Majestic - Part 3

Late yesterday when I took my dog, Hazel, for a walk, we came upon a Speedo in the sidewalk. Nothing else. Just a Speedo. I remembered my commitment to pick up the snuff can and dispose of it properly, but I neither wanted to pick up a Speedo nor did I have any idea of what the proper disposal of such a thing would be.

And by the way, Google is of no help with this quandary. I suppose I'll see if it's still there tonight. Perhaps something will come to me.


I finished "Majestic". What an honor it was to paint this. I hope it makes a chunk of money to support elephants when it's auctioned off. Elephants are definitely on my "paint more of this" list.

Here's the completed painting and final stages below.

"Majestic"

I filled in more of the background with varying greens.

I added branches, some flowers, and more grass.

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Majestic - Part 2

This morning I made a quick trip to the grocery store. I use my phone as my shopping list and I orally dictate the things I need to pick up. Well, today when I got to the store and was going through my list I saw, "inch a lot of sauce". I stood there for a minute sure that there was something I absolutely needed to get, but that that was not it.

And then I got it..."enchilada sauce"!

Whew! Lunch was saved!


I'm continued working on my elephant painting. I'm not quite done yet. I want to add details to the background (some branches and such) and the more I look at the elephant I'm quite sure the trunk isn't long enough. And, gosh, since I'm totally into flowers these days the foreground simply must have a few here and there.

Here's where I am at this point.

I added lighter shades of gray.

And then I went back in with black. I also
added details to the trunk and gave her eyes.

I painted her tusks (this elephant's tusks
have been trimmed) and added grass.

I moved her eye to the right and began
widening her face.

I widened her face even more and added a couple of
colors of green to the background.

Click here to view my gallery.  Most of my paintings are for sale and I welcome commissions.

I'd love for you to share my art and blog with the links below.  Thanks!

I'm running a big sale on my paintings through the end of August. Almost everything in my gallery is 60% off. I'm only keeping my most current work (paintings on page 1) at the listed prices. If there's something you'd like, please let me know by message or comment so I can manually adjust the price. Thanks!!! http://www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/kali-parsons-3935/artwork

Majestic - Part 1

Dave and I have been super busy today getting ready for our reception tonight (Saturday) at the Alternative Space Gallery where I have paintings hung, and he and my mom have photos hung. I hope you can join us from 6 till 8 tonight! If not, the exhibit will remain there until the end of August.

I've only gotten a tiny bit of painting done on a new piece that's going to be auctioned to benefit elephants. I'll be sure to post all the details when I have them.

Here's what I've done so far.

I started with a green background and the
basic lines of some trees.

I added the basic shape of an elephant walking
toward me and some dark areas on the ground.

I'm super excited to continue working on this piece. I've been wanting to paint an elephant for a while so when I was asked I was absolutely thrilled!

Click here to view my gallery.  Most of my paintings are for sale and I welcome commissions.

I'd love for you to share my art and blog with the links below.  Thanks!

I'm running a big sale on my paintings through the end of August. Almost everything in my gallery is 60% off. I'm only keeping my most current work (paintings on page 1) at the listed prices. If there's something you'd like, please let me know by message or comment so I can manually adjust the price. Thanks!!! http://www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/kali-parsons-3935/artwork

Into the Woods

My dad, my little guy, and I went to a quadcopter class today. The two of them know a lot as they fly one fairly often. I know just the teeniest tad as I usually just chauffeur them around to the flying locations, though I'd piloted briefly a couple of times.

Well, today before they let us fly they mentioned that they knew that most of us were just learning and crashes might happen. Oh, and that trees tend to not move out of the way if your quadcopter is heading right at them. Truth.

After all the safety and info talk I finally worked with an actual instructor who took me through the process of turning it on, calibrating the compass, getting it up in the air, doing a few jazzy things like making it fly in a circle shape, and then landing.

And while the woods were right there and I could tell that the quadcopter gods were seriously thinking of sending me into its depths, my instructor only had to say something once.


"Don't forget about the pole with the transformer you're heading towards!"


I didn't hit it, happily, and good times were had by all.

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Two Years of Whimsy!

I missed it...again!

I'm simply no good at remembering momentous dates.  My own wedding anniversary, birthdays (without facebook I'd be lost), and now my second anniversary of creating something artistic, to completion, each and ever day without exception.  The anniversary was actually earlier this month....

Creating art each day for two amazing years has added such wonder, passion, love, and whimsy to my world.  My drawing and painting takes me to the most fantastic places and lets me meet the most magical creatures.

Thank you for coming along on this journey of mine!!

This one isn't for sale...it's an idea prompt thingie I created.

Thanks for "liking" my blog posts!!