Wedding in Soquel Day 5- More Background

Today I painted at my house with Christine. It was drizzling off and on outside, so it was nice to stay inside and paint with a friend.

Wedding in Soquel Day 4-Background

Paint to canvas. It's a start. This painting will change so much from this, believe me and hang in there. Now I only want to paint constantly till I finish.

Wedding in Soquel Day 3- Sketch

Hello fellow bloggers! Yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this sketch is almost beautiful to me. It stands for good communication, forward movement and colorful possibilities! I've sketched on a piece of watercolor paper I cut to the 18x24 size of the canvas. The placement of things may still change a little, but by this stage I'm really committing myself to where I'll put things in the painting. Tomorrow I plan to start the painting with acrylics.

Wedding in Soquel Day 2-Collage

Remember all the photos from day 1 of this project? I had time to cut and tape them together how I saw them in my mind. And I feel like I made a breakthrough today. I can see the end now and very very excited about it. Now I'm free to paint! After I come home from driving on a field trip with my daughter's graphic design class (an international quilting and textiles show which should be fun) I'll put some paint to that blank canvas and away we'll go!

Wedding in Soquel Day 1- Reference Gathering

I'm starting a new wedding painting which I'll do in beautiful 'Golden' acrylic paints this time. As you can see I have plenty of reference materials and a lovely canvas. Now I just have to translate the photos into paint on a blank canvas! Again, I'll take you through the process step by step. Notice my doggie Caspian in the top photo? I had to get a closeup of that sleeping position. He makes me laugh.