Wolf Pup Sketch

   This is a little wolf puppy sketch that I am painting.  He was very cute .  He became very interested in eating the log (and then spitting out the not-so-tasty pieces of wood) while I was studying and photographing him.    The painting is about 8×10.   Read more »

Miniature Wolf Painting – Watercolor

   Here it is.  :)  This is the watercolor painting of the sketch in the last post, a timberwolf.  The painting is 9×12.  This piece came together pretty well, I think.  This painting is a study for another larger piece that I will be starting soon.  :) I have a […] Read more »

Painting Butterflies

I just started a miniature painting of a mourning cloak butterfly, nymphalis antiopa, last night. I have had an interest in painting a variety of butterfly pieces for quite a while. I believe I made some similar comments on the website a number of years ago. Many ideas and very […] Read more »

Barred Owl Sketch

I started a new owl painting. This piece is a barred owl and is a little larger than the last owl I painted. It is only a sketch in this post, but the color version of it is beginning to take shape on my easel and should be completed soon. […] Read more »

Swan Miniature in Society Exhibition – Miniature Painting Awarded

I recently received notice, from the (MPSGS) Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.’s ’73rd Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts Miniatures’, that I was awarded the “The Manny Sullivan Memorial Award for Excellence”, second in show, for my watercolor painting “Bashful – Mute Swan”. This year’s miniature show […] Read more »

Miniature Owl Painting & African Conservation

This piece is one of my new miniature watercolor paintings – completed about a week and a half ago or so. It is 5×7 and of a great horned owl – titled “sentinel”. While painting this miniature, I noticed that haven’t painted too many owls in a while. I think […] Read more »