Just a Couple More Drawings

On the left, I used water soluble graphite and charcoal. On the right, she is a WIP done in charcoal.

Made some progress

Made some progress on this girl last night. I'm not quite done with her yet.

(Sometimes this Blogger app cuts photos off when I upload from my phone, so if it does, sorry about that. I'll fix that when I'm back at my computer.)

Started 2 More Paintings Last Night

Here are a couple more paintings I started last night, while watching American Idol.

New painting - WIP

Just trying out this Blogger App so I can blog from my iPhone.

Here is a painting I started the other day. Not sure what I'll add to it next. Maybe some text..? I have to think about it some more!

Girl with a Blue Tam

New painting, "Girl with a Blue Tam." For sale in my Etsy shop. 9"x12" canvas board.

Creatively Made

I've been painting up a storm this weekend. Jeanne Oliver's "Creatively Made" class is so inspiring. Check it out if you get a chance.

A Few More Portrait Photos

These are some partial shots of some recent paintings. I'm planning on trying to get some good photos of my paintings this weekend, so I can finally list them in my Etsy shop! Need some good daylight for it though. :)

Charcoal Portraits

Played a bit with charcoal the other day...

A Couple of Finished Portraits

Did a bit of painting today, finishing up a few that I had on the go for a couple of weeks now. The one below is the one that streaked after I applied clear gesso. I am going to need to find a spray fixative instead for the next ones.

Finished this girl too. She was started during the Christmas holidays.

Working on this Girl Today

I've been working on this girl today. I just put clear gesso on her so I can add more layers, but it did a little streaking. So I'll have to fix that up. Actually, maybe I like the streaks... we shall see how it goes. ;)

This is how she looked yesterday:

Below, you can see how she looked several weeks ago: the start of her eye, anyway.

P.S. I have no idea why Blogger decided to underline the above sentence...

Collage of Paintings

Here is a collage of some recent paintings.

Hankie Curtain

I've seen this idea around and finally got a chance to try it out myself. So simple. Hankies sewn together to be a sheer curtain with no lining. I need to collect some more hankies though, to make it larger. These are ones that my Mom brought me back from a trip to Wales last spring.

Painted Pillows

These are some fabric pillows/cusions I made last week. First I painted on unbleached cotton and then sewed them into pillows. :)

"Raining Angels" Mixed Media Painting

I sure had fun with this one. I want to make more of these little characters!

Mixed Media Painting "Soar"

Trying a little something different right now. Happy New Year everyone!