A Colored Pencil Rose

 

I did this one because I love roses and it seemed like a good thing to practice learning  more about colored pencil. The inspiration for this particular picture came from an art book on colored pencil.

A Valentine For You -- Composition Art Journal Collage

I just wanted to share my thankfulness with all of you. Everyone has been absolutely great and encouraging since I started doing art again. Thank you everyone for being such a wonderful group of people.

My First Oil Painting -- Pink Sunset

All I wanted for Christmas was a set of oil paints, as I wanted to try painting in oil. The above is my first try (at oil, real clouds, and an ocean sunset). I painted it wet on wet at one sitting. I know it's not a masterpiece, but I am happy with my first try. The first several months I tried painting landscapes in acrylic, I never produced one thing that could be called even decent for a young child. I am excited that the first oil painting I did at least looks like a landscape. This was painted from a photo, and yes the clouds were even more unique than what I painted.

Misty Mountain Sunrise -- Acrylic

This was inspired by a photo of blue mountains early in the morning when it's just beginning to get light . One day last year I finally sat down and painted this photo. This was done with wet on wet technique using acrylic paint  at one sitting. I have tried several times before to paint various different mountains photos using the wet on wet technique. This is the first one that worked where the mountains and colors came out decent. However, when I first painted it I did not like it. When I sat it aside and came back to it a couple of months later I liked it then.

Something Christmas Pink Poinsettia -- Watercolor

Seems like everyone is doing some kind of holiday art. Here is my contibution to the holiday season. Here is wishing everyone to have a wonderful holiday time.

Everyday Matters Challenge # 250 - Draw Something You Got For Free

This little artificial plant is pot is only about 6" high and 7" wide. To be so small it is none the less become one of  my favorite treasures. It brightens up any corner where it is placed. I just happened to be where someone was cleaning out stuff and I came home with it. I am glad of this challenge because I have wanted to draw and piant this little treasure for a while. Now I have this little memory captured. This was done with watercolor pencils on watercolor paper in my new homemade journal 11 x 7 1/2" which has watercolor and sketching paper in it.

Tuscany -- Watercolor

I saw this in an art book, and fell in love with this adorable little town. There is something appealing and serene about the Italian countryside. The soft colors also caught my imagination, and I just had to paint it.  This is a real place, but the name of the town was not given in the book.  This was an enjoyable piece to do.