I’ve completed my latest painting. I was commissioned to do a piece for a wedding gift of two seahorses in the shape of a heart. The newlyweds’ favorite colors are blue and orange, so this became the easy choice for the seahorses. The leaf in the corner is a little accent requested to highlight the date and to represent an Autumn wedding. My client wanted the background to appear wood-like, which I have attempted to capture before on other paintings. I’m quite content with how it came out. I didn’t want to put much detail into the wood grain in fear of taking away from the subjects. I adding the shadowing behind the figures to make them pop off of the background.

Overall this was a very vibrant and lively piece. I have never drawn or painted seahorses before, which is surprising. I feel like I did great for my first go-around. I was a little disappointed at first because I felt the seahorses lacked detail. I need to keep in mind that my painting style is completely different than my drawing style. It’s not so much that my paintings lack detail. They are whimsical whereas my drawings are idealistic. They cannot be compared to each other; apples to oranges.

This was a special piece for me. I had decided that this will be my last painting commission. There are multiple reasons as to why. First of all, to be honest I don’t want to put money into anything else at the moment besides my drawing supplies and making prints. Paints, brushes, canvases, and the works adds up to a lot of money. All of which I would rather put into better supplies to better my drawings.

Also, I would like to further improve my paintings skills before offering anymore commissions. That’s a whole new set of lessons which again I would rather put into my drawings right now. I think this is the best choice in order to really boost my skills with pencils.

Before I bring this rambling post to and end, I want to send a special shout out to the newlyweds, Congratulations! I hope you can enjoy your painting for many years to come. Thanks for stopping by this week!

Until next time,

“Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. That’s the kind of person that’s worth sticking with.”