Shrouded Blue

This is another piece created in the last few days. I have just listed it tonight on Ebay. I honestly have no clue whatsoever where in my mind this piece came. Maybe it's me letting go a little of the confusion and anxiety my sleep issues have given me. If this is the case, I'll definitely need to let it go. Until then I am just happy to have created this piece using those feelings as I'm really happy with it. I don't often "do" portraits or detailed paintings of faces, but I'm glad that I painted this one.


Shrouded Blue Auction Here

Thanks for looking!

Starlit

Yesterday my husband, the kids and I went to have a great visit with family and didn't leave until after nightfall. We had a gorgeous drive home with an amazing view of the night time sky. From that this new piece was inspired.



Starlit

***Update October/07*** This piece has been sold.

Autumn Triad

Well I've started to embrace the fact that summer has come to an end and that autumn is now upon us. Not that I really have a choice, but rather than live in denial until the first drops of.....well, let's not go there shall we? brrrrr!

Anyhow, being surrounded by the beautiful, bold colours that autumn brings with it I felt inspired to create what I'm sure will be one of many leafy pieces. Here's my first one created in 4 x 6 inch OSWOA format.



Autumn Triad

This piece will be put up for auction tomorrow night. Thanks for looking!

Schools in......

Well today my eldest started her first day of Junior Kindergarten so naturally my mind has been obsessed with thoughts of my daughter and school.

One of my daughter's favorite outdoor activities is hop-scotch....well as close to hopscoth as a four year old can get. In any case I started sketching and I now have in my posession on of my most favorite watercolours I have ever made. I really enjoyed creating this piece and I look forward to it's debut in my saleable collection. I'm not sure if I could sell the original but I am definitely going to research releasing a limited edition of prints.....



It is a 4 x 6 inch OSWOA created with watercolour paints on 140 lb watercolour paper, titled appropriately; "Hop To It" This piece gave me yet another opportunity to experiment using masking techniques....I love this stuff!

Thanks for looking!

Getting a little spookier...

and September has only just begun!

Here's my next piece in preperation of the Halloween art rush on eBay. This piece was created using coloured pencils in OSWOA format.


Familiar Comfort

This theme is working well for me and I have a few more ideas....particularly to revisit my original cat series. However I am really wating to sit down and paint some particular scenes from my recent camping trip. So many ideas to get out of my head, yet such limited time to sit down and get them out.

New Auction.......

Hostas is now up for auction. This is my first auction in about two weeks if not more. I hope you'll come to visit my auction and hopefully bid on this beautiful vivid piece.

Hostas watercolour ACEO

Masking....hostas

Well this weekend I decided to conduct my first "experiment" in masking with watercolour paints. The painted look to the leaves of the Hosts provided the perfect opportunity. I'm very pleased with the results and may even list it. I'll be sure to post a link with this entry once I have.

Masking with watercolours can be a little tricky but I find the definition it allows the lighter colours by ensuring they are painted last is a bonus to me. You needn't worry about the darker and lighter washes overstepping their boundaries and for the most part the colour stays put.


Hostas

Her Sunset....

My newest work created in OSWOA format - measures 4 x 6 inches using watercolour paints. I love sunsets and for some reason I needed to paint one today. I will be auctioning this piece on June 6th in the evening for a one week period on eBay.

Click on the picture and you will be taken directly to the auction.

Working with charcoal pencils....

A completely different media than I remembered. I really do love it, but it's so incredibly easy to overdo it. I love using the white charcoal though to highlight. Any studies I ever did in High School art class conveniently left this little beauty out so I'm glad to have discovered it! Here are my first two pieces drawn in years:


Smiling Eyes


Pale-Lit

I look forward to creating more pieces with these pencils. The technique can be quite delicate and for once I love that!

Logan's Meadow on YouTube

I've finally launched my own video on YouTube showcasing some works from my portfolio. Let me know what you think! :)

My Geishas

My latest pieces. They are a combination of altered art and acrylic painting. While out shopping at the bookstore with my husband and kids, the idea for these pieces popped into my head and I just had to get them out!





I currently have these on auction seperately on ebay (yep, self-promotion I know, my bad, LOL) I really like these pieces and I was seriously tempted to keep them for myself!

My newest oil fairy.....

I've painted her as a commision for my aunt :)

I've decided to keep the other one as a gift for my daughter.

Oils, a whole different world.....

And they can be so much more difficult than watercolours! Don't get me wrong, I love using them in my work but I have to be in the right mindset to use them. I'll go through a spurt of using them in my work and then nothing for as much as a month! Well in the past week, I have brought them out again....One is a comission for my aunt and the other I will be auctioning off during ebay's next .ca promotion (unless I decide to keep it, LOL)

More artistic YouTube! Check out OSWOA on ebay :)

Well, I've talked of ACEOs being a great way to collect art and how great they are due to their small size. I will always fall back to them for that.

Another group known as OSWOA (Original Small Works Of Art) are gaining ground on ebay as well. While I may not paint as many at this size, being 4x6 inches or vice versa, they are great for paintings requiring more room and detail that the smaller size doesn't afford.

Anyhooo, on to what I was posting about, OSWOA has launched a new YouTube video highlighting the amazing work that is listed on ebay by these amazing artists. My work is tagged as loganzmeadow in the first video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Oh6gPVI4mY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5okQXGMZQ7M

Enjoy!