Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

This beautiful baby was commissioned as a gift for her mother by her great-grandmother. It is a graduation gift. I hope mom likes it as much as "GG" did! To view more of my art visit  www.melissaatorresart.com . Follow me on  Facebook .

Partly Cloudy Mountain View 9x12 oil on raymar canvas panel We drove by this view on the way to William's Creek Reservoir  in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. I made a metal note to return to this gorgeous scene.   I did return the next morning and set up quickly. Soon after it started raining and rained until I couldn't keep things dry. I painted under the back hatch on the car and it worked for a while.  As soon as I shut down and left and arrived back to the cabin, the sun came out!  This painting is available for purchase. Email me if you are interested. Thank you for viewing my art.  Sheri@sheriart.net http://www.sheriart.net http://www.sheriart.blogspot.com Sheri Jones

Bronte in a Purple Bow 9" x 12" oil on linen I only am able to talk my girls into sitting for me on rare occasions, so when my cousin, Bronte, came to visit and was willing, I was ecstatic. My plan was to take photographs throughout my progress on the painting to show my process, but I got carried away and forgot after just one photo. Anyway, I decided I could still share a little about my beginning process. Here, I toned the canvas with raw umber, then I blocked in the major shapes with raw umber as well. The photo below was taken before I had completed the early block in phase. At this point, I'm only concerned with general placement and not so much with value or drawing. I enjoy this placement method because it feels much freer to me than drawing with lines, it also gives me a more clear idea of what is working and it's much more fun! As I put in the masses, I don't fret about what the shapes look like, I just want to see how they are going to relat...