October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. It is a month full of stories that inspire and stories that make your heart break. A fellow artist and friend, Constanza Ehrenhaus, has been an inspiration this month. She created this beautiful and powerful piece as her contribution to the awareness of Breast Cancer and donated it toContinue reading “Inspiration-October”
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Portrait in Color
I’m finished! I may come back to it at some point, but I feel pretty good about my self portrait. It was a lot of fun to do. I think I might try my hand at a few more portraits after I work out some of the projects I have right now. Without further ado,Continue reading “Portrait in Color”
Another Update on WIP
I’m just about to the coloring stage on my portrait.
WIP Portrait Update
Here is the progress so far on my self portrait
The start of a self portrait
I’ve been wanting to do a self portrait for some time now. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to go about doing it. I started playing around in photoshop and here is what I came up with. It is only a beginning. The plan is to add color after I have all of the valuesContinue reading “The start of a self portrait”
New Painting
I just finished a painting from a sketch I did on a whim. It is not my most original, but I really like it. And it got accepted to Epilogue, which is juried. The painting is 4×6 inches on coldpress watercolor paper. The medium is acrylic.
Celtic Alphabet
My sketches for the alphabet are complete. Now it is on to painting. I plan on acrylic on wood boards. I would imagine that it will take me quite a while. I’d love to get them all done by my son’s first birthday, but realistically I think it will take a bit longer. Especially ifContinue reading “Celtic Alphabet”
Moving Along
Two more letters are finished. I’m really pleased with how O looks. I really love oak, so that might have something to do with it. I’m really getting excited to finish this phase of the project and start painting. I will have to take a break between the sketch phase and the painting phase becauseContinue reading “Moving Along”
More Letters
Ok, just a quick note to show off four more of my letter sketches. I am a little behind schedule on the alphabet, but I still plan on finishing them by August 20th.
Fire Oak Studio 