Pinup

I'm back again with another pin up girl.  This one is sitting outside on a picnic blanket.  She has a basket of fruit a jar and a lollypop.

I'm totally stoked about the blanket, her skirt, legs, and the jar.  I had a bit of trouble with the color of the shadow on her arms and so it is a bit of a drawback for me.  Also, I like the shading of her top, and her bangs.

I tried really hard to make her pretty lifelike.  I think I really got it, save her face.  I know thats a somewhat important part of a painting.  I don't think it turned out too bad, just not quite right.

This one won't be my last, so stay tuned for more pinups.

Angel Statue

I've painted a few statues in the past and really loved doing them.  This one is no different.   I started with just a bit of paint to put on a base color of this statue.  Then I just painted all the shadows.  I allowed those to give form and shape to the statue.  After several layers of shadows and a little rounding of the edges, this statue looks like it is 3 dimensional.

I also put on a very dramatic background.  Mixing reds and blues around this statue that has lots of yellow and green in it make the image jump off the page.  Contrasting colors will always make images pop from your paper.

Like I said I had a great time with this.  If you want to see how I did it, take a look at the following video.  It's sped up because the whole painting took me about an hour to do, and I didn't want anyone to have to sit through an hour of me talking.   Check it out, its pretty good.

Mermaid

So, I got on a little bit of a mermaid kick lately.  It started a couple of weeks ago, and has just about run its course.  This might be about my last one.  I really think her tail fin turned out great on this on.  Also, I'm really happy that the shading of her skin turned out pretty good.

Under her hair is darker than her face and chest.  Her left arm is darker than her right.  She even has a little shadow on one butt cheek.  Not too back on a little painting.

The hair didn't quite turn out like I thought, but it isn't too bad either.  I'm totally happy with this little painting.

If you want to watch me paint this, you can view the video below.

Valentines Day Card

For those of you who still make valentines day cards.  I thought that instead of just a heart, it might be nice to do something a little different.  The difference is, of course that each lobe of the heart is a persons head.  On the left a woman, an don the right a man.  They must be in a passionate embrace.

I did a little splatter over the top of the heart to give a little more movement and life to the painting.  It's just a valentines day card, but I think its a whole lot better than any card you could buy in the store.

Below you can find a video of how I did it.

Sparrow

I don't think I'll ever be able to get all the way away from painting birds, and I don't think I want to.  Like most areas of the country, I've got plenty of sparrows flying around my house.  I thought it might be nice to paint one.  I think I did one years ago, but they are nice birds and I always enjoy watching them at the feeder and flitting about too and fro.

This isn't any particular sparrow, but one of many that could be around my house.  He's just sitting there on a little branch looking for his friends to play with.

He was great fun to paint.  If you want to see a video of how I did it, check out the video below.