I started a safari series not too long ago. A favorite aunt requested a painting of a koala bear so that is what I started with in the series. Everyone loves koala bears right?

Okay, so I haven’t been keeping this site as up to date as I would have liked. I was busy most of November with design projects. However, I did get a few paintings accomplished. One of which is this painting of a father and son for a new friend I met over the Internet. She is a photographer in Northern Indiana and this is her husband and son.

This is a portrait of a friend’s boxer that I took while camping with them this fall. This dog is the friendliest boxer and is extremely playful. He also has a wonderful smile too.

I used a small cell phone photo to capture his likeness and then drew him out on Arches 140lb Cold Press watercolor block. From there I chose a few basic Winsor Newton watercolors and began painting him from light to dark. This took about 4 hours to complete. Letting layers dry between applications.

I would like to start doing more of these because this one was so much fun.

I sprained my ankle real bad a few months ago now. Makes it hard to climb stairs or get around. I won’t be able to get to my studio to paint in oils for awhile it looks like. Not to worry though, I have a project that I have been wanting to get to for some time now. Over the years I have taken and gathered many photos of my beautiful wife. I need to brush up on my figure drawing and portrait drawing skills as well as painting in watercolor. These photos extend from present to the mid 80′s when we met as Freshman in high school. So, here are a few 30-60 minute drawings and paintings that I did while being laid up for awhile…

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