Art for the King

Women in Art

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Q) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:37:00 +0000

A video I found, and found to be lovely. This is beautifully done, and you are sure to find some paintings you will recognize.

Gift for My Daughter's 7th Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Q) — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:06:00 +0000

One of my daughters recently turned 7, and had seen an ad in the Walmart flyer for a notebook that she really wanted. Um, it was $2.50 for a little 70 sheet notebook, and well, I would have gotten it, but it turns out they were all out when we had the money for it anyway. Soooo, I had kept the sales flyer, and decided to draw it for her instead. The picture on the flyer was really tiny, but this is how it turned out:

I took the drawing I had made & glued it to a plain notebook and taped around the edges with clear, packaging tape:

Inside front cover of the notebook:

To make it even more special, I cut out & glued on pretty pictures I thought my daughter would like, on the inside & back covers of her notebook:

She said it was even more special because I had made it, which was what I was hoping for!

A New Portrait, Completed

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Q) — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:05:00 +0000

I finished this drawing in April, just about a week before I gave birth to our sixth child! I wanted to finish it for a gift for my sister in law's and nieces' birthdays, but I wasn't able to finish it in time. I just recently sent it in the mail to them (they don't know it's coming), and I hope they like it!

This is a close-up photo, but it came out a little blurry...

Portrait in Progress

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Q) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:36:00 +0000

One of my friends asked me to do 4 portraits of her 4 children & sadly, she has been waiting WAY too long for them! This past year has been a hectic one for me, with lots of changes & stresses in our family (but thankfully, God has worked it all out & things are much better now). I am also a perfectionist when it comes to my artwork, so I find it hard to sit down & draw when I am not in the right "mood" ~it can seriously affect the outcome of what I put on paper. But I wanted to post the progress I have made. It shouldn't be much longer for this one I don't think!

Also, can you tell me if you can see the picture okay? Gray lines are barely showing up on our computer & I think the video card or something is dying~but I want to make sure it's just me!

Where to Buy a Print or Card of the Albino Burmese Python

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Q) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:43:00 +0000

Did you know you can purchase a print of my painting of the albino burmese python? You can! You can also purchase it in greeting card form.

Older Artwork

noreply@blogger.com (Mrs. Q) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:52:00 +0000

Here is some of my artwork from several (10 or more!) years ago.

This is a painting a made in high school with acrylics. I painted it for someone who really liked snakes & it took me 2-3 months to finish! It is for sale now at my Etsy shop, which you can see in the banner on my sidebar.

I also draw cartoons when I am in the mood. Animals are probably my favorite, but I also do people.

I also drew a lot of things on scrap paper like this, and I've given many drawings away, so I have no pictures to show of them!

This is a close-up of a another painting from high school done in acrylics--actually my first real attempt at painting in acrylics! I first made a collage from different pictures and then I painted it.

Here is the full painting. This painting was for sale but is no longer because I sold it.

This is the cover of a menu I made for my German class in high school. It is done in colored pencils (Prismacolors---my favorite!)