Caterpillars and Butterflies

Caterpillars

Butterflies

See what everyone is up to on Paint Party Friday.

Blessings, 

Janet

New subject: Shading

I need to work on my shading. I've been using objects and animals.

The frog has also been added to my practice.

View the other artists and their works at Paint Party Friday.

Blessings,

Janet

Still Looking for Yellow Cottage

I am not about to give up on my dream of a yellow cottage by the water.  The best part will be the puppy (I can't have where I am living now) and the garden (veggies and flowers) and my own place. What a beautiful world.

I used Prismacolor pencils to color this sketch.

Paint Party Friday has many different artists with great art. Enjoy seeing each and every one of them.

Blessings,
Janet

Watercolor

As a child, I was always drawing, mostly I drew animals. In Jr. High school I had a fantastic art teacher. A very multi-talented teacher. I was so lucky.

This is one of my first watercolor paintings.  A painting that was done before I moved here over 25 years ago. I had forgotten about it.  In clearing out my house, I have found a lot of things I had forgotten about.  I began my art with an illustration class at the local university (ISU) and from there I began to use watercolor. Living in a twin cities and a 2 university town gave us a lot of class options.

I don't remember what I used for the subject, if it was real or a picture.  I am having fun with the art and will do much more of it in the future.  Pastels are a good medium that I enjoy also.

This is a 9 x 12 painting.

Be sure and visit the other wonderful artists on Paint Party Friday.

Blessings,

Janet