Sunday, August 30, 2020

IconAccidental photo study #1

 *** DISCLAIMER!!! This was TRACED from a photo and painted using many layers and next to the photo I can see all these things wrong with it but I have to be done now so I can make dinner so this is it for today—it’s only a study. I’ll be doing several of these before I try painting it myself. Also,yes, I have her permission to paint this photo.  ***  


She is a really cool lady see @iconaccidental on Instagram.





Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Monday, August 24, 2020

08-20-2020 Play deconstructed



This was really fun. I may do more of these. I cut pieces from original image (below, titled “Play” because I was playing around with the watercolor brushes and not working from life), and moved/resized them. Then I used the recolor feature and liked the addition of greens & yellows.

 

Sunday, August 23, 2020

08-20-2020 Circles

Hi all  I’m playing with something new. A professional artist-friend of mine uses Ko-fi (like “no-fee”) to accept donations, make sales, and accept commissions  I’m just trying the free parts of the service that allow me to accept donations and have thrown a “support” button on the blog website in case anyone feels like buying me a chai latte whenever they’d like. 😋  The button will be in the upper right corner of the website. 


And without further ado, here is today’s apple: