Author Archive: Lori
Alien Portrait #2
Need to play catchup posting my alien portraits. This is #2 in the series. He’s just moving along, doing nothing special. Watercolor on watercolor paper, 7.5″ x 9″
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A small little portrait of one of my aliens. Done using cake watercolors this time instead of gouache (so I can work in front of the TV sometimes). Watercolor on watercolor paper. 7.5″ x 9″
Continue readingAbstract – “Deep”
Another of my alien creatures abstracts. I haven’t decided if I like this one or not. I had the idea in my head but the final result just doesn’t match. Just need more practice, I guess. Also need a better scanner, too. This image is way brighter than the painting actually is. Gouache on watercolor […]
Continue readingAbstract – “Untitled”
Latest abstract piece done in gouache. I’ve had it on the board for a while now with the background done and over the weekend, finally sat down to finish the alien creature-things there. I still need to pull it off the board and trim the edges to remove the staple holes. I’m rather pleased with […]
Continue readingHappy Valentine’s Day 2014!
Felt compelled to offer up a heart to celebrate the day. Enjoy!
Continue readingPostcard Swap #2 – January 2014
So it’s time for another postcard swap as organized by Dawn Diamantopoulos. I was pretty eager to sign up again this time around and had been planning what I wanted to do for a while now. As usual, that changed once I actually started working on the postcard, but I’m very happy with how it […]
Continue readingThe Saturday Series – “Turn in the Road”
Over the past year, starting on 26 JAN 2013 and going through 18 JAN 2014 I’ve been taking a photo each Saturday morning of the turn in the road I live on. I’ve been posting them on Google+ under the tag #SaturdaySeries and now that the year is up, I made an animated gif of […]
Continue readingMedallion
I have no clue where I come up with my titles. This is a digital abstract piece done in Photoshop CS5. Sometimes I think doing abstracts digitally is almost cheating, although I know it’s not. What digital does make easier is shifting parts of the artwork in a circle or on a curve. I haven’t […]
Continue readingPostcard Swap – July 2013
Now that July is over and the postcard is in the mail, I figured I should post about it. The postcard swap was organized by Dawn Diamantopoulos over on Google+ and I decided to take part. Basically, she assigned names to each artist who joined up and the task was to create an original piece […]
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