Miscellaneous Going Ons

This work in progress is what's on my work bench at the moment. I'll try to finish her details (hair, lips, eyes, clothing, etc...) tomorrow.

I did decide to paint the edges of the last girl.



I did a a few other details, too, even though I THOUGHT I was done.



I've continued my streak of creativity. I've been in my studio working on paintings, however short the time might have been some days, every day this month so far. I hope to continue this streak. Wish me luck!

In a totally separate subject, check out this visitor to our yard today.



He isn't a stranger. We see him, and his larger friend, a lot in our trees. It makes me nervous since we have two little dogs. He sure is beautiful, though.



This photo is from the back and may be harder to see, but his back feathers are so pretty!

I hope you all have had a nice weekend!

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Strong

I'm not quite finished, but I'm pretty close. Here's the progress for today.



...and a texture shot.



One more just for kicks.



I don't know if I'll paint the sides or leave the wood grain. I will more than likely separate her and the word from the background a bit with a dry brushed white halo. We'll see where she goes tomorrow. :)

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W-I-P Wednesday

Here's the progress on the greenish blue block. I had hoped to be posting a finished painting by today, but a doctors appointment yesterday didn't allow for a lot of creative time. I did sketch in the shape of her face yesterday, so I have kept up my streak of having creative time every day. Maybe I'll be able to finish her tomorrow.


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Block Head

I've continued playing with the 4x4 art blocks. I'm finding the size and the inexpensive substrate to be freeing. If I mess the whole thing up, who cares!? I guess with anything you can gesso over what you don't like. Still, though, there's something about these that takes the pressure off.

I finished up the cupcake. It just needs a spray seal and I plan to do that outside when more are complete.






Here are the ones I'm working on now.



I really like how these backgrounds turned out. The color combos make me happy. I intend to draw faces on both, but we'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow. I change my mind more often than anyone I know!

Here's a closer look at the texture on the blueish green colored one.



Thanks for stopping by!
xoxox

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What's On My Art Table

In progress...




I'm not sure if I'm calling this one done or not. Probably not. My intention was to finish it in a day, so I'll be breaking that rule if I do anything to it now.



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Scenes From The Yard

We've worked in the yard a bit in the past couple of weeks.


The bushes across the front went all the way across before. The ones closest to the door were causing problems. They were overgrown compared to the rest, they were too close to the stucco and caused stains, wasps nested in them and kept coming back, and the last straw was the snake hiding under them. Mind you, they were RIGHT beside the door. So snakes and wasps waiting to attack as we walk out our door equals high anxiety when leaving the house. Now we have this...


We're still trying to decide whether we'll remove the rose bush. It just seems a little odd where it is. Until we decide where to move it, we'll keep it right there. My favorite part is the fountain, of course. I love the sound! So relaxing...


The Blue Daze flowers and heart shaped topiary are a close second.






And a few randoms...















Supervising yard work from the other side of the glass door...

I took a video of the final inspection performed by Sheldon...

Ok, this last one wasn't from our yard, but I just love it, so...


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Evolution of LIlith

I worked on a "quicky" painting last week for practice. I stole 15 minutes here, 20 minutes there, and tried mixing my own face colors rather than relying on colors marked "flesh" or "skin". First I did a VERY quick sketch of a round faced girl, I then slapped the paint undertones on haphazardly, I did a mid range color, a base color, some pinkish color for her cheeks, brightly colored eyes and lips, simple highlights, etc... Then came the hair. I obsessed over the hair and I think it turned out to be her best feature. Maybe I should have obsessed more on her little pudgy face like I did the hair. I always seem to go wrong at the hair, so I practiced with color a lot before I got the courage to use my brush on the canvas rather than the pallet. In the end, I didn't spend a lot of time fussing over this one, with the exception of the hair, but maybe that's why I enjoyed bringing her into the world so much? There was no labor in her delivery, you might say. Anyway, here's Lilith's transformation.