First Commission of the Year!

"Yin and Yang" 11x14 Acrylics on board

Like the post title says, this is the first commission of the year! A cute pair of Chihuahua's. This painting was a HUGE challenge for me to undertake. Namely because I have never drawn this breed of dog before. Despite all the challenges involved I am extremely pleased with the outcome of this painting! I went a little slow with this one to make sure I nailed it, and I'm happy I did. The thing that really threw me off with this painting was the coloring of the dogs. I've never painted anything with their colors before, so I was a little stumped for awhile with what to do with them. I ended up just sitting and staring at the painting and my available colors a lot trying out different combinations and patterns in my head, and when I thought I had it I put the plan to the canvas. The results were just what I was hoping for!

Playing Catch Up

"Sleepy Head" 2.5x3.5" Colored Pencil

This painting is an oldie, but goodie. Once I realized that I wanted art to become apart of my life other than being a fun hobby I sat down and really pushed myself hard to try and get used to other subjects. Since I almost always paint horses, so the goal at that point in time was to draw everything but horses! At first this failed miserably. I went through about a month solid of my everyday paintings failing. I was getting very discouraged, and decided I needed to change my game a little. See, at the time I was trying to get an ACEO finished in under an hour, so with this one I decided to sit down and simple do the best I could no matter how long it took. Sounds simple I know! I sat at my art desk for over three hours trying to make sure this little work was perfect. And I am certainly pleased with the end results, even to this day! I learned that it really doesn't matter how much time you spend on a work, it's taking the time to make sure you do it right.

I also apologies to you guys for lack of up dates. The little camera I was using to take photos of my work was stolen, so I have no way to post my new stuff :( Hopefully I'll get a replacement in the next month or so!

Happy Painting!!!