A Plate of Oranges

A Plate of Oranges, by Mary Stebbins Taitt, watercolor, water color
pencils. water color resist crayon, pastels. This is a new version of
a water color painting I did last April from an exercise in a painting
magazine. (The instructor's version was better.)

The D of Spades

The D of Spades, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. A sketch for a card from a
deck of playing cards and tarot-type fortune cards that is part of a
story I am working on. In Leah's Moleskine for sketchbook exchange
group.

Read a little more about my stories in progress.

Madonna and Child with the Book of Nines (Raphael) [The Book of Hours]

{Madonna and Child, Raphael Pasadena.} This is my last piece in Bagelboy's Mole, so I will be sending it off tomorrow or the next day. My first piece, the crabs ("Confrontation"), was just something I wanted to try. The next three were my attempts at the theme Bagelboy started in his mole. According to Wikipedia, Jesus was conceived at the 9th hour and died on the cross at the 9th hour. The three are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. The original painting was finished by Raphael Pasadena about 1504. As in my other two, I did not attempt to follow the color scheme of the original. (As usual, the image with get larger if you click on it.) PS: If you are wondering why I moved the Baby Jesus, I wanted to put his face in the colored quadrant. (I guess it's not a quadrant if there are nine of them.)

See two more from this series here.

Confrontation

Confrontation, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. Done today in Bagelboy's Moleskine as part of the Moleskine exchange. Gesso, watercolor, watercolor pencils, colored pencils, ink and salt.

Water-color Pencils: Two sketches

Two sketches (or "paintings") I did in the last two days with water-color pencils (Real pigment on real paper!) Click images to view larger. The third is the second sketch digitally altered.