Duck is starting to come into focas

This is Duck the Harris Hawk. I met him at Eagle Fest. He is one of the Pacific Northwest Raptors

I think I am finished! I will have to put it away for a bit. Or stare at it some more... It is hard to know when its done.

I am not enjoying the hair so much now....its starting to feel like work! this painting is almost finished. I have put a first wash on the background, a second wash on the tank top.

I put a few light washes over the hair to soften and blend it.

Lots of hair work. I am adding the complement colors now, to create depth. I will soften it next.

I have started painting Nicole's hair.

I couldn't just paint the eyes, I then had to paint the eyebrows and lashes. I am using different colors than I am used to for this painting. A fellow artist, Ron Morrison, recommended I read the book 'Transparent Watercolor Wheel' by Jim Kosvanec. Very en-lighting! So, I am painting this with transparent colors, raw sienna instead of yellow ocher etc.
It is starting to look like Nicole, finally! I had to turn the painting upside down to get the mouth right.
Tomorrow I am going with my neighbor and fellow artist Karen Martin Sampson to her life drawing group. I am very excited! Its been a long time since I have done such.

I wanted to leave the eyes until I felt I had the skin tones right.....but I am finding it a bit creepy to look at. I will have to paint the eyes.

Nicole, first wash.

I entered this photo of my dog snapping at flies in the Arts Council’s ‘3rd Annual Photo Show’ hosted at the Tidemark Art Gallery (TAG) in the lobby
of the Tidemark Theatre. Opening Friday, February 5, from 12 pm – 5pm, the show will hang at the Tidemark (1220 Shoppers Row) for the month of February.

Today I drew on Nicole, she is ready to paint. I can't wait to paint all that hair.

I shot many photos of these geese, it was a beautiful afternoon in Coal Harbor, B.C. In all the photos i took of them, the goose on the rock stayed in the same position, with one eye on me. I think it must have been the Dad to a couple of those babies. I think I used 5 photos in the end to create this composition.

This is Scarlet. I met her at Kitty Coleman this fall.

Well, here is the finished frog. You just have to buy it separate from the waterlily's

I have painted a few Lily Pad paintings, people ask me,"Where is the frog".

This is my daughter Heather, and all the steps that got me to the finished work, I call 'Pensive'.