This painting is from a book that I bought that teaches water color techniques.

This is a oil painting I did in oil painting class. I am sure many who learn this (Bob ross) technique would have done something similar.

















I have not started the geyser painting yet.

Okay so I havent done the geyser yet. I had severe cold and fever and I couldnt paint..
So instead of not updating the blog I thought I will still post what I have. I learnt portrait painting from Dorris Hays in Renton. She was a very good teacher and the class was usually from 6.00-9.00 PM. Although I did not complete the class and any of these paintings I still have very good memories of the class and a christmas party we had at our teachers place.

This is from National Geographic. I liked her smile and the leaves that covered her hair.
Although my teacher didnt like the way I did her smile. She says that we dont have so many
teeth showing in the front when we smile...Try counting them.. She is right.




















This is another one from National Geographic..I really dont know these ladies personally. I feel she is little haughty arrogant by her looks. I can still say she is pretty. I felt her eyes could have been done better. There are no wrinkles on the sides..























- Next week I will have the geyser done.

This is from a photograph Suman took in seattle. The photograph is with him..well the memories are always there.

..trying to remember .I think this photo was on a greeting card. I liked the lighthouse and the waves.
















I wanted do do an acrylic and a pastel based on the idea. I was learning portrait painting and my teacher gave me a dark paper for my portrait..that was greyish brown in color so was perfect to use because it had the same tone as that of the background in the photograph. This is my pastel painting based on the photograph above.













Again I was not so happy with the pastel one so I did an oil painting that had the lighthouse
and the ocean but in a different perspective..and a sunny day



















More to come...

First let me start with this painting that was in a book of sayings of Paramahansa Yogananda.














This is the painting that I based it on the photo above.














I did a water color since I thought it would be fun to do the clouds. I got a little too lazy when I did the line where the water meets the mountains. I should have got a ruler to make it straight. I know it looks stanting and spoiled what would have been a good picture!