Fly and Be Free!

Fly and Be Free
18x24 · Oil
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Proud and Proper

This is another digital painting which I did using the Procreate app and Apple Pencil on my iPad Pro. My 3 year old son sat next to me while I worked on this. He was using Art Flow on his Kindle. It's so nice to be able to create art side by side.

Proud and Proper
Procreate on iPad Pro
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Colorful Cow

I love love love painting on my iPad Pro. Well, I should say that when I love it I love it. That is to say that typically, I am drawn to painting in oils but there are a lot of times I just want to be able to sit on the couch, grab my iPad, and just paint. No setup, no cleanup. Also, the other half of myself is a graphic designer which makes me a bit of a technology junky and an Apple fanatic. I love being able to zoom in for details, to be able to hit undo/redo, and let's face it, the creation of the super-sized iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil is an irresistible combination!

Colorful Cow
Procreate in iPad Pro
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Puppies in the Mountains

Riley in the Mountains
Procreate on iPad

Above is another plein air, or if you'd prefer a digital painting from life, of my puppy Riley. This was done this past weekend while we were in the mountains. Riley and I were relaxing on the deck. He on his bed, I on a porch swing. I didn't get to work on it long because he got up to check things out.

Mountain Puppies
Morgan, my baby girl (top left)
Riley, my baby boy (bottom right)

Look at that big grin! I'm pretty sure they enjoyed themselves! That makes me a very happy puppy mama!

Callaway Gardens White Flowers

Callaway Gardens White Flowers

3x2.5

Oil

This is my first Aceo painting. I had a lot of fun with it and am thinking of doing a series of nine of these and framing them together.


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GSU Sketch

I was waiting outside of this building (Georgia State University - Alpharetta) yesterday and decided to sketch it. It funny, when I was in school and forced to sketch, it was a bit of a chore. Now that I'm older, and it's not an assignment, I really enjoy it. It also doesn't hurt to have a sketchbook I like.

I love my new sketchbook! My previous sketchbook was just perfect and I've been spending ages looking for another to take it's place. The problem is that I don't want a "pretty" hard covered sketchbook and that's just about all I can find. Don't get me wrong, it's a plus if it looks nice but first and foremost it needs to be flexible. I'm not a big fan of the hard covered ones for whatever reason. The look great but tactily (sp?) they don't inspire me in the least to pick them up and make use of them. My last one had a plain old paper cover, which I oddly loved, and the interior pages were thick, textured drawing paper. The one I found has a nicer, yet still flexible, cover and the pages are very smooth, more like a moleskin's pages. I picked it up at Dick Blick a couple of weeks ago and it's love!

Callaway Gardens Patio Overlooking Pond - Oil Painting

Callaway Gardens Patio

12x12

Oil

Here's another painting I did from the photos I took at Callway Gardens here in GA. I was able to get several great shots while I was there so there will be more to come :)

Sunflower in Pastels - Final

Sunflower

8x10.5

Here's the first of what I believe will be a series of sunflower paintings. I took quite a few photos of these beautiful flowers while at Callaway Gardens and they're all screaming to be painted. I'm also currently working on a portrait which I hope to have up soon.

When to say When...(Sunflower in Pastels - Work in Progress 2)

I've worked on this some more and am trying to decide if it's time to stop or if I want to put more details into it. I think I'll set it aside and look at it again in a few days with a fresh eye.

Sunflower in Pastels - Work in Progress

This is a pastel I'm working on of a sunflower. I love flowers and took lots of photos of a wide variety this past summer during a trip to Callaway Gardens.