Crape Myrtles

Crape Myrtles

For my Mothers Day cards I painted the beautiful flowering tree in my backyard three times for my three mothers.  Happy Mother’s Day!  

 

QUEEN

QUEEN

The Queen butterfly painting is all finished.  I think there is too much open space, I should have filled it up a little better.  I …

 

Self Portraits in Soft Pastel

Self Portraits in Soft Pastel

Drawing a self portrait is hard.  I am very familiar with my own face, so it’s hard to forget what I know and concentrate on …

 

Update on the Queen

Update on the Queen

Here is the queen butterfly painting so far.  It isn’t finished yet.  I want to add its name ‘Queen’ at the bottom and possibly the …

 

Rocking Chair

Rocking Chair

A rocking chair in front of a silk curtain, with an orange blanket and green pillow.  Soft pastel on 18 x 24″ drawing paper. View it …

 

Orange Peel

Orange Peel

I peeled an orange with the peel all in one piece.  I liked the shape it formed so drew it quickly in soft pastels.  I …

 

Queen Butterflies In Progress

Queen Butterflies In Progress

I bought a large oil canvas and two large pieces of watercolor paper to encourage myself to paint bigger pieces.  I decided to fill one …

 

Figures with Flowers

Figures with Flowers

This is a painting from some figures I drew during my life drawing class last spring.  Here are the sketches that were my inspiration: I painted …

 

Figure Splatter Painting

Figure Splatter Painting

I had a lot of fun splattering those snowflakes, so when I came across this figure in a book of old warm up sketches for …

 

Snowflakes

Snowflakes

And here are the finished Snowflake holiday greeting cards.  See them in the gallery slideshow.  Happy Holidays!!