Hi everyone!! I’m so excited about this new painting I finished this morning!! What a varied combination of techniques it took to come up with this finished artwork. This one echos my Best of Breed trophy I created for the Chow Club National coming up very soon. I’ll show you the glass version in a couple of weeks!!
The “birth” of my paintings always begins with inspiration photos I’ve taken over the years. A recent image of Lillian sniffing a bug on the ground gave me the idea she should have a larger critter to stare down……so a froggie it is!!
From pencil sketch to loose watercolor, then onto the computer for the difficult (but fun) stuff. I spend more time digitally manipulating my watercolors than I ever did at the easel when I created watercolors from start to finish without the computer. This is a very labor intensive process for sure.
The print and greeting cards are now available at my IMAGEKIND GALLERY. The prints will be available at Imagekind through April, 2009. After that they will be only availabe at auction on Ebay.
I hope you enjoy this new print as much as I did creating it!!!
Thank you so much CarolSue and Jan!!! Jan I am working on some looser styles like this but boy it’s hard. …..it’s like learning watercolor all over again. This tighter style is a lot of fun to do but what I wouldn’t give to just slop a wet wash brush on a huge sheet of watercolor rag paper and watch it do its thing. I really appreciate your comments you guys!!
Being an “old style” artist and a not very computer savvy one at that, I can only imagine what it takes to do the digital enhancement you do on your paintings. While I have always loved your loose watercolor style and often attempted to mimic it, you have absolutely left me in the dust with your new mixed media paintings. I love the effects you are getting. Keep it up!!!
Luv, Jan
wow sandra this painting is beautiful! and the detail is amazing!