Etsy

I still run my Etsy shop.  My latest sale was of this  5x7 "Black Cat" painting.  Of course Jenny was my model and I've done a few of her.  
Etsy has changed a lot since I started in late 2014.  The company has grown and is now even doing commercials on TV.  Some of it's positive, but not all.  When I first got onto it they were doing almost all hand made creations . Now they are a global company and sell everything.  That makes it hard for people to 'find' you on the site. 
I first looked into it in 2008, and then for a few months stayed there. But opted out and didn't go back seriously until Dec. '14 . 
I still sell regularly. I try to keep at least 50 pieces in there at any given time, but right now needing to catch up.   That means I better get a move on.  

 

Photos Big Problem

Ever since my desktop stopped working I am trying to use a small netbook .. I painted this little country scene this morning. Yes, I've painted this scene before , but it was sold. I've always like it.
Took photos with my digital camera and my computer won't upload.. so I took a photo with my phone, and it's just horrible. 
It looks so faded out, and no matter how I tried to edit or fix it no can do.  I'm going to get a new laptop when I can, but for now UGH!! I can't put photos like this on my Etsy, they are not true. 
Happy painting to everyone.  

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING  TO YOU ALL!

Good News ! Bad News !

Ok bad stuff first... my desktop has a terminal illness, in fact it was fatal.  The computer that I've blogged on, website, Etsy, not to mention thousands of photos, all my art work, everything. I panicked at first until I was able to recall everything on a small tablet. But I now need a new one more reliable than this "toy" I'm on now. 

But the good news is that my painting I exhibited in the "Insiders Art" here in Tallahassee has gotten "The Peoples Choice Award" . This was the first piece that I've shown since I got to Tallahassee almost three years ago. 

AND yesterday I won enough on a scratch off ticket  to get a nice new laptop. 

So yesterday was a good day for me. 

Watercolor vs. Acrylic

A while back I decided to try oil painting again after a very long time away from it... As it turned out I tried, I liked, but it didn't like me.. The smells, and the mess, but mostly the smell didn't agree with me.. I was using a medium, Liquin, to mix and it's toxic.. 
I have a very small place, studio and living space.  Eating and sleeping in the same room with oil paint is not a 'good thing'.
So now I'm using acrylics, as a second choice to my watercolor.. Oils are still the best of the two.
Here is my interpretation of the same scene in watercolor, and second in acrylic. 
Very different in terms of application and confirms my belief that watercolor is delicate as opposed to acrylics. 
That's my story, stickin' to it.  Do you have one. ? Let me know. 

                                 Watercolor 8x10

                                    Acrylic 8x10

Sketches from Savannah

 I'd hope to be inspired by my trip to Savannah last week and I suppose that's what happened.. So much art to appreciate whether it's the parks (Squares) ,  the buildings are restored not replaced, and they try to keep them historically correct.  
The windows, and doors are replaced in the period of the time.  But most of them are from hundreds of years back.
This was the windows on one of the the homes there. 

 
 

Watercolor Sketch

Did this quick sketch of the beach at Tybee Island GA.
 The day I was there it was very windy.
Good to do a watercolor and there will be more.