A commissioned wedding gift...

I had a lot of fun painting this cute commissioned painting that was a wedding gift...

Stop Motion Video of me painting a Pet Portrait!

I've seen artists doing stop motion videos of them painting from start to finish and I've been wanting to try this for ages! I loved watching them, they're fun! So when I was approached from a local business about doing a different kind of stop motion project, I thought it was time for me to give this whole thing a try to see how it works. I found the timer for my DSLR and since I had this small pet portrait commission to do I tried it on that and it worked pretty slick! I need to figure out a way to get the lighting more even for the next ones I do but overall I'm happy how it turned out for my first try.

Have a look and watch a pet portrait come alive :)

A portrait of me by Emily - hey that rhymes!

My friend Emily is a budding young artist. She's really talented and does such super cute critters and caricatures of people. She recently drew me! How flattering! I absolutely love it! Aren't I adorable? :)

Thanks Em! Keep drawing and dreaming!