Tulips at the Village Markey III, with variant

I am probably not done with this yet, this is as far as I've gotten so far. But I need an instant gift for someone who wanted a sort of magenta theme, so I made a variant on the unfinished painting, framed it, and it is ready to go. The frame is actually sort of maroon--none of the colors look quite right. Click images to view larger.

The making of a smudge painting

The top picture is the finished or nearly finished digital smudge painting.

The next four pictures are 4 photos I took to make the collage from
which I made the painting.

The last picture is a detail of my working. It takes me a long long time to these, which is why I cannot enter every challenge. Rarely can I do one in a week--it often takes a month to six weeks. I literally paint over every stroke (often more than once with many shades and hues). Some people are much faster at it. I am very slow. Click images to view larger.

(I also worked on the sky picture BEFORE you see it here. It was just grey.)

The lighthouse picture I used as a starter was from wall paper. (Top one for monthly challenge).

The Rongovian Ambassador visits Piran

We're entertaining out-of-town guests, and I did this sketch of one (Harry Teichert). HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Goddess (And Fearless Leader)

by mary, click image to view larger

Polar bear painting and detail

Oops, accidentally posted these SMALL!

Red Hibiscus

This red Hibiscus that I painted yesterday is part of my flower series. Click image to view larger.