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Painting my World

http://kemstudios.blogspot.com

A blog where I share my art and my travels.

Added on: Aug 16th, 2005
Country: United States
Language: English

Listed in: Artists Visual Arts

Recent Posts

Wishes for a Merry Christmas!

Posted on Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 13:15

Wishing everyone a warm and joyous Holiday! Today's painting is actually an old one that I discovered in a pile. I decided to brush out and redo the cats so now they look like my siamese cats Tobi and Maya. It is 9x12 on Wallis paper....
Aceo\'s for Christmas!

Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 15:20

Every Christmas Eve I get together with my extended family for dinner. One of my traditions is to give each family a small aceo size pastel painting. Last year I painted snowmen and winter trees for everyone. This year I don't really have a theme, j...
Not a Creature was Stirring....

Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 16:00

'Not a Creature was Stirring' 5x7 pastelI couldn't resist this one of my parent's dog Amy. How she could sleep with a santa hat is too funny! I have another dog in a santa suit to paint so this was my warm up! I got my Chri...
Country Meadow Landscape Painting

Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 09:37

'Country Meadow' 8x10 pastelDid you notice the profusion of Queen Anne's Lace this past summer? At least it was that way here in the Southeast. We finally had a spring and summer with some rain so I am sure it helped. I found this meadow of flowers ...
Pastel Painting work in progress photos

Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 15:04

I managed to take a few photos of my painting process so I thought I'd share them. In the top left you can see my cute little watercolor set. These are Schmincke half pans and the colors I chose were the ones Albert Handell was using when I took his...
Cookies for Santa Pastel Painting

Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 10:02

'Cookies for Santa' 4x4 pastelIt was my intention to bake some real cookies today but discovered we were out of eggs! They will have to wait until I get to the grocery store so here are some pastel cookies instead. This is on Wallis pastel paper. I ...