Another Birthday for Hallie

Put together a little card for a friend who is in denial of his age.... Happy Birthday Hallie!! You're Yung No Mo...

Throwback Thursday #1

My mom saved some of my work from when I was younger. This drawing was from when I was in junior high school. Proof that skills improve with practice and lots of time!!

A Birthday Snapshot

A quick birthday card for a promising photographer. Happy Birthday Mr. Aquarian!!

Coffee Shop Moments

I came across this old piece I did when I would sit in a coffee shop and do little watercolors with my trusty little travel set.

Holiday Progress

Happy New Year!!

Cutting it close to Christmas, I finished my Holiday Card for 2012. Below you can see my challenges....

Here I thought that the design was missing something, plus, I wasn't really liking the colors of the ornaments. I had just found my stash of gouache paints and didn't have anything more vibrant.

Here I play around with the design on the final project itself and really like what came from it.

The blue color was starting to bug me so I decided to warm the painting up by adding more earth tone colors. The tree was looking a bit flat and I wanted something to give it more of a lush body, making it feel more like Christmas.

My challenge at this point were the floor boards -- they were blending too much with the top half of the painting, so, I made it look more like wood by adding a grain texture throughout.

This is the final piece and I am quite happy with it!  ;)

I'm hoping that I start my 2013 card a heck of a lot sooner!!