I've been thinking a lot about painting lately. What?? Shocker! But I have a dear friend, someone who I look up to for lots and lots of reasons but one reason is that she is a very accomplished and talented artist, and lives an artist's...
Wish these were on the menu for tonight....
I was going squirrelly so I painted this fish. A rock cod. Don't ask me why the bright orange background. Just felt like it. A teacher told me to do the opposite of what you would expect.Does he look a little worried?Excellent day of painting,...
Definitely on a bit of a flower kick. That time of year....
This was inspired by a bunch of cornflowers that my mom brought me a few years ago. They were such an intense blue it felt like my eyes were seeing them wrong. I toned them down a little bit for the painting because I think they would have looked...
Yay! A day to paint!And with spring (perhaps even summer, if I wish real hard?) showing itself I'm taking a swing into flowers. These are chives.This is an echinacea flower that I painted huge before, but this time it's much smaller.I really enjoyed playing with...
The other morning I sat down at my desk in a big funk, an off start to the day, my head running in circles, a bunch of things needing doing, and a jumble of ideas over what to do first. I pulled out my little...
Missing this water. I'll stick in the photo of the real thing at the end so you can see I'm not making that colour up.This isn't finished (as is my norm) but I made a few hours on the weekend and I'm hungry to get...
This is the bulletin board in my kitchen. Do you know how long it's had those words on it? Oh about 6 or 7 years I think. Haven't found any better.Happy Valentines day!...
Still in progress. Having fun trying to figure out reflections and textures. Dreaming of bright colours and tropical fruit. Curse you, February....