Peaches come from a can...

This is the latest painting I've finished. An 8x10.
Did it for a buddy of mine who is helping me out a lot with something. I realized I really like painting fruit. Trying to get the right colors for peaches was interesting! Took me quite awhile but I think I nailed it.
My new technique for painting I'm trying is to paint the hardest section first. That way I am looking forward to the end because it will be easy! Started up another painting I'm doing for a second friend. Hoping they dont read this cause they will then know my surprise for them LOL!

Frustration and Adjustments

I posted a picture of the painting on my facebook artists group page for some suggestions. I got more suggestions then expected and then realized how much more I had to work on it. Thinking I was finished this was rather upsetting. After a small panic attack and the urge to run a knife through the center of the painting I got some help from my dad and was able to go back to work on it. These are the adjustments I have made. I consider it finished. Mostly because I want it to be. I'm sure there is more that could be done if I was willing to continue to work on it.

Art Show Painting

I've recently joined an art group in White Rock. They are very well organized and have two art shows a year, amongst other opportunities to display art. The May show lets you enter up to 4 paintings. Too many for me to get done so I just did this one. It has to be finished today so if there are any pointers that do not require a huge amount of work I'm all ears ;)
This is from a picture my friend took on a road trip through Canada one summer. Probably the fastest I've finished a 16x20 painting. Only because I had to really lol. So I am not sure if the quality is very good. That's why I am asking for tips.
Here is a link to the art group I joined. http://www.artsociety.ca/aboutus.html
CJ

Sunset in Thailand

Here is a painting I have been working on for a friend. It is off a picture he took on his trip to Thailand this year. It is a 19X40 I think, largest I have done yet. I have to go back and darken the sand once it has dried a little. Then I'm saying done with this painting. Each time I adjusted anything in the sky I ended up doing the whole thing pretty much over because color matching was so hard. Phew! So glad it's over. Skies and clouds are really really hard!

Pongo again..

So here is a 95% done version of the painting I did for my mom for xmas. Just have to add more to the back ground then varnish. Looks pretty good. Think I should start doing more animal paintings for sure. It seems to come easier for me. So let me know what ya think.
CJ

Pongo

For Christmas I am doing a painting of our dog Pongo who did a month ago. This is not finished yet just what I have so far. So only about half way done. I have to let it dry more before I add more detail. Expecting a few tears when she sees this that's for sure LOL! It is a 16X20 size also btw.
I still have not gone back to the painting yet for Cameron's mom. I will though and then I will post it.

Arbutus Tree

This is a painting I am doing for Camerons mom as a thank you for buying my wedding dress for me. :D I am not completely finished. I need to fix the grass a bit and the trees. Any pointers on what else I could fix?

Owls

Started a new painting today. It's of two owls nuzzling. Right now it kinda looks like one a big owl ha ha. I have to work on it a lot more and it will look like two separate owls :)
I'm painting on the smooth side of the canvas. I kinda like that better. It makes it more flowy.

SunFlower Painting

This is a painting I'm finishing up that friend Purva asked me to do for her. She took a trip to eastern washington this summer and saw all these beautiful sunflowers. The image is from a picture she took on her trip.
I'm not very good with blurry background images so I didn't do that part very well :P I probably should learn how to do that better though...dad. Ahem. Teach me. lol!! So my text painting will be of an arbutus tree for Cameron's moms bathroom. She redecorated it and stuff. Until then.

Christina

Wedding Progress

Well I think I've found my dress. I will not post it just in case Cameron sees it though. But finding my dress has sparked an interest collecting other things for the wedding. So far I've got our cake topper. It's so cute. I guess we are going with a bird theme. Didn't plan for it, just kinda happened.
I'm waiting for my Dad to do a pretty sketch of love birds for our invitations then I can get started on those. Right now with painting I'm trying to duplicate a Sunflower into a painting for a friend of mine. It's hard though because the canvas is 18x18 and the picture is a 4x6. So how do I add on two inches of something?!

Camping at the Hoh Rainforest and Visiting Ruby Beach WA

This summer Cam and I went with two of our good friends on a super fun road trip. We first stopped at Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic National park. So beautiful! Then we took a day trip over to Ruby Beach. The most gorgeous beach I've ever seen in WA state. So sandy with huge rocks. We took a little hike through the Hall of Mosses, which is were the mossy tree picture is from. There were giant trees in the Rainforest. I really enjoyed getting to see that area, as I've read so much about it in travel magazines. Now we have to find an area to visit for next summer also. I love exploring!