Crafts: Painting and Drawing
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Painting Clouds On An Orange Background
With the next Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat not for another 27 days, I am trying to spend as much time as possible painting, either in my sketchbook, or not. This week I got back into exploring how to paint clouds, an idea I had started working on a whole year ago, but just didn’t get back to it. And then I painted some llamas with tiny cranes flying overhead, and then I painted some cranes, and then I realized that painting clouds was the natural thing to paint next! So, I painted one spread of clouds that isn’t all that great, and then I painted this spread, which I…
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Mixed Media Migrating Cranes Painting
One thing I can happily say about 2020 is that I was able to stick to my plan of making a “sketchbook practice” part of my creative life! What can I tell you dear readers? While I was once very afraid and sceptical about sketchbooks, I am so very happy that I stuck with it, as today I am a staunch supporter! Sketchbooks or art journals, however you choose to call them, can truly be an amazing place to create, as without pressure to display your work, and without having to worry about what you’ll do with the results, you are FREE to just explore. And at the same time…
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Try A Pink Paint Pen For Adding Tiny Details To A Colorful Landscape Painting!
Use a pink paint pen to add details in a landscape sketch.
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A Peek In My Sketchbook: Fun Llama Portraits
It is true, the llamas may just be taking over, but I can’t complain as they are just as cute as can be! After paintng a llama for Chanukah, and a llama portrait, I just had to record this llama phase in my sketchbook, and ended up creating a whole llama spread, which is such a fun surprise as one flips through the book. Animal portraits are all the rage, photography wise, but I think they are cute as can be when painted and approached in a more artful manner, which is what you can see here. I have placed my llamas in the Hula Valley, one of my favorite…
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A Whimsical Painted Llama Portrait Creates Smiles All Around
With the wonderful holiday of Chanukah now behind us, we can use this time to create non-holiday specific things that make us happy! It is true, I did create some llamas during Chanukah, and discovered that they are just so downright cheerful that I had to give a llama portrait a try! I’ll admit the background was changed several times before I arrived at this pink, which is just as pretty as can be and looks great as a part of my pastel colored winter themed art. This llama’s name is Millie, and she said to herself “llama lo” (why not in Hebrew) visit the dream destination of her choice,…
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A Festive Painted Llama For The Eighth Night Of Chanukah!
Happy 8th night of Chanukah! The brightest and lightest and most joy filled night of this 8 day holiday, that isn’t necessarily connected to a whimsical llama, but why not? I am happy to share with you that I somehow managed to squeeze in two paintings of whimsical llamas, a chanukah miracle in itself, the first is with a Chanukah menorah, but I just took it down as the main photo of this post, as the second one is much better, at least to my eye. (You can see the first try, in my sketchbook if you keep on reading.) Despite a very busy holiday, phew, I got in a…
