Watercolors by Emily Card

A Mother's Love-Finished

2009-01-31T19:02:00.000-08:00

I spent quite a bit of time today working on this and I think its done!

Some closeups:

A Mother's Love: 1/27/09

2009-01-27T11:51:00.001-08:00

Some background color in:

A Mother's Love: 1/26/09

2009-01-26T18:43:00.000-08:00

I did some more work on myself today. Here it is:

A closeup:

A Mother's Love: A bit of an update 1/23/09

2009-01-23T18:12:00.000-08:00

I did some work on the hair and a bit more on the facial features.

Newest painting:A mother's love

2009-01-21T18:02:00.000-08:00

I just started a new painting. Its something I have wanted to paint for a very long time. But I just am so intimidated by what I want to portray. I have this image in my head of what I want it to look like and I really want it to get there on paper. Well, I've decided its now or never. Life is to short to worry.
Here is the reference:

Here is the sketch:

And here is the first bit of paint:

5 dog commission DONE!

2008-12-09T15:07:00.001-08:00

Smokey:

Sparky:

Lightning:

Storm:

Thunder:

Updates to the Newton Boys!

2008-11-25T18:13:00.000-08:00

Here is Lightning with a few minor adjustments:

And the sketch of Storm:

Lightning

2008-11-24T17:34:00.001-08:00

On to the third dog. He's proving to be a bit tricky. Then again, white dogs typically are harder to portray on white paper! But doesn't he just have the most gorgeous eyes! I'm still not done with him, but he's getting close!

And the painting with all 3 of them I have worked on to date:

Some Christmas Card designs

2008-11-24T07:40:00.001-08:00

Here are a few Christmas card designs I have done.

Smokey & Sparky

2008-11-21T15:11:00.000-08:00

Just a little bit of an update on these two!

The Newton Boys!

2008-11-19T05:51:00.001-08:00

I am currently working on a large portrait of 5 dogs. I had the great pleasure of meeting 4 of them when I took a trip up to New Hampshire. They are wonderful, friendly and lively dogs. And meeting them really makes my job in painting them easier. Their owner worked with me to get the layout just right. She claims to not really have an artistic eye, but I think she has more than she realizes! The final painting will be 16"x20". Here is the layout we decided on:

I started on Smokey(who is the dog in the upper left-hand corner). I am almost done with him, but will save the final detail until the end so that there is a continuity to the entire painting. Here he is:

I started working on Sparky last night. He is the dog in the upper right-hand corner.

Check back for more updates!

Gift tags

2008-10-15T17:58:00.001-07:00

I'm going to a joint baby shower on Friday. Two of my friends had little girls a few months apart. I have met Lucy and she is SO cute. I cannot wait to meet Caroline! So I made these little gift tags for thier presents:

Labbie get well card

2008-10-11T18:22:00.001-07:00

My father in law is in the hospital for back surgery. So I made this card for him. Its a little inside joke about their dog. He always chased the squirrels in the backyard. And they usually ran away from him. But one time one of them paniced and ran through the dogs legs. Their dog tried to follow and ended up falling over because, well, you can't run through your own legs! So anyhow, I'm hoping it cheers him up because he is having a tough recovery!

Doodley Circle borders

2008-10-10T19:27:00.000-07:00

I just made a few circle shaped doodled borders. Something fun and quick. There's 4 in the set:

Dog & Bone

Cat & Fish

Rose

Flower & Bee

Here's the preview:

And you can get it here

Have fun and if you like it please leave me some love!!!!!

Baseball Baby Announcement

2008-10-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

So a really good friend of mine from high school is due with a little boy ANY day now! I offered to do her announcements for her and this is one of the ideas I came up with.

I painted the glove and the ball separately, scanned them in, cut them out and assembled them. The stitching is real thread and the ball opens up to display the baby's picture(when he comes) and all his info! Here's what it looks like when you open it:

Pumpkin Spice

2008-10-02T12:38:00.000-07:00

Well, it that lovely time of year again, where the air is crisp, the sun is bright and the leaves are like jewels falling from the trees. I thought I'd create a fun doodly kit to celebrate this wonderful season.

You can get it free here

I'd love to see what you create with it so please leave me some love on my blog!

And my dear friend Leslie has created an awesome free coordinating paper and element pack. You can get it at her blog.

Sweet on You-digiscrap doodles

2008-09-17T14:01:00.001-07:00

I know its been forever since I've updated this. Life just has been busy and I haven't had much time to paint and the well of inspiration has been a bit dry. Anyhow, I thought I would try and create some doodles for digital scrapping to keep me at my art table. If you like them, then by all means help yourself. But leave me some love here so I can see your lovely creations! The paper is not included though, it was just a background I used to help the doodles stand out!

Get it HERE

Daddy's Hands: FINISHED!

2008-06-09T19:33:00.003-07:00

I think it is done. I finished it up this afternoon. But I may give it a few days before I totally decide that it is done. You never know what I might notice.

Some closeups:

Daddy

2008-06-09T19:33:00.001-07:00

Daddy's hands: more progress

2008-06-09T09:34:00.001-07:00

Ok, here is what I have so far. Have quite a few more details to iron out, but I'm getting very close!

Daddy's Hands: A fair way in

2008-06-09T09:21:00.000-07:00

So I've gotten a fair bit done on the painting. I tried scanning my progress earlier, but my scanner has decided to play with colors and make it look very much unlike what it actually does. I managed to tweak some of the settings and that seemed to help a bit. But its still not quite right. I actually have done a lot more on the painting today which I will scan in and show later. I think I would have finished this one by now if it wasn't for the 95 degree heat and the lack of air conditioning in my studio combined with a lovely headcold!

Daddy's hands: Sketch

2008-06-07T08:20:00.001-07:00

On to my next project which is a painting for my husband for Father's Day. I snapped this picture of him and Meri on Mother's Day and knew I would be painting it. It seemed a fitting painting to do for him. And can you believe that though we've known each other almost 10 years and have been married for 7 years I have never done a painting for him. So here is the reference photo:

And here is the initial sketch:

I may get some painting in later today, but its supposed to be in the 90's today so it may be too hot and uncomfortable in my office. We shall see!

Solo: Finished

2008-06-06T18:14:00.001-07:00

I finished this up late this afternoon! I really enjoyed painting this entire portrait. From the eyes, to the nose to the collar. I really had fun!

Some closeups:

Solo: Details eyes, nose and collar

2008-06-06T13:01:00.000-07:00

So I got a good amount of work put in this morning while the wee one slept. She was ever so kind today(so far). Here is the updated portrait so far:Here's a closeup of the eyes:A closeup of the nose(you can see I removed the masking fluid to reveal the preserved white paper):

And a closeup of the collar(I'm really loving painting the details on this collar):

So a lot of work accomplished this morning, but some more to go. I hope to finish this one either today or tomorrow.

Solo: We have a background

2008-06-05T11:03:00.000-07:00

I was out running through the woods with my weim(scout) this morning and thinking what the best background would be for this painting. As I was moving along I thought that a nice deep blue would go well. It would make Solo stand out. And it would accent the brown of his collar and the gold nameplate. So here it is:

Solo: Day 3

2008-06-05T05:46:00.001-07:00

The train woke me up early this morning. Now that summer is almost here I'm trying to get used to having the windows open. Not an easy task with the commuter train at the back of our property and chorus of birds who seem to think that 330am is when I need a wake up call. So I got about 20 minutes of painting in before Meri decided she needed to get up. I worked in a bit more detail overall.
And started in on the nose. Weims are somewhat tricky as thier noses are brown and gray at the same time(oh and perhaps a bit of reddish). The colors I use are burnt umber+prussian blue+a dab of cadmium red. Then I drop in the gray mixture I use for thier coat(ultramarine blue+raw umber). The light blue shiny stuff on the nose is the masking fluid. It will be removed shortly with an eraser.
Check back later for another update(hopefully).

Solo: The Weimaraner-first drops of color

2008-06-04T13:55:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I got a good solid 30 minutes of painting before Meri started to randomly cry in her crib. So I quickly and as quietly as I could took 1 photo of the painting in progress and decided to leave my office before I pushed my luck any further. Meri quieted down, so there's no way I'm getting back in my office, sitting on my creaky chair and chancing waking her up even more. Oh to have an office that does not share a wall with her nursery....

Oh, and the painting measure 9"x12" and is on 300 lbs. hotpressed arches watercolor paper. Most of the paints are Winsor & Newton artists grade paints. If you look closely enough you can see that I've placed some dots of masking fluid on the dogs nose to preserve the white of the paper. I'll take that off later in the painting! I hope to be back with an update later tonight!

Solo: The weimaraner

2008-06-04T08:52:00.000-07:00

I decided to start a blog to post my work in progresses. I met this beautiful boy, Solo, at the Weimaraner nationals in Rhode Island last week. His owner commissioned me to paint him. I'm very excited to get a start on him. But first is to sketch him out(which I did yesterday and today). Now the real fun can begin! Hopefully my daughter will nap well enough this afternoon so I can start!