This is the first time I’ve ever raffled one of my paintings for anything. I hope when you read the story behind this painting, you’ll understand why I’m choosing to give it away to contribute to the relief effort for Moore, Oklahoma. Raffle details are at the bottom of this post. Some of my paintings […]
An Uncommon Zebra
Some of you know how I got started painting, some of you don’t. In a nutshell, I sketched & painted as a kid, took one Art class in college and then quit painting for 20 years. My teacher didn’t like how my paintings looked real. It’s possible that I might’ve been a touch over-sensitive. Just. […]
Cowboy Projects to Paint
I just bet you’ve been waiting for me to show how to paint some cowboy projects, haven’t you? No? You mean, because we’re a week away from Easter & Spring is finally starting to appear that you don’t want to paint a western rope or antique poster? Well, in that case, just file this away […]
Paint A Bandana Print
Do you like to doodle? I love to. Doodling is one of those things that I used to do all of the time, before computers. Before computers and blogs, and Facebook, and Pinterest, and . . . you know. The last time I doodled it was for sheer therapy, when I painted this lampshade while […]
Pink Cupcake Paintings
Before I became obsessed start watching Downton Abbey, I was really on track, painting things for Valentine’s Day. Of course, now I’m totally derailed and sketching more costumes but I wanted to share these fun little cupcake paintings I did. After basecoating the canvases with a blush pink I sketched the cupcakes. I drew the […]
More Downton Abbey Costume Sketches
Little Reminder: Every Tuesday at 6 pm PST I’ll be painting live via Google+. This week I’m previewing the Birds On Branch. Hope you’ll drop by! (If you’re not on Google+, you can watch it here on the blog.) If you saw my post yesterday with the first Downton Abbey costume sketch then you saw […]
Downton Abbey Costume Sketches
If you are already a fan, no further explanation is necessary. If you’ve never watched, or even heard, of the PBS smash series, Downton Abbey well, I find explaining my own obsession hard to explain. And, yes, it is an ‘obsession.’ I haven’t been ‘obsessed’ with any pop culture since Davy Jones. And if “Davy […]
Completing a Series
I’m starting my 18th year of painting. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been painting my entire life and sometimes it feels like I just started. In a lot of areas, I’m still a beginner. For instance, I’ve never painted a series – a group or collection of paintings. I’ve known for some time this is […]