Challenge landscape

This is my painting for the Different Strokes from Different Folks Challenge. I did this one using water based oils. Not sure I really like using them but they are ok to play with.

New painting series: "Quilter's Hands"

Finished these paintings over the last 2 weeks. I have more to paint in this series but I have some other painting projects I want to finish first and possibly use a different medium in the next part of the series. These 2 I used Acrylic under painting, oil bar Paint sticks and some color pencil. The second picture does not show the teal color in the clothing and I couldn't get my scanner program to get it correct unless it changed all the other colors. The quilt color in the 2nd painting is, also, more purple than blue, again scanner program could not get it correct. But at least it does show what I've partly been up to recently. These 2 paintings are schedules as gifts.

Virtual Sketch date painting:flowers

Here is my entry for the Virtual Sketch date for April. Used Oil bars and had fun playing with it. Decided to shift the flowers over to the left instead of in the center like the photo model. Below is the photo model. Virtual Sketch Date address: http://virtualsketchdate.blogspot.com/ to see all the other entries and to join in.
I would love to be able to paint flowers as vividly as the photos, I have problems with the translucent quality of flowers. Anyway it was fun and a good exercise to get back into painting after a long break.

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a new change

I decided to remove all the quilting items from this blog to only have my paintings and drawings. I'll work on creating a separate blog for the quilting stuff. Not sure when I'll get time for that but I decided to make things more clear what I am doing on this blog. It seemed too busy and confusing having both on one log.

I am busy preparing canvases 2 for portraits and 4 for a series I'm starting. Plus tons of other things going on right now. Will post paintings and drawings as I get an opportunity to do so.

I am posting a couple of things I did for a comic American Cancer Society fund raiser and a couple of things from a Sketchbook project for Art House in GA "Everyone We Know" was the them.

The first set is called "Kimono Baby 1-4"
The second photo is from "Everyone We Know"
I goofed when I saved this one the wrong direction,
please forgive , thank you.

Pattie Wall's portriat

Here is Pattie Wall's portrait as promised yesterday. My scanner did not copy that well this time for some reason, was having some trouble with the scanner anyway. But it is close enough to the original, of course the original is much smoother and the colors are less harsh, as the hair on the original comes out much softer and blended tones. I do hope she likes it.

Pattie did an exceptional portrait of me and I hope everyone will go look for it at

differentstrokesfromdifferentfolks.blogspot.com/

as well as all the other portraits, there is certainly a multiplicity of techniques, styles and skills posted.
I thank God I was able to finish this portrait just in time and that I am feeling much better recovering from a head cold.

Posting portrait tomorrow

I finally did the DifferentStrokesfromDifferentfolks.blogspot.com/ portrait challenge but it is too wet to scan at this time. I wanted to get something written up before this New Year is an Old Year already. I still am working on my Christmas card painting it really is going out late, HA! Been down with a cold the last week or so thank God I'm better but I'm still taking it easy so I don't have a boomerang affect.

Pattie Wall did my portrait and she did a wonderful painting. Visit her blog at
http://jpwall.blogspot.com/

Posting portrait tomorrow.