My vow to paint more this year is holding true. Earlier this year, I wrote about wanting to paint more in this post. I seem to be able to sit down with my paints once a week, and I don't think that's quite enough. But once a week is a start! Here's where I'm at [...]
Here's my latest painting - a painting from a photograph of my love and I taken in the summer of 2012. Acrylic on stretched canvas, it measures 20 inches wide by 16 high. Originally I attempted to freehand draw our faces, but became frustrated with not being able to get the face detail proportions correct. [...]
Here's my latest painting. It's acrylic, with a bit of black marker, on canvas, and measures 10 x 10 inches. I like the grid pattern, and will use that again in future paintings.
Here's a picture of my current painting-in-progress. I often begin my paintings based on an image, and this is from a black and white photograph of rocks. Once I get into the zen of painting - the now - the flow - it usually becomes more abstracted from the original image. That's the fun part.
I started this painting years ago, and mentioned it on this blog about one year ago, and I think I've finally finished it. I find calling a painting "finished" a difficult thing. There's always something I could touch up. Or fix. Or adjust. But at some point, I need to stop fiddling with the piece, [...]
I've been home for 3 days, after being away for 10. I didn't draw every single day while on the road, but am pleased with what I did accomplish. I took pencils, colored pencils, paper, and my small watercolor set, and sat down (almost) each day to draw or paint. Drawing and painting helped me [...]
I won't write much today, and know I didn't write at all last week. I'm still drawing every day, and some days it's only for 15 minutes. But I am drawing. Here are three small paintings I gave to my three children for Christmas.
I've completed a painting. At least I think it's complete. I can't think of a time I've NOT wanted to make minor adjustments to my pieces. My last painting was completed two years ago, so I'm darn happy that I am back at it! Here's a collection of four photos I took while I progressed [...]
