I wanted to try out my new Copic .03 black marker with my DS watercolors. I wasn't sure if the marker would bleed, and it didn't! ...

During the summer I got an opportunity to visit Huntington Garden in Pasadena with my friend Brenda @ Amber Ridge Desert. It was rather wa...

Another bird to the collection. He's rather white and had difficulty in getting his true color scanned.

I seem to be in a revolving door lately with doctor appointments and doctor's offices that do not have good magazines to read. So I tho...

On Saturday I took my once a month Chinese Brush painting class. Focus of the class was magnolias and birds. On the painting with the bir...

I thought these guys looked sweet. I never realized how colorful birds could be.

I really loved doing this painting. These birds remind me of two people having a conversation.

I'm not sure what type of bird this is...probably a parrot, but then too could be a parakeet. With this bird I got to use some of my new...

I've always have liked this photo when I've seen at Wetcanvas in their photo reference library. Something about birds and their b...

I should of realized something was amiss yesterday which would set the tone for the rest of the day. I went to Kinko's to get 12 photo c...

I always like the beginning of the month because I get to work on a new subject. As much as I loved painting horses, September will be th...

I was going through all my sketches of horses that I've done this month and I found this little guy that I did free hand using my paint...

As promised...my latest horse painting. This guy is a Icelandic horse, which are rather small horses about 12 to 13 hands. There known fo...

I know these don't look like horses. I had to take my dog to the vet yesterday while she had her teeth cleaned, so I popped over to Dic...

I decided to take a break today from horses. I've been reading and viewing other artists using Yupo paper, so I decided I give it a try....

This guy gave me some trouble with his coloring and I was afraid I might of over worked this painting. I guess I'm becoming an expert ...

I love the expression on this horse...lots of attitude. This horse is a Paint horse which is used on ranches and rodeos.

Ok, I've been tagged by my friend Brenda from http://www.amberridgedesert.blogspot.com/ I've never been tagged so I'm not sure h...

I wasn't sure if I wanted to add grass to this painting since I'm trying to do a series of horses and wanted to keep the back ground...

I love learning about the various breeds of horse there are. This beauty is a Gypsy Vanner Horse which was developed to pull heavy caravans...