http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/ann-gates-fiser.html?tab=blog Ann Gates Fiser - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/A10718-4530-Logo1.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/ann-gates-fiser.html?tab=blog Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:22:23 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/an-elvish-christmas.html For my Christmas card this year I wanted to paint two elves sitting together at the end of the day on Christmas Eve enjoying tea and Christmas cookies. All their hard work is done and Santa has left in his sleigh. I borrowed a couple of photos (my so... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:19:28 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/preliminary-sketch.html I started preliminary sketches for my new painting. As I said in my first blog entry I found a picture of a Santa asleep with a baby on his chest. I'm turning him into a wizard and her into a fairy. I started from the Santa photo but as you ca... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:57:23 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/new-aceo-pearl-the-mermaid.html Pearl the Mermaid I painted Pearl about 6 weeks ago but I wasn't totally happy with the way that she came out. This morning when I got up she was sitting there on my drawing table and I started painting on her again. I added more color to the wate... Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:09:06 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/stopping-the-creative-process-to-handle-businses.html So for the past couple of months I haven't been able to paint or create because I've had to stop to do things that will generate sales so that I can continue to make a living as an artist. As everyone knows, these are tough times, and as the saying ...