Halloween Ghouls

Halloween Ghouls.... I needed something for the my Halloween Bunco party. I needed to have a way to mark the tables. I saw something interesting in a shop in SanFrancisco so I thought I would do my version.
But with no room left in my luggage I decided to make my own.  I really enjoyed painting them. Happy Halloween!

What I do on a Friday night

My ornaments, the studio is a mess,  but I love it, Jingle Bulb time, some special orders, which means I got an email "could you do a special ornament for my..." and some  names on the ornaments I have designed.

The special part about all of this is I connect with people, some new people  and some that have supported me all these years...and the bonus is painting  here  in the studio listening to my Sirrius radio or Itunes, this year Brandy is my favorite. Sunny day is good painting music...Full Moon, its all good.

 Howard Stern had 2 great interviews this week one with Jay Z and another with Billy Joel, and the commen thread is they wanted to connect with the people through their music, that being said, I love the fact that my ornaments mean special to someone else. I guess I like connecting through my art, and appreciate all of us doing that.


So I am not making Billy Joel or Jay Z money, but as I said, its all good.

This is the underpainting of an idea I had for a new piece of art...

Her face has gone bad at this point, time to look and see what other paints I have in the studio...

And I found them, Golden paints.

So her face is fixed.

The key to all of this non digital art are good brushes that hold up and dont split at the ends, I have a couple.

Now I need to see if this drawing is going to work out, so I do some detail on a place I feel is important, the main character, if this feels good I can move forward, if it doesnt, I feel bad and move on to another idea. 

Actually, I like it, It feels good, I found Spa on Sirrius and am into a groove, so painting at this point is fun.

Every thing is done, all the details put in and here is my new art.
(Double click this one for a bigger picture.)

 I used to love playing hide and seek.

 And our much loved but very neurotic cat is checking things out from the window, there may be a book in that, back to the drawing board...