Remember that first little essay we used to have to write when school started in the fall? You know the one…. “What I did on my Summer Vacation” Here’s mine….so far…. I was by my mother’s side for yet another biopsy done on my step father…..good news no cancer I helped my son and his…
So much is going on here in Indiana. I’ve been cleaning and painting…..painting and cleaning, our house here in Indiana. We put it on the market a couple of days ago and have already shown it twice. We still have painting to do, but didn’t want to lose anymore time for selling….the summer is moving…
From sketch to easel….Nuchi Finding just the right background took some trial and error. I tried a light background at first, but it just left the little prince here looking a little flat. Decided I needed a rich, deep color to balance out all the light tones in his fur. Went with Burnt Umber, mixing…
I’m getting started on another pet portrait. This is the very handsome Nuchi! Would you just look at that face! and yes there is an attitude there…..you can see that can’t you? He was very calm during the whole photo shoot. He really could have cared less and didn’t really understand what all the fuss…
The past week has been very busy indeed. My son and my daughter (in-law) just purchased their very first home. They had been renting our ‘stick and brick’ home. So we spent the past week helping them paint and ready the new home for their move in over the past weekend. Now that they are…
Here is another look at Pip and one more….. Yuppers….I’m getting close to the finish line with this little guy. I’ve spent quite a bit of time on that little face, trying to capture every little nuance. I still have work to do, but things are coming together nicely I think! I just love all…
Here is the latest Pip installment…. I’m fairly satisfied with the background area. I don’t go into a lot of detail….because little Pip is the ‘star’ of the show! At this stage I’m simply looking for the ‘shapes’ of color and the direction of the hair growth and texture (such as the pebble texture on…
You remember my introduction to Miss Megabyte and the promise to tell her story? Well….here it is Miss Megabyte was a stray….a very young stray…who happened to find herself wondering an RV park in Texas. One of our RV friends was staying in this particular park for the winter. He loved to go outside in…
Things have been busy here in Indiana, but I have been back at my easel…….. The photo on the left is the reference photo for the painting on the right. I am going to replace ‘the arm’ you see there with a pillow. Not that I have anything against ‘the arm’…LOL….but I want the focus…
I’m a little behind in my travel posting….I totally forgot the photos for Tucumcari, New Mexico. It is an interesting little town on the Historic Route 66. Sadly…it has seen better times, but there is such great potential here. A one time resident,Doug Quarles, painted these murals. There are many more then I captured here……..