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....

I'm out of gesso at the moment but I'm still on my frog 'kick' so I decided to try painting wet into wet directly on matboar...

New Photo, better color Last time I over did it. This time I may have 'under did' it. I used a much softer palette with a not-so-he...

My new comp thumbnail sketch. I will probably change the proportions of the various elements when I enlarge it. This time I decided to focus...

This probably should be called Nightmare Frog Pond . I knew days ago this one had gone horribly wrong but I kept at it just the same. In th...

My trusty #2 squirrel quill for those who aren't familiar with this type of brush, which I used for my painted frogs These are my w/c ...

SOLD I've been fiddlin' around with this one waaaaay too long to be objective anymore so I'm calling it done, at least for now. ...

Cute but not my idea of a house pet. He knows it's there. He brought it in! Does he care? No! Because I sure can't! Today while I w...

This is what I've been working on for the last few days. It's on a half sheet(almost)of Fabriano Uno 140# CP w/c paper coated with L...

This is my outlined iris. I kinda like the way this looks and would love to try other colors of ink in this way as well. This is an exampl...

I guess this one IS done. I just sold it! I wanted to try gesso on watercolor paper for the simple reasons that I have more paper than moun...

All tired out from ticklin' the ivorys They're putting really cool prizes in cereal these days! OUCH!!! It's been one of thos...

I made a few changes. The catchlight on that little screw in the background was so distracting it drove me nuts. This is a reminder of why ...

Better. Still needs work, though. Ahhhh....no. Well, maybe. Ummmm.... I have a pour waiting for the finishing touches but for some reason ...

What started as a doodle became an all out quest. Like a dog with a bone, I've been obsessing over this study all day, every day since m...

It was brought to my attention(thank you, Margaret!)that my first composition was leading the viewer's eye off the left side of the pic...

This bloom, taken in closeup, would fit well into the second photo to give an opposing direction to the composition. Here I've isolate...