I've missed my fellow bloggers. I usually make prints of Christmas paintings on card stock. This year, I decided to get an early start and paint cards. It has been fun. I'm almost done.
Here are a few that I've done so far. I just realized that our feet are in the first picture.😊 Hope you don't mind.
This is the Christmas card I'm sending out this year. In past years, I have usually done 2 or 3 different paintings. I like this one because it has our dog, Georgie, and a snowman:) As I type, Cary Grant and Chip, our two cats, are helping me and giving hints that they need to be on a Christmas card, too. Maybe I'll do one more... I use white only in an emergency, but I had a heck of a time with the trees, so I used some white on the branches:)
I tried drawing this portrait of my granddaughter (Jade) and her girlfriend (Daphne) one more time. I think this one is a little better, but I still didn't get Daphne's head tilted back far enough. It was a tough angle for me. I do have fun with charcoal. I told Jade that it reminds me of painting because of the way you can move the charcoal around on the paper.
Jim and I do the Daniel Smith Zoom meetings on Fridays. We love the meetings. We always learn something, see great demos and get that international feel. Alex Hillkurtz was the guest artist at one of the meetings. We liked him so much that I ordered his book. The book is excellent!
Today's guest artist is Jim L'Oste-Brown from Australia. I'm not familiar with his work, but I'll let you know what I think.
Oh, and speaking of that international feel, we've discovered a show called The Brokenwood Mysteries. Have you seen it? So far, we've watched 6 episodes. It's really good. It's filmed in New Zealand. It has a little bit of everything - interesting plot, likeable characters, humor, mystery, drama. Check it out.
I seldom draw or paint people, definitely not portraits. This means I need practice. I decided to draw my granddaughter, Jade, and her girlfriend, Daphne. This drawing is pencil on 16"x20" drawing paper. It's off. I'm going to try again. I finished drawing and whining to my husband about how hard this was last night. This morning he showed me a video. This is how it's done. I totally cracked up. I hope you guys think it's funny, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enZbw1j8-ZE
I don't understand how she does this, but she's awesome!
I should probably make some changes on my blog. A lot of my blogging buddies have stopped posting. I'm not keeping up with it very well, but I'm not giving up. I can't bring myself to delete the links to the artists who have stopped blogging. I enjoyed following them for years. Does anyone know if Chris Lally is posting her art in a different place? Any news on any of the others who have stopped? Where did they go?
I'm still focusing on drawing. I'm working on a drawing of my granddaughter and her friend right now. I'll post it when I finish. Don Andrews offers an online watercolor demo once a month and I usually watch that. He and Martha are so much fun! Jim and I still do the Daniel Smith Zoom meetings on Fridays.
Have a fabulous weekend! Keep on making art! Keep on posting!
