Hey diddle diddle......

This was an absolute blast to do.... first, I have made it my answer to everyone over the years who's told me I should illustrate children's books instead of tattoo.... so there :P lol.  Second... the woman wearing this is so pale that the colors just glow on her. We've also started talking about a Mayan priestess ladybug scene (complete with sacrificial aphid) for her other arm.... And... has commissioned a flamingo painting (that I'm starting tonight) Wheee! 

Sometimes work is too much fun to be 'work' :)

doodles, doodles and more doodles

 6 x 6

acrylic on canvas

I spent Sunday watching Van Gogh movies, Lust for Life and Vincent and Theo, and the painting above is what happened when I paid no attention to what I was painting.  I don't think there's a lick of Van Gogh's influence... but I was definately paying more attention to the movies. It was ALOT of fun... no worries about how it would turn out, no thinking how to achieve this effect or that... and although it's a painting of absolutely nothing I kinda like it. It was freeing.. I think I'll do it more often.

pencil

This is a rough sketch of the painting I was half through when I stopped and painted the weirdness above it. It's a sphynx cat / tibetan skull ... thing.

rose on coyote skull

rose on coyote skull

This is what I did on Mother's Day. As usual the second sunday of every month I go 'play art' with some other local artists... I knew most wouldn't be showing this month because it was Mother's Day, so I took my mom, my oldest son and my husband with me. The 'theme' this month was "dimensionality", and the skull was given to me by my friend Joey so I'd have something 'dimensional' to paint. I spent most of the time sketching on it and finally settled on that rose as a starter... I liked the rose, but by the time I'd gotten home I hated the placement so I washed it off. I am glad that TeeJay got some pics of it.. I yanked them from her blog... Just TeeJay's Blog.

Cat Skull Watercolor

Cat o' Nine Tails

20" x 11"

140 lbs. Arches watercolor paper wrapped frame

Had a few issues photographing this one. I've been setting my paintings up under a florescent light next to a window in the kitchen but blues and greens together do not photograph well for me. I know next to nothing about photography and am no good at tweeking the color on the computer. However, this morning was a very bright sunny day and things came out wonderfully outside. 

Cat skull update and new 'support system'

I remembered that I'd once heard a watercolor artist mention that she stretched her paper over a frame like you would linen for an oil painting, so I googled it. Apparently this isn't as uncommon as I'd thought when I heard about it so I thought I'd try it. I now have 2 5x7 watercolor paper canvases... so far I like working on it alot, no warping, no having to tape it down, it's lovely. I'm doing the cat skull and I think it's coming along ok so far.... here's a work in progress shot...

Skull Sketches

Well, life has gotten in the way and I've not made much progress on my cat skull. I'm posting a sketch of the cat and also a macaw skull. I'm seriously jonesin' for some quiet time to devote to them.

That's all for now folks!