I sit and stare

I sit and stare at my Guy.  Never done a human.  If I mess up on an animal I add more thread and its looks like "special" detail on fur.  Humans can't be done that way.  I have 2 black and whites and one color to practice on :  I still can't start.  Wait!!!!!! I can use color pencils.  Sometimes blogging is so cathartic.  Now I can begin...Have to go buy some colored pencils. Egads

                                                               posterized

I used to think artists did art from their head.  Now I know there is lots of prep time prior to the masterpiece

Cougar is done

And Lily wants to show you how to stay cool.  Remember to lay under the fan

photoshop 101. Saving to folders.

Took me all afternoon to find my Cajun.  So frustrated I even shampooed the carpet.  Haven't done much like dishes, dust, clean bathrooms, work on quilts because I'm so close to getting cougar done.  However I'm now getting ready for Santa Paws and Cajun.  Remember way back when when you made a photo copy of a photo copy and you lost clarity???  I felt the same way about digital photos.  So I broke up all my files and put flowers w. flowers, dogs w/ Max or Lily or Maggie etc. etc.  Then the technology caught up and I've gotten lazy.  I got files of birds, flowers and  cats together.  Vacation 1 with vacation 2 with quilts.  So now I leave original file in original file and make a copy of photo and put it into its proper file.  Darn it!!!!!  Only been doing that for a few months:  So, it took forever to find the Cajun:  Here is the photo for another  thread painted quilt:

                                        

Cajun oh Cajun: How do you do?

Getting ready to do my Cajun Guy from New Orleans.  Never did a guy before.  Never done a human before.  Never had a desire to do a human.....  I stare at him and stare at him.  Scared I won't get the angle of his face or arms right.  Whining to George last nite.  And, wined some more.   My dear husband:  (guys think so differently than us girls).  suggested I make a small version and practice.  But, his face is just a small part of photo.  So, I made an 8 x 10 of only his face to practice on.  What a great idea.  Looked at more face portraits.  Played in photo shop.  I have both a color and and black and white.  Maybe I need cheese w/ that whine!  Photos to follow.  Less than a quarter of the background left on  my cougar and she is done.