Weird Bat

This bat illustration is a work in progress, but mainly I wanted to try out something different.

Fantasy Girls, Guns and Bubbles

Me thinks I've been entertaining myself too much with doodles, just playing here and there with colors that really don't go together. This illustration with pen and ink is...well...I guess you'll just have to see for yourself. Not sure if there are that many words to describe it.  Like I said, it's possible that I've completely lost it or maybe need to go blow some bubbles or something.  On a side note...I do like blowing bubbles out of hotel windows just to make the people below look up in wonder :))) Warning: do not try that at home; people will think you are crazy.

Little Bird Painting

Ok, so I have a song bird painting in the works.  I started it way earlier this day, and will post the finished product tomorrow.  The bird is surely going to be yellow; very bright yellow, in hopes that it will jump off the canvas, visually speaking.  Below are the first few steps I took, before becoming too tired and irritated, simultaneously, and making the wise decision to stop; that is before something undesirable happened.  You will understand my frustrations later, when I show the world the mess I made with one of the branches in this painting. .....erg

Acrylic Adventure

While I catch up on showing you my newest paintings, I've been trying to improve on my color mixing skills.  A painting can be completely abstract or even downright ugly, but if the colors work together, and they are captured correctly, it will catch your eye.  I used to be so focused on the technical aspect of painting, like brush strokes, and glazing, but I could never capture a scene or photo the way I wanted.  Turns out that I needed to learn how to truly understand color.  I had been missing the big picture, no pun intended, on how colors work together in a composition, from reflections, and lighting, to knowing that shadows are definitely not just black.

This acrylic painting is of a brightly colored little street, that seems to have seen quite a bit, completed about a month ago.

"Yellow City"

Acrylic on Canvas

11"x14"