My Updated Diningroom: With Sofa Seating

Design and Photo:  Toni Youngblood

Sofa for Dining Seating

 Design and photo:  By others

The need has come  up to shift some pieces of furniture around the house to accommodate a day bed in the sun room for a guest.  The lovely old Regency Revival style sofa in the sun room will soon function as additional seating at the dining table.  Research on the internet revealed these varied examples of sofa seating for dining.

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and photo:  By others

Design and Photo:  Toni Youngblood
Above:  Snapshot of my own dining room with sofa seating.

Double Cat Portrait Commission, Fourth Step: Laying in the lights and beginning blending with the darks

Double Cat Portrait Commission, Third Step: Laying in the Darks

Double cat portrait commission, Second step...Sketch

Watercolor: Composition and Color

Watercolor painting during last week's Utah Watercolor Society Meeting with Joyce Baron presenting a “Paint In” emphasizing Composition and Color. (9"x12") ~Toni Youngblood

Painting With Acrylic: Beginning lesson on color

In last night's class,  we learned about primary, secondary and tertiary colors. We talked about warm colors appearing "aggressive" and cool colors appearing to "recede". We worked through and observed these concepts in an exercise by painting layers in the style of the great Color Field Painter of the Twentieth Century, Mark Rothko. I'm grateful for such attentive students! (The image shown here is my class demonstration piece.)

Toned ground

The first step in painting a new pet portrait commission:  "Laying on" the "ground".