Winter Gold

I know, I know, it's springtime now, but that's the title of the piece I just finished. I'm pretty darn thrilled with this one. :-)


"Winter Gold" (Golden Phoenix)
8 x 11 inches
colored pencil and graphite on white Stonehenge paper
sold, commission

March 23 work in progress

I'm tired. A good tired, it's been a very productive day.

A pic from the weekend:

I spent my weekend down in Ventura helping with the Avian Bowl competition at a 4-H field day. It was fun and I'm glad I helped out, but it really ate up a lot of time, hence the loooong hours today.

The paintings are done and varnished and scanned. You can see them all here. I will write more about this another day.

The drawing in progress (D, I am going to try to finish this tomorrow):


This is the knife I received. It is a Don Cowles knife with ivory scales. I don't know yet what I'm going to do with it, but I have about a month to get it done (so he can take it to Blade Show) and that doesn't leave me a lot of time to think. I feel like I don't even have time to think right now.


I have not even started working on my taxes. Aaaaaack.

Stressed, I am.

March 16 work in progress

I have not had much time for anything other than PAINTING CHICKENS. So don't misinterpret the lack of WIP photos. Busy busy! Two more days to go (plus varnishing, signing, labeling, and packing).

March 11 work in progress

The paintings are coming along a good pace, but I have six more full (and by that I mean VERY FULL) days of painting ahead of me. Sigh. I really prefer drawing and engraving. It was the speed factor that made me decide to do paintings for the gallery show. They're pretty cute though, I must say! :-)

My favorite paintbrush has seen better days. I have a huge collection of paint brushes. I use about 5 of them consistently. I can see that I'm going to be in the market for a replacement. Hopefully it'll get me through the rest of the chicken paintings though!

And I finally got some time this evening to work on the drawing. The greenish areas in the tail... that's how black feathers start out. Looks weird huh!


not yet titled (Golden Phoenix)
8 x 11 inches
colored pencil and graphite on white Stonehenge paper
sold, commission

Cripes I gotta go to bed! Sooooo much to do tomorrow.

March 4 work in progress and other things

Progress!

not yet titled (Golden Phoenix)
8x11 inches
colored pencil and graphite
sold (commission)

Pretty flowers on a tree out back:

Frog on the back door (with dog hair stuck to its feet!):

Now where is Olin, it's time for his hairball goop. Hmmmm, all I can find is my fuzzy scarf....:

Oh THERE he is! (yes that was staged, and yes I do have a very patient cat. If I'd owned Olin when I was little I'm sure I would have dressed him up in doll clothes or something):

I didn't want Homer to feel bad, so I got a pic with him, but he looks grumpy:

Yep, I've always been a real trendsetter in the fashion world:

February 27 work in progress

It can mean three things when I drop off the bloggy world for a couple of days. One possibility is I'm gone. The second is I'm totally slacking off and doing nothing. The third is I'm über busy.

It's been option number three lately, so lest you think I've been a slacker I'll just correct you on that now. No!! I'm just not posting much of what I'm working on.

Here's the one I can show you (this is obviously an in-progress thing):

not yet titled
Golden Phoenix
8 x 11 inches
colored pencil and graphite on white Stonehenge paper
sold

I am making very good progress on the 50-50 paintings, but have decided to hold off on posting them until all are done. I can't wait to see them all on display! Just fyi, it's the 50-50 show at the 20th Street Gallery in Sacramento. April 8 through May 30.

I am also working (feverishly, I might add) on another little engraving. This one (1 x 3/4 inch) is half the size of the tiger but is shaping up to take twice the hours. Smaller dots, more detail. Dang skippy. This is nuts. And I LOVE IT. I'll show you when it's done if it turns out like I am hoping it will.

Busy busy busy.