This kid looks miserable. I don’t know how old I was. Based on that haircut, probably about 8 or 9 years old. My mom, bless her heart, helped me bake the cake and make all the different colors of frosting (By “helped” I mean she most likely did all...
Dec232015
Miserable Kid and Perfectionism
Sep102014
In Processs – Fire Elemental
Here’s a little sneak peek at a personal piece I’m working on. She started out as rough thumbnails on paper, then a larger sketch on vellum (about 7″ x 10″). I scanned in the sketch then did some rough digital value and color studies. Now I’m painting her digitally...
Jul162014
Frustration and Learning
Sometimes I’ll finish a piece and feel like I added a new layer of skill and be excited about the results. Sometimes it’ll feel like I’m pushing a boulder up a hill. There’s a new concept or skill I’ll be trying to grasp and incorporate into the latest picture....
Apr232014
Oil Painting Demo – Toy Dragon
Today I did an oil painting demo at a local art supply store. You locals probably know I’m a part-time employee there but today I wasn’t. Today I was the “visiting artist”. The manager asked me to “just do your thing”. So I did and I had some fun...
Apr162014
Making Art Soup
It’s bubbling away there on the back burner. My Art Soup. All the ingredients are blending their flavours together to make what is currently my personal way of picture making, or my style I suppose. Some ingredients I was given. Some I deliberately sought out. Some just kind of...
Jan292014
Posthumous Portrait
As a present for my husband, I painted a posthumous portrait of his mother. Kinda tricky. I had to work from photos, and my memories and impressions of her. Step 1 Transfer the photo reference as a line drawing/tracing to the canvas and start painting. I thought this would...