DSFDF Statue

This is the latest challenge from DSFDF. The challenge was to draw (paint if you must) the statue, full length just as it was in the photo. I chose to paint and draw with the ink to fit the challenge. (watercolor, ink 5x7 inches)

DSFDF Beach

I took a break from a pastel portrait that I am working on to paint the DSFDF Beach this afternoon. I separated the color of the water from the sky/reflected sky and I wish my camera could pick up the subtle color differences within each area. Sigh... That is something I will have to work on another day.

DSFDF Sushi

Here is my latest from the DSFDF challenge, sushi, done in watercolor.

Wig Window

I have been pretty busy with classes and doing demos and have not had anything to put up that I would like to share... That is till today, when I finally sat down to do the DSFDF challenge. I kept putting it off, not sure how to handle it, played with acrylic but in the end went back to watercolors and had fun! I would love to do this one more time to work a few bugs out, but tomorrow Karin will post a new challenge and it is time to put these last few weeks away. Just waiting for spring...

victorian for DSFDF

This is my image from the latest DSFDF challenge. I tried to find my own point of view for this. It wasn't easy because every time I checked to see what the others had done, they were so good and had many great interpretations. So for our next challenge, either I get on it as soon as I get the challenge or don't look to see what the others have done (and that is the fun part!) until I finish mine.

It's Darking

I was happy to see that we had an evening painting to do fo DSFDF. Jefferson Memorial was a quick painting and is about 10x7 inches. I enjoyed doing another evening painting this fall from the Butler Farm Show.

When one of my sons was young he looked out the window at dusk and said, "Look, it's darking!"

time to begin

I just finished my first painting for a group called different strokes from different folks. http://differentstrokesfromdifferentfolks.blogspot.com/ Photos were exchanged by Karin Jurick who runs the blog and we painted and sent in our results. She has offered bi-weekly projects and has done an awesome job of organizing, posting and hosting the site. Anyway, I chose to do my painting in acrylic (I usually work in watercolor, or pastel), 5 x7 and hope the person I painted is happy with the result.