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Two Frogs - Sold

Another Frog painting! My husband says I am in my frog phase.

Leap Frog 2

Leap Frog 2 is essentially the same as Leap Frog, however I was not satisfied with the colouring of Leap Frog. I think I was able to improve the colours in my second attempt of this painting. Leap Frog 2 is painted on Arches 140lb watercolour paper whereas Leap Frog was painted in a piece of mat board.

Leap Frog

Leap Frog was copied from a photo taken of four frogs 'piled up' in my backyard pond a couple of years ago.

Deserted Beach

Deserted Beach was yet another exercise in painting clouds. Once my clouds worked out I used a photo taken at Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick for the beach scene.

A World of Their Own

A World of Their Own is copied from a candid snapshot of my youngest son and his girl friend. I saw the photo and was immediately drawn to it. The couple seems to be totally oblivious to the world around them and content just to be in each other's company. Since the photo evoked such a feeling in me I decided not to draw in any of the background. I hope to do this picture as a watercolour in the near future.

Foxgloves

Recently I joined an artist's website called 'Idrawandpaint'. It seems to be a lot like facebook but it is a place where artists post their work to invite critiques or post questions that they may have about their art medium. It has been really interesting since you chat with artists from around the world. Each month there are challenges for the different art mediums where someone posts a picture and the artists use the specified medium to interpret the picture. Foxgloves was done for the April watercolour challenge.