IrelandBrady - Musings To Ponder

The first part of this year has been what I would deem as NOT routine.  We lost our little min-pin due to liver cancer; hopefully we will h...

Here are my three original art entries in the Nibblefest Art Contest (NFAC), a themed art contest beginning on the 20th of each month. The ...

I have been missing from the blog scene for over a month now and thought I'd let you know what I have been doing ... I have been making...

I have been keeping a "secret" since early May of this year.  I've just been bursting to share it, but I promised I wouldn...

January's challenge at the CPM   is of a snow leopard, here is the original photo that has been provided for interpretation .... a ...

A new family member arrived at the house today!  His name is Dillywink (aka Dilly Boy) and he is one of the "Lollipop Munchkins" ...

Well, she is finally complete .... I did bits of detail work here and there, especially on lightening some of the driftwood pieces behind t...

Today we needed to drop off Danny Boy at the vets for his semi-annual wellness checkup and needed vaccines ... plus major nail clipping.  S...

I began today by finishing the hands, complete with sand!  The shoe was next followed by the feather in the sand castle.  Moving along nice...

Today was glorious outside!  In the low 80's .... I was so distracted I put very little time into the illustration ... I did mange to f...

I'm finished with the sand area of the scene for now, will probably add more shading once the little girl is finished.  Tomorrow I hope...

I don't know about you, but when I am working on a project my "art" area tends to turn from organized at the onset to utter c...

I was off to a slow start today ... primarily because I was afraid of the sand and how to do it.  So while I was thinking about how to atta...

Well now, I learned a really important lesson today ... NOT a good idea to do art work with dilated eyes!  I thought a layer of Jasmine wou...

Well today began with a visit to the dentist, followed by "Bills" (ever notice how "rich" you feel before you begin pay...

Most of the driftwood has now been completed, just the large piece behind the little girl and a small piece sticking out from under remain ...

On this day I took the tracing paper drawing and transferred it to Stonehenge paper (size 9" x 12") with the aid of my trusting, ...

I am beginning work on a new illustration and I was wondering if I have done too many works in progress (WIP) on my blog?  Would you like m...

The little girl is completed and I have decided an apt title for this piece is "Little Daydream Believer".    The shirt and hands...

Today I just wasn't quite in the mood to work on my little girl so I thought I'd try my hand at creating a slide show for presentat...