Mary in hat at Chincoteage Island

Here is my first painting in acrylics which is of my wife, Mary in her very large straw hat on the beach at Chincotage Island this summer. We had a lovely vacation as described on my June post here. Mary got rather irritated at me as we walked along the surf because I kept asking her to pose for me to take pictures with my digital camera. I thought the light was just perfect shinning from her back and highlighting her beautiful tan and very large straw hat. I found much of my attention working on this painting was on mixing the colors to get them the colors I wanted. I plan to pay closer attention to values and shading on my next attempt with acrylic. It was soooo much fun and very relaxing.

Safari Card Trade+

Here are some of the cards I completed for the drawspace Safari Card Trade.

I recieve so many beautiful cards from all over the world from my friends who are all very skilled artists.

Disney Card Trade

These are some of the cards I completed for the drawspace card trade with a Disney theme. There were so many wonderful cards done and I was fortunate to receive many beautiful cards from all over the world.