Wednesday, June 15, 2011

artwork

When I was pregnant with George I had a very strong desire to paint. All these drawings and paintings were done during my pregnancy with him in 2008.

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This drawing of iris's was done while I had extreme morning sickness with George the first couple months of the pregnancy. I was so sick for awhile it was a miracle to make it out of bed. My mom would come check on me and sit and watch cable while I tried to hold down food. One day she was sick of me not doing anything. So she brought me some paper and a box of crayons and said, "Draw me something" So this is what I drew her with the crayons while we watched House hunters...

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This rabbit drawing is done on suede mat board with pastels. Sorry my shadow is in the shot.

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During my second trimester with George I had a horrible urge to paint with oil paints. (In college I had taken a beginning oil painting class.) But because of the toxic smells, oil paints are not allowed while you are pregnant. So I decided to take a stab at acrylics. I had hard time not working with wet paint. The acrylics dry too fast for my taste. This sunflower painting went through a lot of background changes before it ended here. And I was still never quite happy with it. But it's fun anyways!

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Here is another one of my attempts at acrylic. I don't feel like it's finished yet. It is a huge painting. I think it's about 4 feet across in length.

It's been so long since I drew or painted a picture. I draw coloring books almost everyday for work. But there is something about doing a painting that's different to me. Hopefully this summer I can start again...

2 comments:

Steph said...

are you kidding me? These are beautiful! I have less than zero artistic skill, but I love admiring! Maybe one day I'll commission you to paint something for me :) put more art up here!

Lindsay said...

Thanks Steph! I will try!