I truly hope that everyone had a very nice Valentine's Day. It's just not the same for me, definitely a day for lovers!
So, I've been busy trying to get my taxes together so I can file, finally finished that today. I broke down and got me a "NEATDESK" and love it! I was so sick of pieces of paper here, paper there I could scream. I can see the bottom of my desk again!!! Highly recommend if you are like me, I HATE CLUTTER!
I finally got my big "fugly" baby Jeffery on eBay, FINALLY. If you would like to visit his auction and pray for me that he gets a home real soon! LOLROTF. Here's his auction link:
Okay I went off on another direction again! LOL I haven't painted on canvas since I painted my husband's portrait about a year and a half ago. I took the class to learn how to make my own browns for my AA babies and had to paint on canvas. Not what I wanted to do, but at least I painted what I wanted to paint. Well I got a wild hair and bought a canvas just for the heck of it. I didn't know if it would work, if I could do it or if I just wasted my money. Then I remembered what my instructor told me. "They start out ugly, you just have to keep going...so I dove in.
This is a beautiful picture of a bobcat in the snow that I thought was so beautiful! I choose it over the white wolf because I figured it would be the "big" challenge. So here we go:
The ugly...
After I drew it to scale on the canvas I looked at it for two weeks and realized that wouldn't work, So I dug out my acrylic paints by Liquitex and decided to start with the eyes. Why? I figured if I can't get them right wasn't any point in going any further. Then I started working on the nose at the same time. Another stumbling block if there is one...
The good...
Okay, I could work with this I thought. Now for the really, really big test! Her coat, which was soooo stunning to me. I just gotta do this right I thought or it's going to the trash.
The BEST!!!
I did step away to see things that I didn't see while upon it and finished her coat put in snow and this is my artist rendition! I took her to Michael's and had it framed. Another challenge because I wanted her eyes and her fur to POP! I picked out what kinda caught my eye, but I was scared.
The Final cut! The brushed antique gold trim brings out her eyes and the brown frame makes her fur just say "touch me"!
I was never so pleased with how "she" turned out in my life! Usually I don't like what I do, but this was different! I was inspired after I started painting...finished in two days and my hand didn't let me forget! LOL So now...I have to get back to painting my babies...I have too, they've been waiting so patiently. So back to little Nadia (1st Peep)!
From my heart to yours...
Hugs,
Judie
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