February 3rd drawing class

Here are pencil drawings done by my students from Feb. 3rd class.

Pencil Portrait Class

This one was on coloured paper.

Here are the results from my most recent pencil portrait class. There's still another image to add to these but the student has a bit more left to do (she has 2 subjects within one portrait so it took more time). It'll be added soon.

Blue Morning - Great Blue Heron

'Blue Morning' acrylic 8x10"
I'm pleased to once again be invited to participate in Masterworks in Miniature, March 6 through March 21st. It is a show of original artwork in miniature (no larger than 9x12") by well-known US and international artists. The show is hosted by Gallery One in Mentor, Ohio. All of the artwork and details on the event should be posted on Gallery One's website sometime in February.

January Paint Your Pet

Another Paint your pet class at my studio. Here are the paintings that were produced by my students. I will add the last couple of photos as soon as the finishing touches are complete.

Rottweiler commission

Here's the finished Rottweiler commission. It was my last order before Christmas. This was composed from several photos. The dogs were different ages, but the owner wanted them to appear as litter-mates. With photos of different angles and lighting it was a challenge to do. All I have left to do now is to finish shopping, cleaning, cooking, wrapping etc. No more painting before the big day. Have a wonderful Christmas everyone and a safe and happy holiday!

December rush

Well, it's sure been a busy month. Between classes, new projects, commissions, Christmas preparations and snow shovelling, there hasn't been a minute to spare. This little chipmunk design in acrylic will be a new class offered in February 2009 in Mississauga. I thought I'd try something a bit different this time and use a grissaille technique. This little guy was a visitor at a cottage which we stayed at in September this year.

Next is a little ornament by special request - Rosco the Bernese Mountain Dog/Toy Poodle mix (yes, believe it or not, that's correct). The tag only measured about 2-1/2" x 3". I painted about 10 other ornaments similar to those that I painted last month, so I won't bother duplicating them all here.

Next is a boxer commission (Christmas gift). I'm also working on another commission of 2 Rottweiler puppies, which I'll post soon.


Paint your pet class at my studio was lots of fun. Some are going to be gifts while others were just to learn and practice. These are the portraits that were produced by my students in the 2-day workshop Dec. 13/14th, 2008.

dog portrait

Here's another dog portrait that I finished this week. Only a couple of commissions left to go before Christmas!