I put on in the early 2000's. I was thankful to see my old friends and their kids, run the ponies once again.

Stick ponies and racers from 2004. Many of their children ran the race last week.

Kaua'i Butterfly
Painting Workshop

October 16, 10am-2pm at Kaua'i Koa Farms
Kaua'i Friends, The Painting Workshop on October 15 is Sold Out so I'm adding a Butterfly Painting Workshop on Kauai October 16 at Kaua'i Koa Farm. You can register with this link: https://www.patrickching.com/workshops

Hawaii has two native butterflies and both like Koa trees.
This painting was done for the Bishop Museum and features the Kamehameha Butterfly on a Mamaki plant. It also has the caterpillar, chrysalis, and eggs included as well. Come paint a butterfly with me on Kaua'i and be an artist on the Painting in Paradise TV show on Spectrum OC16.

New Painting Available

Kiwikiu - Maui Parrotbill is the featured bird in this 8"x10" oil painting. Here the kiwikiu pries open the bark of an ōhi'a tree to get at an insect larvae. The parrotbill got its common name from its hooked upper bill that curves over its lower bill, like that of a parrot.

The Kiwikiu once inhabited Molokai, but are now only found in an area on the eastern slopes of Haleakalā Volcano on Maui.
You can get the original painting or prints here.

Painting In Paradise TV Show

Painting the Kiwikiu
The featured bird in this episode is the Maui Parrotbill known as Kiwikiu in Hawaiian. I'll show you how to draw it and paint it too.

The parrotbill got its common name from its hooked upper bill that curves over its lower bill, like that of a parrot. This beak shape is especially useful for tearing through tree bark and probing for insects and larvae.

Kiwikiu once inhabited Moloka'i, but are now only found in an area on the eastern slopes of Haleakalā Volcano on Maui.
See the Kiwikiu episode Here.

A Tribute to Nate Yuen
This episode features a tribute to our beloved nature photographer Nate Yuen, a man who brought Hawaii's most natural places into our hearts and minds. Nate was a cherished contributor to the show and reached so many people with his images.
Mahalo for Jerry Santos and Olomana for providing the music for Nate's tribute and the theme song for the show.
Here is the link to Nate's tribute.

*You can watch this and other episodes of Painting in Paradise
here on Patrick Ching Youtube

*Teachers - Each Episode is like a Class on Art and Nature and includes a Teachable Drawing Lesson.

Ghost of Holloween Past

Haunting Memories From the Dark Forest
A long time ago, in a land far away I was asked to play the headless horseman at Bellow's Air Base. They hosted Halloween carriage rides and I was to come running out from the bushes on horseback and scare the folks in the carriages.

It was a good horse ride over to Bellows through Sherwood Forest in Waimānalo. The event went well and the folks were thrilled for sure. After scaring a few loads of Halloweeners, it was getting dark and time to head back to the polo field. Being that it was Halloween and I had a cool costume on, I thought it'd be cool to visit some campers at Bellow's and Sherwood's. This is where the fun Really began...

It was now night time and the moon was full as I came upon my first group of campers at a campfire. I stopped on the edge of the firelight and sat there on this tall dark horse. No one noticed us for a while.

Then a woman saw us and screamed. The horse and I did not flinch but proceeded to walk casually past the group, headless with a pumpkin in arm. I'm sure they soon realized we were just trick or treaters.

There were many more groups to ride up on before getting home. It was a memorable night thanks to Dana and a horse named "Tonka". Headless Horseman outfit courtesy of my brother Michael.