Brother

Here is a black and white pencil portrait I was hired to produce.  Just 2 Little guys who show brotherly love.  I had 2 pictures to work with and I changed the oldest boys hair because he liked his bangs longer so I made the adjustment to make him the way he likes himself.  I enjoy doing portraits because you catch the individuals personality. 

                                           Fall Scene

This picture was painted and I added other objects after this step into the painting .  It was my first fall scene and I found it fun to paint.

                                           Full Bloom

This picture was painted with acrylics first and I finished it with oils.  The original is painted on a 16x20 canvas. 

This picture was painted in oils and was my first seascape. I love the sky in this picture and in the original photo I painted from.  I hope to paint more seascapes with mountains and bigger waves in the future.

Fantail Goldfish

Fantail Goldfish

This picture is painted in oil paints on a 12 x 12 canvas with the deep edged sides.   This picture was fun to paint.  It was one of my own photo's and it was taken at the Knoxville zoo.  I was in the   butterfly exhibit, had turned around and to my surprise the pond they had in this exhibit was directly behind me. This cute goldfish appeared at the surface of the water looking at me and I began snapping  pictures with my camera and enjoyed the results I had gotten with my camera. So I turned my picture into a painting.  I really enjoy animals as you can  see by the artwork I display.  I just love them.                      

Squirrel

This picture is done in colored pencils. I had started this picture a few years back and finally finished it.  This little guy was allot of fun and took allot of short pencil strokes to accomplish the look I needed to make him look furry.  I am glad I finished him.

Sam the Cat

This is my first oil painting with an acrylic underlay.  I discovered I like painting with oils. It blends better than acrylic paint and its kinder when you make mistakes.  You can remove that mistake allot easier than you can acrylic.  This is my sisters cat.  His name is Sam and as you see he is not camera shy.  He is lovable and I believe he thinks he's the man of the house.  He's likes to suck on his toes too!  You can Look below and see his photo the one I decided to use for my model.