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                                                                      Golden Girl                                                                          9"x12"                                                                          Pastel In 2011 I joined a drawing challenge group, one that I have participated in on and off over the years.  I started because I thought it would:  1)  help  make me be more productive, 2) make ...

                                                                         Timeless                                                                             2'x3'                                                                          Acrylic Timeless is the largest picture on canvas that I have done.  It seemed like it has taken timeless hours to complete but I think it is finally done except for the sides.  That howeve...

                                                                           M&Ms                                                                      9"x12" Acrylic                                                                     Birchwood Panel Figured I would start the week off with a sweet treat offering and am glad I had a reference picture or I would have eaten the props!! This was one of my last week projects that I finally got to the "I'm fin...

                                                                              Serenity                                                                               12"x16"                                                                      Pastel/Copper Leaf Today is Friday and I wanted to have a play day.  Thought I needed a breather after finishing Hang 10 and before starting on another water seascape.  Actually t...

                                                                          Hang 10                                                                           14"x11"                                                                           Acrylic Well this should sit for a while so I can mull it over, but am thinking it's pretty much done.  I could drib and dab forever trying to get this water more structured.  But right now thi...

Well I am slowly progressing on this wave picture.  Finally came up with a name for it, maybe have to look up surfing terms.  Can anyone suggest something better? Anyway there is sure a lot of color in this wave and it is so churned up that it is difficult to not have it all dots.  Guess I should have been doing this in a pointillism format. As you can see I was finally smart on this picture in that I put together a color chart the first day I started working on it so when I pick it up now I can mix the same colors - or close.  I read all these great things on setting up the picture but can't seem to make myself consistently put it into effect as the pros do.  I still have a lot of the base work to do on the left-hand side and then I really do need to see if I can put some type of structure into the right-hand corner. I definitely wanted the wave to break the horizon plane and it is going to do that with all the froth and water droplets. Thanks for sto...

Well this week has found me in the midst of a couple of pictures with nothing completed.  Top one is as I have recently heard called a "Frankenstein" since it is a composite of several pictures.  With Friendly Advice I am going down the fairy route again and utilizing lots of layers and techniques to try to get the background filled but not distracting.  It is a continuation of my series of story telling where I present the elements and you figure out the story.   As you can tell there is still a lot of work to be done on this picture and many more layers to come. As you can see I can't stay on just one so yesterday I started a new water picture.  The title of the photographer, pixelbloke( I just did his portrait as Marlboro Man), was "Bet you can't you do this"?  So I took the challenge and said can I actually do this water/wave picture and make it believable.  Of course I couldn't start out with anything simple, NOOOOOOO.  As I have read a...