I have been doing a lot of small paintings lately. I wanted to do some fun quick work that perhaps would be affordable and get some more people checking out my etsy.
I realize that I find horns fascinating. I mean the Lord put beautiful sculptures that grow out of animals heads that serve real purposes too.
I have had an ongoing doodle habit of adding little tiny people shapes to drawings I've done; I felt the deer was an appropriate place for small people to ride.
I must admit, I do not like how a varnished painting photographs.... anyone know how to not have a sheen? Anyhoo, I did the dragon in honor of my 2nd grad students who are painting their own Chinese New Years Dragons. I am truly excited to see the outcome of my students work.
This circus scene is from an in class drawing I had a Korean class do; I would tell them something to draw like, 'Draw a ball.....draw an elephant on the ball....etc.' I rather enjoyed my original and made it a bit more sturdy in paint.
(again, hate the sheen from the gloss finish, it really does look better in person)
Another run with oil paint sticks. It was fun, but I must say the paint sticks are much better on canvases larger than 5x7 inches.
Sakura Meets a Giant Friend: This is actually one of my favorites that I have done so far. I just think they are great characters. This idea again came from an old drawing I did alongside my korean students.