Leppy's art

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Lepplady

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The idea for the new painting(s) sounds great. I can't see the image, though.

(And...good luck!)
Thankee. I gotta figure out how to fix that. I figure it's doing that because the images are hosted on fb and not everybody gets that. I'll have to stash 'em somewhere else on the web so that folks can see 'em. I'll work on that.

And, hey. Good news! The wings aren't wonky anymore!
 

Lepplady

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Let's see if this fixes the picture problem.
The first kid n cat painting.
I had this background painted FOREVER but couldn't think of what to put on it.
I finally decided to put Kid n cat in a twisty tree.
treepainting.jpg
treepaintingprogress.jpg
treepaintingalmostdone.jpg


Kid n cat in Paris. The sunset was jacked up so I replaced it with a blue sky.
kidandcatinparisconcept.jpg
kidncatinpariscolorblocked.jpg
kidncatinparisclouds.jpg

The skies over Paris have dried, so I can draw in the Eiffel Tower, the balcony kid n cat are on, and the shadows from the tower, the trees that aren't there yet, and the shadows from the wrought iron railing kid's leaning against and cat is sitting on.

Next, I had a whimsical idea of kid losing her balloon so cat is handing her a new one.
ballooonkid.jpg
balloonprogress.jpg
kidncatdonesmall.jpg

I was happy with it, but it wasn't well received. Ah, well. They can't all be masterpieces. So I decided to forge onward.

Before revisiting Paris, I had this idea, so I wanted to get started on it.
Kid n cat versus a dragon. rar.
I mucked up the wings at first, but I think I've got 'em fixed. That's the beauty of working with oils. There's time to fix mistakes.
The baby-poop yellow-brown the dragon's standing on is going to be treasure. Gold coins, gems, etc. And the dragon isn't going to be purple. That's the highlight color on what will be his scales. I started with the lightest colors and will fill in the darker ones.
Saving the kid n cat for last so that I won't drag my arm through the paint and mess 'em up. Funny that I write with my left but paint with my right.
dragonconceptprogress.jpg
dragoncolorsblockedin.jpg
dragonwingsfixed.jpg

That's as far as I've gotten.
The companion piece to the dragon painting is going to be kid n cat walking away, laden with jewels and treasure, dropping gold coins, looking very pleased with themselves.

I think that's all of 'em. I hope this fixes it so everybody can see 'em.
 

mstay

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Let's see if this fixes the picture problem.
The first kid n cat painting.
I had this background painted FOREVER but couldn't think of what to put on it.
I finally decided to put Kid n cat in a twisty tree.
treepainting.jpg
treepaintingprogress.jpg
treepaintingalmostdone.jpg


Kid n cat in Paris. The sunset was jacked up so I replaced it with a blue sky.
kidandcatinparisconcept.jpg
kidncatinpariscolorblocked.jpg
kidncatinparisclouds.jpg

The skies over Paris have dried, so I can draw in the Eiffel Tower, the balcony kid n cat are on, and the shadows from the tower, the trees that aren't there yet, and the shadows from the wrought iron railing kid's leaning against and cat is sitting on.

Next, I had a whimsical idea of kid losing her balloon so cat is handing her a new one.
ballooonkid.jpg
balloonprogress.jpg
kidncatdonesmall.jpg

I was happy with it, but it wasn't well received. Ah, well. They can't all be masterpieces. So I decided to forge onward.

Before revisiting Paris, I had this idea, so I wanted to get started on it.
Kid n cat versus a dragon. rar.
I mucked up the wings at first, but I think I've got 'em fixed. That's the beauty of working with oils. There's time to fix mistakes.
The baby-poop yellow-brown the dragon's standing on is going to be treasure. Gold coins, gems, etc. And the dragon isn't going to be purple. That's the highlight color on what will be his scales. I started with the lightest colors and will fill in the darker ones.
Saving the kid n cat for last so that I won't drag my arm through the paint and mess 'em up. Funny that I write with my left but paint with my right.
dragonconceptprogress.jpg
dragoncolorsblockedin.jpg
dragonwingsfixed.jpg

That's as far as I've gotten.
The companion piece to the dragon painting is going to be kid n cat walking away, laden with jewels and treasure, dropping gold coins, looking very pleased with themselves.

I think that's all of 'em. I hope this fixes it so everybody can see 'em.

I can see them now Lepplady. Thanks! Your paintings are great!! Is the kid with the cat supposed to be your cute granddaughter?
 

Lepplady

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I can see them now Lepplady. Thanks! Your paintings are great!! Is the kid with the cat supposed to be your cute granddaughter?
Yup. She's a little older now than my profile pic, all of 3.
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The little brown-haired girl was the niece of the local lady I painted that one for. The rest, the little blondies, are my granddaughter.
:)
 

Lepplady

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Not much to look at, really, just a couple of really rough backgrounds. What I'm happy about is that I was able to stand and paint them both at all. After being so weak lately, it's a personal victory. Take THAT, weakness In your FACE!
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The lighter one is going to be a bright, daytime scene with kid n cat sitting in a swing hanging from a flowering tree.
The darker one is going to be more of a nighttime theme, with a couple of owls in silhouette sitting together on a limb, with the branches and leaves around them forming a rough heart shape. The owls will be black, of course, but their eyes will be the color of my daughter's eyes, and her fiance's. It's a housewarming present for them. They moved in together a couple of weeks ago. He's got a thing about owls like I have a thing about horses. I hope they like it.
I think my daughter suspects that I'm painting them something, but now what. Ssssshhhhh, don't tell them :)

...I don't know why the middle of the lighter one looks pink-ish. It's not. just white and blue. Weird.
 

Lepplady

Chillin' since 2006
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I'm having too much fun going through stuff.
Seeing my art even on a shower curtain. Feels pretty cool.
shower_curtain.jpg

I totally love this all-over print thing.
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moon_fairy_mens_all_over_print_tshirt.jpg
all_over_print_bodysuit.jpg


I'm having too much fun!

The ones in the yellow and blue dresses don't want to upload, though. I'll just have to slap 'em around in photoshop or something. I'll get 'em in there.