Spotted - Giraffe Painting (start to finish)
Spotted - Giraffes
Watercolor pencil on museum grade suede board.
Image Size : 15 1/2 x 40
Yup it’s done … and sold. Just gotta get it profiled for prints and then I’m ready to move on to the next one. Not sure what that’ll be yet. Haven’t heard from the horse portrait (she was scheduled for surgery just before we talked last so …)
At any rate I am getting ready to move forward. I have sent off several art fair applications this week and so I know my remaining creative time is limited. Today being Sunday I plan to dig around my photos and see if anything pops out at me. Also plan to learn a little more about Wordpress and see if I can’t customize this thing called a blog better. I’d like to add another sidebar and then plug in a few things like an archive, a zazzle product link and perhaps a feeds link for Facebook and Twitter.
Since my husband built the blog it’s inner workings are very much a mystery to me. Just thinking about “trying” to learn it, gives me headache. Maybe I’ll go for a walk and then eat some chocolate covered peanuts or cheesy poofs to gear up for my brain function and because I’m all up into the healthy like that.
So without further ado … the start to finish on my giraffe painting. Followed by my first Zazzle product in several weeks as well. Featuring … you guessed it … the latest painting.
The image is a perfect fit. Nothing is cropped off. I think it makes a really cute mug with the matching rim and handle. What do you think?
UPDATED: Forgot to mention you can see a larger example of the finished painting on my African Wildlife Art squidoo page.
The Giraffes look awesome! You probably don’t want to change to a different Blog provider but if you want all those things you mentioned and a really easy design process (basically point and click/Drag & Drop) Blogger is a great choice. That is who I have my blog with and it’s really easy to use. If you get a spare second, check out my layout. http//:www.DrawingandPaintingwithMaria.Blogspot.com There are many more layouts to choose from than the one I use but I like that I can show my favorite art videos from You Tube as well as other stuff. It also has those FB, Twitter, etc. links you mentioned. Just a suggestion. I can’t wait to see what you end up doing next. Great job on the Giraffes!!!
I have been seriously pondering it but yes, switching to a new blog would be a real bummer. It would be easier not to mention that this blog is taking up a serious portion of my bandwidth which I could free it up for things like squidoo and my website.
The downside of course is that this blog has been here for 4 years and has a good daily traffic and I’d hate to start all over building a google rank and traffic. (Sigh)
I have been to your blog and tried to comment but for some reason blogger hates me. I tend to have trouble leaving comments. Though eventually most blogs let me do so. Good luck with your blog. I love that you are willing to share your learning with others. That’s what makes a blog worth while. Real experiences with whatever.
love the mug!
Thank you Joan.
Me too. I just bought one in fact.