CloudsNmyCoffee

I've got a little time off from classes for the Holidays, so I'm working on some different techniques for forest scenes.  I busted out a dark forest painting in hopes of creating a foggy and mysterious feel.  I didn't quite capture it, so I tried a different approach.  With several glaze like layers, I managed to be satisfied with my Golden Winter Pond painting.  It reminds me of the area that we currently live in over here on the East Coast in Virginia.  The winter here tends to be more wet, the grass is still green and we often get fog in the mornings and evenings.  In the future I will be working with an airbrush as a method of getting a m

I am presently working on a series of three paintings called, "Eye of the Beholder".  They are perspective paintings and I'm using the checker board as a running theme.  Because I am new to painting, drawing,...the whole bit, I have decided to look to others for inspiration.  There are soooo many amazing pieces of work out there that absolutely take my breath away and I find myself wondering if I could figure out the technique to get a certain look.   Getting perspective for the checker board came naturally to me, or I guess you could say it was a happy accident and I must say that keeping the lines straight while painting in them was the ha

I am pleased to say that we officially have our fist snow storm of the season.  School is cancelled and we have approximately 3 inches on the roads, which where I come from probably wouldn't have even caused a delay for school, but over here...people just don't know how to drive in it.   It's totally got me in the mood for the season. Heck, I don't even mind the early Christmas carols right now.  I think I'll take the kids for a walk and see what other winter wonders I can capture.  Then maybe we'll come back and have some hot chocolate and I might have some Chai tea, which is pretty much the equivilant of Christmas in a cup if you ask me.