Art update

Here's another watercolor attempt. I ran a little auction on facebook as part of a fundraiser for a friend and thought it would be a way to get in more practice with this new medium, which is so much different than I am used to. I kind of like the idea of offering other aucitons in the future until I really get consistent with a new medium. It's interesting to see what people would be willing to pay before I set a price. I am thinking about running auctions in the future for watercolor paintings and woodburnings as I gain more experience. That way, I am not neccessarily putting in time/materials for free, but I can allow the person to set the price until I become comfortable setting a price myself.

I am open to any adivce on watercolors as I find them both fun and frustrating at the same time.

5 x 7" colored pencil commission

Now that I am done with commissions for a little bit, I thought I would do a little painting for myself. This is for a group project in one of the horse artist groups on facebook. I am doing this piece with acrylic paints on 8 x 10" acrylic paper. I feel like I need more practice with painting and want to take my time with this one. I'll post updates as I go along. Here is what I have done so far today.

I touched up the colored pencil drawing and finished (I think) the arabian painting.

I actually used a little bit of colored pencil to touch up a few areas. It's one of those paintings that I feel I am finished with for now, but might go back and do more with it at a later time. For now, I'm calling it finished.

I am waiting on a couple people to get back to me on upcoming commissions and was bored this afternoon, so I sketched this horse out for fun. 5 x 7" mechanical pencil.

I would be sooo pleased with myself if I "sketched" that. I love it!