Gaze of the Deep, my original big eye mermaid with a seashell crown painting is now completed! She has an ethereal and captivating beauty.
The original painting is mixed media on an oval gallery wrapped canvas and measures 16"x20"
If you are interested in the original or prints and aren't in a huge hurry, they are available if you'd like. Please let me know.
I've blocked in her eyes and lips and worked on the skin tones of my WIP Work in Progress big eye mermaid with a seashell crown painting. She still needs quite a lot attended to, but I feel like I've made solid progress.
The original painting is mixed media on an oval gallery wrapped canvas and measures 16"x20"
I have pretty much finished the underpainting of my WIP Work in Progress big eye mermaid with a seashell crown painting. I think I'll work on her skin tones next.
The original painting is mixed media on an oval gallery wrapped canvas and measures 16"x20"
I've made some progress on my Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Xochitl painting. I've mainly worked on her hair, headdress, feathers, and #eyes for #FebruArty. Her feathers and eyes need a bit more work and she'll have more make up; but that's coming...
The original painting is duo oils on cradled wood and measures 16"x20"
I am working on the underpainting of my WIP Work in Progress big eye mermaid with a seashell crown painting. I have a bit more to go on her face and then I'll start working on her hair.
The original painting is mixed media on an oval gallery wrapped canvas and measures 16"x20"
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Here is where I am on my Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Xochitl painting. I've been working on her face and neck. She'll have more make up, but I'll add that in towards the end. I think I'll work on her hair next...
The original painting is duo oils on cradled wood and measures 16"x20"
This is a WIP work in progress image of two of my birds from my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair. They have been roughly blocked in. Next I will refine them a bit; however Alex likes the unrefined feel of the birds and cautions me to keep them loose, so they won't be getting extremely tight.
Some may remember the little bird at the top as one I have painted before in small format. It's now a much brighter colored bird! Initially all of the birds were going to be blue, but my painting became brighter in hue and I was loosely inspired by my friend's green bird and those two things changed everything...
The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame that measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed.
Happy snuggles! This is a WIP work in progress image of part of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair. The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame that measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed. I've loosely blocked in the bird couple; I have not yet decided if I will refine this couple a bit first or move on to blocking in another bird next and come back for refinements after I've blocked in all of the birds...
This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair. The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame. The panel measures approximately 12"x20" and will be approximately 14"x22" when framed. I've blocked in her glorious pink hair and am looking forward to starting work on the little birds...
Here is where I am on my 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting. I've loosely underpainted the entire painting and need to begin finessing additional layers. So very many feathers and so much more to come...
This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair. The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame. I'll try to remember to measure it before the next time I post her. I've been working on blocking in her face, features, and hair. The hair is partly underpainted and partly blocked in, the silhouettes of where the little birds will be is visible...
Still plugging away at this 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting. I'm just blocking in some basics, much more remains to go for just the underpainting itself, but I hold that some progress is better than no progress at all...
This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye rococo maiden with lovebirds in her hair. The original painting is duo oils on a wood panel cut to fit a vintage frame. I've started on underpainting her face and neck. Sometimes I am enamored of this soft focus stage, but I enjoy taking things to another level, so the painting continues...
"Unremembered Title" painting 16x20 inches, acrylics on panel, framed
"Patchwork Princess" 11x14 inches, duo oils on wood
I've concluded that there's no way I'm finishing this painting in time for Dia de los Muertos. I've started to block in the feathers, hair, and neck for this 16"x20" duo oils Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead painting, but this is all just underpainting and I still have her face, headress, and dress to block in before I even begin overpainting. I wish I could finish it in the time allotted, but I know that even if I had my schedule entirely clear, which I do not, I'm just too slow of a painter to manage. Fortunately I do have another one that's on the wall that I'll try to share with you in celebration on that day...
This is my "Xochitl Study" that I did for the Dia de los Muertos/ Day of the Dead Mujeres Valientes Exhibit at the Ontario Museum of History & Art in 2021. It was a year when I didn't feel I'd be able to finish the full sized painting that I started for them so I submitted this colored pencil drawing on toned paper. I bring it up this year because my schedule was too complicated to even ask them to consider me this year for their show, but I'm hoping to complete this year the painting that this drawing was a study for that I started for them so many years ago...
I'll try to post a wip work in progress image of my Xochitl painting in the not too distant future. Please look forward to it.
This is a WIP work in progress image of my big eye scarecrow fantasy girl. The original painting is 11"x14" duo oils on wood. I've worked on her eyes and face a bit since you've seen her last. I still need to do more with her hat, hair, nose, lips, and eye details. This is my first time painting heterochromia eyes...
Wishing you a happy Lunar New Year! Every year for Chinese New Year, I try to present artwork of the year's Zodiac animal, this time,...
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