Dicussion of my commissioned works.

Wow. THAT sounds extremely pretentious.

I forgot about these- I thought they were stuck on our other computer, but I just snagged them off my Facebook account.

I was SO proud of them when I first did them and now I really see where I could have improved. These were done from photos that mamas I met on a mothering forum sent me. They range from terrible to decent. I think they looked better in person?






I did them all over a period of a couple months and charged $50 including shipping. I now know that, no matter how mediocre the paintings were, this was TERRIBLY low. I put several hours into each of these- 8-10 hours, I think I estimated.

Live and learn, I guess.

This one I did for a friends daughter. I kinda dig it- it's still not great, though. I love the pop-art look of it. I was inspired by the photo itself- taken by the little girl- on my webcam.There was a lot of blue from the reflection of the screen, so I ran with it. She's such a cutie:


I have SO far to go. I know how to draw people- but painting them is so different. I really have no understanding of how to bring them to life. I'll get there. I have the same problem with my writing.