Only the Lonely

Doesn't this wolf look lonely? Maybe he's calling his mate.

Looking for a real challenge? Try this feather painting!

After repairing and prepping this white turkey feather with glue and gesso, I painted a howling wolf with acrylic paints. I learned quite alot to get detail on such a small area. The entire wolf was pretty much dry-brushed. Now, isn't it too bad that I wasn't able to sign this one?

Art By Nature online class with Gisele, instructor.

Grey Wolf

Grey Wolf was done with Pen and Ink and chalk pastels. I really enjoyed doing this one. There was lots of inking and the chalk pastels really brought the wolf to life. I love the blue shadows in his face.

Art By Nature online class with Gisele, instructor.

You Can't See Me

This was a fun little project. It's done in Pen and Ink with Pastel Chalks on 11 x 14 pen and ink paper. I just love the blending with the finger technique! It really allows you to "get into the project". You can just play and play. What a forgiving medium! You don't like it...just erase it out of there!

Art By Nature online class with Gisele, instructor.

End of Day

End of Day is Pen and Ink with oil rouging on a mirror. This is a Gisele Grenier online class. I finally finished this one. It's taken quite awhile. This turned into quite a challenge because of the light reflections in the mirror. While I was painting I could see two images at times; the one I was painting and the reflected one. It was hard to tell where to place the strokes. I got into trouble with the pinecones, had to wipe them out and then couldn't find the time to make it right. This was also very hard to photograph, by the way.

Thistle Visitor

This is called Thistle Visitor. It's a Mary Owen's design, Gisele Genier online class. I started this on canvas paper. The design was first inked and then color added with oil paints.

Watching You Now

This was an all day job to get the feathers painted. It's very tedious work to do each feather individually because each has to be shaded with three colors and then blended. I'm pretty happy with the eagles. They are such beautiful, powerful birds. The background on this one was also done on masonite board. This is a Gisele Grenier design. Gisele's website is Art By Nature in the links section of my blog.

Bald Eagle on Glass

This is a pen and ink Bald Eagle on Glass, Design by Sherry Nelson. I did this in an Art By Nature online class with Gisele Grenier, instructor. The piece is reverse painted. The inking was very tedious work. There sure are alot of feathers on this guy! I'm using a Staedtler pen for the inking on a 16 X 20 Plexiglass sheet. Color was added with oil paints. The background was done on masonite board. I got it matted and framed today and am delighted with the results. My hubby said "You are not selling that one!"

Spring Daffodils

I was playing a little last night after a spending trip to Michael's. I had bought some pastel pencils and a sketch book. So, thought I would try them out even though I didn't have the right colors or any know how to do anything. Here's what I came up with. Next time I will try it on a black surface.

Another Beautiful Slideshow

Springtime and Chihuly Glass in the Garden

Andy's Color of Seasons/Spring Album

Color of Seasons /Spring/

Inspiring Photographer

Banf National Park and Glacier National Park

This is one of my favorite Webshots member. He really has an eye for capturing some outstanding shots.

Black Spruce Study

Last night I did a pen and ink online study with Gisele. This was an exercise in negative space. Negative space makes your art more appealing to the eye.

Here's my final study piece. This was done with pencil and by not lifting the pencil from the paper. I still need to do some practice.