Into the horizon, there lies unexpected adventures My back pack boy. In it is his toy. He grew up so fast. He is my last. He is the back pack boy. And he give me so much joy. With his friends he has a

The proteas are finally done and ready to be displayed. I was struggeling to upload to @steepshot lately so i thought it would be a update so i reinstalled it. If you see this it has worked! Yay Steepshot

This is quite a laborious process. Every little leave needs attention. So only two more flowers with another two to go. Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web

The protea is South Africa s national flower and start blooming in the WesternnCape during the winter months. We went for a Sunday hike in the beautiful Hottentots Holland mountains and I took this photo

I m definately very happy with my choice of colours. I was sceptic at first but the background is stunning and the purple bronze and burnt sienna are great together. Thanks for following and please upvote.

I do love the yellow background. It is playful and modern. The purple in my shadow colour does compliment the yellow and the metallic bronze is a very good colour to mix into both. Steepshot IPFS IOS Android

Always getting a bit impatient at this stage because so many thinhs I m not happy with. But you have to stay very patient, have a coffee and take a break. My paints have all dried out and I think I ll

Im at this stage trying to decide on my colour. But not so sure about the metallic colours as they very transparent and at this stage I ll usually use opaque colours to get my values right. But lets see

Hey @dlive and steemians. I use a very old paint brush So the hair of the brush are separated and spread out. I use a tapping brush stroke to mimic the type of hair this is an African Child with curly

I use a very old paintbrush that s been used and abused. So the hair of the brush are seperated and spread out. I use a tapping brush stroke to mimick the type of hair. This is an African child with beautiful

Step three: using black paint I very quickly paint in the darkest dark and a lighter shade of black(watered down) for a middle value. The yellow is the lighter areas. So on to the colour stage. Steepshot

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Underpainting in acrylics as it dries our fast and I can move on much quicker and colours stay ‘clean’ and does not become muddy. Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web

Starting a new painting with acrylic paints as underpainting. I decided to use a bright yellow to get rid of the white canvas because the white fights back and I think the yellow is setting the mood for

Heyo Steemians @steepshot. I recently posted this image, but i have some changes. I hope you enjoy it. It is a modern take on it and something different than i normally do Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play

Finished!! Such a fun and relaxing portrait. I think I m going to enjoy this type of painting espescially when painting children. Babies and young kids have really big foreheads and can very easily look

To help promote and improve the artistic community here on Steemit I am doing a weekly curation! Most of the artists I have chosen are still minnows and are waiting to be discovered and others that I will

Not so 100% sure of my color choices. But it is definately colourful. Ive used acrylics and for the first time experimented with craft acrylic paints. Fantastic pigments and wonderful strong colours.

Coming a long nicely , i bit more to do Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play | IOS

Hey @steepshot progress #3 Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play | IOS