I found a great artist...

I love looking into other blogs, seeing what other artists are working on. Usually I start out checking in on Jo Castillo's blog, then click on one of the blogs she's following, and start bloghopping from there. That's how I found Holly Bedrosian. She's a very talented portrait artist, doing exceptionally detailed work in colored pencil. She is working on a beautiful self portrait right now.http://www.hollybedrosian.blogspot.com

this is as far as I could take the watercolor portrait of Ellie, still have a lot to learn!

Finally getting around to posting again.

I've been mourning the loss of our dog, Bodie. He was a very elderly gentle soul. We had to take him to his last vet appointment on December 27th. He lived into his fifteenth year, which is very hard on a dog of his size. He was still very happy to see our daughter, Jaime, and her family at Christmas. ( He chewed through a lot of her teenage shoes in his puppy years.)

I only wish our son, Jason, could have seen him one more time, too. Jason was the one who talked me into adopting him from the Humane Society. He was absolutely right, Bodie was "the coolest dog ever!"

here's a better photo, this time the color is just a little off.

I finally finished the portrait of Avery. It's really not this dark, but I don't know how to photograph my artwork. I'll try another photo of it when I can set it in natural light.

I've been taking a 5 week "introduction to watercolor portraits" class, here's an attempt at a portrait of my other granddaughter-Ellie. Just the first layers in today. I'll hopefully finish it next Friday in class. I find watercolors much more difficult. think I'll stick with oils!

Still working on the portrait

I feel much better today. Yesterday, my husband made a pot of 5 alarm Chili, and I think it killed whatever bug I had. Put a couple of hours into painting today. The "Avery" portrait is almost finished...I think.
I might just have to put it away before I work it to death.

I'm also working on a landscape, from a photo taken in North Carolina, but, I'm finding the trees very difficult. Think I'll watch some of Roger Bansemer's videos for a while tonight.

nothing to show

I've been a little under the weather with a cold this week, so haven't felt very artistic. Much better today though and hope to pick up the paintbrushes again tomorrow.

finished the crabapple sketch...then I found this beautiful lady in a magazine, and had to sketch her too.

Refined this watercolor as far as I could take it with my limited skills. The window and door are crooked, I know, but I was trying to convey the state of decay in the house, while the daisies are thriving.

This is as far as I've gone with this portrait of my granddaughter. I'm a little afraid I'll mess it up if I continue...but, I think it still needs some work so I'm going to tackle it again tomorrow. This is the photo reference I'm working from.