Progressive With My New Painting

Below are three photos of my progress of the painting "Egret In The Marsh At Assateague, Virginia"
The bottom photo to the right is the beginning of the painting. As you can see I have a long way to go.

It took many different coats of acrylic paint to get the background just right. Then I used gorilla glue, and modeling paste to build up the egret and some of the grasses. I painted the water. Using sand, I then built up the land pieces. After I sanded down the egret and the grasses, I started painting the grasses and the egret. When the painting was finished, I signed the painting and put two coats of varnish to preserve the painting.

Then I took a photo of the painting this morning without the frame. That is the top photo on the right.

The photo to the left is the painting with its frame.

The painting was done on canvas with acrylic paints, sand, gorilla glue, and modeling paste. It took quite awhile to do, but I certainly enjoyed producing this painting.

Signs Of Spring In My Yard In 2011

A few pictures of the signs of Spring, 2011 in my yard.  I am especially proud that I was able to get a photo of the bumble bee flying and how I was able to capture the wings.  I certainly do love my Canon Rebel SLR OES camera. I have never been this excited over a camera before.