December 2010 Blog Posts (6)

Hi everyone

I just popped by to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and the very best New Year.  I hope you have good health, happiness and the very best of friendships.

For myself 2011 is already shaping up to be a very good year especially with an artists residency in the South Island which I will take up early in May.

Warmest regards

Lorna

"Shed, Early Summer" 10x8" Oil on Linen Board



 

"Shed, Grey Day" 10x8" Oil on Board

Grey Day…

For those of you that might be a little intimidated by nice work, .....remember that we all did a bunch of crap....lol (i still do) If an artist acts superior....IGNORE THEM.....they are not worth your time. Art is a little piece of us that escapes into the world.

Something I used to do a lot is buy a box of 10-reams typing paper on sale. I would tear open a ream and sit and do thumbnail sketches for…

When I first got here, I couldn't upload any pictures. I have a Mac, running the latest.

I was using Firefox and almost gave up. Then I switched to Safari, and that did the trick. They make Safari for PC's I believe so it may help others here with similar issues.…

"Old Friends" 10x8" Oil on Canvasboard…

My cousin Becky

12"x16"

So I couldn't stay away from color! I used Ivory Black, Cad Red, and Yellow Ochre.

My uncle Luis

11"x14

I tried sticking to Burnt…