Newest Painting - Becky

 Becky, 5" x 7", acrylic and mixed media on cradleboard

This is Becky. I kind of love her moody angst. She is available in my ETSY shop now.

Newest Painting - Agnes

Agnes, 7"x5", acrylic and mixed media on cradleboard

Meet Agnes. She is my newest painting and she's available in my ETSY shop. Update: Agnes has SOLD

Summer - The Process

Here are my WIP pics of this painting...

 It all starts with a sketch

 The drawing with chalk on a black gessoed wood cradleboard

 First coat of paint on the background

 First coat on the face

 This is always the step where I doubt the painting is going to "work". I call this the "Ugly Phase".

 You can see that the face has one coat except for that right eye--the second coat makes a huge difference. 

 Almost done. She just needs a few accents and the chalk to be wiped off.

Almost done. I will add a few more accents after this.

And the finished painting!

Newest Painting - Summer

I've been in a bit of a painting slump lately. But just recently I've felt the creative energy flowing again. This painting was hard to put in the mail. That's how I know I really like it! I wanted her to hang around my house a bit longer. But she is a gift for my niece so she had to get on her way.

This was my inspiration pic. This little cutie just turned 2 and she's the youngest of 4 but she is IN CHARGE so in the painting I gave her a crown. She's also the sweetest little angel pie you'll ever meet so I gave her wings.

Here she is with her painting. This picture makes my heart so, so happy!

If you'd like to see my process for this painting CLICK HERE.