More Practice

"Peaceful Feeling"

9" x 12"

watercolor texture with pastel

on Art Spectrum Colourfix

Just some practice...having to focus extra hard

having a new lid put on studio building, metal roof, oh so noisy.

Great Horned Owl in Pastel and Watercolor

"Nightwatch"

pastel and watercolor on

Art Spectrum Colourfix sanded paper

mounted on gatorboard

9" x 13.5"

Had to force myself to stop before I covered up

all the great texture I created on the underpainting

with watercolor.  Sometimes I DON'T stop

and take it too far and then it is

impossible to return to that spot 

where I jumped in with too much zeal!

Calling it done. 

It will be framed and entered into the

ANAC Annual Traveling Show,

hopefully.  I'll let you know.

Queen of My Heart

"Queen of Hearts"

12" x 16"

Arches 140 lb. cold press

watercolor and pastel mix

This is my granddaughter Sterling, who had a couple

of Halloween costumes this past year.  Several great

photos were sent my way and I put this one

in the digital divide.  It worked perfect for the

textured watercolor under painting I completed 

several weeks ago.

That 'bright light' hitting her face (I think she was

standing in front of the TV) was hard to

translate without changing it totally.  Light

can hit the eye that intensely from the giant screens.

But, I like the effect of the bright rimming light

on her turned face..so kept it that way

and tried hard to make it seem real

and not creepy.