Racing Horse Painting

This is a painting I did of a racing horse. I started with a charcoal drawing on the canvas (bottom picture).  I used the charcoal to find the shadow shapes, the shadow shapes to create a sense of volume. Once the shadow shapes are established it is than simple for me to paint on top focusing on color and paint application. If you are interested in seeing more of my horse paintings please visit equestrianpaintings.blogspot.com.

Final Painting, 2011

Charcoal Sketch, 2011

Red Rainboots

Tessa Guze, Red Rainboots, oil on canvas, 2011

This is an oil painting of a cat and a little girl. This painting, along with other pet portraits and children's book illustrations, will be displayed in the Gwangju International Center, in Gwangju South Korea starting March, 10th. This is an oil painting of a cat and a little girl. To see more similar paintings please visit my pet painting blog yourpetpainting.blogspot.com.

Hello!

Tessa Guze, Lion Gets His Color,  mixed media, 

I am a children's book illustrator, currently doing freelance work from Korea. I love children, books and painting.

I have known that I wanted to be a children's book illustrator for as long as I can remember. Before I knew how to read or write I began by stapling pieces of paper together to make my own books and then drawing on the pages. I dictated my stories to my mother who dutifully filled in the words for me. For a book-making class in art school I teamed up with my mother, Karen Guze, on again to create "How the Painted Hunting Dog Got His Marks", which we both brain stormed, she wrote, and I illustrated. We worked so easily together that we decided to continue with "Jugar" for my senior thesis. To see a preview of the book please click here. Copies of this book are available in hardback at blurb.com/books/2106034 or in paperback at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/tessaguzeatgmaildotcom.