Scottish Dancer

My daughter does Scottish dance, so I used her and some friends as a reference.

I found this canvas at Goodwill for $5.00. 

Here's what it looked like before

The process

Final

Celtic Dance Of Peace

Celtic Dance For Peace

Acrylic on stretched canvas

24x24

This canvas is one I found at my neighbor's garage sale for $2.

I added a couple layers of gesso to start.

Background 

Final 

Reference for Celtic symbols

http://ancient-symbols.com/celtic_symbols.html

Included the elements of earth, wind, water, fire and sun. 

An Elegant Isle

My husband is playing bagpipes this evening for a birthday party. He has played for the family a number of times in the past, so I did a painting to give them as a birthday gift. 

5x7 acrylic on stretched canvas

Husband is my reference 😀

I actually finger painted a lot of the background this time which was a lot of fun. 

An Elegant Isle

by Julie McElhinney

The dew on the highland glistens fair

Across the Scottish sky,

An echo is heard from far and near

As the sun's setting rays go by.

Like a magical music in my ears 

I look up to the mount and smile,

Listening to the grace I shed a tear

And stay to listen for awhile.

He stands with powerful pipes in hand

Kilted in his family tartan,

He plays a mournful song where he stands

To those dearly departed. 

A healing highland note fills the air

As the mourning party departs,

But we thank the piper in this elegant isle

For healing our broken hearts. 

Star Wars Fan Art

My daughter loves Rey from Star Wars. She asked me to paint this picture for her room.

11x14 acrylic on stretched canvas 

Reference 

The process

Final

Outlander Painting

11x14 acrylic on stretched canvas

Reference image

The process

Final

Dream Picnic Spot

Dream Picnic Spot

11x14 acrylic on stretched canvas

No reference for this one. I just painted what I wanted my Dream picnic spot to look like. 

I've Got This Son

8x10 acrylic on stretched canvas

"I've Got This Son"

Police Tribute

No reference

Process

Final