Skip to main content

Carin's Smile

This little pup was painted on February 18th.  That was a power painting day.  I finished my large Coyote painting and decided I was on a roll and began and finished this one.  I started to get a migraine headache while working on the pup.  I did not pay attention to the pain level and when I finished, I had a headache that was high on the 1 - 10 scale of pain!

Not to complain too much, but it's taken several days to get back to normal.  The thing with migraines is, you have to take the pain meds ASAP or you find nothing works.  That's what happened to me. Not much worked and I spent my cherished weekend in pain.  I looked so bad, I scared myself when I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror!

I look and feel better now.  I have my granddaughter, Corina with me for the week.  She and her friend, Abbey are looking over my old paintings telling me how much they like them.  Children's eyes see so much good in the world.  Little do they know that the paintings they have deemed very good, are really not that good.  I would never tell them that.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Piglet Oil Painting, "Hay Maze" by Brande Arno

The finished "Hay Maze"  Piglet Art I truly love how this piece came out.  I've been amazed at the pure color and beautiful brushwork of Angela Moulton's paintings. Every time I see her latest collection on YouTube, I am awestruck at how pure the background color is.  So I wanted to try my hand at upping background color value in my work.   Below is how I started: Hay Maze Start Here, I establish the main layout and gesture of this piglet's face.  I'm striving for something that looks painterly, yet would bring a smile to the face of the viewer, so this stage is important.  Also, color values on the pig are being set.   Hay Maze about halfway This is where I put that rich background color in.  Notice some neutral colors in with the bright.  I wouldn't want all bright green here as it would be like all caps when texting.  I'll re-post the final Hay Maze below: Lots of changes from the halfway point,  I added shadows in the h
Post a Comment
Read more

Cocco and a move

"Cocco" 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Gessoboard I have some news for those who subscribe and my collectors.  I'm moving back to Blogger.  It's been a long time and I tried another blogging venue.  It didn't work for me.  This artist has spent countless hours trying to get tech savvy.  I want to paint.  So stay tuned.  First post for 2017 coming shortly.
Post a Comment
Read more

The Rare Snowman

The Rare Snowman, 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Panel Sold - Thank you! It's a warmer day today and the one snowman in the neighborhood is not faring well.  In addition to melting he's got a problem with one of his twig arms.  I take Cooper & Cookie for short walks several times a day and when I saw what was happening to this guy, I knew I had to make a painting of him.   While returning home, I pondered  how many snowmen are not created because of video games.  I know that I don't see them much at all.
9 comments
Read more