Doodle 323 - Gator

I felt a bit better today, so I ended up painting again.

Gave the gator since color, worked on the tight rope as well.

Doodle 322 - The Mothbunny

He is fine, he just needs more moonlight, that's all.

Doodle 321 - Bed Ridden

Yeah... still sick, maybe even worse than before, maybe it means I'll get better soon?

Let's hope so. I couldn't paint but doodled a couple of things quickly.

Doodle 320 - Gator Time

Well, still sick, but I went ahead and did a bit more painting today, decided to gator needed some love.

I hope everybody is having a good weekend and I'm wishing a very happy father's day to all the dads out there and specially mine.

Doodle 319 - Sick

Well, the cold got the better of me... this means I have been in bed most of the day.

My nurse, (Andrei), forbid me to go out and play... I'll be sincere, my arms feel like they are made out of led, and I am exhausted, so probably is for the better, but still...

As expected I couldn't paint today... it was hard to hold the pencil as it is. Still, I'm being a good patient and hope I will be back on the healthy train by tomorrow... I'm also crazy optimistic.

By now, a very fast badly done doodle before I pass out again.

Doodle 318 - Summer Cold

Looks like I have caught a summer cold... I am trying to be good and think healthy thoughts.

I didn't get as much done today as I hoped, but I powered through.

Doodle 317 - Getting There

Well, today I worked on the clothes, the folds are always challenging, but so fun.

Doodle 316 - Facing The Hardest Part

I debated wether to work on the wire walker's face today.

Part of me was scared I would mess it up, the other just wanted it dealt with...

You can guess who won.

I am hoping I will have this finished by Friday.

Doodle 315 - Layering Things Out

Well, the painting has officially begun!

Whenever I start laying down color there is a brief moment of panic, when I just loose my marbles and think I am going to screw the drawing sooo badly that I might as well leave it unfinished.

I used to feel the same way about starting to draw on a blank piece of paper... you JUST have to push yourself to go through with it and just give yourself little pep talks as you go.

Still, I am scared of what I'll do tomorrow, I can only delay her face so long.

For now I laid out the bottom layers and the sky, the plants and gator need a lot of work still, but first I need to do a general painting before getting trapped on the details.

Also, I must thank LeAnn for pointing me to this wonderful resource about this very particular Haunted Mansion portrait, I now have even more references to help me through this project.

Doodle 314 - Is That a Canvas???

Yes, yes it is, and a rather large one too.

If you are a Disney fan, you can definitely tell where this is from and where it is going.

I will be working on this for the rest of the week. I haven't painted anything this big in forever, so I decided to do something easy and familiar to decorate my home office.

I have 2 original paintings I want to do once I get my feet wet again.

In case you are wondering, I will be using acrylics... oils are fun too, but I like my paintings to dry faster... yup I'm impatient like that.

Tag along as I try not to screw things up LOL.

Also, I corrected the sketch for her eye and the smudge made me think of Zuko... because I'm an Avatar fan LOL.