Artist, Chandler, Soaper & Proud Navy Mom
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Bill Webb Jr. & Boomer portrait done. Watercolor on Arches 300g. This is from a favorite photograph of mine we took last summer while my step-son and his Dad we’re tinkering around the garage. He has two beagles, Boomer and Beagle. They are rescue beagles and that makes them all the more special. Between...
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Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show. 11×14 Graphite 2h, HB, 2b, 4b, 6b and 9b on Bristol 2 ply 300 series smooth. 1st time I used this paper and I enjoyed it a lot over the vellum finish.I absolutely love to draw characters with huge personality. There are so many...
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I have a cat that loves to climb everywhere and everything. She climbs trees and needless to say the birds are not very fond of her. A large storm was rolling in and birds were all sitting on the power lines. There sat my cat “meowse” below them. Was she watching the birds or the...
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Ladybugs4×6 inch OSWOA® (Original Small Work Of Art).SOLDIt’s Spring and we were out gardening and enjoying the sunshine after a cold winter. I came inside later to paint and felt something crawling on me. Low and behold a ladybug had hitched a ride inside the house on my sleeve. Ladybugs are insects that are not only...
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So what is this exactly? As the salt dries it soaks up color pigment resulting in starlike or snowflake like shapes.I am using 140lb. Canson Watercolor Paper here. Any weight paper will work. You can click on both photos to see larger versions. I also have used liquid masking fluid over...
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The Bald Eagle is our National bird and they nest here in Illinois along the river during the winter. It is really a spectacular sight to see them sitting so regally in treetops and floating on ice in the river. The bald eagle had been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in...
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“Underwater Tranquility” 6×6″ in. on gessoed hardwood panel. I have always loved the ocean and creatures like dolphins, whales, penguins. Blue, turquoise, aquamarine and the like are favorite colors of mine, making this a fun painting to do. Dolphins are playful, intelligent mammals. They live in groups, they communicate and they are very...
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Pop and Bill (my fiance’) like to build things. Pop had a woodworking business for years and the 2 of them are now building a CNC Machine in the garage or as they put it, the Man Cave. Pop has been cutting these signs, staining and adding the lettering and having yours truly paint...
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“Misty Swan” Original 6″ x 6″ Acrylic Daily painting on 3/8th gessoed hardboard. Swans are beautiful creatures. Inspiration for art and stories such as, The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson. So graceful in the water and very soothing to sit and watch. Soothing that is, until they leave the water and you...
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My oldest son Travis enlisted in the Navy this past October. We are so very proud of him. He was home on leave for 2 weeks this month after graduating A-School. I finally got a photo of him in his “dippin dots”.He’s airmen crew. 10 minutes after we were already supposed to be on...
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It’s that time of year for gardening and this year we plan on growing some vegetables. Homegrown tastes so much better than what you find in the grocery store.My Dad has a green thumb. We had a huge garden when I was a teen-ager. One year we grew so many watermelons they were...
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