Fall Flowers

I saw these flowers originally at  Mary Free Bed.  I really liked the arrangement.  So I painted it.  Again this is more of a fall looking painting.  Hope you like it.  It is a watercolor pencil painting on canvas.

Fall Flowers

This is some type of fall flower I painted from a picture a friend of mine took.  I really liked the colors and how it turned out.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Again, it is a water color on canvas picture.  The original picture was taken by, Emily Hansen.

Water Color Water Lilly

This water color water Lilly is a 16" x 20".  It looks pretty translucent to me.  I used no water color pencils on this work.  I did the technical work with a brush rather than the pencil.  Don't know if I like this or not.  Oh well you be the judge.  It feels strange not being in  Art Prize this year.  I like not having the stress but still am struggling a little with my inability to participate because of the stress.  Well I guess it is the way it is.

Changing Colors

Fall is on its way.  I am not real thrilled about this but I do like the colors.  This is a watercolor painting on canvas.  I like the red and orange leaves.  Hope you like this picture too.

David Warsen, Navy Seal

This is a watercolor painting of a young man who died in Afghanistan a couple of weeks ago in a helicopter crash. His name is David Warsen.  His funeral was yesterday.  I had decided to paint this picture for his parents a a momentum of my appreciation for their ultimate sacrifice.  I brought it to the funeral and left it with one of the ushers.  I hope they received it.  What a nice looking young man who gave his life so that we can live the way we do.  I hope my random act if kindness makes a difference.

Baseball Fan's

I have been going to our local Whitecaps games with my grandson lately.  We have had a great time so I decided to paint a few of the guys pictures.  This is Nick Avila a right handed picture for the Whitecaps.   He is number 20.  In the photo I got of him he has mustache and little goatee.  He pitched the night I took the picture but I did not have a real good shot of him.  The next time I saw him it was cut off.  Oh well this will have to do.  He looks like his cousin, C. Alex Avila the catcher of the Detroit Tigers.  I happened to talk to him at a game and he was asking about the pictures I had given to some of the other players.  He was so nice I decided to paint one of him.  He is a year older than his cousin.  He was very nice to talk to.

   This is a picture of Ernie Young the manager of the Whitecaps.  Every time I have photo-graft him he has a very stern face.  Ernie has been coaching the White Caps for two years now.  The Whitecaps are a farm team for the Detroit Tigers.  I have truly enjoyed to games this year.  Both of these watercolor paintings will be given to the people they represent,

The dogs in my life.

The first dog on the page is Boo.  He is a friend of mine.  He belongs to some friends who I have known since kindergarten.  She is a real dog lover and this is another of the many dogs she has cared for.  I painted a 12 by 16  inch watercolor painting for her of this friendly little dog.  I hope she likes it.

The second dog is Bubba Corn-dog. he is not friendly until you get to know him well or take him for a ride in your car.  He is a strange little critter.  This is another friends dog.  She is also a dog lover and is involved in dog rescue operations.  This is also a water color painting on canvas.  This friend received the painting last week end and loves it.  It makes me feel good that the work I do is appreciated.

Thank you again for looking at the pictures.  Feel free to give feedback it you like.

Elaine