Cat

It's mid January and I'm already craving sunshine. This is not a good thing.

I'm glad we're heading to San Diego for a few days. I just really hope it doesn't rain there.
I don't usually mind the cold and the grey. Well, not until May, typically...

I feel like the sun gives me energy and omph! Which I feel like I am really lacking these days. I laid in bed for 45 minutes trying to get myself up for a run this morning. I felt a bit stale creatively in my studio this afternoon too.

However, I did see a picture of a cat and decided that I needed to paint it. So that's what I did. And I like it. I like this style I've been working in. All of those little lines are brushstrokes. I find it so meditating to paint all of those little lines. I listen to music, think and paint little lines in different colors. I enjoy it very much.

I also finished my custom portrait of Dolly. The client is very happy with the end results and so am I.

My photos aren't great and it's because I'm not working with any natural light here. It's been pretty dark all day, and now it's even darker with evening coming in.

I hope you can get a good idea on how they look :)

Busy Bee

 The title of this blog post reminded me of this scene in Best in Show.



anyway, goodness, I have been incredibly busy. I'm not going to lie, I've also been out enjoying the beautiful sunshine we've been having. Summer makes all that rain the rest of the year totally worth it.

Daisy

I've got a few commissions I'm working on including a couple of dog portraits. Today I met with Becki from the blog, Shopping is My Cardio. She's asked me do two illustrations of her two pups Bailey and Daisy, whom I also was able to meet. I'm looking forward to this, and I will of course share pics when I'm done!

Bailey

I'm also making some big plans for my little office. I've decided that it's not a place that I really want to be and I need to change that. I feel like a little paint, some cute curtains and another desk will really spruce it up a bit. Nothing huge, but sometimes the little things really make a difference in our living and working spaces. I'm hoping that it will help inspire me a bit too. I'm looking for fresh, new, painting and etching ideas, and I'm hoping this will help out in that area.






I feel stuck and it's not my favorite feeling.

Commissions

Whew! 6 hours of painting under my belt today!
It felt really great!

I started working on a pug commission today. Her name is Lucy. I was able to get all of what you see in the painting done in one hour! I'm getting fast. It's also a lot easier to paint the pug after fussing with the faces in the American Gothic painting for 4 and a half hours...

Hopefully the guy's face comes to me quickly. I feel like I'm almost there...

I just can't seem to get the brush and my brain to connect.

Hopefully I can get the faces resovled soon so I can move on to detailing the house and the lady's smock!