I was recently the happy recipient of a wonderful book, John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal. This incredibly beautiful book displays the artist’s charcoal portraits with stunning clarity and detail. I was so taken with these masterful portraits that I decided to try my hand at replicating some of them myself. Sargent was an absolutely…
Easter greetings from Ruralgirlgraphics.com! Here at the Upstairs Studio, our hopes are rising on this Easter holiday. We wish you a rebirth of hope in your lives as well. With the coming of spring, the earth seems young again. This tends to give us a “spring” in our step and a lightness in our heart….
Christmas Card 2011, “Sledding Teddy” original watercolor 10 x 8″ Introduction I have been creating my family’s Christmas card for the last twenty-five years. It is a process I learned by doing. In the early years I printed my cards (always black and white back then) with the old tried and true paste-up method. These…
“Liberty’s Child” watercolor on paper 11×14″ Many artists are intimidated by the prospect of creating a portrait of an individual in watercolor. They need not be! Watercolor is a wonderful medium for capturing the ethereal nature of the subject, and very amenable to portraying the subtle changes in coloring that occur in people’s faces. As…
