Harvest Moon Antlers

I sketched in fancy elk antlers. I sketched in a full moon top central of the painting. I painted the background from dark to light. The top is dark purple, the middle is medium, and the bottom is light purple. I painted the top four times to make it dark. The middle and bottom I painted three times to make it more intense. It took a very long time because I had to paint around some thin antlers. I painted the two antlers at the top neon red. I had to paint the antlers four times to make it very bright. It took a very long time because I had to paint each tine very carefully. The neon red pop out against the dark purple sky. I painted four antlers toward the bottom. The antler on the left is pure bright red. The second antler is mainly red, but the parts of the down tines are dark brown. The third antler is bigger and the top is neon red, the middle is red, and the bottom is dark brown. The fourth antler is tiny and the top is neon red and the rest of it is red. I painted the antlers four times to make it more vibrant. That took a long time. I painted highlights on all the antlers. The highlights is where the moon is hitting it. I painted all the stars bright yellow orange. I painted the dark side of the moon orange. The light side of the moon is bright yellow orange. I painted the moon twice to make it bright. This painting is called Harvest Moon Antlers. I finished this painting on October 11, 2012. I like how the neon red and dark purple stand out. I like how the light purple and the dark brown stand out. This painting reminds me of a fall or Halloween moonlight night.

For Sale: $100
Stretched Canvas

Moose in Love

I sketched in a moose and a moose head on the other moose's back. The other moose's legs come out under the main moose's belly. I started painting the background pure yellow. I painted the background again to make it brighter. I painted the big moose purple jam. I painted the big moose's antlers dark purple four times to make it dark. I painted the little moose dark purple three times to make it darker. I painted the little moose antlers a light purple. I repainted the big moose three to make it more intense. I repainted the little moose's antlers dark purple blue three times. I repainted the little moose face and leg's dark purple. I repainted the little moose's antlers dark purple three times. I painted the moose's eyes and mouth light green twice. I painted the pupils on all the moose. I painted teeth on the big moose. This painting is called Moose in Love. I finished this painting on October 12, 2012. I like how the purple stands out against the yellow background. The two moose's are in love like they're brothers.

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Stretched Canvas

Bobcats Hershey Kiss Antlers

I sketched the Hershey kisses antlers in. I painted the whole background a neon yellow. It took me a long time because I had to paint the narrow spaces in between the antlers very carefully. I repainted the whole background neon yellow twice to make it brighter. It took a very long time because I had to paint around the antlers very carefully. I painted all the antlers blue. I painted the antlers three times to make it more intense. It took a very long time because to paint some of the tines were very narrow. I painted highlights and shadows on all the antlers. The highlights are a lighter blue and the shadows are a dark blue. All the highlights are on the left sides and bottom. All the shadows are on the right sides and top. It took a long time because I had to paint the shadows and highlights on all the antlers very carefully. I painted the part of the skull on the big antlers dark blue three times to make it dark. I painted the shadows and highlights twice. This painting was finished on September 27, 2012. I like how the bright yellow background contrast with the darker blue antlers. The colors remind me of MSU's football team colors. This painting is called Bobcats Hershey Kiss Antlers. I saw the Hersey kiss antlers at the Antler man's display in Three Forks. He is very famous in Montana for all his antlers. He has over 15,000 antlers.

For Sale: $60
Stretched Canvas

Romantic Rhinos

I sketched in two rhinos from two different photos. I painted the background yellow white twice to make it brighter. I started painting the rhino on the left. I painted some of the area on the left side mostly yellow orange for dark shades. Some of the wrinkles on the body are yellow orange with a a little of purple for the darkest shadows. I used yellow on the area close to the leg and on the upper leg and blended in some yellow orange. I painted most of the rhino on the right. I painted most of the rhino's upper body yellow, but little bit of white yellow on its back. Most of the rhino's lower body is yellow orange and darkest yellow for shadows. The top of the ear is white yellow, yellow, then the rest is yellow orange, and dark yellow along the edges. The wrinkles on the his belly are darkest yellow towards the top to yellow at the bottom. The wrinkles toward his head is pure dark yellow. The wrinkles on his muzzle is yellow. The nostril is yellow. The mouth is dark yellow toward its eye and white yellow towards its nostrils. I repainted the whole rhino twice to make it pop out. I made all the shades of yellow lighter because the rhino is further away in the background. All the darkest area on the rhino like his face, underbelly, and legs are a lighter dark yellow. The dark areas like his upper face, legs, and parts of his belly are a lighter yellow orange. The light area on his body like his upper belly, back and a little on his head is a lighter yellow. The lightest parts is his ear, back, and a little bit on the mouth. The mouth is a very white yellow for highlights. It took a long time to paint because all of the details. I painted the rhino on the left in darker shades of yellow because it's closer up and the other rhino in lighter shades because it's further away. The darkest is dark yellow brown like his ears, muzzle, shadows on his horns, wrinkles on his body and leg. The next darkest is dark yellow orange like most of his body, part of the leg, parts of his horns. The lighter color is yellow like on parts of his leg, parts of his face, horns and the wrinkles on his muzzle. The lightest color is light yellow a little more darker than the highlights on the rhino on the right. The lightest yellow is the highlights like above the eye and the top of his horn. This painting is romantic because the rhino on the left is the husband and the rhino on the right is the wife. It looks like they're in love. I like how the the dark color on the rhinos contrast with the light background. This painting is very peaceful. This painting is called Romantic Rhinos. This painting was finished on August 2, 2012.

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Stretched Canvas

Happy Gurgles

10"x8"

I painted the outer ring of the intestine red. The ring next to the red ring is neon orange ring. Next to the neon orange ring is a lighter neon orange ring. Next to the lighter neon orange is a neon yellow ring which in the very middle. In the red ring I painted green pieces of food digesting. In the neon orange ring I painted the food light blue. In the lighter neon orange I painted the food a dark blue. In the neon yellow ring I painted the food purple. In the green food the bubbles are a light green. In the light blue food the bubbles are a lighter blue. In the dark blue food the bubbles are lighter blue. In the purple food the bubbles are a lighter purple. I painted the highlights on the bottom of all the bubbles. I painted shadows on the top of all the bubbles. I put a white dot in the center of each bubble for shine. This painting is called Happy Gurgles. I finished this painting on July 10, 2012. This painting reminds me of the solar system. The colors are complementary colors meaning they are opposite of the color wheel. I painted this picture of gurgles because Del wanted me to use my imagination on what gurgles looked like.This painting only two sessions because it's on a very small canvas.

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MT Rushmore in the moonlight

14"x11"

I sketched in Mt Rushmore but it took awhile because of all the details. I painted the sky blue two times. I painted George Washington's face a medium blue for the dark side on the side of his face. His hair is dark blue with the lower half medium blue. I painted all the presidents' eye a super dark blue. I painted Jefferson next to George in shades of medium and dark blues. The left side of his face and nose is dark blue and his right side is medium blue.  Lincoln had similar shades of the darker blues as Jefferson did. Lincoln has medium blue for his left side of his face. Under George's face the area is lighter than the light part of his face. Under Lincoln's face the  area is dark with some medium blue blended in some spots. I repainted half of the painting to make it intense. Very light blue is where the moonlight is hitting the faces. Light blue area is a little darker blue. Medium blue is for the lightest shaded parts of the faces. The dark blue blue is for the darker shades that aren't in the moonlight. The darkest blue is part of the face that don't get any light at all. Paula showed me how to paint almost white blue on the lightest parts of the faces.  I painted just mainly the darker areas of Teddy Roosevelt's and Abraham Lincoln's faces. Lighter medium blue is the lightest dark area. Medium blue is the middle of the darkest blues. The dark blue is the shades like the eyelids, lips, etc. The darkest blue is where there is no light shining on the areas like the eyes and lips. Then I painted whitish blue highlights mainly on the foreheads or where the light is shining on the most. Then I painted a moon and stars in the sky. The darker side of the moon is light blue. The light side of the moon has whitish blue highlights. This is called Mt Rushmore in the moonlight. I finished this painting on July 7, 2012. This painting is monochromatic meaning one color. It just different shades of blues. This painting sticks out because the highlights against the darker shades.

SOLD: 14"x11" $80

Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood

41"x16.5"

I sketched in the Chinese Theatre, buildings, and the tiles. It took a long time because of all the details. I painted the sky green. It was dark green at the top and light green at the bottom. I painted the theatre points on the roof dark red and red. It took awhile to figure out the colors. Paula left me alone to help me learn to figure out colors. She helped me correct the tiles. I painted the theater's roof dark red at the top, red in the center, and orange red at the bottom. Under the roof I painted the building's top ceiling orange red. The building's outer columns are dark red and red. The inner columns next to the outer columns are orange red and red. The area inside the inner columns are pure orange. The frame around the dragon is dark red. The space around the dragon is yellow orange. The dragon has yellow orange, orange, red orange, and red for shadow and yellow for highlights. The theatre's doors are dark red. The other spaces on either sides of the doors are red orange. I repainted all, but the roof of the tall building in shades of reds and oranges to make it brighter. It took awhile because all of the details. I painted yellow lines on the top building where the roof looks like a smiley face. I painted a couple of red lines on the top of the building's ceiling. I painted the other buildings that look like mountains super dark green at the top, then dark green underneath. I painted the walls on either side of the Chinese Theatre different shades of green. The walls are super green, dark green at the top, green, yellow green in the center, and white yellow green at the bottom. The skyscrapers are white yellow green at the top to super dark green at the bottom. I painted white in the tiles where the pencil smudges so it's not confusing. I just repainted the walls and the skyscrapers in different shades of green to make it brighter. The walls are dark to light. The skyscrapers are light to dark. It took a long time because I had to paint carefully and green is hard to cover up. I painted the thick lines in the walls from dark red from the furthest and red orange to the closest. All the ornamentation in the super dark green part is yellow orange. Part of the ornamentation that is in the green section of the wall is red. Then part of the ornamentation that is in the light green and very light green wall is dark red. I painted the window frame on the left side of the theatre red. I painted the window frame on the right side of theatre orange red, but both window panes are yellow. The yellow makes it look like lights are shining through. I finished painting the ornamentation in shades of reds. I painted the tiles in shades of reds and oranges. The tiles closest to the Chinese Theatre is yellow orange. The tiles in the center is orange. The tiles next to the orange ones is red orange. The furthest tiles are red. I finished painting the tiles over again to make it more intense. I painted the lines in the tiles from darkest to lightest. The lines go from dark green closest to the theatre, dark green and green in the center, and very light green closest to the skyscrapers. I painted the moon and stars white first to make it bright. The full moon is orange red. The stars are very light orange and green. This painting is called Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. This painting was finished on June 17, 2012. I like the green and the red together they are comprementary colors and the colors look very Chinese looking. The Chinese Theatre is in Hollywood, California, near L.A. Celebrites put their hand prints in the concrete. The Chinese Theatre is where movies used to be made. The Grauman's Chinese Theatre is a very famous building in California and the United States. This painting took nine sessions to paint.

For Sale: 41"x16.5" SOLD

Neon Zebra

I sketched a head of a zebra. I drew in all the stripes and also his horns. I then started to paint his stripes purple. The stripes are dark at the top to light at the bottom. It goes from super dark purple, dark purple, purple, light purple, and very light purple. It took a long time because the stripes were narrow to paint. I painted the stripes twice to make it intense. I painted the other stripes in different shades of yellow. It goes from dark tan yellow to the bottom to very light neon yellow at the top. The stripes also took a long time to paint because I had to paint it twice. The face was the hardest to paint. The colors went from light neon yellow, neon yellow, neon orange, yellow, and dark yellow. I painted the mane from dark yellow at the bottom to neon yellow at the top. I painted the ear purple. The left side is purple and the right side is light purple. The zebra's muzzle is also purple. The nostril  and the lower lip is neon yellow. The outer eye is neon orange. The eyeball is purple. The pupil is neon yellow. The three horns are neon orange. I painted the horns four times. I painted the background green. It is very dark green at the top and green at bottom. I blended in dark green and green in the middle. I painted everything twice to make it intense. I repainted the horns from red orange at the base to yellow at the tip. I painted a light purple line under the zebra's muzzle to the chest. This painting is called Neon Zebra. This painting was finished on June 2, 2012. This painting stands out because the neon yellow stands out against the dark green background.

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Antler Fairy

I sketched in antlers for the fairy's wings from a photo. The fairy is holding an antler. I sketched in antler shoes, belt, necklace, and the shirt, etc. I drew in an antler hat. I painted the the sky a medium bright blue. It took awhile to paint because of the antlers. I had to paint around the stars. I painted the moon orange first, then red strokes then orange over it. I painted over the moon again with pure orange. I followed the moon's rounded with curved brush strokes. Then I painted the leaf dark olive green. My brush strokes followed the vein of the leaf. I painted the tips of the leaf and the leaf's stem yellow orange. Then I painted the fairy's outfit pure lime green. The hardest part was painting around the antlers on the moon and on the fairy's outfit. I painted everything twice to make it stand out better. I painted the stars white. I painted white orange around the edge of the moon. I painted the fairy's skin a light blue. I painted all the antlers black twice, then white on all the left sides for highlights. The antlers took a long time because I had to paint the tines, kickers, down tines, and the main beam twice carefully. I finished painting white highlights on the antlers. Then I painted white highlights on all the left side of the leaf's veins to show where the moonlight is shining on. Then I painted white tips on the leaf. The tips look like candy corn. I painted a thin black line around the tips. I painted white ovals and circles on the leaf. The circles are the same color as the fairy's outfit. The ovals are the same color as the moon. I painted  little dots in the fairy's eyes. I finished this painting on April 7, 2012. This painting is called Antler Fairy. The leaf and the antler fairy and the moon kind of match by its color for balance.

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Haunted House

Paula helped me sketch in the haunted house because it was hard to draw the angles. We drew in a big gnarly tree on the far left hand side. We drew another large gnarly tree on the far right hand side. I also drew in smaller trees closer to the house. We painted the sky dark green that looks almost black. I painted the ground even darker green ( almost pure black). I repainted the sky dark green with more green in it than black. Then I painted parts of the sky near the trees green blue. The area closer to the bottom is a lighter blue green and towards the top is a darker blue green. I swirl the color to make it look like clouds. I painted the big gnarly tree on the left a dark green. The highlights are a light green. The shadows are pure black. I painted all the haunted house windows a blackish dark purple with a little bit of green in it. The spaces in between the columns on the porch are the same color as the windows. I painted dark blackish purple lines vertically on the tallest part of the house. I also painted the house roof dark green. The bottom half and the left sides of the house are dark green. I outlined the the house edges a light green. The top half of the house is a lighter green. The stairs have dark lines to show where the steps are. I painted the stairs a lighter green. The columns are dark green with some light green in certain spots. I painted a thick black border around the red lit window to make the window not ruin the painting. I painted black triangle points on the cross shaped bars on the window. I painted light green cross shaped bars on the windows. I painted some light green highlights on some parts of the house, on the tombstones, and on the trees. I painted pure black shadows on the ground, the tombstones, on the edges of the stairs, and the trees. On two of the three tombstones three words or dates are written in black (RIP 1890). I painted bats in the sky. I painted Dracula's skin a greenish blue. His pants and his shirt are black. His shoes are dark green. His cape is a light green. I put a thin light green line around his body. I painted two white fanged like teeth with a thin black line around it. The bats and Dracula's eyes are red. I painted greenish blue highlights on the ground. I finished this painting on March 4, 2012. This painting is mostly monochromatic. This painting reminds me of Halloween. I like how the light green and red contrast because it glows against the Haunted House background.

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Antler Bar and Grill

18"x24"

I sketched in the details of the tall buildings, power pole, and balconies. I painted the middle section of the building from dark purple, light purple, dark red, red orange, orange, yellow orange, white orange, and yellow. I painted both the top end sections of the building from: yellow, white orange, yellow orange, orange, red orange, red, dark red, light purple, and dark purple. I painted all the section of the buildings to make it brighter. I painted the windows different shades of blue. I painted the bottom window sills a lighter medium blue. I painted some of the top arches on the top windows dark blue or a lighter medium blue. I painted all the bottom window panes a light blue. The top window is a medium blue. The underside of the arches and the bar in the middle of all windows are dark purplish blue. All the fan like bars in the middle of the arches are light blue. I painted parts of buildings on the left hand corners in shades of blue. I painted its half curved awning a light medium blue. I painted the walls a medium blue and one right side on the awning a dark purplish blue. I painted the building in the bottom center in shades of blue, too. The very top of the arches is a light blue. The arches are a dark bluish purple color. The walls and supports are blue. The main windows are yellow orange at the bottom to yellow at the top. The top windows have yellow upside down Y shaped bars. The windows are dark purple. I painted the sidewalk a very light yellow. The edges are a dark yellow (yellow orange with a bit of purple in them). I started painting the building on the right orange red. I painted the upper part of the building. I painted the power pole and the umbrella green. Green shades are: green for highlights, darker green for medium, and dark green for shadows. I painted the sign medium green on the main part and orange and red orange for the sides and bottom. I painted the table a medium blue and its legs a super dark blue. On the left side of the table is pure orange and on the right side of the table is red orange. I painted super dark blue in most of the windows, a door, and lines on the main arches for shades. I painted the main big fasod red orange and its side orange. I painted in the building on the right longer to fill in the white spots. I painted blue curved lines on the curved awning. I painted the shadows on the sidewalk a dark yellow (yellow orange with a little bit of purple in it). I painted the space between the awning and the building orange. I painted the dark shadow on the sidewalk orange. I painted the sidewalk against the building red orange. I painted three and a half hours on the fifth session. At the bottom of the windows I painted dark blue or yellow to make it look like the windows are open. I painted a dark blue line on all the windows for shadows. I painted the railings on all the balconies dark blue, then painted light blue on the sides where the sun is hitting them. Then I painted the bottom railing (fence) a light blue, then put highlights and shadows. Highlights are very light blue and shadows are a dark blue. Then I painted all the signs. Then I painted four signs white first. Each sign is a different color. The signs are red, green, white, and yellow. I did all the letters on the signs white and some dark blue or green. I painted a dark red line on the bottom edge of the building to show its corners and angles. I painted the sidewalk orange at the bottom, then blended it into the dark greenish orange above it. I painted the table pole green. I painted the two table chairs a light blue. The last thing I did was painted a person white, then painted his shirt orange. His pants are blue. His arms, legs, and face a flesh color. His hair is the dark greenish orange colors.
SOLD: 18"x24" $145
Stretched Canvas

Dancing with the Stars

I sketched in the ballroom stage. I painted the top bar where the ball hangs from - blue and purple blended into it. The half square on the stage was blue with a lighter blue blended into it. The background was blackish blue. The ball was purple. The floor was a lighter blue, blue, and some purple blended into it. I painted it twice to make it brighter. I drew and blocked in the dancer in white. Paula showed me how to make shine on the floor and the purple ball. She said to put stars in the background. The stars are shades of: blues, pink, purple, and white. She showed me how to paint lines in the floor for reflection from the stage lights. She said put rings around the lights. I painted the bars that spread out like a fan light blue at the top to dark blue at the bottom. I painted the dancer's skin a peachy flesh color by mixing orange, yellow, and white together. I painted the dancer's clothes and socks a light purple color. I painted white and light blue lines for highlights on the half square shaped support on the stage. I painted dark purple lines for shades on the half square shaped support. I painted white rings around the lights closest to the purple ball. Then I put hot pink rings around all the lights at the top. I put hot pink, light blue, blue, white, light purple, and purple stars in the dark background. I put two hot pink stage lights and two squiggly lines for reflection. I painted the dancer's hair a dark brown by mixing yellow and dark purple. I painted white L shaped highlights on the fan shaped bars. I painted some shades on the dancer's skin by mixing white, orange, yellow, and a little bit of brown. The shades on the dancer's clothes are dark purple. I repainted the dancer's outfit a darker purple. I painted a little white on the dancer's neck, then painted it a dark flesh color. I painted squiggly lines, then painted white for reflection. I painted the dancer's reflection white, then painted it a darker purple. I painted the reflection on the light bar at the top of the stage hot pink with purple blended into it. This painting is called Dancing with the Stars. I finished this painting on January 8, 2012. I love how the bright colors glow against the dark background.

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Checkerboard Dams

36"x23.5"

I sketched Glen Canyon Dam, with Hoover Dam behind it. I drew curved lines up and down and across to show its concrete. I drew intake towers on Hoover Dam. I started painting the right side of the dam purple and yellow. I painted in squares that are checkerboard yellow and purple. The checkerboard pattern is the concrete dam's face. I finished painting purple and yellow squares in a checkerboard pattern. Then I started painting in squares that are  checkerboard pattern green and red. The red and green is in the middle section of the dam. I did all the squares from top to bottom. It took awhile to paint because I had to paint the squares carefully. In between the bridge, the squares were hard to paint. Next I painted all the squares orange and blue the same way I did with the green and red on the left side of the dam, above the bridge. I painted all the squares carefully. I painted the left side of the dam blue and orange. Half of the squares were red orange at the top, orange on the top half, yellow orange on the bottom half, and light orange at the bottom. The other squares were purple blue at the top, blue at the top half section, light blue at the bottom half section, and lighter blue at the bottom. The middle of the dam is made of red and green squares. Half of the squares are: Dark red at the top, red at the top half, red orange at the bottom half, and light red at the bottom. The other squares are: Dark green at the top, green at the top half section, yellow green at the bottom half section, and light green at the bottom. Then I painted the right side of the dam. The squares are purple. Dark purple at the top, blue purple at the top half section, purple at the bottom half section, and light purple at the bottom. I painted the yellow squares from orange yellow with a little bit of purple in it at the top to white yellow at the bottom. I started on the left side of Hoover Dam. The squares are yellow and purple. They're the same pattern as Glen Canyon's. I painted the lookout supports red and green. Dark at the bottom and light at the top. I painted the left side of Hoover Dam twice with purple and yellow. It goes dark at the bottom to light at the top. The colors are: dark purple, light purple, and lighter purple. Also dark orange yellow, yellow, and lighter yellow. The middle section: Dark green, green, and light green. Also: Dark red, red orange, and pink. Right side of the dam: Red orange, orange, and yellow orange. Also: Dark blue, blue, and light blue. On the left hand corner the sky is light blue. The right hand corner the sky is dark blue. The bridge and the dams crests (tops) are black. I painted the lookout supports on the left side of the dam dark purple and yellow. The yellow has yellow orange with a little purple and red in it. All the skinny sides are dark yellow. The fronts are dark purple. I repainted them purple three times. The middle of the dam, the supports are dark red and green. The fronts are dark red. The right side of the dam the supports are dark red and orange and dark blue. The skinny sides are dark blue. The fronts are dark red orange. On Glen Canyon Dam, the two skinny triangle structures are dark red and green. The two flag like supports, the right support are dark red orange and blue and light blue on the square top. The left support are dark yellow and purple and light yellow at the square top. I started painting the two intake towers different shades of orange: red orange, orange, and light orange. I finished painting the intake towers shades of orange. I repainted one of the flag shaped supports on Glen Canyon Dam is light purple. One side of the two structures on either side of Glen Canyon are light green. There are four big support structures things on Hoover Dam.  Half are orange and blue and the right half are purple. I repainted the night sky dark and the day sky a light blue to make it brighter. I painted the bridge with white stripes. I did the same thing with the dams top. I started repainting the purple squares to make them intense on Glen Canyon Dam. I repainted all the purple squares from dark purple, blue purple, purple, and light purple at the bottom. Then I repainted all the orange squares from dark to light: Red orange, orange, yellow orange. and white orange at the bottom of Glen Canyon Dam. Then I repainted all the green squares from: Dark green, green, yellow green, and light green at the bottom. I repainted the red squares from: dark red, red, red orange, and pink at the bottom. I painted the white stripes on the bridge and the two dam crests (tops) straighter. I painted the moon and stars on the top right hand corner. I painted the sun white first, then painted it yellow orange. The sun is on the top left hand corner. All the squares took a long time because I had to paint them carefully. This painting is called Checkerboard Dams. This painting was finished on January 2, 2012.  This Checkerboard Dams painting is psychedelic.

For Sale: 36"x23.5" $100
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Moon Okapi

18"x24"

I sketched in a okapi - an animal that has a head like a giraffe, a body like a horse, and stripes on its rump like a zebra. I painted the background a dark pretty blue to cover up the white spots. I painted the animal hot pink red color. It took awhile because I had to paint the stripes on his rump pink. I had to paint around his stripes on his front legs and also on his face. I repainted his stripes and body to make it more intense. I drew a crescent moon on his rump. It reminds me of the moon behind some clouds. We drew antlers on his head. I painted dark blue antlers on the whole background around the animal. I highlighted all the right sides and top of the antler a lighter blue where the sun is hitting it. I painted the right side of the crescent moon orange twice and I also painted the left side of the moon a dark pretty green. I painted the moon twice to make it brighter. The hardest part was to paint in between the stripes. Then I painted the stripes on his back, front legs, parts of his body and face - lime green. I painted all the stripes green again to make them brighter. It is hard to paint the stripes because they're narrow. I painted the animal's antlers white twice to make them stand out. I also painted the feet white to balance it out with the antlers. I painted the eyes and the bottom lip orange. The shades on the okapi's body, parts of the face, and legs are a dark purple by mixing red and blue  together. I shaded the green stripes on his legs and his face a dark green. I then shaded all the left side of his antlers and feet a light blue for the dark side. I painted light purple highlights on his back, right side of his head, legs, and down his chest. Then I put highlights in the green stripes of his legs, face, and ears. The highlights are yellow green and are on all right side where the light is shining. The tail is blue on the left side for shades and white on the right side for highlights. We outlined the eyes with dark green and also did the same on his nose. This painting was finished on November 20, 2011. This painting is called the Moon Okapi. It is bright because it contrasts with the dark background. 

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Floating leaves on the water

18"x24"

I sketched leaves floating on water. I painted the background dark blue, black, and a lighter blue for the water ripples and reflection from the water. I painted the biggest leaf on the center left red orange, green with orange stripes blended into the veins. The two leaves at the top are yellow orange with green blended into them on the edge and in the middle. The one on the left of the big leaf is yellow with green blended into it. The leaf closet to the big leaf on the right hand bottom corner is green. Next to the  green leaf is a leaf that is orange yellow. I painted bright blue lines in the black area around the leaves to show that it's water. I did the same with blue and black mixed together and drew lines around the leaves on light blue areas to show it's water reflecting. I painted yellow orange lines on the leaves for their veins. One leaf vein is pure orange. I painted yellow water droplets on the leaves twice for it to be bright. I repainted the right side of the leaf yellow and blended in orange bands following the veins. I painted the veins orange yellow and the water droplets yellow. I painted  red orange circles around all the water droplets and the yellow leaves. On the big leaf, the top left section of the leaf are circles of water droplets that are dark red. On all the water droplets the top of the droplets are a thin line and the bottom line is thick. I outlined the underside and the right side of all the leaf veins a dark red for shades. Shadows are areas that the sun does not shine on. The top and left sides of the leaves had no dark red because that's where the sun is shining on them. It took 4 sessions to complete this painting. I completed this painting on October 30,2011. This painting is loud and bright. It sticks out because the dark background contrasts against the bright colors leaves.

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18"x24"
Stretched Canvas

German Castle

First I sketched the castle from a photo. I also drew in the hills and sky. I drew in all the fancy decorations and windows. I painted the sky dark purple at the top. In the middle section the sky is dark blue with some dark purple blended into it from the top. I painted light purple at the bottom of the sky, then blended it with the dark blue above. I painted dark blue around the castle. I painted a pretty lighter blue throughout the sky. I painted a little bit of that pretty blue on the right side of the painting below the sky. I painted the hills below the sky dark blue twice to make it stand out. Then I painted and repainted the hills underneath the dark blue hills and dark greyish blue. I painted the hills underneath the dark greyish blue turquoise. I painted the cliffs that the castle sits on shades of turquoise: dark blue, dark greyish blue, and white for light turquoise. I blotched dark blues in all areas under the castle. I blotched blue for the medium, light blues for  light like what I did for dark blue blend it in between. I started painting the castle on the left side where the light is hitting it light orange. Then I started painting the right side of the castle a rusty orange for shades. The in between dark and light will be pure orange. I painted half of the castle's roof tops a different shades of rusty red like light, medium, and dark. The red, orange, dark brown, and white are mixed in for the shade rusty red. I finished more of the castle colors; like yellow orange for light orange, orange for medium, orange brown for dark, and dark brown for the darkest. I basically finished blocking in the castle. I painted the area underneath the castle rusty red. I painted a light purple line on the very bottom horizon where it meets with the lighter blue. I painted a little section of the sky a lighter blue. Then I painted all the castle windows a dark blueish purple. I repainted the dark shapes of the castle, but that took a while because of all the details. I repainted the lightest shades too but, again took awhile because all of the details. I painted dark blue on the left bottom-central edge of the castle, then squiggle lighter blue along the dark blue, with my stroke slanted down and fill in the stripes to look like a cliff. I painted an orange moon and white, blue, purple, and orange stars scattered across the sky. This painting took 7 sessions to finish. It was finished on October 23,2011. The castle looks good for Halloween because of the its glowing orange against the dark sky, along with a full orange moon. It looks like a Disney castle. This painting is called The German Castle.

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