Tiger Painting

I painted this from a picture on a card my husband gave me. He thought it would be a good one to paint, since he knows I like animal faces. I plan to put a black mat around it and then frame it. It might even be good for the Trinity Art Show in October since the tiger is their mascot!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Morning Walk on the Beach

Long time, no post! I've been busy traveling, visiting family, and doing other things! Currently I'm stepping out of my comfort zone and trying beach, water, and sunset scenes.

This painting of two eqrets was from a picture I took at North Captiva Island in April. I loved all the birds and wildlife! I'm working on a sunset but will post that soon.

Two Giraffes

I seem to be into doing zoo animals lately. I loved this picture that was taken at a wildlife ranch, and had to paint it. They were hanging over the wagon looking for food.

Have a great weekend!

Leopard Father's Day Present

I'm about finished with this Father's Day present...still trying to decide on the background. I added some yellow to the blue-gray but not sure if I like it. Any suggestions?

This is for my audiologist friend's husband who likes to hunt.

Hope eveyone is enjoying their Memorial Day Weekend! Thank God for our military men and women!

The Girls

My tennis friend, Sue, wanted me to paint her girls for their new house they are building. She says it looks exactly like the pictures, so I'm glad she likes it.

I'm working on a couple other Father's Day presents that I will get up in the next couple days.

Hope everyone is enjoying this hot Memorial Day Weekend and not having to drive too far!!

Travis and Stephanie's House

Since I'm working on houses/landscapes for a change, I painted Travis and Stephanie's house. It has so much charm with the cedar post fence and tool shed Travis built, the bench in front, sun, and all the cute little female touches from Stephanie. It was fun to paint! I'm going for more of an impressionistic look but probably got a little too detailed. It was hard not to with all the little extras.

My First Zebra

Today I joined the Texas Pastel Society and painted down at the Japanese Gardens. It was a beautiful day! I chose to paint a bridge and water scene. Notice I don't have it up?

Well...it was lots of fun and lunch was good anyway!

KLRN even filmed us for the upcoming KLRN Auction. I am going to use my Riley boxer picture as an example of a pet portrait that I will donate.

When I came home I still had the desire to paint so I decided to paint this zebra picture. The picture was taken at a wildlife farm and I have had the itch to paint it. It's 20 by 16, so it's one of my largest yet. I actually treated the board with an acrylic ground for pastels and it gave it a nice texture for the fur. I am happy with it.