Saturday, September 25, 2010

" the road ahead "


                                                           7 x 9 Acrylics


This is for Angela's moleskins of "the flying moleskins"project . it seems that I reverted to what I like to paint, roads, trees and such with shadows. ( I guess it's my theme in your book Angela) Sorry !
May the road ahead for you be always filled with laughter, mercy, grace, but especially love dear Angela. Hope you like it. 
It's coming your way Michelle

Sunday, September 5, 2010

" GRACE "



                                                    8  x  10    Oil

This is Grace my chocolate labrador. I have many pictures of her but until now I had never done an oil painting of her or any other animal btw.
I have to say the original painting looks so much better. I had a hard time adjusting the browns it was getting so green and red. 
Oh well, here she is looking as I'm getting ready to go and wondering will I take her with me ?
BTW I purposefully choose a picture that was somewhat blurry because I wanted a more painterly feel, as I had to just make up some of the areas. It forces me to just paint with out being too precise. I have a tendency to be exact so I try to find ways to get me in the opposite direction.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

" ASHLEY "

                                        

8 x 10      Pen & Ink


          


                            8 x 10     Pen & Ink, Watercolor, Colored Pencil

My daughter has a good friend who just got married these are from pictures I took of her.
The background is the color of her bridesmaids dresses.
A beautiful young lady in & out .

If you know someone interested in having an art piece done like this of your wedding dress e-mail me at artbydominique at yahoo dot com