Shell #1

One shell totally done. I am not the best at watercolor so the idea of using it on top of this drawing was giving me a panic attack. Making mistakes is all part of art, but it sucks when you make a major mistake on something you were attached to. So far so good. It gives it a nice effect, much nicer in person than in a photo. But isn't that true about all art? Except digital but we won't go there.

Slowly coming along. Art takes time!

 Looks better tonight then it did last night, but the bee study is coming along.

 Not the best lighting, I didn't get to taking this one during the day but I kinda like the effect it has on this one. Getting close to finishing this and then I will start on the second one in this series.

Fixed this one. Not sure if you can tell but I darkened the baby a little more just to help it "pop" more. It has been on my mind for months now on what to do to fix this and finally I had enough guts to try and I am satisfied. Offering prints of this one for anyone who is interested.

Bee Study

 Bee study, I love bees, this is one just for me, I have the body blocked in so far, going to add some color to this one and frame it for my next place.

How is this one turning out? I know you are looking at this but nobody is giving me feedback! My kids tell me they like it but they are my "yes men" who adore me. I keep looking at the shirt and I hate it and almost cut this up last week. Instead I put it away and decided to take a break from it. This is a labor of love for this picture. I want to keep going and finish it finally and start on the next one. Until then I will keep drawing. Gotta do shells and a portrait for someone next.

Shell number 1

Shell drawing for a client and I had some fun with it in photoshop. Nothing major just color added for a little vibrancy. The black and white version turned out pretty nice for just a study. Now back to drawing.

Bee

 This little guy was just hanging out on my kids swing set so I took him off and had to snap a few pictures of him before putting into the flowers to get food. I LOVE bees! I will definitely be using these to draw later on.

New Camera Fun

 Went to LA and visited the LDS temple there, my favorite place to go in LA. The weather was perfect and sunny so taking pictures was a MUST!

 Two of my boys decided to play with the fountain, this was my favorite shot from the day.

 This was just to see how well the camera did with moving water, the effect was pretty incredible.

Full shot of the temple. Oh, and we are done watching Lost, so back to drawing I go.

New camera and confessions

My sister in law sent us her camera and already I am loving the difference in how well it captures my artwork. I haven't been drawing as much as I should, my husband and I have been absorbed in watching Lost and it is addicting. We never saw it when it was on TV so with it all on Netflix we get "Lost" every night and we are almost done! Once we are I am sure I will be back to drawing and posting more. Until then I will be practicing with this new camera and having fun.

See, having fun already with my crew of boys plus neighbor. Missed shooting in black and white.