Still working on finishing up the main colors in the body of this magnificent bird. I’m also working on getting the roundness of it’s body shape in place. And there are some drawing issues I need to work out. Pulled in a few colors from the bird into the background. Will likely next tackle more… Continue reading Great Blue Heron: Day 2
I’m delighted to announce that my beloved Raccoon painting has found a new home! She sold at the RAL Art Center today to a new-to-me patron. Since I took her photo last Spring, she has begun bringing around her four cubs (I think they are called cubs and not pups). So I hope to get… Continue reading Raccoon Painting Re-homed
Coming along slowly but I’m getting really intrigued with this one right now, so may focus more on it then the Heron painting for a couple of days and see if I can get it done. I’ve pushed the green into new sections of the painting. Much of it will disappear, but it will help… Continue reading Callie: A Rescue – Day 3
The eyes are coming along. I like to get the eyes in first. They are, after all, the part of any critter or person we focus on first. Even with birds, if I can, I try to get the eyes or eye in first. Callie is a challenge because she has this really interesting light… Continue reading Callie: A Rescue Day 2
Here is a start on the first cat painting. I’ll be painting it at the same time I’m working on the Great Blue Heron painting, so will probably switch back and forth on my posts. Below is the reference photo I took. This is the start of the painting. Looks really rough, doesn’t it? Just… Continue reading Callie: A Rescue
I found some other older Heron photos I took last summer and decided to do another one. Here are the beginnings. There is still many hours of work to go, but I’m happy, so far. This one is 10X10″. Here you can see the printed photo from our dot matrix printer so I could get… Continue reading Great Blue Heron
I went down to the Northumberland County Animal Shelter on Wednesday to deliver the donation check and goodies from the Art Sale & Burn Party. While there I started on my next project which is going to be a series of cat paintings. I think I will probably show the paintings in galleries first, then,… Continue reading Raining, Cats, and Dogs
The Art Sale and Burn Party went very well despite threatening weather. We had the work of four artists for sale and raised (between sales and outright donations) $327 plus some food and goodie donations. We have decided to give it another go next year with hopes of making it even bigger and better. Many… Continue reading Animal Shelter Donations
