Indian miniature finished (two years later...)

 

And portrait of la not-so-p'tite also finally finished (actually was finished over a year ago but just now getting round to posting it)

Oil on board with five million layers of glazing as  I changed my mind endlessly about the background....

 

Portrait of la not-so-p'tite in progress.

 

Stained glass painting (copy from (I think) cathedral in Mexico City)

Painting stained glass! I have so many pictures of random church stained glass in my photos that I don't even know where most of them were taken at this point, but I -think- that the original for this is in Mexico. What I learned: it takes a long time and I really want to buy a kiln but they're really expensive. 

  
                all in pieces, ready to assemble....                   ... and assembled ready to solder!

Indian miniature animal painting - online class through the Ardington School of Crafts

 

Stuff I learned: burnishing the hot-press watercolour paper after doing a tea wash with a conch shell (!) gives it a very shiny surface which does not absorb much water, so that you get more intense colours out of your subsequent layers of gouache (which you can also burnish!). 

There's a half-finished horse & rider in the pile on my desk which I may or may not get around to finishing... 

Mural for the Garrison

Recently completed mural for the Garrison in Piedmont - the mandate was "foliage with three framed beetles." 

Here is the preliminary sketch I did, which astonishingly was enough for them to give me the go ahead to just start painting on their enormous dining room wall:

Lessons learned: standing on ladders to paint is hard. Buy a massive tube of green oxide paint ahead of time. It is possible to tie yourself in extensive knots over how to paint a lit lightbulb against a white wall. 

Closeups of the finished beetles: a stag beetle, a crimson beetle, and a tansy beetle. 

Announcing new official website!

Hello shiny information superhighway! I am now set up with a slightly more formal, definitely more organized website, where I will post any new completed artwork. I will still (I think) post here from time to time stuff that it is in process, but completed work will now go .... drumroll.... HERE!

     Lion, giraffe, bird, mosquitoes, and termites

     Coloured pencil on Bristol paper

     12" x 16"

     with co-artist Keo B.-P. (2nd grade)

Recent stained glass efforts

Badger and red squirrel leaded glass windows, 30 cm x 60 cm

Mother and daughter mermaids leaded glass window (design by P. Stanton-Hsiao)

26" x 30"

Octopus leaded glass window 20" x 30"

More combination animal pictures! These ones were done in collaboration with students from my daughter's school as a charity benefit for the school (several kids chose to draw their family pet). So much fun, and great results I think regardless of the age of the kid - youngest was 6, oldest was 14.

 

Dougal, water colour, pen & ink, collage 9x12"

 Tabitha, water colour, pen & ink, collage. 9x12"

Puppy, water colour, pen & ink, and collage paper, 9x12"

 Lion and lion cub, water colour, pen & ink, and collage paper, 9"x 12"

 Tiger, water colour and pen & ink. 9" x 12". 

(My co-collaborator couldn't be convinced to draw any background, but I think I like the minimalism.)

Narwhal, water colour and marbled paper (yup, we had to learn how to marble paper), 9 x 12"

Plus a portrait of my boyfriend as a juggling mermaid, because, well, juggling mermaids. Please note bonus vampire squid, angler fish, hydrothermal vent, submarine racing car, and a pair of eels. Boo-yah, Leonardo.

Jeffy mermaid, coloured pencil, water colour, and graphite pencil, 9x12".