Nov 08, 2013
Angel and horse paintings
As promised, a photo of the angel painting I completed earlier this year, hand-drawn and all from my imagination:I'll have to get better photos of this later when the sun is out. The kitchen lights leave a yellow tone to my pictures so I tried to color correct a little. These might be a bit "richer" than the actual colors. Then, as posted on my personal Facebook page earlier today, the horse painting, completed. I opted to do a monochrome style for this one: I still see a few things I'm…
Nov 07, 2013
...for a hand-painted portrait? It could be of a loved one, be it human or pet. Sizes ranging from 8x10 to 16x20. Before I posted about my finished painting the other day, I'd first posted it on my Facebook page. A coworker commented on it, and what she said got me thinking. She said I should quit my day job, because it was awesome. That would be my dream, to be able to quit my job and pursue something I want to do, not just something I have to do. But, I think that will probably be a…
Nov 05, 2013
So, if you've been a reader here long enough to have read this post, then I have some news for you - I finally finished that painting! Since my posts don't seem to have the YEAR in them, that post was from probably August 2010. Yes, over three years ago. The last picture in that post is how the painting sat. And sat. And sat. And then one day, the local art store, which I subscribed to their mailing list when I bought my papers and paints mentioned in that post, sent out a newsletter…