Striped Tiger Kitten

Another painting! I hope you all like it. I don't like this one as much as the other two. You can't really see the detail. I stippled this painting. Stippling is making tons of little dots all over to make an object. So if you look close you can see how long it took me to do this painting. I also used paper again. I don't know what my deal is with paper. I just seem to like the texture and the colors mixed together next to the paints. My next painting I have already started and it is of a monkey swinging from a tree. I think this one will be my favorite because I have two monkeys already at  home!

The Frog's Lilly Pad

This painting was fun. I love realistic things and abstract things put together in a painting. It makes for wonderful contrast. I painted the frog first and then put the circles in later. I wanted to incorporate this paper that I found some how. I love the colors on the paper very natural and earthy and so I thought I would make it a representation of lilly pads, and so to make it look like the frog was hopping around on some abstract lilly pads. It was a lot of work I messed up a few times but I like to say "I like how it turned out". Let me know what you think.

Glitter Garden

Ok, I have started an artist blog. I love reading about other artist's creations and their blogs and I wanted to share mine with others. I have started painting again and love it. A couple of months ago I picked up my acrylics and paint brushes and I haven't stopped. I decided to do children's decor paintings, start out simple and then work my way to realistic paintings again. I love collage paintings and so I have incorporated some paper into it, the lady bugs and the butterfly was done on cardstock and I colored them with colored pencils and then decopaged them on. Let me know what you think!