by Godfrey J. Ellis – Acrylic 14X18 May 2023 Another of the wonderful missionaries who come through our town. He didn’t know what lilacs were so I told him that he better find out because girls love lilacs (and so do I). Here is the reference photo: Here is a photo of him holding his […]
Month: May 2023
Stuffed Animals (Hansen)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — Acrylic 16×20 June 2023 These are two of the children of a young family from Church. I wanted to paint them because …well, they are just so darn cute! I had fun with the stuffed animals, too. Below is the original. As you can see, I chose to have a […]
The Scar (Hill)
by Godfrey J. Ellis — Acrylic 14×18 May 2023 The challenge – and fun – in this painting was the lighting on the face. At first, Merry said it looked like “a scar” across his forehead. I worked on it and think it finally came out okay!! I was also pleased with how the colors […]
Blossoms (Familia)
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 Acrylic May 2023 Sometimes the likeness comes immediately, sometimes it requires a great deal of trial and error. The likeness of the lovely young “blossom” was quite difficult and I struggled a lot with this one. Also, she wanted more background blossoms than were on the trees so I […]