art: herald the heron (and harriet too)

Below is my submission to the Alaska Hummingbird Festival Juried Art Show for April 2010 (poorly scanned in). It measures something like 5.25 x 9 inches and is acrylic on heavy watercolor paper. I re-painted the background about 5 times before letting it go. :P I mounted it in an all-glass frame with a dark red wood border. Unlike two years ago, I actually took a picture of the piece I created (I am still disappointed about the fact that I have no photo-record of "Snow Goose Gilbert" though the money he brought in remains a pleasing consolation).

process: oil (portrait) painting

Tonight I completed my first ever portrait painting (in oil, too)! We had about 2 hours to paint from a model & I took pictures during the breaks. I look forward to 2 more sessions later this month... I have a loooong way to go. :)