Warbler and Cherry Blossoms

Happy Sunday!  I returned to watercolors after a long break from it.  This is a Warbler and Cherry Blossoms.  I used ink to outline and define the blossoms.

Head sketches for more practice

Some more sketches from a practice book.  These are pencil sketches and took about 15 minutes per head.

Head Sketches - tonights

Tonight I penciled these head portraits.  More practice on heads to get better.

Autumn Monarch - Finished

Since we have had a rainy cool day, I worked on a few things but this one is the best.  I feel comfortable with this one now.  I added small tweaks to the foliage and I worked on the Monarch's head and antlers.  They are small changes but they made sense to me and I am mostly happy with this now and will consider it done.

Happy Birthday Tiffany

Today is the birthday of my oldest daughter Tiffany. I did her a card with a colored pencil sketch of her dog Einstein the Corgi.  happy Birthday !

1000th post

I started this blog about four years ago after the death of my stepson, James.  It was and a is a way to honor him and to remind me to seize each day and to do something with each one.  I don't always post each day but I come pretty close.  This is a scratchboard moon.  Scratchboard is a white clay applied to a board and then covered with a black paint/layer.  You scratch the surface and expose the white clay.  This is part of a bigger project which I will be showing in the days to come.  Some of my James art is below.

Portrait study

I blocked in this portrait study. This is not an original but it is a way to practice on painting faces and heads.  This is the start and then I will go in and add the half tones and the rest of the facial structure.