I may finish up the underpainting a little later tonight, seeing as how I’m so daggone motivated to paint this Lion. For now, here’s where he stands. Or sits, rather.
(Update, 8:30PM, I just shut down the cam for the night. I’ll finish the underpainting and the Catfish tomorrow! NITE!)
Movin’ right along on the underpainting of this Lion, I am loving this painting already. It’s just like I painted it in my head! 🙂
This is what I’m talkin’ about! Here are the Lion’s eyes, the underpainting anyway, I’ll enhance them further on the next layer.
G’mornin everybody! I hope you all love oranges and reds, cause that seems to be the prominent color in my florals this summer. Today is “Mark’s choice”, he thought this shot was so cool he had to put his flip-flops on to go see the plant and make sure that’s what it looks like all up close and in-your-face. I have 4 gerber daisy plants, two are flowering (they say they’re gerbers, anyway). This bloom is about a week old now so it’s a little tattered but still gives great close-ups!
Today I am thrilled to announce that I will begin my next piece! I’m working on a 16×20 LION. ROOOARRRR baby, this guy is beautiful! I’ve been painting him in my head for a couple of weeks now. Yes, I paint in my head. It’s really nifty actually, lets me know which one I need to paint first in a craving sorta way. I spent the evening lastnight getting my studio cleaned up and ready for a new piece, finished cleaning my brushes this morning and I have a feeling I’ll be out there very soon! I’ll flip the cam on when I get going (check the webcam status in the left menu to see if it’s on yet), stop in if you can!
Almost done, I’ll let him dry for a day or so and then add some sparklies and twinkles and highlights and stuff. (I’ll be glad when he’s finished, I feel like I smell like fish! LOL) Click “read more” for the rest of the pics.
This was our sunset lastnight. Pretty, huh?
If any of you are planning a trip to Disney any time soon, I have a 3 year old who is certain that it only takes 10 minutes to get to the pink hotel from here and that a quarter is enough money to stay there. She’s well behaved in the car and needs Lilo’s autograph, so if you have extra room take her with you! I don’t know how many times we can explain that we’re not going to go again til next year! 😆
Last work in progress shots of the day on the Catfish! I’ll finish up the area around Mark er.. the fisherman tomorrow, he’s got a few whiskers under his chin (the fish, hehe), paint the fins and the base and then I think I’m done. But I’m not sure. I’m never sure on that one until I pull my brush away! Have a great evening everybody!
Here’s another shot, his fishy skin is coming along nicely! Ooh! See the Lion sketch on the canvas in the background? That’s my next piece! I might get to start that one tonight.
