http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/myblog.html Debra Bailey - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/debra-bailey-1291810835-square.jpg http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/myblog.html Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:08:56 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/seagull-seascape-step-6-or-final-pic.html And here is the final version. I am pleased. It will soon go up on the website for sale..... Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:07:55 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/seagull-seascape-step-5.html Did I say I was tired of painting rope fibers'''' Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:07:14 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/seagull-seascape-step-four.html Here's our heroes, the local dudes, expressing their displeasure at the interloper in their territory.... Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:06:16 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/seagull-seascape-step-three.html Here is the final version of the large menacing gull, complete with face and details.... Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:32:04 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/more-on-seagull-seascape.html Update on the seagull seascape painting. Added a bit more to all of the seagulls, more highlights and shading to the pilings, and ropes around pilings and connecting them. Now the painting needs to dry so I can then put a slightly greenish brown w... Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:26:58 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/seagull-seascape-painting-progress-2.html Update on the seagull seascape painting. Added a bit more to all of the seagulls, more highlights and shading to the pilings, and ropes around pilings and connecting them. Now the painting needs to dry so I can then put a slightly greenish brown w... Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:20:11 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/even-artists-must-eat.html Here is a break in the art week action: FOOD! I'm no gourmet, but today I did a pork roast, something I 've never cooked before, using a slow cooker I've never used before, with a recipe no one I know has ever tried before. And it was GREAT!!!!! Ev... Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:05:16 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/1-seagull-seascape-progress-%231.html Here's a current "painting-in-progress" I'll update with photos to show it's journey to completion. I love ocean scenes, seagulls, wood pilings, and I'm always looking for new ways to portray them. Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:05:02 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/seagull-seascape-progress-%231.html Here's a current "painting-in-progress" I'll update with photos to show it's journey to completion. I love ocean scenes, seagulls, wood pilings, and I'm always looking for new ways to portray them. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:11:28 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/a-squid-anthology-from-mbari.html Something to share with you all - when I paint my sea creatures, I try to find as many pictures as possible so as to feel and hence capture their essence in oils. I did that with my squid painting at this site. And the attached video, from the Monter... Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:31:53 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/time-to-talk-turtle.html Let's switch animals for a moment from dolphins to sea turtles, another favorite of mine. And maybe a personal connection. My mother-in-law always promised to come back as a sea turtle and I bet she kept her word. :) I've painted sea turtles, and... Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:53:59 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/dolphins-are-humans-too.html Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:42:41 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/invertebrate-ballets.html One of my creations here, Squids, was a freeing exercise - very few hard and fast edges and lots of fluid lines. Not floppy fluid, but a classic, ethereal, graceful fluidity. A ballet of twisting turning lines sliding through the cold depths. In ... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:00:15 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/where-my-blog-lives.html My blog is located on Wordpress and is titled "lta href="http://soulmosaic.wordpress.com/"gtSoul Mosaiclt/agt: From all the broken, mismatched, unwanted pieces of life, the soul builds its beautiful mosaic." It is a revelation of my soul as it rel... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:58:47 GMT http://debra-bailey.artistwebsites.com/blogs/dolphin-art-is-my-way-to-help-dolphins.html