If you don't know what to paint...try bears.

Finished off about twenty bear paintings in the last few months and looking forward to finding a new space to show them this autumn.

Here's a little preview and a look at the texture I try to create with my only good brush. Maybe today I will treat myself to a trip to the art store. Big up Collage, the best art store in Portland...now lets talk mark downs.

How to paint a very grumpy lion

Start light, choose a few complimentary colors, reds and yellows. As you add detail you revisit darker areas of the image and fill in the details with lion shaped lines.






 I try to keep the background soft and out of focus, cause that part is really hard to draw, and there's a lot of leaves and sticks on all the trees and that is just too much junk that nobody really cares about. Nobody has ever been like "wow that lion looks cool, but the trees in the background are amazing!"

Then with the lion I just keep drawing fur all around its head, longer fur for the mane, cause that's where the long fur is on a lion mostly, and short fur lines on the face part. Then just keep that up until the lion gets this big sourpuss scowl going on and looks all mad about life.

Add darker lavender hues and be all like "I didn't mean for it to turn out this way, all drippy and purple and squiggly, so drop it. The world doesn't need another big grouchy jungle cat going around complaining about how the art is turning out. What do lions know about water color pencil anyway. Forget you. " If this lion is going to be such a whiner I am done. I'm not even bothering with the paws. Take an attitude lesson.

How to paint a grumpy lion part 3

How to do Bobcat art.

Bobcat Tutorial, for Bobcat Art Enthusiasts!

1) Find a picture of a Bobcat on the internet.
2) Find your Derwent water color pencils.
3) Draw the Bobcat all night on Friday.
4) Have your son do the fill in parts during breakfast on Saturday after cartoons.

5) Walk everybody to soccer practice.
6) Draw your Bobcat some more with details and hairs and all the spots and stuff.

Viola! or Booya!, depending on your tastes.