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Just listened to this and found it really interesting. Thought others would like to see it as well. I really like his books a lot. Hope we are all out there making "Good Art"
This is a painting I did in oils on canvas that I thought fit the topic hurry. He does look like he's hurrying.....
This image does well as a giclee print. It's a favorite when I hang art locally in the Santa Cruz area. I feel really lucky to live in an area where people really like and support art.
I thought this image fit the topic heights well. One of the first things I think of from where I live is the great redwood trees. There is a beautiful park near us (Cowell Park) with an abundance of them. This tree is from another park just down the road. This painting is done in oils on board.
My friend Lisa teaches art to kids at the Mountain Art Center here in Ben Lomond. I Stopped in today and took a few pictures of the kids creating. Lisa comes up with some really fun projects to get young minds creating.
This seemed an appropriate image for the topic Vocal. This is oils on illustration board. Everyone knows how vocal little lungs can be. (Especially this babe's big sister)
There is nothing as wonderful as the return of a good friend. This image is oils on gessoed board.
The fun Blog They Draw and Cook http://www.theydrawandcook.com/
This little bunny has every intention of getting a piece of the carrot. This is a portion of a watercolor painting on illustration board.
If dogs were capable of driving this is how I picture a cab driving dog. I actually got this idea from the New York dog show and of the dogs taking over New York. I did this a long time ago, but thought it fit the capable theme. It is oils on gessoed board.
I did this as a personal painting. I like the challenge of trying something that I find difficult. I paired working with light and a fluid (water).
I picked this image to illustrate the suspense of once you reach the summit what happens next. The ride down is a whole new adventure. This image is in oils on gessoed board.
In the spirit of moving forward at a good pace I selected this image for the topic Forward. This is oils on board. I don't know why, but I like giving characters red hair.
The Scotts Valley Artisans store is having their grand opening party on Feb 4. I have several of the pieces from the Two Can art line up in prints, cards and t-shirts and have also been doing some clay to put in the store. The clay has been really fun. I've been working with paper clay and clay polymer. I used to do a lot of hand building so the clay is a really comfortable medium. This is a bit of a departure from what I've been doing. Here are some pics of the display and also some of the clay things.
Here is a watercolor painting of a porcine ballerina mid twirl.I was just playing around with creating characters, and a dancing pig seemed like a good idea.
Everything taste better when you prepare it with chocolate chips! This is watercolor on illustration board.
This is the last of the group of characters that were licensed for product. This guy is huge. Around 40". This is based on the characters from Amanda and Max.
Here is an example of beauty being in the eye of the beholder. This is a watercolor I did for a portfolio piece for children's books.I really love creating characters.
Well the topic for Illustration Friday is Stripes. I just got samples of some of the product that I licensed and was planning on putting photos here. Since the are striped and polka dotted I thought I would do it for the topic as well. Here are the dogs and cats in stripes and polka dots. They are in stores for Christmas. I love getting samples.
This is an image of a scary pirate from a story I wrote. It's done in watercolors on board. It's fun to come up with characters.
I just got the samples for the characters I did. I think they came out really cute. I have some other items I still need to photograph, but thought I'd go ahead and share these.
Who needs to fire up the barbie when you have your own fuel? This is an oils on gessoed board.
Just for fun.
This is a watercolor I did of my nieces Hannah and Mara as they played among the scattered leaves.
beautiful as always Patti!
Wow! You did a great job! Deliciously shiny :)
Thanks so much!
What an interesting study. Beautiful!
Beautiful! Great work on shine and reflections!
Thanks, I love doing studies when I have the time.