Merry Christmas

We are leaving for Pittsburgh tomorrow and won't be back home til next Monday. So I thought I would leave all my friends and followers  a little Christmas painting I did last week.  I guess everyone can guess what I've been eating too many of.   I hope everyone enjoys the Holidays as much as I plan too.   Be Happy and Be Safe. 

Something To Feel Good About.

The other day I was experiencing sore throat and cough and not feeling very well at all.  Their is one thing that I do that always makes me feel a little better. And that thing is painting roses. I found this photo on a forum I belong to and decided to paint it. I hope this makes everyone feels a little better. Thanks for  veiwing.   Arches 140cp with assorted waterpaint colors.                                                                                            

Katie #2

Here is my second painting of my granddaughter Katie. I'm very seldom paint portraits so very happy with how this turned out.  I would like to learn next how to put more color into my skin tones. So I think I'll be working on this next.  Thank you all for veiwing.

A Sunflower

This is the latest watercolor that I have painted.   This was done for our forum's Monthly Mindbender Challenge.  This is a section of a photo provided by one of our friends that we have all month to paint from. Done on 140 Arches cp with various water colors.  Thank you for looking.  

Katie

Since I did Kelcey I knew I had to find a photo of Katie. This was from a photo taken last Christmas. She has a strand of fake hair thus the red. I loved this because of the way she has her hands placed. I'm happy with both my colored pencil portraits that I have done.  I really like the idea of leaving some of the paper in the piece. I also like trying to find shades that go with the color of the paper for the different tones in the face.  Thanks again for viewing.

kelcey

   I have been trying to paint Kelcey in watercolors for the last couple of days. I was not getting anywhere and beginning to become frustrated. Yesterday I decided to try doing her in Colored Pencil. I am pleased with how this came out.  I used the paper as part of the picture so not all covered by CP.  This was done on Canson Pastel paper and I used the wrong side as it was not as rough.   I hope you enjoy viewing this and comments are always welcome.  I just started my other grandchild so will be posting it as soon as finished.