Drawing with my boys

Initially I drew the boys without hats, but Edward, who is rather obsessed with his hat at the moment, insisted I add hats to the drawing.

Olivia

This past weekend was spent visiting some family in Idaho. One member of which is my three-year old niece, Olivia. A sweet little hurricane. I had the chance to do a little caricature of her before we left. She didn't hold still for even a moment of the 15-20 minutes I worked on this, but I think it may have captured a little something of her personality if not entirely her likeness.

More lovelies from painting class...

Having a busy little 15 month old doesn't leave much time to just sit and paint. So the two day painting class I took last weekend was a marvelous opportunity for me to really immerse myself in something. Sadly, I didn't finish either of the two large paintings I started during our two 5 hour sessions. But here are a few little things I did while waiting for one thing or another, paint drying, project lecture, coffee break, etc.
This is our teacher,
Jacqueline DeGavia











I also did a quick little portrait of her daughter, Anne.

















Finally, I did a portrait of my Grandma, who hosted the class.

I’m really very pleased with it. Perhaps not so much how it looks aesthetically, (although I am rather pleased with that as well) but more because of what it means to me as a record of a place and time and a relationship. As long as I can remember, I have memories of painting with my Grandma. She has always been generous with her time and creativity. She taught me how to sew, china paint, make dolls and even let me try my hand at making lamp shades, finishing my shade after I lost interest halfway through. She has encouraged me in every artistic endeavor I have ever taken on. To me, this portrait reminds me of the hundreds of hours spent with grandma, painting, eating, listening to music and talking about life, God and art, and to me, that is a precious thing. I love you Grandma.

Cheech and Chewbaka

I did this sweet little commission piece this past week. I had a lot of fun on it.

Grand

I saw this old woman at the Dr.'s office when I took my son in for his check-up the other day. I wanted to ask to draw her on the spot, or give her my card so I could meet and draw her later. But I just couldn't bring myself to it. For one, the other two ladies she was with were speaking Russian (I think) and I was afraid that she didn't speak English. For two, well, let's face it, I'm a chicken. So I studied her on the sly and painted her from memory.

Isn't she grand!?

Cousins

Edward: January 2010

My little man.

Portraits on the sly

Here are a few portrait sketches I did in my moleskin over the past few months.

More sketchbook stuff from the holidays

Ed

A friend of the family. Watercolor sketch done over the holidays.

Work in Progress II

I finally got my oil paints out again this past week and began working on this portrait of the husband again. I posted an earlier version of it a few months ago. I still have a bit more to do before it's done.

Oh the husband

Painting Thursdays

Now that I have a little on on my hands, it's not as easy to find time just to paint and have fun. So every Thursday I go and spend time with my Grandma and paint. Sometimes my little sisters come and paint with us. This is my little sister Rhodessa.

Work in Progress

This is a painting I started in April, before Edward was born. I still want to finish it but I thought I'd document it at this stage since it looks kinda cool.

Jackson

Art Show!

My latest work will be on display at the Gary Manuel Salon February 2nd through April 5th. The salon is on 1st and Blanchard in downtown Seattle.

Twins: $800

Caleb on Maple: $450

Em on Walnut: $300

Alana: $350

The Husband

This is one of my new paintings that I added to my show at Anthropologie, I like it very much. It is of my husband with his grand beard and marvelous hat hair after a hard day's work.

red scarf

Rosa

Rosa