by KLR | Jun 11, 2010 | My Travels
I can’t believe I haven’t posted in so long, but then again, I can believe it. After finishing all the Italy paintings and getting all my deadlines for printed material done, I had a painting and an article to write by May 1st… we had 4 fiber...
by KLR | Apr 6, 2010 | Botanical Art, My Travels, Works on Vellum
While I was drawing the study of the olive branch in Monica’s Orchard, this butterfly ‘flew by’ me. I dropped my pad & pencil, grabbed my camera and followed the butterfly. It went to a flowering hedge where I took some photos, and...
by KLR | Mar 20, 2010 | Botanical Art, My Travels, Works on Vellum, Works-in-progress
Five down and one more to go… I have 5 days left to finish my final painting for Italy. The grapes were really fun, but I think I had more fun painting the iconic grape leaf. When I have a chance to breath next week I will put together a...
by KLR | Mar 5, 2010 | Botanical Art, My Travels, Works on Vellum, Works-in-progress
I was trying to post more than once a week, but when the deadlines are looming and the stress is building over making the deadlines, sitting at the computer is tough! Here is the progress over the last week or so. I took a painting hiatus to work on the...
by KLR | Feb 23, 2010 | Botanical Art, My Travels, Works on Vellum
Gotcha! Can you find the real beans?!! I just had to take a photo of the art with some real beans on it! As I was designing the remaining groups to paint, I kept surprising myself with how the real beans seemed to look like the painted beans. Without...
