Purple Princess

Purple Princess

Purple Princess was inspired by Mondy Lamb's Shelter Dogs photograph titled Xena.

Just a Bit

Lil Bit

(gouache on watercolor board)
***copyright - Laura Marsh 2010***

After much procrastination, I have finally created a digital image of Lil Bit, which means he is going home with his proud owner tonight. I'm looking forward to seeing him properly matted and framed.

A Humble Meal

A Humble Meal

gouache on watercolor paper
***copyright - Laura Marsh 2010***

Great Dane doofus

Jones (gouache on watercolor board)

***copyright 2010 - Laura Marsh***

Jones is a one-eyed Great Dane. He is a doofus.

IF: Subterranean

Mr. John Dirtfellow raises Helmet beetles deep in his subterranean ranch. For Mr. Dirtfellow, it is a thankless job, because the beetles are too tough to eat and yet too lackadaisical to make good pets.

IF: Perspective

I've been busy. Really busy. Painting. For weeks. The experience has been challenging, exhausting, productive, beautiful. I'll post more paintings later, but for now, meet Josh.

Josh is gouache on watercolor board, approximately 5" x 10". Josh might have the honor of being entered in the Fur Ball art competition taking place in a few weeks, but I haven't made my final selections yet.

Wish me luck!

Special thanks to my cousin, Joycie. She generously scanned in all of my recent work, which was a tremendous help. She also cooked a delicious dinner (homemade vegetarian split pea soup and corn bread), oy vey! Thanks, Joycie, you're awesome.

***copyright - Laura Marsh 2010***

Tea ceremony

Tea ceremony
Mixed media
***copyright - 2010 Laura Marsh***

Lucky!

Family tree
India ink on watercolor board
***copyright 2009 - Laura Marsh***

Some lucky people got Laura Marsh original artwork for Christmas this year!

A friend commissioned me to design a family tree for a loved one. I'm delighted by how it turned out. I regret that I didn't have this painting professionally scanned prior to giving it to its new owner. The digital image I made doesn't do it justice.

This next one was a gift to my pal, PG. She really liked it. Both creations were painted on cold pressed watercolor board (my favorite).

Up Dog
gouache on watercolor board
***copyright 2009 - Laura Marsh***

I'm going back to playing with my Strathmore artist trading cards now. I know those cards are primarily about packaging. After all, I have a paper cutter. I could have easily taken my paper of choice and cut down trading card-sized pages on my own, but buying a pack from Jerry's proved much more fun. Stay tuned...

Happy Halloween

Gouache on watercolor paper

* copyright Laura Marsh 2009 *

Being coy

ink & gouache

It seems as though one of the little fishies from the drawing from last week survived to swim another day. I'm glad the boy didn't make a Rainbow Roll out her.

IF: Fleeting

pastel, ink, & gouache

IF: Instinct

Border Collies have a strong herding instinct. Here is a painting of one who is thinking about herding something in his backyard, probably a flock of birds or some of the cats he lives with.










(gouache and watercolor pencil on paper)

What did you do this weekend?

I painted pictures of Moochie. Here is one of them (the other has been moved to IF: Instinct).

gouache and graphite on canvas board

The canvas board painting was an experiment, actually. I'd never painted on canvas board before, so I wasn't entirely sure how it would turn out. I think canvas board is mostly for thick paints, like oils and acrylics, but it took gouache and graphite like a champ. Canvas board is not ideal for thin paints, though, because the pattern of the canvas fabric shows through. In this case, however, I think it helps emphasize the cartoon-like quality of Moochie in the painting. It's nice when stuff works out.

The other painting was painted on my favorite type of paper: cold pressed watercolor board. It's a joy to paint on. Even the subject of the painting appears happy to have been painted on cold pressed watercolor board. Observe how pleased he looks: His calm countenance; the secretive smile. He's like the Mona Lisa, for Pete's sake!

It's time for a drink now.