Linda's artwork

[Linda and "Toby"]

I'll post new pieces here as I paint them. I hope others will do the same and start their own threads in the Art Cafe! :)
 

[Deanna Munro]

Hello again - that is sooooo cool.  How do you print to canvas.  You must have a special printer????  Can you use oil paints to go over the canvas Giclee? 

[Linda and "Toby"]

I have an Epson printer (Stylus Photo R1900) that uses archival pigment rather than dye. It can print up to 13x19. I love how the fine art prints come out - on watercolor or thick velvet paper. A lot of times I'll just order a stretched canvas giclee to work on. 

I've heard that oils have a tendency to crack, so I use acrylics for embellishing. 

[Deanna Munro]

I did this painting of my dog, but i used oil.  I think it would be great if i could paint in oil over a Giclee.  I also did a painting for another doodle lover.  Her name is Leslie and her dog is Halas.  Leslie turned me on to this site.  I'm so thrilled.  Your art work is ab fab!

[Linda and "Toby"]

Nice!!!! I love it!!! You should start your own thread here so we can follow your work. :)

[Leslie and Halas]

Here's the one you did of Halas.  I finally picked out a frame yesterday.  It should be here in a couple of weeks.

 

[Linda and "Toby"]

Awwww, how cute!!!! What size is this?

[Camilla and Darwin]

Linda, you never cease to amaze me.

[Linda and "Toby"]

LOL! You should talk - I'm such a HUGE FAN of your photos and your incredible, edible, spectacular creations!!!!

[Linda and "Toby"]

I finished a new digital painting this evening of Toby and his "girlfriend," Kelly - my inlaw's Yorkie Poo. They are so cute together. 

Here are the reference images...I know... they're over exposed, etc., but I wasn't concerned with that - all I cared about was getting Kelly to stay put on that chair, and getting a cute expression on Toby's face. Got it! (I took this in the bathroom, so I draped an old curtain over the shower door so I wouldn't have too many distracting lines in the background to deal with.)

[GBK]

Wow, what a spectacular photo!  How did you change the backround from the sheet to that spectacular background.  It's like the light is shining down and highlighting that adorable Yorkiepoo.  I Love It!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Linda you are an artist and magician. Even if you tell us your secrets I could never replicate them. What a beautiful oeuvre d'art!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Absolutely incredible.  This is with Corel?