I squeezed in about 45 minutes of painting between my “24” addiction and packing up for tomorrow. I’m really enjoying this one: the palette is fun and different, the scene is interesting, and I’ve never painted a child before!
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Okay, I’m a liar
Got inspired during my lunch break and as luck would have it, I already had Photoshop open and my tablet at the ready. BEHOLD, DESIGNER ART! (Even more widely feared than the notorious PROGRAMMER ART!) I went home and put another hour into it: I hope posting it doesn’t jinx it or something, because I […]
Astrid 2011 wips
It’s that time ‘o year again! Pale elf lady playing the violin… check!A dragon (or two)… check! Grueling 3-4 hours of screwing up and starting over a half dozen times… check. 🙁 Some are just harder than others, and after one very frustrating evening I put it on hiatus for a while. I like how […]
Scarlet Wips
2010 ended with far more wall painting than Photoshop painting, but 2011’s already off to a good start! I started this as a respite from Astrid ’11 (of course I didn’t forget! :D) and liked it enough to keep going and going! I don’t have any early wips due to my intention to toss it […]
That two month gap in posts…
…we moved! Huzzah! Behold, the lovely new Casa Grant: Yup, that’s a bonafide 100% authentic Grown-up House! With 2-CAR GARAGE ACTION! We’re very happy with it – especially after tearing out the filthy carpet that had been gathering crust since the first Bush administration, fixing drippy pipes, a not-locking front door lock, replacing faucets and […]
December Kae’fer repaint
Forgot to post this – renovating and moving is hectic! This is inspired by an older artwork of mine that I did in ’08: This was back from when I thought painting every individual brick = better painting. 😀