Wild Swans at Coole

A new swan painting, in watercolors. I must admit, I love this one & will be sad to send it out to its new home! I'm thinking of entering it into Watercolor Wisconsin.....

Dream Clouds

It's complete! 18"x24", oil on canvas.

Dream Clouds, WIP continued

I'm still working on this large portrait. It's getting more filled in, still lots to do though. I'm going to continue with the background, and then maybe tackle her hair later. I still like how it's going, & love working this large!

Skater Portrait

I had a vendor table at a local skating competition this week. While there, I worked on this new portrait (nothing like people watching over your shoulder!). It's almost finished; I particularly like the way the skates turned out. Now will turn back to the other one I've been working on, a big one & it's so fun! I love to paint!!

  

Dream Clouds, WIP

I'm working on a new portrait. Enjoying it very much, but currently struggling w/ mixing shadowed skin tones. I keep going back & forth between too warm/ too cool, and it never looks quite right. Watching tutorials tonight on mixing skin tones to see if I can get a better handle on it! Here's the WIP.

And after another couple hours of work, it's definitely improved. Happy to keep it moving in the right direction. :)

Cihckens On A Rail 2

The second "Chickens On A Rail", completed. This was my customer's 25th wedding anniversary gift to his wife. I was so honored to create this for them! Here's to another happy 25 years--many congratulations, Peter & Carol!

Cedarburg Plein Air

I spent the day in Cedarburg painting today. It was my third day there, & the first time I put together a painting I really like, and plan to put in the show (we can submit 2). This is the entrance & sign to one of the businesses (what a charming town!!). I enjoyed painting it, and feel like I'm making some progress on rendering architectural structures. Not a fan of painting straight lines & angles, but I think it's getting better. I need to get a better photo, but here it is for now.

 

Here it is framed for the show.