With Season 4 of Downton Abbey premiering tonight, I had to try my hand at a couple of costume illustrations again. Instead of the beautiful gowns from Season 1, I chose a couple of lovely hats. There are times when I wish we still wore these hats from the Edwardian period. Wouldn’t it be fun? […]
Boston Terrier Sketch and French Onion Dip
For as long as I can remember there’s one thing, one “food”, that indicates it’s a holiday around our house . . . French Onion Dip. The special recipe too. The one where you need a pint of sour cream and one packet of Lipton’s French Onion soup. That one. Stir well, then take a […]
My Cow Painting’s Forever Home
It’s rare once I finish a painting and ship it off that I ever see what it looks like in its new home. When I painted murals, I’d see the room, of course, but not with all of the furnishings back in place. Whether I paint a 9” x 12” canvas of a cow or […]
A Deer Sketch with Colored Pencils
(Prints for this sketch are available now in my Zazzle shop, see bottom of this post) Life is funny. One minute you’re happily decking the halls, walls and whatever won’t move and the next minute you’re drawing a deer . . . with colored pencils . . . that you’ve never used in your life. […]
Handpainted Mirror with Metallic, Pearl, and Glitter Paint
Have you ever envisioned a project, had it turn out just the way you wanted it, but it didn’t look the way you thought it would? It happens. (There should be a “sh” in front of that ‘it’.) Don’t get me wrong . . . I love this mirror I just painted. It turned out […]
Apple Cake Recipe Illustration–Free Printable
There is a little town, just a few minutes up the highway from Placerville, called Camino. For the majority of the year, Camino is just a sign on Highway 50 travelers see on their way up to Lake Tahoe. Until Labor Day weekend. From Labor Day thru most of Fall, Camino becomes one of the […]
A Cow Painting – behind the scenes look
This painting is now available as a reprint in my Zazzle shop. See prices at the bottom of this post. I’m always happy when someone . . . anyone . . . likes my work. But I was a little surprised at the response when I painted Two Cows for Oklahoma. Oh, my mother loved […]
Painting Cows
This painting is now in reproduction with prints available in my Zazzle shop. See bottom of post for details. Because painting these Two Cows was pretty emotional, I didn’t plan on writing a tutorial. But for some reason I took a number of photos of the different stages. Habit, I guess. So I thought some […]