Me, again

  A quick outline sketch A mountain range and the skies Blocking in the grass, putting leftover blue paint on the carabao's head. Distant trees, foreground grass and some dirt done on a skewed horizon! Only in da Pilippines! Skin tones done. Blocked in the dark carabao. T-shirt, branches, rope and slippers done. Added in leaves and my signature. Done.

Testing my new Baohong 15" x 21" WC Paper with a peeping Caterpillar Adding in some flower center Painting in the pink flower Adding in some dark background and leaves Finalised the leaves, branches, background. Finito! My Caterpiller.

Painting in negative space for the leaf Painting in the green leaf Chalking in the African Mask Bug Blocked in the red bug Added in the African Mask and shadows Added in the eyes and some minor details and it’s done! The African Mask Bug.

Wine Glass + Outline in burnt umber Darkened the edges a bit. Added wine glass and vines and leaves. Lesson 1 done. Alstroemerias Flowers painted in. Lesson 2 done! Plump realistic grapes done for Lesson 3. Peeled Yellow Lemon for Lesson 4. Knife, plate and additional vines done for Lesson 5.  Still Life is finished! Thanks to TAS. I remember posting this tutorial on September 28, 2017 and promising to do it someday. It only took 3 years to fruition.

After applying acrylic ground, I painted in a colourful cosmic background thickly with dark and light colors plus white splatters. Then I painted in the barn owl and branches. Thanks to TAS.

African Mask Bug acrylic on 18”x 24” canvas board. September 25. Caterpillar Watercolor on 15”x 21” Baohong Artist Grade paper. September 24. Blue Bug watercolor on 12”x 15.75” paper. September 19. Still Life with Wine Glass, 16”x 20” acrylic on canvas board. A TAS tutorial. September 18. Another Bee day, watercolor on 12”x 15.75” paper. September 11. Mudskipper watercolor on 12”x 15.75” paper. September 9. Colourful bug watercolor. September 8. Cosmic Owl, a 16”x 20” acrylic on canvas board. A TAS tutorial. September 7. Morgan Le Fay, acrylic on 18” x 24” canvas board. A TAS tutorial. September 4. Brown-breasted Kingfisher 12"x 15.75"watercolor. September 1.