Your Opinion Matters

Work continues on the Morro Bay Collage, but I need your help. I am playing with two sky colors and would like to know which you prefer -- the light sky or the dark sky?

I want you to know that I value your feedback, and the first three people who provide me with their input will receive a FREE Morro Bay Collage card (once the artwork is completed of course.)

As always, thank you for your continued support!

Deborah

How do you eat an elephant?

One bite at a time...

Well, a few of you have asked how I’m coming along on the Morro Bay Collage. My response is, one dab of paint at a time.

After getting the Gallery at Marina Square up and running, I had some things to catch up on, so painting got pushed to the backburner. Well, I can say that I am now looking forward, instead of behind, and painting is once again in my line of sight. So, I dabbed some digital paint on my digital paper and have an update for you. If you will remember, this is how the collage looked at last posting…




I worked a bit on the woody, the egret reflection, the surfer and the sea otter and here is the latest version…



There is still much to do, but I will continue – one brush stroke at a time. Until my next post, have a great day and remember, “The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.”

Edible Art

I just had to post this, because art comes in all forms! Yesterday at church (Shoreline Calvary Chapel in Morro Bay), an announcement was made regarding a cupcake sale to benefit an upcoming China Missions Trip. My husband and I were expecting someone over for lunch, so we thought the cupcakes would make the perfect dessert. When we got out to the cupcake sale table, we saw that the cupcakes were not ordinary in any way –





nope, they truly WERE edible art =)

Gallery at Marina Square

Sorry for the lack of posts lately -- I have been working on a new blog for an art gallery in Morro Bay.

There are still a few minor edits to do, but now that the major elements are completed, I will continue working on the Morro Bay Collage and Tribute to Francis.

Stay tuned!

Making Progress (on the Morro Bay Collage)...

I have now painted the essential elements for the Morro Bay Collage…

- the water/land/sky

- the Egret

- the Surfer
- Morro Rock (& surfboard)
- the Woody

- the stacks
- and the Sea Otter

Each element is painted on a separate layer, so essentially they can be moved around prior to finalizing the painting.

In their current state, each element looks rather cartoony. The next step is to determine the direction of the light and start defining the elements – in other words, add highlights, shadows and detail.

This is where the fun begins! I’m off to paint some more, so I’ll check back with you later!

Todays thought, “Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.”

The Egret and the Surfer...

I worked a bit more on the Morro Bay collage painting. I have got a very rough draft of the egret in…

And the surfer…

I decided to get all of the elements in and THEN go back and refine it all.

Keep posted…I’m on a roll!

Morro Bay Collage

This is to update you on the process of the Morro Bay Collage (see April 6 blog, “Silent No More”). In my head, this collage looks great – in reality, it doesn’t look like much at the moment. I’ve started to lay in the sky, land and water.




Once I’ve refined these a bit more, I will start adding Morro Rock, the Woody, the Power Plant Stacks, the Egret, the Sea Otter and the Surfer. Check back again soon for another update!

Until then, we live our lives one moment at a time...Make the most of every moment!

Deborah