New Paintings and Drawing

I've been trying to take the time and draw a little every day. I've been enjoying just sketching in graphite. Here are a few of the things I've been working on lately.

Fun Journal Painting

This is a journal painting done in the style of Teesha Moore. I love these paintings because they are so relaxing to work on. This panel has the deep sides and they are all journaled on as well.

Barb-bee

I have been away from blogging for a while, but hopefully I'm back to post on a regular basis. Over the next few weeks I will be adding some new paintings I've been working on and hopefully opening up my etsy store soon. Hope you like Barb-bee.

Adobe CS5

Just received my Adobe CS5 in the mail and I am really enjoying playing with it. I am currently taking a Photoshop Class with Marie Otero and I am amazed at what you can do with Photoshop. I don't know how I didn't catch onto it earlier. Here are a few examples of what I've been doing.

Bugweiser

What a fabulous weekend spent in class with Michael DeMeng in his Demented Toys class. It was a workshop put on by Ginny Carter Smallenburg. She is hosting workshops all through the summer. If you're in the area or want to take a trip to Cleveland, be sure to check out her website for the workshops. You will surely have a great time. Later this summer I will be taking workshops with Teesha Moore, Ingrid Dijkers and Lynne Perrella. I may even sign up for some with Keith Lobue too. I can't wait.

This little bug guy doesn't want to photograph well at all. It's one of four projects I made in class. I'm still painting and finishing up the others, so I'll post pictures when I'm finished. The bug looks like he's made of pewter in real life. I think I'm going to write "Bugweiser" on his bottle cap hat. Ever since I came home I've been looking at everything I see in a whole new light and imaging ways I can make it into a toy.

Nature Girl

I'm still taking the Painting Layers class with Misty Mawn and this week we did collage. I took a background from Week 1 and collaged a bunch of magazine images on it, painted over some and just let it take me where it wanted until I finally felt it was done. I'm very happy with this and thoroughly enjoyed the process of having no expectations of where it was going.

Skull Background

Here is another background I did during my class with Misty Mawn. I really like the darkness of it and the color combination. I've been having so much fun just letting myself go and not caring at all how it turns out and several times I've been really pleasantly surprised.