ArtBARK! Gallery Opening

 I've been meaning to post the results of the ArtBARK! contest. Its been a busy past couple of weeks, here's a little collage from the gallery opening night. :)


  The gallery opening was a magical night complete with a mariachi band. I got to meet Jessie Marianiello and see some amazing pieces of her work! I won the ArtBARK! contest! It was fun to see all the different types of animals everybody decided to draw, I was surprised at how many entries there were. This was a really fun experience. :)

ArtBARK! Contest Entry

Last week I worked on an entry for the ArtBARK! Contest and raffle which is sponsored by Bone Adventure and Stray Dog Arts. I decided to draw Eddie, a Catahoula Leopard dog that we fostered a few years back!

This is the finished drawing;

It was quite a challenge to draw all the fur and took about two and a half days to finish! I used Blick studio graphite pencils, Copic markers and a white gel pen for this piece. :)

Here's a work in progress shot;

Tonight I'm going to a gallery opening to see it hung along with all of the other entries and the work of Jessie Marianiello of Stray Dog Arts! I'm really excited to see all of the entries, there will be a lot of good artwork there!

Pumpkins and Orange Slices

The weather has been pretty chilly lately and all the leaves have started changing colors! I've been getting into the fall mood by sculpting lots of miniature pumpkins! 

These 1:12th scale pumpkins look like they're just out of the pumpkin patch!

This jack o' lantern preparation board was a fun challenge to work on. The pumpkin guts took lots of tries to get right!

I've also been working on orange slices, these were pretty tricky to sculpt because they are so tiny! I have yet to experiment with making whole and half peeled oranges. :)

I hope you're having a fantastic week! 

Photography Hike photos

I really enjoy taking photos and belong to a photography group. We like to get together at locations around the city to practice our skills. Here are a few photos I recently took along the Mississippi river at sunset. :)

Autumn colors.

Boots.

My friend Claire getting an awesome shot!

The sunset was absolutely beautiful!