We decorated our Christmas tree! I know it’s early. I AM the reason why the stores had their decorations out at Halloween. So not sorry.
Anyway, look at me puppers! This is Brandy-whine. She helped me decorate the tree by holding the garlands.
Don’t let those sad eyes fool you. She got TWO peanut filled pretzel treats for this photo.
you know the drill, see the drawing by clicking below the fold…
12" x 12" x 1.5" acrylic on canvas
This one took me a long time to finish. About halfway through I became so angry at the thing I nearly chucked a fistful of phthalo blue goop right at the hummer. Twitter told me not to, though, so I set it aside instead. ^_^
Good thing too, because two months later I figured out what to do with it and completely revamped the thing. (BTW, if you want to see in-progress shots, they’re here and here)
Also, also… once again, the color seems a little off. Hard to get it perfect in the sunlight. One day I’ll own a fabulously expensive camera that will have diamond studded focus rings and gold plated clicky buttons. Then my photos will be TOTALLY ACCURATE. But until then, the color cast is somewhere between the lightness of the detail images, and the deepness of the large shot. Imagination required. 