Veggieland Mural in progress

I'm supposed to be going in to sketch and paint tomorrow, so I wanted to work out some details on paper. I did this drawing with watercolor pencils and color pencils.

Veggieland Mural Idea

I pitched an idea to my friend Lissi for a mural that she wants in her store. She gave me a link for a very clean outlined landscape with flowers and trees and said she wanted it just like that but with vegetables. I loved the veggie landscape idea, but was having trouble with the clean outlined look... I'm more of a messy detailed painter myself! So, I sent her a quick sketch of what I had in mind for her mural.

Finished burning the cedar box

Here is the box after I finished burning it. I'm very happy with the results so far and the box smells heavenly! Next I will paint it, then coat it with acrylic.

Cedar Box project

I am working on a project for a lady who got this wonderful cedar box in high school. It has water damage on top, but otherwise is in great condition. I'm going to woodburn and paint the top for her. She likes the ocean and waves and the color blue. I've begun free hand burning a design into the top and so far so good...

Art blogging begins

Ok, I've never blogged before, but I'm giving this a whirl because I really need some extra motivation to work on art projects! Hopefully sharing my inspirations, creations and frustrations will help keep me on track!