Hi everyone! It’s been awhile since I’ve updated my painting progress which is VERY LAZY OF ME. My current painting is the Astronomical Clock in Prague. It’s 36″x24″ oil on canvas. I had the opportunity to go to Prague last year and take hundreds of wonderful photos of the architecture. And of COURSE I’m going to paint it too! Here […]
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For those of you that took your kids (or yourself) to the LEGO Movie, BEHOLD, the “Everything is Awesome” Princess Unikitty Birthday cake. So here’s the story, my girls have played with LEGOs on and off over the years, but once the “LEGO Movie” came out, it has ramped our LEGO-shipping up a notch. Especially for
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New painting for 2014! A couple days ago I did a quick acrylic painting for my daughter during a crazy whiteout snow apocalypse. I’m not a fan of quick drying paints but they are much safer and water based for kids so I thought it would be smart to break out the acrylics I’ve had
My daughter Clara is quite upset with me. I paint all day, but my paintings aren’t for her. Her argument is valid. So I asked her what I should paint for her. She said “Spongebob’s Rainbow Jellyfish”. Now I’ve watched alot of episodes, but I sure don’t remember that one, so I’m thinking she is
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I’m starting to add more color and really work on the tentacles. Slowly adding more depth.
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Well, no board, just used my huge canvas instead! I also decided to paint the jellyfish upside down for now. See where that takes me! (Fun fact, this is the 3rd animal that I’ve ever painted. Can you guess the other two? Put them in the comments below.) Here are some progress photos. This is
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The last time I was home, my grandmother had set aside some artwork, fabric and other random things that she thought I might enjoy. One of these things was Rosemåling artwork that she had learned to do back in the 70’s. Now I didn’t know alot about rosemåling other than I know it when I
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I love aquariums. I can spend hours just staring at fish and underwater creatures until my eyes go numb. If I visit a new city, the first thing I look for is an aquarium and try to drag whoever is with me to it. And although I like all fish, my favorite is the jellyfish. Thriving
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For the past few months, I’ve been secretly designing a book cover for the wonderfully talented Patrick T. Gorman. If you are a Star Wars fan or have been to the Star Wars Celebrations, you probably have heard of the “Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes” or the “Star Wars Saga in 60 minutes.” Patrick is
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I decided to go with the vertical with “The Cliffs of Moher” mostly because I wanted to paint the castle. Seriously, how often can I say “I painted a castle!!” :). I think it turned out wonderfully, lots of color and texture and plenty of practice when it came to painting grass! Enjoy. Detail Photos
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