Two Old Buddies - pet portrait

 I finished the "Two Old Buddies" pet portrait. I like the way they are never apart.

It was a pleasure getting to know these two trough this painting.
10x8 soft pastel & pastel pencil on blue Canson Mi-Teintes paper.

creative exercise

As a creative exercise I decided to fool around with some cards this wet weekend. 

2 peas in a pod

Just got back from a trip up north to visit family and attend my niece's engagement party - I cannot believe my little niece is grown and engaged. I guess now I'm officially old ;)
I painted the cute couple this card.

O'Malley finished

I finished O'Malley's portrait this afternoon. Now on to the next project :)

Progress on O'Malley

progress on O'Malley

O'Malley work in progress

Here is another handsome feline I am currently working on - I hope I can do O'Malley justice :)

kitty portrait

Finally finished this old guy - Monty

new kitty pet portrait

working on a new kitty cat

Working on Copper's "brother" Gauge

Black Lab Portrait - Gauge

Latest pet portrait - a Beagle named Copper

 

Beagle portrait - Copper

Frog & Dragonfly for Aunt Diane

 made this little pastel painting tonight for the front of a invite for my Aunt's memorial service

 
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Sketchbook Project is in the mail

Got my sketchbook in the mail yesterday (on deadline day). Soon it will be touring the country with thousands & thousands of other Sketchbooks. It's exciting to be a part of something so big, but at the same time feeling like a tiny fish in a big pond - better than hiding under a rock, right?
I scanned it and posted it for your viewing curiosity. Eventually they will digitize it and be a permanent part of the collection at the Brooklyn Art Library.

Here a  Link to my scanned version

It's Raining Cats & Dogs
http://homepage.mac.com/justineremington/Justine_Remington_Sketchbook_Project_2011

A link to my profile page on the sketchbook site
http://arthousecoop.com/users/justineremington

A link to the tour schedule
http://arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject/exhibitions

 

(image via sketchbook project website)

A pair of boxers

I had the privilege to work on these fine boxers &  finished this pet portrait last week (Christmas present)

Here comes Trouble! Sketchbook Project

Worked on some sketchbook pages today. Trouble is a very photogenic cat, so I'll probably be using her in a lot of pages  :)

Here comes Trouble!

 Here is the dedication page for Watson

Learn more about The Sketchbook Project

UGH! STINK BUG!

While, from what I've heard, my invasion of Stink Bugs isn't as bad as some, we have had our fair share sneaking into our house. Usually if we get 1 or 2 all year it's a lot, I usually see them on my tomatoes in the middle of the summer.
This past weekend, I've had to dispose of at least 2 dozen or so I've found in the darnedest  places (in the window blinds, behind the flour next to the stove, in the cabinet, in a blister pack of pills, in the refrigerator) Plus open the garage door, and they come swarming out of the garage.
I sketched this little guy today on a sticky note with pencil and sharpie. Scanned him in and applied several layers of filters and color modifications in photoshop to create this illustration.

The Plains train station

I managed to finish the painting tonight. Sense of accomplishment.

The Plains train station in progress

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The Plains Post Office

Just finished this little painting, for "A Day In The Plains" festival October 2. This is The Plains post office. Soft pastel, 5x7. The original will be for sale as well as giclee prints. I'm hoping to get at least 2 more paintings done for the event.

disaster painting - fixed?

Here is the painting again. I used pastel pencils over the original painting. There are some spots that wouldn't take the pastel, because in those spots the color pencil was waxy instead of soluble, so the pastel skips over it (the pink color is that way), but over all, I think it looks better. I was doing this one to include in my Sketchbook I am working on for the sketchbook project, but in the rules it says not to use mediums that smudge, so that kind of eliminates pastels. I don't know if I'll try spraying it to the point of no smudge (which would darken the painting) or if I   will  print the scan and include it that way. We'll see.

Sketchbook Project: disaster painting

This is my disaster painting. I read in a magazine a painter/illustrator that used both colored pencil and water color to create interesting textures. but it didn't really work out for me. Some of the colored pencils I have are water soluble instead of waxy and they smeared and changed color instead of keeping their texture. I think I'm going to try to use this as a underpainting and apply pastels over it & see if I can salvage it.