Watercolor continued...

      A couple weeks ago I posted a watercolor piece I did of my cousin. Through the process of working on that piece I discovered I truly enjoy using watercolor but I didn't like the paper I was using.  So I decided to do another piece but this time around I chose to use watercolor paper instead of mixed medium paper. I see a real difference and great improvement in the quality of my work on this kind of paper. I also changed my subject matter and decided to do a portrait of my Boston Terrier.

A splash of Watercolor with a little color pencil in the mix

Hello all,
On Facebook I have been seeing a lot of artist posting works for the 3 pieces for 5 days Challenge. This inspired me to do a piece. I jumped out of my comfort zone and did a watercolor piece. I haven't messed around with real watercolor since high school so I went to my local craft store and purchased a nice watercolor set along with liquid frisket to give them a go. I'm pretty happy with my results. Still need to play around but overall I really enjoyed using this medium.

The picture below is of my cousin on the beach in Florida.

Steampunk art

So it's that time again.... deadline for our current Artistic Kaleidoscope theme!! The current theme is a piece inspired by Steampunk. I really enjoy drawing characters so for this piece I created my own steampunk character with her trusty sidekick... Monty the  flying rabbit. Okay, so he can't really fly on his own, but this hat with balloons attached does the trick!

Beauty- Fairytales continued...

I have finished another piece to my series on Fairy-tales. This one is the depiction of Beauty and the Beast. Enjoy!!

Chicks and Chat Paint Nite with Snacks

So I meet with a group of ladies once a month for a bible study and fellowship. For December we decided it would be fun to have a night of fellowship where we exchange cookies and I teach a painting lesson. I was super excited about it so below you will find three samples of pieces I whipped up for such an occasion.

A little sketch for a little friend

Yesterday I worked on a sketch of a ninja in a pink outfit for a little girl I know who is going to be a pink ninja for Halloween. She was excited to tell me what she was going as. We had a short conversation about it and at the end of the conversation I said I would draw her a pink ninja. Below you will find the colored sketch.

The Storm

A few post back I posted a painting I did for the Artistic Kaleidoscope group entitled: Rain. I was thrilled with how that one turned out I decided I would attempt to do a whole cloud series. I have recently discovered that if I want to grow as an artist I need to do studies of subjects and through that I will develop into a better artist. So this series will be just that .... studies of clouds with other elements incorporated into them.