More Parables

I did this sketch today.  It was great fun!  I wanted to do the lost sheep from a more modern perspective, but finding an image of a shepherd carrying a sheep over his shoulders took FOREVER.  There are about a bajillion  paintings of it, but I can't copy someone else's painting!  (my spell check is telling me that I spelled 'else's' wrong....that's puzzling me.)  I finally found one image, and then the shepherd was...um...a touch portly.  I really wanted an in-shape shepherd, for some reason.  So I had my hubby pose in the appropriate stance.  It worked!  I definitely have to "poof" the sheep when it comes time to paint, but this works from a sketch-point-of-view. Can't wait to paint this one!

On another note, I forgot to post pics of the first two canvases I painted in this set.  You've seen the sketches, here are the finished products:

WHERE'D THE TIME GO???

 

Funny, how I decided to start this blog in an effort to force myself to draw or paint EVERY DAY.  Who knew that I'd end up being so busy that I wouldn't have time to blog?  It's TEMPORARY!  I'll finish these projects, and then have to discipline myself to sit down with a pencil or paintbrush again.

Until then, I'm sketching, and painting, and coloring with markers, and trying to design....stained glass windows.  Actually, they'll be paintings that RESEMBLE stained glass windows.  No glass involved.  The pics above show you what I've come up with so far.  They'll probably all be tweaked again before actually going on the canvas.  I need to come up with 4 more designs in the next couple of weeks, and after that I can begin actually painting.  I'll let you know how it goes!