Final Christmas Flower, or Finally for the love of God Finally I'm done

Sorry for the crap photo. I took it with my cell phone because I had to finish this at my mother's house and didn't have my fancy camera. It was a gift for her so I couldn't bring it back to take the picture either.

This was really a case where taking a little more time to plan and prepare would have saved me a lot of time on the back end.

I'm planning to get back to sketching now, but posting will still probably be light for the next little while as I have been stricken with plague.

Happy New Year!

Christmas Flowers Part 1

This was all I got done yesterday.

I'm pretty happy with it, but it definitely illustrates the importance of this project for me. I spend so much time between artistic spurts that I have to relearn how to do things and get certain looks so projects take a lot longer than I budget for until I get back in the swing of things. On the upside, I learned a lot doing the detail on this one so hopefully the next two will go faster.

Acrylics on Canvas: Beginnings

I just wanted to post the beginning stages of my parental stocking stuffers, so my blog doesn't get lonely and seek out other authors.


So far I've got all the blocks of color down where I want them to be. Tomorrow (hopefully) I'll hit them with the lights and darks and shape up any other problems that present themselves. After that, only a billion more things to do before Christmas. Woo! Holiday chaos!