Merry Christmas And Thank You! Mixed Media (by my grandson)

                                                                               

Warm wishes of the Christmas Season to all of you! My five-year-old grandson made this tree recently, and I thought I'd share it with you, my wonderful blogging friends.

Thank you very much for all your support and encouragement and presence throughout this year. It is comforting to know you're all out there.Your comments, suggestions and ideas have been such an  incentive and source of inspiration.

Hoping that 2014 will bring you all many blessings, good health and much happiness.

Fruits of Her Labor 8" X 8" Pastel on Pastelmat

                                                                             

This is a photo I used from Morguefile.com, a website where people post pictures they've taken and are willing to share with others. It is especially handy if you want to paint/draw a picture of something to which you don't have access. Because I live in the desert of southern Arizona I use MF on occasion when I need certain plants that don't grow here or an animal whose habitat is elsewhere, etc.

WetCanvas.com is another wonderful resource for many things art wise. They have a photo reference file that is quite good, that is, the photos are taken by people who know that lighting is important and what goes into a quality photo. They also have much other art-related information.

Both these sights are free as are the photos.

This painting will go on Dailypaintworks auction tomorrow, December 5th. Click HERE to go to the auction page.

Close To Capacity 6" X 8" oil on panel

                                                                               

It's funny how some colors react when they're being photographed. I worked and worked to get the saturation as accurate as possible in this photo, but when you adjust one color it makes slight changes in the other colors. However, I feel it's very representative of how it actually appears.

What I enjoyed about this was deciding upon and applying several warm and cool greens. Green is very wide-ranging in its hues, and it's just fun to apply several of varying temperatures on one object. I also applied the tabletop colors with both brush and palette knife when I applied both beige and ochre for a mottled look.

Available at DailyPaintworks beginning Monday.