Dec 19, 2013

Christmas Decor—Last Minute Additions

 
Yikes! Christmas is only a week away from YESTERDAY!  I don't know about you, but I have a lot to do in a very little short amount of time.  The hubs and I are blessed with a large family, but that means a lot of traveling next week, and a lot of gifts to find.
I also did not finish decorating our little home for Christmas—so I made this printable to finish off a bare wall—time to put this one up!
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Dec 13, 2013

A Castle In The Sky


A little while ago I was asked to paint a Scottish castle.  Due to the small size of the image I was working off of (it was from a phone and only about an inch and a half square), this was more difficult than I had originally expected.
The client asked for the piece to be black and white, though I did create a version in color for my own benefit—I just love color too much to let it slip completely by me!
 
 
My first attempt at watercolor and architecture combined.  I am not much of an architectural artist, though it is entertaining when I do have the opportunity to experiment with it!
 
 
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Dec 9, 2013

Watercolor Portrait

 
My first watercolor portrait.
I created this shortly after my last post—you know, the one where I complained about not having enough time to paint?  So I neglected the laundry and painted instead.

I was a little nervous about paint this, and have put it off over the past few weeks for fear that I would not be able to perform as I would like with the watercolors.  Though it is not perfect by any means, I am at least satisfied that I am able to model the shape of the face in a similar way to how I would do with my colored pencils.

Who knows? The enjoyment that I experienced while painting this piece may require a repeat attempt! :)

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Dec 6, 2013

See Ya' There

Another week without much painting, though I am hoping to get back into it next week.  Until then, here is a small piece that I made on Wednesday and casually dropped on my husband's desk with a sticky note that said "see ya there..."



In case you're wondering, yes, he took the hint ;)


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Dec 2, 2013

December Calendar

Since the November desktop calendar went over so well, I decided to create another one for December!  You can find both this download and the iPhone background in the "free downloads" tab above :)


This is not my favorite painting, though I did enjoy painting the christmas bulbs... I might have to do a collection of those in the future :)  But I was surprised to find that I really had much less time to paint this month, despite our lighter schedule in general.  I am glad that I planned ahead and painted most of my Christmas card designs earlier this year.
 
 
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