New Artwork...Just for fun!

I've been working on some new art work...some experimental and some practice...but all FUN! I won't write a lot about it, I'll just let you enjoy!

#1 - My Favorite Park

This is a colored pencil drawing. I used mostly greens, browns and grays to draw, (with circles), a very beautiful little walking park near my apartment in Lake Mary, FL. I love walking here and listening to my favorite music and thinking about Heaven. I'm sure it has a lot of very similar parks everywhere! I imagine them being a lot more colorful, though...so I may draw this park again with more experimental colors.

#2 - Peace at the Wall

This is a pastel painting that I did while thinking about praying for Jerusalem. I'm sure it has been done before, but, I really was just thinking about the peace of the Lord descending on those praying at the Western Wall. I may try it again as well, making the dove a little smaller and people praying at the bottom...who knows!
It's drawn on beige velour paper.

#3 - A fun Menorah

I love the colors in this painting done with pastels on beige velour paper. I love the combination of bright greens and purples in the painting. It's meant to be fun and have a sense of joy. It is also sort of abstract with the shape and angle being not so realistic. I may use this painting to make cards during the holidays next year. What do you think?

#4 - Dancing for Joy

Again, this painting is not necessarily suppose to be realistic. I am just learning how to paint and draw just for the joy of it. No one may like them...but that's not the point. I really enjoyed it and I'm hoping that comes across! I'm really not as happy with the choice of colors, but I enjoyed painting it just the same. It's also pastels on velour paper.

#5 - Oranges...mmm

I have really been enjoying oranges lately. I love the taste of oranges, but if I'm having a stressful day the smell of orange peels can really make me happy. So I decided to try out some new oil pastels (similar to crayons) and draw my favorite food...like I said, it's just about the joy of it!

#6 - Ballerina's POINT of view

Last, but not least, is the colored pencil drawing that I did of a ballerina's feet on point. It was just something I wanted to draw. It is more realistic, though probably not perfect! I will definitely try this one again. However, I enjoyed it...and that's what it's about!

Thanks for reading my blog...please comment below and share with anyone you think may enjoy it and I promise to post more often! Blessings!!!

The Little Birthday Girl

This is a cute little girl who is turning one in a few days. She's the god-daughter of my client. I drew her using graphite on white Stonehenge paper. I also used a little pink color on her ribbons, her shirt and her lips. The portrait is a 9x12.

I enjoyed drawing this cutie and hope I get to do this more often!!! Again, the portrait looks a lot better than the photo of it. I will be investing in a good camera soon! The background should be white...not gray!

Portrait:

Here's the original photo:

Cuteness!!!

I've been working on a portrait of the cutest little red-head. This was a done for a winner of a blog contest for the Housework Haters Club blog. It was drawn on Stonehenge paper (my favorite paper to draw on) using Graphite. I added a little tinted graphite on his hair and cheeks and a little in the water. I'm not sure you can see the color...I've had trouble with getting the best pictures of my portraits. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get good photos of artwork let me know!!!

Here's the portrait:

And here's the original photo:

Where have I been?....a little bird crazy!

Well, it has been a really long time since I've blogged..."Where have you been?" you may ask me. I've been a mom for the past 6 or so months and not much else! I won't go into the details, but I will say that I'm back and ready to draw and blog and write and ....well, whatever God has for me!

I do want to share a few of my latest drawings and paintings with you and also share my brand new website. I have an easier domain name and I'm pretty proud of how it all looks! It's at www.melhowardart.com

Thanks for not giving up on me! And God bless!!!!

(Here's that new art..I've been a little bird crazy)

Sunshine the Dog...Final

Wow! The Holidays have been really busy this year! I had promised to show progress on each portrait, but I've been doing so much this year that I haven't gotten a chance to show you these last few portraits as they progress. But I thought I'd show you the end result of this one. It's a beautiful dog named "Sunshine".

It's another Christmas gift...so shhhh!

Sunshine is sitting in the "Sunshine"....heehee...so she appears to be a little lighter in color than she appears in some of the photos the client sent me. But I really love drawing pets and people sitting in the sunshine and in the grass. I hope the client loves it!

Merry Christmas to all!

Here's the portrait - 20"x24" Pastels/Tinted Charcoal on Mat Board

(colors may look different based on photo & quality of computer)

Close up of her face.

Original Photo

Drawing Progress - Horses - All done!

I'm done! The horses turned out pretty cool. I like them and hope that the person receiving it for Christmas is going to LOVE it! I never want to do anything else...I really enjoy this! All I have to do is spray it with a final fixative and deliver it!