Kid Christmas Presents

I haven't posted much about my drawing work lately because I had been working on door/wall hangings for my nieces and nephews.  I recently added them as an option to my Etsy because word of mouth showed they were popular cute little things! The cat and tiger are by far my favorite!! Available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MidnightOilPaintShop?ref=hdr_shop_menu

 
 

 

 

The Rose

I was feeling down today, so I decided to have a little Art fun.  It's been a while since I did anything without at least starting a class besides my drawings for kids.  I drew this rose and originally planned to water color the Rose, but I decided to switch to pastels last minute.  I loved it after I cut it out even more.  The next problem was a background.  I was thinking plain white or plain black, but it just didn't feel right.  Finally, I settled on the original pastel scene that I made back on my blogaversary.  A little crazy, but I honestly love a little crazy.  To me, it's a freeing piece of art.  A lot of people probably won't like the combination of the two, but I am 100% OK with that.

Logs on the fire fill me with desire...

Tonight's painting was brought to you by the "We wish we had a fire place" foundation!  This was a fun little painting, though I got really frustrated with the flames until I redid them all with my favorite little fan brush.  Still doesn't look like I would like it, but looks way better than I had it!  This was another Sherpa video.  My Bob Ross one's always turn out better, but the Art Sherpa teaches a lot more technique.  Although, quite honestly, her technique rarely works for me.  This is ok though because it allows me to reconsider what I didn't like and develop my own technique for the next time. The class of course is available here.

Christmas in the Mountains

Well, my house did not get cleaned this morning, but I got my piano practicing done and another painting completed!  I got new metallic paints last night from my Secret Santa at our Company Christmas Party.  The pearl really brought out the snow on the trees.  Definitely my new favorite white.  Absolutely gorgeous.  This was probably one of my favorite Bob Ross classes I've taken.  I actually payed attention the whole time... well almost the whole time. (Class here).

Deep Snow

It's been a while since I've posted because I've been so busy with getting Christmas gifts ready. This was another Bob Ross Class (class here).  I did the first 15 minutes or so with Bob to get the beginning, then did the next hour on my own.  Needless to say, this looks nothing like his original.  Available for purchase https://www.etsy.com/listing/484703816/deep-snow https://www.etsy.com