A rose is a rose

Thank you all for your emails, comments and warm words as a result of my last post! I hope to get back in the studio and immerse myself in my work soon...I would have liked to participate in the last few DPW challenges, but since we can submit work any time...I'll get around to it. This was the Valentine's rose challenge.

"Abe"

My other entry this week in the DPW Challenge..."Abe"...this was a bit different for me, because I used watercolor pencils over my initial painting...then used sandpaper to retrieve some highlights, used a permanent sketch pen to put in the fine lines and some black Stabilotone to really push the darks...a mixed media experiment!

"Grippa Zippo"

I'm a bit behind in the DPW Challenges...but I'm a little closer this week...I finished the Zippo challenge as you can see and I just used Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue..the call was for those two colors, plus Titanium White..and with WC...white is the white of the paper...so...a challenge indeed... (7.5"x7.5")

4 Faces

This was my entry for the Daily Paintworks Challenge...I'm a little behind and still have to do the rose challenge. This was from a photograph...(not the intention I think)...but Idefinitely learned something from each 10 minute exercise. By the end I got the values right and was happy with the result. (click the title of this post to go to the DPW Challenge page) (15"x15")

"Sweet Wheels"

Having been a participant of the Different Strokes Blog...I jumped at the opportunity to participate in the Daily Paintworks Challenge. Originally Different strokes was the brain child of Karin Jurick...and with her blessing Carol Marine has launched the Challenge. Keep an eye on my blog for these efforts! I'll also put them up for sale. The painting above is a mixed media watercolor, watersoluble pencils and white prismacolor pencil. It measures 7.5"x7.5".