Monday, August 31, 2009

its wishy washy time again...



well nora and i challenged each other to try darker skin tones this week, on our wishy washy challenge, in painting friends!!..both our painting attempts lately, have been a bit weak in the dark value areas.. so we got a neat photo from wc.. called namibian girl.. offered by patrick hedges.. thank you patrick!!

we were going to try and do this in chas reid style.. (so much for that !!! LOL) this is my third attempt and might try again, but time was up for our challenge.. i used only three colors.. fu marine blue, quin burnt orange and a bit of perm. aliz crimson for jacket and lips...

it looks better on here, than in person!!! i like lots about it .. but i can also see room for improvement too!!

back to the painting easel!! tee hee .. have a good one!!

ps always open for critiques and suggestions.. thanks!!
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

replica of maynard dixon







thanks michelle, for all your hard work and the idea for this months challenge!! michelle has the blog following the masters!!http://followingthemasters.blogspot.com/
i saw quite a few that would be a kick to try, but ended up choosing this one.. this painting was originally painted by maynard dixon... who of course, i knew nothing about...DUH!!! but i enjoyed looking as his and others works, to try and decide what to paint.. so hopefully i even learned some thing!! thanks again michelle!!
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

first kiss!!


thanks to the windows of the word art blog, http://windowstothewordsart.blogspot.com/.. for offering this photo for a challenge..
as a mom.. the first thing i thought was, oh my goodness.. where is the soap to wash his sweet little mouth?? but i did enjoy painting him..
look at what extremes i will go to, to paint!!!??!!! LOL i go from zebras rear ends, to licking a piggies snout! think i need to try a rose or some thing soon, or they are going to take me away...
have a fun day and thanks for stopping by!!!
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Friday, August 14, 2009

got ya' covered.. coming and going!!!


did this awhile back and had lots of fun with it...

in the first wc forum i was in, we had a safari.. the front was my entry~~~ later we got silly and decided to bring up the rear!! so..
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

I'll share.. bring a fork~~


nora and i challenged each other on painting friends... in our wishy washy team, to paint a dessert.. being i'm on a diet this was not the easiest thing to manage.. was hungry the whole darn time..
she did a wonderful cupcake, but then ate it.. argggghhhhhhh!!! mine was from a photo so i luckily wasn't tempted that way.. had fun doing this... as i love strawberry shortcake !! yummmmmm
got this photo from wc and cant find it now to give credit to the photographer.. but will keep looking, so i can say thanks...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

no crying now...lol

going to go camping for a few days, just to check out the rv... its been awhile.. so not sure if we remember how to work everything..??? so taking it on a short trial run...

been busy packing and grabbing just the important necessities.. paint, water jug, brushes, paper sketch paper and pencils and camera.... then if room left, food and clothes and fishing supplies..lol see i do have my priorities right lol

this was a fun painting to do.., glazing techniques, for a 2 hour challenge on "painting friends" .. was happy how it came out, so no tears shed!!

wanted to stop in and say a quick hi... and bye!!! enjoy the rest of your week!! ;)
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