Ending the old year

 Watercolor for my friend who recently was married.

 A trial in acrylics, I was bored and wanted to experiment.

 Master copy that I started.

 Leaf pencil with color on top

 Pastels with water added, it was a fun experiment. I hated pastels before this but now I know how to use them and it makes for a nice look.

Another master copy, one of Leonardo's

Portrait and pet

Top here is my middle boy who posed for us for art class this week. I am very proud of him for sitting so still for me, and I loved how I was able to capture his look in such a simple sketch.

Below here is Suko, her owners had to put her down recently because of cancer and she was no longer eating or drinking. I had the chance to meet this sweet cat before she passed and wanted to give her family a little gift to remember her by. 

A little sample of nightly works

I am loving watercolors lately. I am still learning how to work them and coloring with blues and oranges instead of grays. Top here is a picture of a rabbit I had when I was younger. Her name was Velvet and she had her own little personality, and I loved her.

 Art class time. This plant was sitting on the table so we drew then painted it. It is one of my favorites but it is for sale.

 A work in progress, love the colors I will be painting in this one.

Art class perspective of a pepper tree. Going to keep working on this one when I get the chance.
I have realized recently that I haven't developed a style still for my works. Photography I definitely have my own style but in painting and drawing I am missing something. It is eating away at me. I am trapped. I am not sure what to do next. Some serious soul searching must be done before I can become a professional artist.

Etsy shop

I opened up an Etsy shop, figured if my tiger drawing is so popular here that everyone was taking it I might as well sell good prints of it and get my moneys worth so I can afford to keep doing art. Head on over and see!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintPencilandPhotos?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Flying

Getting used to watercolors. I am loving how this bird turned out.

Finished shell.

Added stipple and some background lines to this. I wanted it to be a little more whimsical and this is the result.

Fun Friday

 Another week for art class and today was eyes, next week will be faces, then bodies. She was hesitant at first to draw eyes but these pictures say that she was ready for them!

 This was her eye she copied onto black poster board with colored pencils.

 Here is mine, it was fun doing this exercise again.

 Remember this one from several months  ago? I finally finished it using a variety of things, charcoals, pastels and watercolors on top of the pencil. It turned out better than I had imagined and I am loving the symbols of it. What does it say to you? I won't tell you what it was drawn for until at least one person guesses.

Lastly another shell in watercolor. I will work on this one a little more with some colored inks on top of it just for fun. Experimenting with mixed media is always a little scary but the results are fun