Artist of the Month Dec. 2010

I won Artist of the month!  This man's name is Art Shegonee.  He's a wonderful Native American Dancer that does many great things for society. http://www.callforpeace.org/programs/talkingsticktalkingcircle.html
Winning tonight was a great boost to my mood.  I found out the commission piece I did of "Katie and Alex" on my last blog post was delivered to the wrong address.  The neighbor put it on my clients porch and we think it blew away!

Katie and Alex 2010

Katie & Alex

Finally a real posting!  This is a commission I did for a very good friend of mine.  She's giving it as a Christmas gift.  As a matter of fact she commissioned this same piece last year for a Christmas gift to another person.  This made it very interesting and yet again another learning experience.  I usually write down all the colors I used. Even pencil lead softness. Guess what I didn't do the first time?  Luckily I had a digital pic on file and could match things up.  Next, I usually keep the initial drawing I do that is used to transfer on to the watercolor paper. (you don't sketch on the watercolor paper. make your mistakes on the initial drawing)  Guess what I didn't keep? Next make sure I don't change anything up too much, no artistic license.  I figure if she liked the first one enough to reorder don't change a thing.  All in all I think they are the same. As a matter of fact I think this one is a little better since I had practice on the first. Now off to mail it.