Allsorts

I have been neglecting my blogging duties again. But I have been painting. Recent additions to my site are Off the Point, Pink and Yellow Rose, and Allsorts. The painting of the lake was a difficult one for me. I was glad when it was done and relieved to get many compliments from the nice people at wetcanvas.com. The pink and yellow rose was a joy to paint, I love painting flowers on the computer. Paint the Allsorts was very enjoyable as well.

And in between there was Halloween and I made a small painting for myself.

I haven't been crafting though, not for a long time, except for some cross stitching. I recently finished another picture.

Site problems

I've been having trouble with my Forest of Dreams website, but I hope to get it fixed soon.

I have done some more painting since my last post. I've been in a digital mood lately and I finished a knitting dragon for my creative dragon series. I hope to put these in a book someday. Currently I am starting a sewing dragon.

I also painted a picture of some raspberries using Twisted Brush. This was done in one layer, which is unusual for me. It is available as a 5x7" print.

Solstice at the lake

The weather has really warmed up now! Saturday, the 20th, we were camping and it was a warm, bright night. We went for a bike ride with friends around the campground and I think it was close to midnight when we went to the beach. If I had thought of it then I would have been more observant, but yesterday I used my imagination to do a quick painting with Twisted Brush of the lake that night.

Fruit and Crystal

Camping season has started, and gardening season, both of which get in the way of my painting time so I haven't been as productive lately.

We took the camper to the lake on the May long weekend to park it on the site we got for the summer. It snowed that day, but we thought we better take it up in the snow instead of the mud and we got it up there just in time.

We didn't stay that night but went back the next day and all the snow was gone. We have gone up there a few times and the nights have been pretty cold, but there have been no mosquitoes.

I did get a new painting done recently, Fruit and Crystal. I was scared to start on this one because of the bowl, but I convinced myself to relax with it and I got it done. You can see it here.

Steps To Twilight

I finished my latest cross stitch project, which I believe I started last June. There is one more picture in that booklet which I have already started.

I have also been doing some digital painting. This iceberg painting was done in Gimp, the reference was from wetcanvas.


For my dad's birthday I bought a toy car and painted a picture of it, and gave him both the painting and the toy. This was also done in Gimp.


This next one was also a reference from wetcanvas, this time done with Twisted Brush Open. I wanted to practise painting foliage on the computer but I think I need different brushes and I have decided to buy Twisted Brush Pro.


And today I painted an ATC of orchids, but I haven't scanned it yet. It will be posted on my website eventually.

Goldfinches and Blue Lake Trail

I have still been painting a lot, though most days I can only concentrate for a couple of hours. I completed this one of two goldfinches in the little stream I had in my last yard. I had to move the male bird to make a better composition, but that wasn't too hard. I thought I would go crazy painting all those rocks though. I was feeling ready to switch to digital painting again.

But, there was a tree classroom going on at wetcanvas in acrylics so I decided to use that as an incentive to get this other painting off my to-do list. I love painting trees anyway, and thought this one would be quick and easy but though I tried to relax with it, it wasn't very relaxing until near the end.

And then I wanted to take part in the different strokes challenge, so I made a new ATC. This one was quick, though I didn't find the dog very easy to paint, especially since I changed the light direction.



Now I am back to digital painting and I am working on a picture of an iceberg from a monthly challenge at wetcanvas.

Flicker, Storm Brewing, etc.

I have recently added a few new paintings to my site, Dragonfly, Flicker and Storm Brewing.

I also made a few pairs of earrings.

Cardinal

I was finally able to get back to digital painting this week and completed this picture for a monthly challenge at wetcanvas. It is to be printed 5x7" and was done in Gimp. I didn't keep track of the hours but it took a few afternoons.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

In December I got a little painting done, including these flat rocks that I gave to my cousin for Christmas.



I also painted a still life which I will be posting on my website eventually.

And I managed to get some crafting done. Not as much as I wanted to, as usual, but I have some ideas for next year.



Now I am getting used to my new computer that I got for Christmas. I will have to get a new paint program so that I can get back to digital work. I also have quite a few acrylic paintings in mind that I want to get done soon.