Waiting

Waiting
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watercolor paper...acrylic paint, wc pencils and crayons, pens, pencil and antiquing medium.

Angel in progress

Angel in progress
Originally uploaded by meganhoover

Angel in progress

Angel in progress
Originally uploaded by meganhoover

more of the figure developing

Angel in progress

Angel in progress
Originally uploaded by meganhoover

I've been wanting to paint some religious type subjects or angels and this is one that is still in progress. It's about 10 inches by 10 inches on watercolor paper. I've used lots of texture and the paper feels more like leather now!

black haired angel

black haired angel
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This was completed last month. It's a small piece on wood (about 3 x 7). I'm still trying to find my style and testing out different ways to do eyes, lips, hair, etc. She didn't start out as an angel but that's where I ended up. While it doesn't seem so at first glance, she has a LOT of layers!

Farmer’s Market Saturday

Today we ventured to downtown McKinney where they’ve done a beautiful job restoring many of the old buildings and streets.  We took the long way but found the farmers market where we bought some veggies, soap, lavender, and some peach salsa …plus a few treats for the dog.  Then we had lunch at a favorite local restaurant called “The Pantry” which included a sampling of their delicious pies.  On the way back to the car, I popped into a gallery where I got some info on making prints of my paintings.  I’m so excited to get some more work done and finally maybe sell some prints.  I’m still in the preparation phase I think…maybe I need to jump!  Anyway, we had a great time and before we headed back home, we threw pennies in the fountain and watched Jack run around.  He was so happy to be out of that stroller – always fun to see his happy face!

It's been a looooong time since I posted anything. So much has happened. We're now in Texas -- yeehaw! I'm painting again and it feels great!

PORTRAIT

CAKE

I'm rushing with this one... as always. I have so many ideas and no time for execution. Have a great week!

This was done with Photoshop CS and a wacom. I'm getting used to the wacom tablet... it's fun!

UNDER THE SEA

This was just a quickie...I'll change it up more by adding highlights to the bubbles, maybe some seaweed or shells along the bottom and maybe even changing the color of some of the fish. Just wanted to post quickly in case I didn't get time later this week. Haven't posted in a long time -- the toddlers are keeping me very busy these days! I may be collaborating on a children's book soon. Wish me luck!

TEA

Just playing around on Photoshop CS. I have a Wacom Tablet. This came about truly by accident...it's not the look I was going for but I thought it was kind of whimsical. The colors are very simple -- again, not what was in my mind at all. I like the irregularity and sketchiness of it though. Well, it is what it is. TEA.

CHAIR

GLAMOUR

Three year olds are hilarious (and frustrating). She's quite glamorous in this ensemble... a too big sweater, tights, and feather slippers from Grandma. I added the tiara and wand digitally (and of course played with textures and filters in Photoshop CS.) Enjoy!

HOLIDAY

I have been so busy I haven't posted anything in so long. I just thought this was a funny one from last year... two year olds don't REALLY want to sit with Santa. They're just glad when he's done delivering gifts!

STRENGTH

This is an acrylic painting I did from a photo I took in Spain several years ago. The Sunflower is an amazing thing -- deceiving actually. They are so STRONG, you almost cannot break off a flower with your hands. The blossoms were HUGE and the stalks stood more than 6 feet tall!

See this in my e-store... as a print(16"x20") or on anything from mugs, to shirts, to totes.

NIGHT

COLD

This was a quick one last night. I know it's so "typical"... a snow scene. I usually try to interpret the week's challenge with some clever twist or something unexpected. Lately, however, I've felt sad over the loss of someone special. I didn't know her VERY well but she was my sister-in-law's sister. Does that make sense? I suppose we were distant in-laws. She was only 33. She has two children ages 13 and 8. She had Lupus and was sicker than most of us could've guessed. She'd had bloodwork done recently that showed she was getting better. She'd just returned from a week in Montana with her husband... her obituary photo came from that trip. She was a beautiful, fun, down-to-Earth, happy, loving wife, sister, mother, friend, etc. This is turning into a sob fest...sorry. I just can't shake thoughts of her. It has affected me on so many levels...I am a mother, a wife, a sister, a sister-in-law, etc. She was just so young and it happened so unexpectedly. Anyway, that's why I've waited so long to post and why my post is less than clever. Now, ya'll go hug the people that you love because life seems to end too suddenly sometimes. I know I'm paying more attention to the little things. Take care!

Click here to see this as postage...in my e-store!

LOST

I was playing around on Photoshop with some textures that I created as well as with some fun paintbrushes (like the Azalea brush I used for her hair.) I included a detail of her hair just in case you couldn't tell there was a bird "LOST" in there. I really had no idea what this would be when I started. Then, it just sort of happened. After I did her hair, I thought, "that would be so funny to have a bird lost in that mess." So, the bird came to be... and my interpretation of LOST. Hope everyone enjoys!

FLOAT

This is a quirky little drawing I did in our children's playroom. (It's not so little actually - 6 ft. by 3 ft.) We recently painted chalkboard paint on the top third of the wall. This way, I can do murals for them that change with the season. I used pastels and plain chalk. My husband's contribution was the cat. Enjoy! (Enjoy twice, I suppose. I submitted twice -- oops!)