Squirrel Climbing Tree

"Squirrel Climbing Tree" Pastel on Illustration Board, 8"x 10",
Original Painting FOR SALE: $75.00 + $10.95 S&H

Hello everyone!

Today's painting is of a cute, little squirrel climbing a tree, and this little painting was done in pastels, as opposed to all the oil paint I've been using lately.

My husband says that he loves my oil paintings more than my pastel work, but I kind of like them both. Pastels are my favorite medium to work in. I just love forming lines, shapes, and colors with them, blending and smudging. I love pastels because this media allows you to be hands on, if you will, with the painting. With painting there's usually a tool (your paint brush or palette knife) between you and the painting. But pastels allow you to kind of dive in and become one with you art work. Though it can be kind of messy and though it's kind of hard to get your nails clean after you've been using them, I still just loooove pastels, and I love the way they feel in my hands. Hard to explain but its a good feeling.

Sometimes I feel like I have more control over my pastels then I do with a paint brush, when it comes to how my painting comes out. I guess that's because with pastels, there's no tool between me and the painting I'm working on, as I've already mentioned.

Anyway, I do hope you enjoy this brown, little, furry, friendly squirrel of mine. She's definitely a cutie! What d'you think?

Take care fellow art lovers and God bless!
-SamDoum

A Lioness in Africa

"A Lioness in Africa" Oil on Canvas, 8"x 10", Original Painting FOR SALE: $75.00 + $10.95 S&H

Roooooooar!

This pretty little lady lioness seems pretty calm and is just chillaxing in the grasslands of Africa. Pretty isn't she. Looks so harmless, like you could walk up to her and give her a hug!

Or . . . not! Well at least not in this life! But you know the Bible says that "the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all."

So maybe one day I'll get to hug a lion! Or an elephant!

Elephants are my favorite animals in the whole wide world!

My husbands laughs at me and thinks it's funny when I tell him that I want to hug an elephant.

He's from a country by the name of Chad which is located in Africa; So, he's seen a lot of the exotic animals that we don't normally get a chance to see in the States. As a boy he had several exotic animals, as pets, like monkeys and gorillas.  Lucky him! I want an elephant!

Anyway, I hope that you enjoy today's painting. I sure had a lot of fun painting her!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! Take care and God bless! 'Til later fellow art lovers!
-SamDoum

An Evening At The Garden of Eden

"An Evening At The Garden of Eden" Oil on Canvas, 12"x 16",
Original Painting FOR SALE: $95.00 + $10.95 S&H

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a happy Monday!

Yesterday I said that I would show you some of the paintings I've been working on over the past few months.

The painting above is perhaps my favorite one out of the bunch, so far.

Landscapes used to be my favorite type of paintings to do for a long time but I had taken a break from them, for a while, to do pet portraits and still lifes. I'm thinking, however, that I'll try doing more landscapes in the future, as I had so much fun painting this one!

There's something mysterious about the mood created here in this piece, and I love the way it glows. In fact, while I was painting it my mom said the same thing about its glowing effect. She was actually painting with me when I painted it and said that its her favorite piece.

What did my mom paint? Well, my mom painted a beautiful painting of an iris, but she's not finished with it yet. It was her first time ever painting but she says she had a lot of fun! Joining us, in painting, were my three little ones: Miriam, Faith, and Sephora, and they created their own little masterpieces too! I will show you my moms painting when she finishes it. It's coming out really great, but I already knew that it would since my mom is an awesome artist! I remember watching her draw and also remember asking her to draw for me when I was a kid. So I knew she'd be an awesome painter too!

Anyway, in my next post, I'll show you another painting I've been working on.

'Til later fellow art lovers! Take care and God bless!
-SamDoum