Marching

This is the first shot of the commissioned animal parade painting for my friend. I am trying to match it to this bedding http://www.serenaandlily.com/Rooms/Nursery-Lucy , so I am keeping the colors to the more mellow end of the spectrum. The flamingo and the turtle should tie it in nicely with the color scheme, without being too girly. Thus far, I am enjoying this painting and it is moving along quickly.

New Wedding Album

I have another sample album ready for viewing, and can be seen here. It is bound using ZookBinders, my new preferred company. They are extremely beautiful in terms of style and craftsmanship.

Getting Back Into It?

With all the holidays, vacations, and my overall busy schedule, I have not been painting. So I am trying to get back into the swing of things, first by attempting to complete this already half-finished painting. I am to the point of flourishes, in the form of little insects and birds, and occasionally tails that I had previously forgotten to paint in. There are still a few things lacking, and please pardon the white spots where the light glared on the still-wet paint. A little more cartoonish than usual in terms of style, but stacking up the animals is always fun.

I am still on hiatus from the alphabet, and definitely needing to complete that little series, especially now that I have all the canvases and really have no excuse any longer. Otherwise, I am going to get started on a commissioned painting for a friend of an animal parade, should be fun.

Exciting Adventures

Snipers on the White House roof, White House press room, and bowling in the White House basement!

July In Coronado

To celebrate Fourth of July the way it is meant to be celebrated, my husband and I flew to San Diego to rejoice like "Real Americans." My husband did not understand how it can be MORE patriotic or MORE American to celebrate Independence Day away from the nation's capital, but he was naive to the joy of beaches, barbecues, and bicycles... and chili cook-offs! He was a convert by the end of the day, of course. We watched the fireworks over the bay, and above is the shot culminating the evening.