tried a couple of acrylic paintings...

I'm not really an acrylic painter but I wanted to make a couple Impressionistic style paintings for the front and back cover of a sketch pad that I made.  The sketch book wasn't one of the easiest projects I have ever done..what with sewing the pages and gluing the paper, but it was fun and it will be put to good use :)

YouTube - Joscelyn's True Vocation

My daughter, Joscelyn, entered the Poor Clare cloistered community in Barhamsville, VA on Friday.
This video was made by a dear friend at her going away party at the Church last Sunday.
My heart is bursting with Joy and breaking with sadness right now...
below is also a link to the Convent and also to her blog :)


YouTube - Joscelyn's True Vocation

http://www.poor-clares.org/
http://seekingavocation.blogspot.com/

flowers pastel

worked on a pastel today that involved under-painting with pastel and alcohol.  this was fun, although I am not crazy about the finished painting.  want to try this technique again though :)

pastel landscape

This is my latest pastel.  started it in class a couple weeks ago and finished it last night.  the picture is from a calender. 

swap painting

This was the painting I painted to send to my artist partner this month.  I was experimenting with glazing with gum arabic to make my pumpkins shinier.  I like the way it turned out on the orange ones.  couldn't seem to get the perspective right on the yellow one :( overall I though I really like this painting :)

Bubbles...

I have a lot of trouble with the whole negative painting concept (painting around shapes) I have been working on this the last couple days...not only to practice negative painting but also to practice making see through spheres with reflections and shadows.  I call this one "Bubbles...." colors around the outside are much stronger than I would have liked but that is because of all the layers it took to paint this...getting darker each layer.

apple still life

Tried my hand a pastels again since tomorrow is my class and I haven't had any time to practice this week.  Spent about 3-4 hours on this one...just kept playing.  the paper is sanded so I now have cuts on my finger tips and have no idea how I am going to get through class tomorrow!  anyway, I am not too awful happy with the cloth, and I want to throw out my black pastel so I am never tempted to use it again, hehe :)