As I mentioned in my previous post, the water had me challenged. I made several attempts to fix it, but it seemed it was one step forward, two steps back. I finally had to take a break from it around Christmas. When I finally went back to it, I ignored the funky water strokes ... READ the POST
Scotland Highlands Painting, Part V
I've made lots of progress since last month. I painted the water not once . . . not twice . . . not even just five times (more on that later). I blocked in the left side with brown so my eyes could balance the future color there. Several more tweaks went into the water. ... READ the POST
Horse Painting gift
1. My mom's birthday was coming 2. I had been sketching horses a lot 3. I told my mom I would make her a custom iPhone case (months ago) from a piece of artwork I made SO . . . I got this idea to do a practice painting for my daughter's bedroom (see previous post) and make something ... READ the POST
Sketching Horses
Sketching at the beach . . . ya, that didn't suck! : ) Right behind me is my son's middle school and I had been there doing a photography workshop. It was my day to carpool, so I had an hour to kill and took my sketchbook. My daughter is a horse LOVER! She takes riding lessons ... READ the POST
Scotland Highlands painting, Part IV
It was about this point in the painting that I was ready to throw it out the window! I just couldn't make myself work on it. I made several other art pieces just to avoid working on this one! LOL My painting instructor says if it isn't frustrating and hard that we ... READ the POST
Scotland Highlands painting, Part III
Canoe is painted. Time to start painting the seafood restaurant . . . the tiny, tedious part. Shadows, reflections, multiple shades of one color, and many angles. Eeeek, can I have a glass of wine to do this? What I would really appreciate about now is to be able to ... READ the POST