Paintings for Benjamin

When one of my bestest friends told me she was pregnant, I wanted to do something special for the baby. I decided I would do a painting or several paintings for the baby's room. At first I was thinking about painting three 8x10 paintings of baby animals with an African theme. I was researching how I could draw a lion when I stumbled across some Lion King pictures and I got the idea in my head to paint a bigger picture instead of three small ones. I decided to do three paintings to pull it all together. I think the big picture is done on an 11x14 canvas (not 100% sure) and the two small ones are 8x10.

These paintings were for fun and were only completed to be given away as a gift. I have found painting characters has been good practice at mixing colors doing some shading. I plan on painting a couple more characters for a couple special four year old little girls and then I will be venturing back into more scenic and original work.

I printed the pictures out to match the size of the canvas.

I used a regular lamp to do my best to trace the image onto the canvas as I am not a very good drawer! lol

All three pictures traced onto the canvas.

Now it is time to add color!

And finally all finished!!

 Here they are hanging on little Benjamin Luke's bedroom wall!

 I hope he will treasure them forever! 

Ottawa Senators Logo

Another fun painting I did was the Ottawa Senators logo for my ex-boyfriend Tim for Valentines Day. Hopefully he will keep it because it is pretty cool! I printed the logo off and traced it using a lamp onto my canvas. 

Using a regular lamp to trace the image. 

Here you can see the traced image on my canvas.

Moving a long...

Almost finished. Just need to touch up the gold and black.

Finished! Of course I can pick out the faults but I was quite happy with it!

 Go Sens Go!  lol

Grinch Painting

Just before Christmas I decided to paint something fun as a gift for a friend. I took an 8x10 board and sketched The Grinch! I wasn't sure how the painting was going to turn out at first but I am happy with how it did. It was a change from the scenic paintings I have done. I spent about three whole evenings on this painting which is not a long time. I put the painting in a simple black frame I bought at Wal-Mart. 

Old Family Home

I finished this painting earlier this year. It took me a year off and on to complete. It has quite a bit of significance for me because the house was in my mother's family. The house is located just outside Digby, Nova Scotia. Unfortunately my grandmother was unable to see the painting before I completed it as she passed away last summer. 

Enjoy!