A Banner Day

It was refreshing to do a nice and easy watercolor for a change! The banners are made from actual decorative paper. 11x15 watercolor and mixed media.

Red Shed 6x6 oil

I've always wanted to paint a good ol' fashioned scene like this. Now I can move on. What a relief!

Orange On Blue

Another mini. 6x6 oil. Acrylic underpainting in orange and blue (but opposite) with sketch done in purple acrylic. Oils on top.

Mini Golfer

Another small painting - 8x8. Everything is so much easier when it's smaller! I did an orange underpainting in acrylic so that it dried quicker than did the green and details in oils. This was done from a photo of Ib when he was 3ish.

Lady with Towel

 

This was my first pastel painting. I love to use this material. 

I set up the picture with an orange frame in our bathroom. It looks quite nice there.

eggs in a glass

Trying something different. Small-scale still lives not intended for sale but for practice using different techniques in oil. A mix between realistic and painterly.

Three Boys Walking

Not quite done with all the detail work. This is done in pastel on a pastel board, first attempt at using the board. I liked it, but it's hard to get the color of the water right up to the boys.

Pastel Flowers

Attempt at pastels - had to use water to blend and colored pencil to outline a bit. In a card format it looks much better. Thanks for the experience Lindsay. and hope you have a very Happy Birthday today!!!!

Love to Live

Although, many African people are poor, they seem to love their life.
The theme is from one of my favorites post cards.

The original colors orange, yellow and purple in contrast to the black look more intensive on my painting (than on the photo I have taken from the painting).
You should come and see how well it matches to our brown wall in the family room.

Help Me Title This Art

I've never been good at naming my art. Usually I can't get too creative with the title because my art can be somewhat abstract. (Those are boats by the way!) "Boat traffic" just doesn't seem to give the zing I'm looking for. Any suggestions?

something different

I'm not a big fan of abstracts. I like to be able to get lost in a painting and imagine myself there. That's harder to do with abstracts. However, we needed a painting for our new space in the basement. Amr likes VERY modern, very geometric, very formulaic. I couldn't be more opposite. But I gave it a try and had so much fun painting this one. I'm positive that this actually won't end up in our new space because it's again too loose for Amr's style BUT I am still happy with it no matter where its final home shall be. Shelly - I was thinking of you when I was painting this!

Pastel Parrot

Sleeping Flamingo in Pastel

an update to an ol' fave

I've been needing to do a new Cat Nap for the gallery for awhile. I always prefer doing new paintings over re-runs but this gave me an opportunity to try being more loose with my style. I liked how it turned out so much that I was thinking of keeping it but turns out Amr is very NOT into the looser style. So it's off to the gallery. We have NO wall space to display it at home anyway.

Letters Tiny Art

I'd love to get your opinions on this:

do you like the letters tiny art or

the flowers/landscape tiny art better?

Just curious - thanks :)

more tiny art

this is addictive.
next up - initials.
collect a set to spell out words or names!

My first drawing class.

I took my first drawing class on Wednesday. I had a small session with Abby and this is what she made.

Tiny Art

I've always wanted to try tiny art. This painting is 3" x 3"! I think whatever you are doing right now you should stop and go out and buy a few of these tiny canvases and tiny easels to put them on and go to town. Most fun I've had in a loooong time.

I'd love to see some from you!

The Setting

With all the recent snow that's been piling up, I've been daydreaming of spring. I've done this one before and it sold at the gallery so they requested another one. You'd think having done it before (twice actually) that it would be easy but no - I did and re-did the clouds several times. What is it about clouds that SHOULD be so easy to do but actually not at all? And don't even get me started on the trees... I do like how it turned out but I definitely am feeling a bit "stuck" and in need of some more art instruction. Preferably a place that also has day care!

A Walk to the Well in Pastel

My first attempt at pastels

A Palette Cleanser

I've been spending so much time updating my etsy shop with digital designs that it was so refreshing being in the 3D world of art again. I had this set in my mind for awhile and finally had time today to paint all 4. They will be available individually or as a set. I'm pretty sure that the first post of this blog with the 4 panels influenced this latest one so thanks girls! 

Fall

Although fall is over, I want to share some impressions of fall.
On one side the color grey symbolizes sadness and depression, and on the other side red demonstrates a warm and colorful atmosphere. The strong trees brave the stormy season. This is fall for me.
By the way...
Dark red is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage.
Reddish-brown is associated with harvest and fall.

(Found in http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html).