Me, again

Starry Starry Night, Paint your palette blue and gray. Look out on a Summer's Day. With eyes that know the darkness in my soul. Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze An #ArtSherpa Tutorial translated into a black tote bag. Thanks  +Cinnamon Cooney  ! Added below is the Lyrics to the famous song by Don McLean, one of my favorites, about Vincent Van Gogh, another favorite of mine. "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)" Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land Now I understand What you tried to say to me And how you suffered for your sanity And how you tried to set them free They would not listen, they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in...

 Winter's Calm Landscape Retouched. January 29. Sunflowers Starry Night Tote Bag. January 29. Orenji Koi. 10" x 14" Acrylic. January 23. Sunflowers Starry Night.  16" x 20" Acrylic of an Art Sherpa tutorial. January 20. Flowery Face. 8" x 11.75" Watercolor. January 16. Sunflowers. 10" x 14" Acrylic. January 16. Lil Red Riding Hood Handbag. An Art Sherpa Tutorial. January 9. Goldfish on Handbag. December 31, 2017 Koi. Oil Pastel on Felt Paper. Dec. 31 2017 Refugee retouched. January 6. Sunflowers WC. January 4.

From an Art Sherpa tutorial  "Soul Galactic" Big Art Quest. It's all about the hair! Pencil sketch Turquoise Sea Gradient. Black hair-space. Skin-tones Gaseous Nebula. Two planets. The Goddess Face.  Goldfishes and Bubbles. Ta-Dah! Soul Galactic, done!

2017 has been a year of paint and color for me. Here are some of my accumulated artworks from January thru December.  Acrylics Self-portrait, Yoga, Roosters, Deer Boy, Parrot, Father & Son, Flowers, Goldfish, Jesus & Mary, Kois, Thor & Jane  Acrylics Lions, Kois, Girls, Godfather, a Landscape, Time Pastels both Soft and Oil. Fisherman, Flowers, Still Life, Urban Landscape, Live Nudes Watercolor Portraits, Puffins, Flowers, The Art Sherpa, Animals, Landscapes Although as a collage, my collections seem aplenty, I am capable of doing more! Next year, I hope to fulfill my self-promise of painting 'til the sun don't shine no more. :-)

Pencil sketch Blue tarp BG Naples Yellow ground  A face that launched a photographer's camera. Chrismassy colors red and green (base colors) Dark garbs after all! With the addition of the barbed wires, Refugee done!

                                                                                           Painted in the shadows, then the flesh tones. And now for a little yellow spotlight Then the rosary detail. Finally, her arm tattoos. Hail Mary , full of grace!

Goldfish and Underwater Bubbles. An Art Sherpa Acrylic Tutorial. December 28. Soul Galactic. 14" x 18" Art Sherpa Acrylic Tutorial. December 28. Refugee. 16"x 20" Acrylic on canvas board. December 19. Girl in Sun & Surf. 14"x 18"  Acrylic Painting tutorial by The Art Sherpa. December 14. Winter's Calm Landscape. 16"x 20" Acrylic Painting from a tutorial by The Art Sherpa. December 12.  Koi and Dragonfly Art Sherpa Tutorial.  12"x 16" Acrylic. December 9. Girl on Beach WC on 5"x 8" paper.  Photo courtesy of The Art Sherpa. December 9. Girl with the Rosary. 16"x 20" Acrylic. December 7. Leaf. 5"x 8" watercolor. December 5. Cinnamon Cooney, YouTube's  The Art Sherpa . WC on 5"x 8" paper. This got 1.1k likes on Facebook in one day! December 1.