May 2017

This is a painting I started and didn't finish.  I'm going to paint over it and and make something great.  I think it's good to see when a painting isn't working and just moving on to something else before trying to make it work.

I devoted this month to working on paintings for a fundraiser.  This temple was one of them and very worth my time!

This rooster is based on a another painting and the head looked so weird, so I looked up real pictures of a rooster and got a good idea of what it looks like.

 

 A Boat Watercolor:
This project was for someone specific.  I'm pretty pleased with it.

 Miramare Castle, a commission.  I did my best!  Commissions challenge me, but I really can't work on them every day or I get really stressed and unhappy.  I need to have a lot of projects that are fun and creative most of the time, and then really challenging commissions 1-2 days a week.  Then I don't get too overwhelmed.

I loved the way this turned out.  I had to change the tone of the color to a bluer color to work with shadows and not have it look so flat and black.  There is a lot of problem solving for picking out the right colors.  I hope it is as good for my brain as Sudoku or something, because I hate word puzzles.

This is my little artist that I let paint once in a blue moon.  (so much energy to get her set up and keep it safe and clean.)

This girl pretends to paint.

This is a painting that I am doing for a wonderful client.  (My mother-in-law).  I hope it turns out great.  I think it will be good enough.  My drawing honestly could be better.  I have learned that if it's not based on a really good clear picture, there is only so much you can do.