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Monthly Archives: November 2013

Winter House (working title)

Above you can see that I finished up with the ink, which represented the bulk of the work with this piece. I decided to crop an inch off the height of the picture which puts more emphasis on the trees in my opinion. Then I went in with washes of neutral tint (almost black) and […]

What I’m thankful for.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US, I’ve been considering what I’m thankful for as well. To be honest, I can’t pinpoint one particular thing. I am just generally thankful that God has been taking care of me this past year. It feels like the world is falling apart these days and I’ve been […]

Fall Clean Up

The water level has dropped quite a bit and we’ve been doing some cleaning up outside. And inside. I’ve noticed that I’ve accumulated a lot of extra stuff and I am methodically getting rid of the excess. I’ve noticed that I have a lot of mini sketchbooks (4 x 6 inch size). I have enough […]

On using photo references in my artwork

I came across the story of the Lisa Congdon vs Cody Foster copyright dispute recently, including this article by Brian Sherwin (the comments are very heated). If you want a good synopsis, Katherine Tyrrell has a great article on it here: Copyright for Artists – Congdon vs Cody Foster. While I don’t support Cody Foster […]