In part one of this step by step, I’d painted my background, skin tones and the green dress. Taking inspiration from the material I was going to use for the dress I decided to make her blonde and blue-eyed. I wanted the cool blue to offset the fiery background and to have another cool tone [...]

Here’s another painting I’ve been working on. I completed this part the week before last. First, I drew the sketch outline in my notebook. i’d been mulling over how to use some birdcage scrapbook supplies I had bought and I liked the idea of combining the caged and flying birds with a summer theme. Then [...]