One of the reasons my art isn't as good as it could be is that I'm easily bored. Getting better at something requires practice, and I hate doing the same thing over and over. But I'm finding different things to try while still working on the same thing. So I started with this:
And then I wanted to try again with a better background:
But I realized partway through that I'd made all the leaves in the same direction and it just looked weird. So I tried it again today and ended up with this:
There's something I still don't like about the background, but it will have to wait for another day.
I'm also pretty happy with this one (which is straight from a tutorial):
Kinda boring, yes. But that's about the best tree I've ever managed in the foreground. I'll take it.
Obligatory Kitten Pictures
The plans for the kittens keep changing. Yesterday, the plan was for the remaining Vampires to go to a vacation foster on Monday. (They're big enough for surgery, but one needs his third eyelid snipped and reconstructed, and the regular shelter vet is on vacation so they're only doing spay/neuter surgeries until January.) But now the plan is for them to go to the SPCA in Sacramento, where they will have surgery and be adopted. So I'm taking them back to the shelter tomorrow and they'll go to Sac SPCA on Friday.
They're friendly little guys, so they'll find good homes soon.
3 comments:
Good job with the adorable kittens. Hugs from me to them! I may have to take up watercolor so that I can do a roadrunner in the desert cover for my next book. If you turn those cards into greeting cards let me know. Here it is Christmas and I am out of blank cards (that's pretty much all I ever use.) I don't really buy seasonal ones, but somehow I ran out.
I feel like there are so many better artists out there that have cards available!
So what! These are YOUR cards! May as well get use out of them! I'm trying to get a friend of mine who does watercolor to take a high res photo of one of hers so I can make blank cards to have as thank yous and whatevers. I pretty much ran out of cards this year for the first time in ever! I'd also like to get her to do a watercolor roadrunner for my next book...Oh, I have artist dreams, I do. Just not about ME doing the artwork!!!
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