"Be sure to get my good side!" What a diva. What a ham. *eyeroll* She suddenly notices me! Not ready for her head shot yet. I rece...

Actually this was more of an experiment in color or lack thereof than a serious floral. I still can't decide if I like it or not so I...

Pond Life I watercolor on matboard 11" x 14" frame Pond Life II watercolor on matboard 8" x 10" frame Pond Life III wate...

This will be my final update until the painting is completed. As you can see, I've gotten the buds finished on the right stem and have s...

This is turning into a monster. I have to go back again and again to adjust the values making the matboard more & more absorbent. As for...

I've always wanted to try this sort of two tone palette...one color that will give me a full range of values and another as an accent co...

Actually I'm in the mood to paint something in a long, narrow format and hollyhocks came to mind. I doodled up a sketch last night, work...

I'm calling this one done. I took a few snapshots of the painting, adjusted the colors & resized the image in my photo editor, then ...

Here's where I'm at today. I decided I like the turquoise and I'm glad I decided to add it. The turtle is basically done. I'...

I just finished painting the turtle's shell so I thought I'd post an update. Much more to be done on this one before it's comple...

SOLD I punched up the values, added more texture and glazed the dragonfly wings with iridescent medium. The dragonfly still needed something...

I've been playing around with this one today and thought I'd better put up an image on screen before going any further. Funny how I ...

I just started this a few minutes ago so not much is done but I thought I'd post a quick update. I truly enjoy painting on matboard. I l...

I act as the moderator on a Michigan gardening site and recently someone started a thread asking members to name their favorite flower. I di...

I've finally completed Chocolate, the Great Dane. I'm just not sure if the background is complete. As this is basically a full lengt...

Meet Chocolate, a Great Dane and what a beauty he is. My niece, Megan Russell graciously sent me the photo so I could paint him. He is actu...

I decided to go with the simple background for this. It may need more work to create depth in the grass but I'm calling it done for now....

Do I want to continue developing the detail in this background and create a barnyard scene? Or do I want the birds to be the main subject wi...

I'm not terribly clever when it comes to titles but despite the fact that this title is obvious, it's also the name of a popular chi...

Hey, why not? I've finally used up all the paint on my latest palette, too! This colorful kitty was painted freehand, wet-into-wet on #1...