Anatomy of Bliss - three ways

Painting in Photoshop. You know why it's so cool?

In a few small clicks...

you have a new mood.

This was done pretty intuitively, and in one go.

I didn't draw it out, or plan it to go any which way.

The part I like best about painting

(either with 'real' paints, or digitally)

is that the work takes on its own life and direction.

After that, it's only a matter of facilitating it,

and letting it manifest itself.

I could have gone on painting it,

but I stopped, and just changed the backgrounds.

In the end, I don't have a favorite - do you?

Art and animals

I thought I'd share some of the Nanobot's drawings over the years.

It's funny how some things are still the same -

she still draws straight with pen,

no pencils or erasers for her!

It's pretty much animals all the way :)

Cats and bunnies rule supreme,but I've seen

lemurs, elephants, horses, tigers, seals, dinosaurs,

butterflies, anteaters, wolves, pandas, snakes

...and then some.

This first drawing is from when she was exactly 2 and a half.

Each picture tells a definite story,

which she remembers with clarity

no matter how long ago it was.

At seven she still draws the same way,

still loves the same critters,

and still won't use a pencil or eraser :)