A friend wanted to give her Parents, who are in the rest home, a portrait of their grandson.

This is the original photo, and the finished artwork. I did the portrait in colored pencil.  Lane is a very cute kid and it was joy to create his portrait.

I hope B.C. and Ada Morgan enjoy this picture of their Grandson, and will bring a smile to their face everytime they look at it.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Tags: Christmas, Lane, Lane Walden, pencil drawing, Portrait

Self Portrait:

in my last few posts, I talked about starting to create again.  I painted a picture of myself that I hope portrays what I am experiencing in my life at this time.  I have had a troubled situation in my life, which makes me very sad.

This is the process in my self portrait:

This process was very therapeutic to me, instead of writing my thoughts in a journal, I have put my feelings in my painting of myself.

I am going to keep painting, and I will “Proceed and be Bold“

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Tags: painting, Proceed and be Bold, self portrait, therapuetic

For the longest time I have been trying to get my groove back.

I wanted to do something I was passionate about, something that I do that makes me feel good.  I know what it is and I just needed to start.  I kept procrastinating, finding something else to do, watch TV, play solitaire, anything to keep me from starting something, I hope I still got it in me.

Today was the day of just going for it, I started PAINTING today.  I am duplicating a painting I did in college, many people told me they loved it, the original is very small and on a kind of canvas paper.

The object I am drawing is a bit challenging, It is a drink being poured into a glass with ice in it.  This can be a little difficult with the lights and the shadows, and making it actually look real.

Now I am going to show you what I have reproduced so far.  It will look a lot better after I get it finished.

I should video my painting process, and share parts of it with you.  Well wish me luck in getting my groove back!

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Yesterday I went with my daughter to the art school at Texas Tech, and listened to a speaker, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., a printer who specialized in Print Press Posters.  There was a documentary done about Mr. Kennedy, and the name of the documentary was “Proceed and be Bold”.

Listening to Mr. Kennedy, was so inspirational to me.  Mr. Kennedy has not always been a printer, he worked in the corporate world for several years.  He has been making prints for the past 7 years in a small town in Georgia.

One thing that really hit home to me, is he said you don’t have to be in a big city like New York to be a successful artist.  You can create your art where ever you are.  Since I am also from a very small town, this made me realize that the possibilities of being a successful artist isn’t out of my reach.

I have been wanting to get back into creating art,  The poster, and the documentary about Mr. Kennedy, has given the inspiration I need to “Proceed and be Bold”.

Not only did Mr. Kennedy inspire me, but he made me think a lot about life.  I really liked his philosophy about life.  When he spoke about thinking outside the box, he gave some examples of maybe thinking what your favorite song would look like as a poster.  Maybe not necessarily just putting the words on there totally, but making an art piece out of it.

I have always heard the statement “Think outside the box” but I never really knew how to do it.  Mr. Kennedy gave us several examples that made me realize what all can be done.

I just want to say :

“ǝɟı1 ʎɯ ǝbuɐɥɔ ǝɯ buıd1ǝɥ ǝ1qıssod puɐ sǝʎǝ ʎɯ buıuǝdo” ɹoɟ ʎpǝuuǝʞ .ɹɯ noʎ ʞuɐɥʇ

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Tags: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Art, Posters, Prints, Proceed and be Bold, Texas Tech