New Paints

Hello!!!...and Happy New Year! Gee its sure been awhile since I've posted anything. Ha ha. Well having a baby, moving twice and taking care of 2 other kids and a husband, seems to take it's toll on my time.

Although I have not been idle in the art department. I've managed to paint a few new paintings over the last 8 months. I also had my art hanging up at a local tea shop and sold two paintings. That was awesome! Especially right before Christmas. Unfortunately for the tea shop they were not busy enough and closed down, so I'[m on the lookout for a new location. I prefer a venue where I can hang a few pieces rather than wait a year to be artist of the month. Perhaps one day when my inventory allows it, I will.

Lucky I took pictures of my painting progress for my last 3 pieces. I'm gonna start by posting my most recent one. If anyones interested in the others, I'll try to post them sooner than later.

So, here is my latest painting! I got new Golden Brand Acrylics at Christmas and just had to start right away. Enjoy!

I started by layering the background color all over the canvas. This is the color that will show through most of the way through and sorta gives the picture that "warm feeling" .

Next I Transferred the drawing over the background. Then I started filling in the trees and greenery. I want the background to be kinda fuzzy so the main subject stands out. That's tricky to do sometimes without making it look unfinished, so layering lightly is key.

Since my style just calls out for black lines, theres was nothing stopping me. Ha ha! I outlined the main subject (Columbine). This makes it easier to  see what I'm painting. I can now start working the background around the leaves easily.

Next...leaves and green. I painted white patches first so when I put the green over top it highlighted the middle of the leaves.

It's quite a jump here, but I had way to many progress photo's and only so much time to tell you about it.
In this one you can see I added more layer, light and dark to the background. Defining the leaves and trees. I also added shading and more details to the leaves and flowers. At this point I go in and out with light and darks. It's hard to keep progress on such erratic methods.

And finally, I outlined in black again. I added more shades of Violet int the petals. I added dewdrops and lines on the wild leaves. I dabbed yellow here and there. Some pink on the buds and light areas of the petals too.

This is not intended to be a tutorial. If you learn something or get an idea out of it, then great! Step by step instruction is out of the question. Although please feel free to ask me questions on colors or methods if your interested. Thanks for checking my art out.

Have an awesome week,

Sabrina.

DreamFish.......with color.

Well since I'm having a baby tomarrow!!......I figured one more post. At least for a while. I may come back to this painting in the future.
I enjoyed working on this one. It's the largest watercolor i've done. Although I am missing acrylics something terrible.
Enjoy your summer..!!!
Sabrina

DreamFish......Friends.

Well, here is the drawing to my newest painting. It's 16x22 so it's gonna take me a while I think, (yes, it's a Pisces painting). It is a personal one, so I won't divulge to much info. I hope that you like it anyway.

With a move coming and new baby; It'll probably my last one till maybe August. But ya never know. Sometimes when I finish a painting I can't wait to start another. I just get on a roll......! Im painting in the kitchen these days too, now that my partner is working again.

Have a lovely day.

My Fantasy Art Folder

         A few years back, actually about 13yrs to be exact. I created a fantasy art folder project in school. I still have it and refer to it once in a while for old and new ideas. A few of my more recent paintings have come from that folder, with more I'm sure on the way.

Above is the drawing ready to paint I changed the arms slightly before painting, but I forgot to take a new photo before I started painting.

I stared at this for 2 days before I added paint, I even started another painting on the side. Only after a 1 layer wash on the other painting did I know what I wanted to do. Hopefully I'll finish this by tomorrow. Although I'm still getting over a yucky head cold and the housework is calling my name, loudly!

Finished Untitled

I cannot believe how fast this was. Only a few hours from start to finish. I'm happy with the results and have already started on my next painting. I'm still deciding on a title for this one, any suggestions. Have a great day. (Photo is a little green, need a better camera or editing program)

Parting of the Sea

Well after my last water painting tutorial, I am now working on my own idea with water again. I think I learned something. Fun! This is the final drawing from multiple ideas I was working with. I wanted her to be in control of the sea, then I thought of Moses. So, it's sorta like that.

Here is the painting in progress. What do you think? I'm only just noticing the perspective might be off, although, It's gonna be great. Well at least I'm happy with it so far. I will post finished painting photos tomorrow.

Water Lesson Tutorial

 I finished the Stephanie Pui-Mun Law "Born of Sea Foam" painting tutorial today(click title to view original).
The lesson had 11 steps and it only took me 4 hours approx. The lesson was way easier than I had expected. Yay! In total the painting only asked for about 7 colors and no white! Which is something I need more practice with when painting my own originals.
This tutorial is in a book of Stephanie's that I own. I have 2 of her how-to books, and love them. You can check them out here at http://www.amazon.ca/. She has a third book coming out which I am looking forward to purchasing. I am sure you can purchase them elsewhere, but this is where I bought mine.
The water was fun to paint. It was nice to have some direction to go by. I think I would still need some photo reference when painting my own. There are still many other lessons in her books I am going to do. But this will be the only time I post one on my blog. You can view past and future lesson art of mine on my facebook FanArt photo album.

Whenver I paint someone elses art, I always make sure to print: copyright(and then the artist name). If you are going to post an un-original piece of art online for public viewing be aware of copyright laws. You can post and share, but are not allowed to reproduce for sale in anyway.