Self Portrait

I have never really painted faces or people before, but after painting Psalm 45 I decided it was something I definitely wanted to become better at, especially with colour and tone, so looked up some helpful hints online and decided to practice on myself.
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So this is my first self portrait, done from a photo, with oils on stretched canvas on the 19th and 20th of March 2009.

Psalm 45

This painting I did for a friend for her 21st birthday. However it took me over a year to complete, so she got it after her 22nd birthday! It was done with oils on stretched canvas.

Canadian geese

I did these two paintings starting with the one on the left. They are of Canadian geese on a lake at dawn in Kansas City, inspired from a photo that my friend took.

Both paintings are done on 8x10'' stretched canvas. The one on the left I did first on one evening, by artificial light, by mistake mixing oils and acrylic paint, though with no visible adverse affects! I wasn't so keen on the very bright and orangey hues, so painted another using more blues and subtle colours, this time by natural light and solely using oil paints.

Now done, I am not sure which painting I like best as there are things I like and don't like about both..hey maybe I'll have another go! :)

Fern Sunset

A painting I did because I was teaching art to a child, working alongside her. This painting is done on an A4 canvas panel, using acrylic paint, dried ferns and leaves, and Indian ink to dye them.

Lion

A pastel painting I did in December 2008 for a friend's birthday card.

Pastel butterfly

This is actually a pastel drawing of a daytime moth that I would frequently see at Otaki Forks, up in the foothills of the Tararua Ranges.
It is a tiny moth, much smaller than what you see here, hence it sitting on blades of grass..
I drew it in January 2008

Stag

Here's a pencil drawing I did of a stag on 4 June 07, inspired from a dream I had in 2004