Painting Postcards with Barbara

 I am at it again only this time with postcards and my sister Barbara.  She is drawing and I am drawing/painting.  I painting a lot of just backgrounds about a year ago and the giraffes were reverse painted with Holbein Shadow green over the yellow.













My african violets were hard because I, once again, lost my place in the painting of the drawing.  I really need to start doing value studies.

Doggie Cousins - Best of BFF's
Charlie and Casper Christmas Morning

Casper

My Best Gift from Hubby...EVER!

Our little shed

Charlie

Poinsetta1

Poinsetta 2

Poinsetta 3

I'll bet you are wondering what the gift is.  It is a new Nikon D3000 camera!  I am having toooo much fun.  This is going to take me to that giant leap that I plan to make in 2012 with my art.

Fun Exercise

I painted this yesterday and used Aliz Crimson and Imperial purple for the whole painting.  Oops. I used  Cerealean for the water.  Plastic wrap for the texture.  A circle template and magic eraser for the moon.

Congratulations Alexis

Proud Momma Michele and beautiful graduate Alexis.  It was a wonderful day!  Look how fast they grow!

Shoes

This months WCW project is "shoes".  I got the photo from "paint My Photo.com.  In order to get that dirty leather look I wetted  my watercolor with just Granulation Medium by W&N.  Now I want to paint Fuzzy Slippers.  That will have to wait until after my Granddaughters graduation party on Friday.  Thanks to my friend, I know what I am making to eat and have bought the groceries.  We have to have everything ready Thursday night because the Graduation is Friday Morning.

A Rose By Any Other Name

I was thinking of my friend Cia this morning and decided to paint her a rose.  Cia has passed on but she will never be forgotten.  No one painted a rose like Cia Price.

This is a watercolor 4 x 6" and was painted with Alizerin Crimson, Cad red light and Aureolin yellow.