You might notice that I’ve moved a few things around in the sidebar, added the nifty tag “cloud,” and some links to blogs I like and some websites that aren’t blogs that are cool. So now if you want to read all the posts I’ve written about my dogs you can click on the “basenjis” [...]
It’s been a while since I did a post with a bunch of pictures. Gee, that means I’ve actually been thinking up stuff to write — or just bugging out of the whole scene, like I did the last couple weeks. Well, I have a few pictures to share, and they’re pretty random, which is [...]
Since I normally post something about an art project I’m working on every Friday, I’ll continue my “High Maintenance” thread this weekend or Monday. I’ve been working on a portrait of a friend’s Doberman for the past few weeks — a black and tan dog on black paper. Should be simple, yes? But the light [...]
This is the third photo that I intended to put in what would be my “normal” Friday post about my recent creative efforts. Since I basically had it ready to go a day ahead of time, and then ran up against the issues with the new blog platform upgrade, I went ahead and published the [...]
I finished the Colocolo picture, and I like the results. Unfortunately, it was a little hard to get a good photo since the flash was bouncing off the surface of the colors and making glare in places. I didn’t work much on the Weimaraner, so will wait on that photo until next week. I spent [...]
This past week I have been working on the colored pencil “painting” of the colocolo, and I’ve discovered something. It’s the medium I’m really best at. I also was reminded of why I wanted to find a different medium to work in. 1. It is slow. 2. It is often hard on my eyes. 3. [...]
So I’ve decided I’m finished with the snow leopard painting. I did a lot more of the detail work with paints than I originally planned to, but it was good practice using the “dry brush” technique. You know what was the trickiest part? Those white whiskers. Anywhere you want to have plain white on a [...]