Hello Everyone! Today is DAY 5 of the 5-Day Facebook Art
Challenge. (But, why let Facebook have all of the fun? That's why I'm posting it here, too). A warm thank you to Debbie Lamey MacDonald, a Nova Scotia artist,
for nominating me.
For today’s post, I am sharing with you several commissioned
pieces – two fine art paintings and two pet illustrations.
The Dogwood Blossom painting is a 30” x 30”, oil on canvas,
painted from photographs that I took at a local nursery. I am super pleased
with the oil paints by M. Graham that are based with walnut oil and offer such
vibrancy.
The painting of delphiniums is a work-in-progress that I am
painting right now for a client. It’s 30” x 30”, oil on canvas. Again, I am
using my own reference photos that I took over the summer. Not only are
delphiniums difficult to grow, they are difficult to find to photograph! 
My pet illustration, Cake Cats, was a pet illustration
commission from last year. My client provided photos of her daughter’s cats and
gave me a list of interest of her daughter and son-in-law. Her daughter loves
to make cakes, loves Gerber daisies and her son-in-law is a Bills fan.
In-progress photos and sketches of this project can be seen on my website.
Gouache and colored pencil on vellum, 5” x 7”.
The Santa and dog illustration was a pet commission for a
past Christmas card. The client provided photos of her mixed breed hound.
Gouache and colored pencil on vellum, 5” x 5”. You can read about the process
of drawing this illustration, here:
http://cherylkugler.blogspot.com/2009/12/illustrating-dog-gone-cute-christmas.html
Posts
