Step 4) Completion. I've added more gouache, some colored pencil including the gold metallic for accent and tweaked this as much as I da...

This was my experiment using colored pencils. I made notes, jotting down which color combos I liked and seemed to work well together. I have...

I fiddled around some more with the color study I posted the 13th of this month. I'm still undecided as to a palette for this painting. ...

It's so rare that I get a really good photo of the Moon but I did last night. It's on the wane and it was very orange. If you look c...

I finished my value study. I was most interested to see if I still had good distribution of the lightest and darkest values after making my ...

I think this will be the final drawing. There is good movement throughout, interesting shapes in the corners and nothing pops out at me that...

Truth be told, I could sure use a fur job(haircut)and a 'tail' lift right about now. ;D Yesterday was my birthday...again. Seems the...

I took one small section from the whole and did a quick color study last night. It looks sloppy because it is. I've got the end result i...

This is the final result. All the pieces taped together. The dimensions came to approx. 26" x 14" . Apparently enlarging a small i...

After applying the watercolor filter I converted the resulting image to black & white and switched it to infrared. I like the extreme va...

Here is the result of a mixture of silver oil based enamel paint and watercolor/fluid acrylic poured onto damp w/c paper. Pretty dramatic, w...

This afternoon I decided to try Ann Blockley's technique of applying oil based metallic paint onto wet watercolor. My first attempt was ...

I need to stop working on this right now before I tweak it to death. Sometimes you just have to put the brush down and walk away. I have no ...

This guy needs some gouache whiskers, ear hairs and a few edges need softening. I tried another crop but found I like this one best. I think...

...for now anyway. This is as far as I got today on the final painting. I threw my neck out so I made a visit to my chiropractor and I'm...

I'm not bored but this cat sure looks bored. I liked my Sepia cat enough to try another. I did use a reference photo this time (courtes...

I like this composition the best so far. Love the subtle orangey reflection on the green egg shell and the angle of the shadow from the cart...

I've never done this on my blog before but this cheese is soooo good I couldn't help myself. I'm hooked on this stuff. I hope He...

Done on the last piece of scrap paper with the last of the leftover paint...mostly quin violet, Undersea green and warm sepia with some goua...

I can't seem to stop playing in the paint lately! I've been using up leftover paint and bits and pieces of w/c paper lying around. T...