vanAnnies http://www.vanannies.com/ vanannies.com en-us Copyright vanAnnies Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:00:10 -0700 vanAnnies Ghost Writer @ http://www.GetTheGhost.com/ Cat Stretch Sketch http://www.vanannies.com/blog/cat-stretch-sketch-2010-03-15/ Another gratuitous cat sketch.

Cat Stretch Sketch

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]]> BLOG Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/cat-stretch-sketch-2010-03-15/ Renaissance Sketching http://www.vanannies.com/blog/renaissance-festival-2010-03-14/ First and last of four sketches from the Renaissance Festival today.

Renaissance Sketching

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]]> BLOG Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/renaissance-festival-2010-03-14/ The Road Home http://www.vanannies.com/blog/south-mountain-park-at-night-2010-03-14/ I did this painting last night after returning home from South Mountain Park. It wasn't quite this dark when we reached the trail-head, but it was close.

The Road Home

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]]> BLOG Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/south-mountain-park-at-night-2010-03-14/ Off with her head! http://www.vanannies.com/blog/bobby-chiu-alice-in-wonderland-signed-print-2010-03-11/ Got this signed print from Bobby Chiu for entering one of his online art contests.  He's one of the character designers for Tim Burton's new Alice in Wonderland movie.

Off with her head!

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]]> BLOG Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/bobby-chiu-alice-in-wonderland-signed-print-2010-03-11/ Thirty Minutes http://www.vanannies.com/blog/life-drawing-chandler-az-2010-03-06/ From life drawing at Sketchy Doodle today.

Thirty Minutes

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]]> BLOG Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/life-drawing-chandler-az-2010-03-06/ The Sneeze http://www.vanannies.com/blog/sneezing-cat-sketch-2010-03-05/ Cat sketch based on a photo.

The Sneeze

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]]> BLOG Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/sneezing-cat-sketch-2010-03-05/ More Sketchcrawl http://www.vanannies.com/blog/sketchcrawl-tempe-az-2010-03-01/ I've been having so much fun seeing what other people did at Sketchcrawl that I decided to post the rest of mine.   Century plants in bloom.   We stopped for pizza at a place right behind the trees in this sketch.

More Sketchcrawl

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]]> BLOG Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/sketchcrawl-tempe-az-2010-03-01/ Sketchcrawl http://www.vanannies.com/blog/sketchcrawl-tempe-az-2010-02-27/ We had ten artists at Sketchcrawl today.  The most stubborn of us kept at it from 10am until almost 3pm (with a lunch break).  Here is a sketch of one of the other artists doing a watercolor painting in a coutyard in downtown Tempe.

Sketchcrawl

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]]> BLOG Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/sketchcrawl-tempe-az-2010-02-27/ Spotted Snake http://www.vanannies.com/blog/spotted-green-snake-with-big-fangs-2010-02-26/ I've been meaning to paint more snakes, so here's another one.  Based on the Big Mouth concept from last week.

Spotted Snake

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]]> BLOG Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/spotted-green-snake-with-big-fangs-2010-02-26/ Flaming Bokeh http://www.vanannies.com/blog/bokeh-abstract-art-orange-and-yellow-2010-02-24/ Here's another bokeh abstract.  This one is based on my signature, but I think it looks a little bit like flames.

Flaming Bokeh

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]]> BLOG Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/bokeh-abstract-art-orange-and-yellow-2010-02-24/ Bokeh Bubbles http://www.vanannies.com/blog/bokeh-bubble-art-2010-02-24/ Created this bubble art by following a photoshop tutorial.

Bokeh Bubbles

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]]> BLOG Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/bokeh-bubble-art-2010-02-24/ Big Mouth http://www.vanannies.com/blog/big-mouth-snake-speed-paint-2010-02-19/ Today's chiustream challenge was to paint the topic "Big Mouth".  My lesson learned?  Start with a smaller canvas.  This one was 4800 x 4800 px, which is really too big for a speed paint.

Big Mouth

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]]> BLOG Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vanannies.com/blog/big-mouth-snake-speed-paint-2010-02-19/ Cheshire Cat http://www.vanannies.com/blog/cheshire-cat-concept-art-2010-02-18/ This is my entry for Kei Acedera's cheshire cat challenge.  We had a week to do it but I waited too long so instead had only a day.

Cheshire Cat

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