I've been very busy! I have two illustrations for my children's book in the final stages, and I completed a couple of smaller paintings that I started but never finished. I also received my first pet portrait commission that I will be posting on www.PetIllustrations.com and mailing out later today. I haven't launched my online marketing plan, in hopes that I get a few more local orders to 'test' the ordering Read More
Sometimes our personal life bleeds into every aspect of our lives, despite our best efforts to stop it. For me I've had a bad case of "Artist's Block" the last several months, and that has recently changed. You see, we have been trying to conceive a child for the last three years, undergoing infertility treatments for half of that. It has been a long and arduous journey, that has taken it's Read More
I found inspiration for a new project in an email, if you can believe that! A friend and her daughters tried to rescue a baby squirrel, they named Tiny Tim. Attached to the email were several pictures she had taken of him with the family (see below).
“…we fed him a banana last night, and he fell asleep in the palm of my hand. We put him in his
Read MoreAs I've mentioned in previous posts I've been working on an extra project for the "Puppies are Biodegradable Show," and I finished the last one today! Each of the below pieces are 5"x7" Pen & Color Pencil on paper. I have to say that I'm really happy with how they turned out. I kept the rendering loose and used unnatural colors to emphasis the eerie subject, hopefully the shock Read More
I'm finished!!! I'm exhausted, my carpal tunnel is killing me, my head feels like it's going to split in two (and I wish it would just fall off and get it over with), my whole body aches, and I went over my deadline a bit.. but I'm done; and the mixture of relief and pride I felt submitting everything tonight was indescribable! I'm so relieved that I actually Read More
Current status: Frames: Ended up purchasing two frames from Hobby Lobby. One needs to be painted and the other had to be cut down to size, but I think they will both work very well. Drawing: Completely done, mounted, and framed in the shadow box. It's difficult to see the 3-D effect in a photograph, but I tried anyway. My (great, wonderful, stupendous) husband and I spent well Read More
I'm posting a progress report for this week - to act as a starting point for this weekend... a countdown of sorts to the big show deadline. I've actually taken a couple steps backwards with "Knight" the stone bricks just weren't cutting it, so I bought some sea sponges and went to work. As much as I hated the idea of starting them over, (it's a huge setback), but my Read More
New drawing "Diamonds" (for lack of a better name). Pen & Ink on paper, 8.5x11. I'm happy with the building in the bottom right corner, but the castle on the left isn't good. There are flaws in perspective on the dome that I can't fix without major surgery LOL.