Childhood Memories - Mixed Media painting

Today I played with mixed media. I made this piece for the EBSQArt Childhood Memories show (which you can vote on starting April 1 through April 7). I used acrylic, collage, watercolor crayon, pastel pencil, and Crayola crayon to create this artwork. The small drawings were actually done my son who is the subject.



dimensions = 10 x 10
(though my scanner cuts off about 1/2" on each side.)

Life Begins

Several images came to mind when I was thinking of how I wanted to illustrate "life begins" for the Daily Watercolors Wednesday theme. I have experienced many changes in my life this past year and I can say that I am transitioning into something much greater than I could ever have imagined. I chose a butterfly to symbolize "life begins" because once they have transitioned from a caterpillar, they soar and life really begins for them! To bid on Ebay, click here.

Sunday Painter

This is for my friend Erika! Thanks for the encouragement. ;)

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WIP 4 and 5 (final)

Here are the last two pictures of the portrait WIP I've been sharing. I used mixes of alizarin crimson, cobalt blue, burnt sienna and burnt umber to model the face. the beard is paynes gray, winsor blue and burnt umber. I lifted paint in areas where I wanted it to be light gray.

Portrait WIP 2

I worked some more on this portrait that I am doing. This part is a little tricky and requires some thought and having paint ready, but I think I've pulled it off and the rest of it should be smooth sailing (I hope).

Painter's helper

I just posted this on the Daily Watercolor blog that I'm a part of. Yesterday they had a theme of favorite things. One of my favorite subjects to paint is children. This is Elise, one of my regular "models". She wanted to paint with me one afternoon so I gave her my paintbrush and grabbed my camera.

Pay It Forward

Ok, here's another blog thingy that someone started but it will be fun for all who respond. I recently came across this pay it forward idea on Peter Yesis' blog. He is an oil painter involved in the daily painter's movement and though we haven't met in person, I have been emailing him because he is going to be a guest speaker at the Bellevue Artists Association's next meeting.

So here goes, the first three people who make a comment here by April 30, 2008 and email me their mailing addresses (don't worry I won't give it out) will receive an original watercolor trading card (2.5 x 3.5) from me. The catch is that you have to "pay it forward" by doing the same on your blog.

Good luck!