Peonies

A first look at a WIP I'm doing for a friend's Birthday.
Colored Pencil on smooth
3"x11"

The bottom here will be the vase. And then a muted brown background... Off I go to finish or maybe I should go do the dishes first...... Argh....nahhhhh....

WIP it good! Ha!

Here are a few WIP's:
This below is a pic of my Grandpa Eric. He passed when I was 6 or 7, a long time ago...
I remember him but only a few moments.
He owned a bar in North Dakota, Bondy's Bar, I'm not sure what to do with the background. I love the way the color pops from the background of the pure white when I use my Prisma Colors. Yet, it needs a background (and some other work on the eyes and hair...). I'm not fond of doing the exact background that is in the photo.
The color varies online from the actual on the paper. Oh well, one of these days I'll figure out which is better to use on which one of my programs with the pixels, resolutions, DPI's, JPEG's, etc.

The next two are works that I'm working on for a friend to use for the elementary school's
Where the Wild Things Are Fundraiser.

This first one was scanned and the white highlight didn't show up on the side of the trees, so on here it looks like the trees are wobbly but truly they aren't as unnatural....
dang scanners.......
Anyway, this one is done in watercolor

And this second I went for Illustration/Cartoon with Colored Pencil

And now I'm off to start something new...... Following the Masters, or Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout-Google Challenge, or maybe Different Strokes from Different folks' challenge...... yipee! I gotta go!

DSDF Challenge

My entry into the DSDF challenge.

I changed the scenery the poor guy was around. I like to call this "Enjoying Retirement".

It seemed too "I don't wanna be here" with him sitting next to the Office door.

I cropped the painting. It was 6.5 x 9.5
It is now 6.5 x 6.5 done in watercolor.

This is the photo that was given to work with.

Below are "Peppers and Onions" done with watercolor also. I'm working on the shading now.

GRLZ-RL

A prismacolor pencil picture I'm working on.

6x6 Bristol Vellum

This is pretty much done, I just need to work on the road and the sky. I'll keep the "shoulda" and the "yeah but that..." from being posted out loud. You know how it goes.... Think I'll label it a WIP

Veggies with Prismacolor

My first pic of veggies from the Different Strokes from Different Folks challenge. I have a little more to finish. (the plate, shadows, corn on the mid-right....) is so much fun tho. I've used prismacolor blendable colorpencils for this.... SO MUCH FUN! GO, TRY IT! FUN!

A first look

Here is a first look at a painting I have almost finished that I'll be putting up for sale soon. Got some detail work to finish on it....

Off to start my day! Hope yours is a good one!

Happy Anniversary!

For my husband

This is a WIP. I made this for my husband for our 10th Anniversary today!

graphite, charcoal and a little pastel