Now this is what I'm talking about! This is definitely an option worth considering. I hit this one with the watercolor filter and got ...

SOLD I spent far more time than I intended on this but one thing lead to another and I got caught up in painting berries, adding twiggy litt...

The color in this photo is obviously not accurate but I wanted to show that I've begun the detail work on the trunk and started adding t...

This is the sketch after alteration in Elements 6.0. I selected the shade of red I desired and used the Eyedropper set at size 13 to litera...

Landscapes...a subject I've managed to avoid for my entire painting 'career' until this past week. I've had this niggling li...

Fern Canyon in Northern California. It's like walking into another world. The Fern Canyon photos have rekindled my desire to try a land...

I put the image of the poppy that I 'twirled' back into Elements and cropped it into a square format. Then I used the Ink Outlined f...

My sketch book is anything I have handy that will accept pencil or ink. This is my sketch of Gizmo or Lil 'Mo as we sometimes call her....

Kinda cool...huh? Using the slide indicator below Angle you can adjust the amount of twist desired. Now for a new twist...literally. With ...

Using the same original image I selected 'Solarize' from the effects menu. The results look something like an oil slick on water. I ...

Even smaller cells! The image almost looks fluffy now. The same image with smaller cells. For my first try I selected fairly large cells whi...

Maine Coon Kitten on Arches 140# HP paper Dimensions: 11" x 15" SOLD Sorry for taking so long to post the finished piece. The pap...

I went as far as I could on the kitten before adding the background. I'd like some of the fur on the ears and head to extend over the ba...

As you can see, I've completed the eyes and most of the facial detail. Now comes the really fun part. I've begun working with this o...

As you can see, I have a ways to go yet. I don't really want to get into too much detail on this one but it won't be as loose as th...

SOLD Here's my bassett hound. The reference photo I used is from the WC RIL, courtesy of Bigs. I'm not sure I'm happy with the ...

I used a gorgeous reference image of a pomeranian for this one that I found in the WC RIL, submitted by fancycat. I chose a pomeranian for m...

Here's another in my latest series of sleeping cat paintings. I found the reference photo in the WC RIL courtesy of Crias. Tonkinese cat...

Transparent watercolor on Arches 140# HP w/c paper Dimensions: 15" x 11" I found another napping cat reference tucked away in my p...

15" x 11" on 140# Arches HP w/c paper Having gotten a little tired of painting frogs, I found myself wondering what to paint next....