IrelandBrady - Musings To Ponder

In addition to five loads of laundry and walking the doggie, I also managed to get the background watercolors painted.  I can already see h...

Today I transferred the pencil sketch to Stonehenge Paper in ink.  I am pleased with how it turned out and look forward to beginning the co...

I had a bit of time after all the other stuff that needed tending today so I was actually able to work a bit on the Lil' Dragon.  Today...

"Dancing Dragonflies" is my latest illustration.  This drawing was inspired by a couple who are getting married in October, their...

This time out I attempted a water splash on black card stock ... only thing is, the colored paper had a bit of texture which kept complicat...

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 spent today working mostly on the little girl's pink sweat shirt, not sure but I may have put in too many folds.  I changed her slack...

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...

This day found me working on my little girl's hands and shirt, yep - I decided I like lavender!   Right now I have about 5 or 6 layers ...