Ringing in a Hew Year!

Hello All,

Well another year is in the books! On to try some new things, maybe do some traveling and paint some new things this year! I want to work with animals and people too... I want to try my hands at oils... Will see how it goes... I am going to a sketching class this week. I call them mini vacations and exercise for the artist's brain...

This Holiday Season

To all out there... I hope you have a great holiday season filled with hope, inspiration, and good health! I hope this season brings new inspiration to me and lets me start some new challenging pieces! My friends have encouraged me to try some paintings of people. So I will give it a whirl!

Happy Holidays!

Ida

Holidays!

Well the holidays are here and I have been busy... I am going to start sketching again. I am hoping to start painting again too... I have quite a bit of work done already. I just don't post everything. I am slowly starting to get the hang of things... I hope this season finds more peace and harmony and that this country gets out of the mess they are currently in.

New pictures

So...I have been busy sketching... And a little painting here and there... Trying different things.. Having fun! I have lots more that I haven't posted... Working still on the coffee shop...

Love Life, and Enjoy Art! Ida

Reclining Woman--18 x 24 Pencil Sketch on 80 lb. Strathmore rough surface

Another sketch of a live model. I did this one
in about 45 minutes. I think I went a little heavy
with the lip line... I still think it works.

Get Ready Set Go!!!!!!

So I was thinking..... And I was pondering.... I am working on 3 projects. I think I will work on the coffee stand painting this weekend. It is almost done. I just need to work out the details. I did the bulk of it as a plein air project. Now I think I will finish it this weekend! And Yippppeeeee!!! It is going to be a beautiful weekend! 80's and low humidity....sunny!!! No heat wave here... Life is good... Was at my sketching class earlier in the week and it went well... I always do better when I am not tired and if I am relaxed.

So off I go...tomorrow strawberry picking...birthday party....going to the pool...then somewhere in there I get to paint...the life of a working mom!

Working On New Cartoon Drawings!

Well, I am headed back out to the field to finish my plein air painting. And today I was doodling with some cartoon drawings. I think I have created a very good character of a boy about age 10 who loves to ride his skateboard. I gave him funny spiked hair, some cool eyes and I think I will give him a sidekick friend who hangs out with him after school... I think I will have his friend have glasses and be the voice of reason for him. So does anyone out there want to see him? Or if you are interested in hiring me I do do freelance work... I have been sketching for many years so I can do many different characters... Serious inquiries only! My work is copyrighted!

Plein Air Painting

I was out on this beautiful weekend doing some plein air painting. I almost completed it in one sitting. I will try to catch some nice weather again and try to complete it in the next sitting. If not, I took some photos so that I could complete it. For the most part it went well. I had a number of people stop by and pester me a bit. Some people came up behind me and startled me. They said it looked good. So that was nice of them. It was fun. I plan on doing more plein air painting. I picked up nice used plein air easel that is well built. The artist used it all over Europe. If this easel could talk think of the stories it would tell...

Happy painting!