Blue Sweater

I have this very pretty powder blue yarn and I'm going to make a sweater. Maybe for me. Just a simple, ribbed, long sleeve sweater. The kind I like. Sure. It's my birthday, I might as well make something for myself!

Dancers

Here is a little painting, acrylic on paper 5" x 7" of two girls dancing. I am the girl on the right, and this was my sixth birthday. The photograph was very dark, but I reinvented the the colors to keep the scene sort of light and airy. I let a lot of brush strokes be, and rubbed through in some areas to let a pinky-beige background show through. I like the loose brushwork that grows more tightly knit together around the focal points of the two faces. It's something that I'm still experimenting with and working on.

Birthday with Grandma

I pared down this vintage photo to two subjects, I decided to leave out the people that were partially cut off. This is a little acrylic painting on paper 5" x 7" of a grandmother and granddaughter from a vintage photo circa 1978. If you would like a 5" x 7" portrait on paper from your new or vintage photos, contact me at julie_schuler@comcast.net
I also offer portraits on canvas in larger sizes. Contact me for rates.