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My drawing and painting life

Imaginary Creatures revisited

Occasionally I like to go back to the series of Imaginary Creatures I made in January. May 8  through 10 (#251 – #253) I worked on a few new ones. … Continue reading

May 19, 2016 · 8 Comments

Dragon sparks

Is this just a nice way to finish this month of painting animals? I am hoping to  invite my imagination in more in the weeks to come and perhaps visit some … Continue reading

January 31, 2016 · 5 Comments

Little owl

  Finished on January 8, day 130. This is on a watercolor paper that is new to me, really smooth. At first I didn’t like it much. It seems to … Continue reading

January 10, 2016 · 12 Comments

Day 120 Fox finale and more

Ah! On day 120 (Dec 29) I finally finished the fox and ostrich picture. The fox would be cute, if he didn’t have that angry look. He seems to be … Continue reading

January 4, 2016 · 4 Comments

Still creating daily in 2016

‘Cow-goat’, January 2, A5 size, watercolor, pen, gesso and charcoal.  

January 2, 2016 · 4 Comments

Day 119 Rooster and Greenie

I’m having fun with the imaginary creatures method. For some reason it didn’t work for me the first time I tried. I never fully finished the pieces. I tried it … Continue reading

December 31, 2015 · 2 Comments

Days 115 up to 119 New animals

Today I am giving you an update of day 115 up to and including 118, i.e. December 24 – 27. I’ve been working in watercolor and pen, on several pieces … Continue reading

December 30, 2015 · 6 Comments

30 Paintings in 30 days again in January

Thanks to Leslie Saeta (and thanks to Niya Christine for leading me to her challenge last time!) there will be another challenge  “30 paintings in 30 days” again in January. … Continue reading

December 27, 2015 · 1 Comment

Day 114 Imaginary animals

Day 114 of daily creating, making imaginary creatures. I started several pieces by putting down watercolor blobs.  Then I started looking for creatures. Here’s what I found so far. I … Continue reading

December 26, 2015 · 2 Comments

Just a dog

Revisiting the imaginary creatures course by Carla Sonheim. It takes a lot of layering before a drawing/painting is ready. I am liking this one. Watercolor, pen, prismacolor white pencil, 4B … Continue reading

March 20, 2015 · 3 Comments