"Sister's Dance"

Last December my wife and I attended a wedding of our friend's daugher, Anna. Anna has two sisters with whom she is very close. I was fortunate to snap a photo of Anna and her sister having fun after all the formal dancing was done. I liked the photo of so much that I wanted to try a graphite rendering. Although, I wasn't really satisfied with the result the girl's mother seemed to really like it when I gave it to her. I learned much as I do with each new project.

The Sunflower

Here's an acrylic I finallly completed after 2 months of
agonizing over color, form and light. The model was from my youngest daughter's high school graduation photo. Her favorite flower is of course the sunflower and I'm afraid I didn't do her justice. Well, maybe next time
can be better.

Rhaja, the Chocolate Lab

Last week I finished up a workshop on using colored pencil on Drawspace and given by Artist, Jeanette Jobson. Jeanette is a marvelous teacher and I learned so much through her guidance. I just hope I can remember all I learned and put it into practice. There were so many talented artists in the workshop including my dear friends Kay and Clara who have been so instrumental in encouraging me to try new mediums such as acrylics and now colored pencil.

Currently, I'm in the midst of our Prehistoric Card Trade and will be posting the cards as soon as the trade ends in early December. Afterwards, I may well make a run at pastels.

Woman with Curls

The past two weeks I've been experimenting with colored pencils and drawing the "Woman with Curls" is the result. I never intended to make this a finished work but after trying several blending techniques I added a background and threw on the outfit to make it "finished". My learning is never finished and I enjoyed learning the blending techniques symbolized here.

Under the Sea Cards

During the month of October I have been drawing cards for our card trade on drawspace. After much consideration I decided upon a "shell" theme and began painting shells with colored pencils and acrylics. These certainly gave me some challenges in using both mediums and I'm still trying to use both with some degree of effectiveness. I have to thank all of my friends at drawspace for their encouragement and guidance. There are many great artists there and I'm so privledged to have their encouragement. Here are my shells for Under the Sea card trade.