Tag Archives: 2014

Apr 04 2014
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animals, chipmunk, commision works, hedgehog, painting, rabbit, Uncategorized, watercolor

Two Hundred Sixty-Seven!

 

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The Winner!

Above is the image that was decided on for the final Baby Shower Invitation for my wonderful friend Colleen. I have to say I have a soft spot for my little critter on the left here. He looks awfully cute! The baby shower has since come and gone which is another reason I finally feel comfortable posting these images. It was very well received and luckily helped trigger a body of work for me! The combination of the soft furry surface in contrast with the graphic patterns of the teacups was a great item to play around with. Enjoy.

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Apr 04 2014
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animals, commision works, mouse, painting, Uncategorized, watercolor

Two Hundred Sixty-Six!

 

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The above is another in the series I worked on while attempting to find the right piece to use on my friends baby shower invitation. I suppose I have to admit that this little mouse was the result of watching the movie “The Witches” based off the Roald Dahl book, which happens to be one of my favorites. Enjoy!

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Apr 04 2014
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animals, commision works, painting, rabbit, Uncategorized, watercolor

Two Hundred Sixty-Five!

 

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As it is finally warm outside and I feel that spring may officially be here I have decided to share a few pieces I have been working on. These pieces are very important to me and I was even nervous about sharing them due to someone stealing them, but I suppose at the end of the day I know I did them and if someone steals them shame on them. This image was the result of a request made for a friends baby shower. Although this was not the final piece used on the invitation it was a very rewarding image. We had decided against it as it felt like an Easter image and we all agreed we wanted variety in the animals depicted. As always enjoy and see you next time.

 

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Feb 06 2014
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animals, commision works, dog, painting, pug, Uncategorized, watercolor

Two Hundred Sixty-Four

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Currently I am working on two portraits of two different Pugs for a friend. Although this image definitly resembles a pug it does not look like his pug, so I guess Ill try again tomorrow. Please take that into account when looking at the images many sections were left in their initial state as I suddenly realized this pug was too fat! In the meantime, enjoy and see you next time.

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Feb 03 2014
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animals, deer, gouache, painting, Uncategorized, watercolor

Two Hundred Sixty-Three!

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Its Bambi! not really, but I must say this little deer came out rather to my liking. I am amazed at how painterly it looks considering I have a strong drawing background. I’ve always been told I draw with a paintbrush but I would say this looks painted not drawn! The one area that bothers me is that the face looks soooooo structured or skeletal, that has to do with the sketch I did prior to the painting as my reference though. Next time I’m drawing less underneath to prevent this outcome.

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Feb 03 2014
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painting, Uncategorized, watercolor

Two Hundred Sixty-Two!

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This is not my favorite, but I like elements of the image. It’s hard to look at this and feel accomplished. I will say that I am as usual a fan of the shapes but not the size relationship or the lack of variation in color. I need to get a better mixing pallet because the one I am currently working on is meant as a travel set, not the stationary at home set. What I find this means is that I have a very limited amount of space for mixing colors so I tend to stay within the same color range regularly.  A simple fix maybe… maybe I’ll just steal a kitchen plate! Enjoy

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Jan 31 2014
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painting, Uncategorized, watercolor

Two Hundred Sixty-One!

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Another “free painting” exercise.

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Jan 31 2014
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Two Hundred and Sixty!

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Another Day, another image…

I did a few of these random shape based images because I didn’t feel like thinking anymore.  January has been a very good month for me and I have been able to meet a lot of my monthly goals but in doing this I’m exhausted. The last two nights I was not capable of thinking while painting too. I wouldn’t automatically assume one needs to think the entire time they paint because some of what you do is just a natural reaction to the image developing in front of you but when I work on images that are representational I cannot help but be overly concerned with how recognizable the items are within the image.

Enjoy.

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Jan 30 2014
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animals, beaver, fox, painting, rabbit, skunk, Uncategorized, watercolor

Two Hundred Fifty-Nine!

This is a cropped portion of an image I recently made.

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I apologize for not showing the whole image, but unfortunately I’m not ready to. Call me crazy but I am still working on figuring out the rights to my images and throwing copyrights on them. I never really had to worry about it but now I feel more open to these kinds of problems. Regardless I love sharing with everyone and hearing the feedback or seeing that people respond well to the image.

I feel like this gang of animals are going on a trip in their green umbrella to some new adventure and all the time the sly fox is appearing to have questionable motives. So much for a cute and fuzzy story! Enjoy and see you next time.

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Jan 30 2014
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painting, Uncategorized, watercolor

Two Hundred Fifty-Eight!

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Another free thinking image. No pressure involved in the making. I am fully aware that they are not award winner pieces but they keep the creative thoughts moving and that is half of the battle. If nothing else I am constantly learning, whether it be a technique or color relationships. Enjoy.

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