As always, I did not get all done that I planned! BUT I did make headway!!! I am hoping the nice people at the sketchbook challenge will let me count my
Sunday Sketches that I have been working on. Still not done but have moved forward. Thanks to
Sophia for hosting Sunday Sketches, I am always soooooooooo inspired by the work posted there, please visit!
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| my "highly prized" granddaughter, Cloee, a butterfly at 18 mths. |
The original, as I showed you a few weeks ago was a journal page entry; the essence of pink! She truly is a pink girl!!! As you can see, I still have the grid lines that I did to be able to enlarge the painting. I had planned on staying true to watercolors only BUT used cheap thin paper and needed to add some white acrylic to get it to work. Will probably grundge or collage the background now that it is now longer pure watercolor. It is not perfect but I am happy with my progress. I put quotes around the Highly Prized as that is the January theme over at the
Sketchbook Challenge - hope this qualifies today even though it is not in my book. I have another sketch started in my journal but not done yet! Please visit
Sue Bleiwess and her fellow artists' to join in!!! Today
Diane Trout is being featured!
AND, I absolutely must share this tribute to a GRAND DAME...SANFORD BIRDSEY - shared with me thankfully by another Key West artist, Wanda Simmen!
I went back in my email to send you this little Smilebox for Sandford. True to herself until the end, her wishes were a parade from her studio to the harbor - complete with Junkaroos, then sailing into the sunset on the Sebago catamarans (they had to take two out due to the number of people) and scattering her ashes at sea. She always said she wanted to wash up on the tourists at the Pier House. One of her friends is putting together a memoir of Sandford. If it comes about, I'll definitely let you know.
http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d5467354f5467354f444a384e4445334e7a51334d44633d0d0a&sb=1
All tributes should be this soulful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make art, make friends - share art, share souls!
dana
25 comments:
truly beautiful Dana.
sweet. love the bunny she's holding :)
wow, she's beautiful as is your artwork.
She is really adorable and this painting is coming along very nicely.
She's a cutie that's for sure! I still haven't done anything for Highly Prized - thanks for the reminder!
she is lovely
and sweet
dressed in pink ~
Your sketch came out wonderful. Don't let your inner critic tell you otherwise.
Hugs,
Penny
she is so pretty and i love all of the pink colors!
Such a darling painting!
she's lovely!
so sweet. she looks happy and in one of my favorite colors! how fun!
enjoy your sunday.
xxoo
She is coming along beautifully!! Will it eventually belong to your highly prized granddaughter? It may then itself become highly prized!
Dana, you did another amazing job! I am thrilled that you are a part of our little art co-op here. :) Happy SS! Hugs
Lovely granddaughter!
a lovely painting Dana! Wish I had your talent!
What a little princess! I love pink so love the color scheme here! Great job!
Smiles
This has turned out so beautifully!
yes that is sophia's cup of coffee :D
How beautiful and sweet! Amazing work here, you have fantastic watercolour skills!
That was a nice drawing with a sort of ..hmm. I dont know how to explain..I guess -an innocense about it.
What is this sketchbook challenge I wonder. I'v seeing it around for quite some time. Tomorrow I go and explore :)
It's lovely, and you have a real talent for people.
What a great source of inspiration. I love the colors. Moving forward is so key. I too am learning to count that as success, not just the finish line.
what an adorable painting and little girl!
And Sophie is pretty too... :-)
you've made a lot of progress since the previous Sunday's post. Coming along well in pink!
Thanks for alllllllll the kind comments! She is done and I will post on Sunday! Sorry I missed last week - I will explain!
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