I just completed this 8" X 8" acrylic portrait of Doe, a rescue dog who sadly passed away recently. I was given only a few less-than-ideal reference photos to work from, but there was just enough detail in them for me to be able to capture Doe's smile.
I was commissioned to create this painterly portrait of a rescue hen named Etta. Etta sadly passed away and her owner wanted a special painting to remember her by. The painting is 9" X 6" and is done in acrylics.
Two weeks into BIRDTOBER and I am already struggling to keep up! I feel like the quality of my drawings suffered this week due to a lack of motivation, but at least I got it done!
THIS WEEK'S PROMPTS
8. Mimic
9. Yellow
10. Baby Bird
11. Ocean
12. Unique
Beak
13. Forest
14. Free Choice
This month I am taking on the BIRDTOBER challenge! BIRDTOBER is an art challenge hosted by @kaylafiskbirds in which artists draw a bird from a list of prompts every day in October.
I am working in mixed media for this challenge, specifically watercolors with colored pencils, and most of the bird species I have chosen can be found in my area. The first week and my first page is done!
THIS WEEK'S PROMPTS
1. Last Bird You Saw
2. Blue
3. Woodpecker
4. Swamp/Marsh
5.
Locally Threatened
6. Cavity Nester
7. Free Choice
These fun portraits of a couple of my pet chickens are done on watercolor paper. Paper is not my usual surface for acrylics as it is more of a challenge to work on than canvas and has a much different texture, but ever since I started my mixed media sketchbook it has grown on me.
The painting of Boomer the Bernese is coming along! All that's left to do is paint in the details on his face and a few touch-ups here and there.
This is Boomer, a sweet Bernese Mountain Dog who is sadly no longer with us. I was asked to paint Boomer's portrait for his human family who misses him so much.
I am finished with the block-in stage and have already begun adding details.
I've always wanted to repaint or redraw one of my old pieces, and what better time to do it than on the 10 year anniversary of GSC Artwork?
I chose to paint a deer fawn, an animal I painted way back in 2009 when I was just learning to paint. Both are done in acrylics in a loose style, both are in sketchbooks, and I even painted the signature with red paint not knowing that I had done the same thing 13 years ago!
Yep, that was my banner in 2012!
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of this blog! A big THANK YOU! to all who have followed, shared, and purchased my artwork over the
years. To celebrate I am putting together a gallery of photos from my customers. So if you have photos of your original GSC Artwork in its permanent
home, I would love to see them!! Click
HERE to send photos. Looking forward to hearing from you!
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It started as an experiment...I wanted to try something different (as usual) and I ended up randomly deciding on colored pencils on Strathmore Toned Tan paper. I honestly thought it wouldn't work. Boy, was I wrong!
Here are the first two pieces I drew, a Red Crossbill and a Black-throated Blue Warbler.
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I thought I was done with colored pencils for pieces that require a lot of
time and effort...until I discovered this combination! I had so much fun with the little bird drawings I wanted to do something larger. So here is my first serious, full-page colored
pencil piece since 2014!
I also discovered that my electric eraser is a colored pencil game changer. It's amazing how well it erases colored pencil and it saved my drawing countless times. And the paper held up surprisingly well to the eraser and the pencils.
This painterly portrait of my Boston Terrier, Dorie, is painted in acrylics. My sketchbook wasn't big enough for this study so I reused an 8" X 10" watercolor canvas board.
I plan to do a larger painting of Dorie in the future, but I haven't gotten a suitable reference photo yet (Bostons don't like being photographed!). Until then I'll be practicing with small studies.
