tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32060941708489358652024-03-12T19:50:21.837-07:00GeckostoneGeckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-72807441224892773712022-08-31T10:35:00.001-07:002022-08-31T10:37:53.247-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRZNJ3kaZP1-Ni4Mg4ZoJZg14rpwQZMjH5xrnEr91bh4p7iWGzbGtlP9jpRgBgySlAiixDUajk5z37rWw_6p75BqgWf0BzP6M2ez_y7fB-8Q8SFvaQqaaBHRB732DNi4lW8vlbjpLLk2kGOrTsAlUijb9Rw-YtSMECoqUmUUf6crj4RcZH_7m7Dygtg/s600/P1040072.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRZNJ3kaZP1-Ni4Mg4ZoJZg14rpwQZMjH5xrnEr91bh4p7iWGzbGtlP9jpRgBgySlAiixDUajk5z37rWw_6p75BqgWf0BzP6M2ez_y7fB-8Q8SFvaQqaaBHRB732DNi4lW8vlbjpLLk2kGOrTsAlUijb9Rw-YtSMECoqUmUUf6crj4RcZH_7m7Dygtg/w393-h295/P1040072.JPG" width="393" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Rancho; font-size: large;">Hello everyone! It's been a long time since I have posted here, but I thought it would be fun to share a picture from our recent road trip to the San Rafael Swell in Utah! It's so pretty there!!!</span><p></p>Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-2117186196481109802015-02-27T05:11:00.001-08:002015-02-27T05:14:30.338-08:00Iguana band more color for PPF!Hi everyone! I didn't get much painting done in the past few weeks but I did get a little more color on the Iguana band...<br />
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Still looking for a name for the band so if you have more ideas please toss the names in the tip jar...the boys will love it!</div>
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And here is this week's petroglyph shot from one of our hikes in the summer here in Utah.</div>
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Introducing Hot Licks Louie on lead guitar...<br />
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With Lightning Sticks Steve on drums...and Funky Fred on bass guitar!!!</div>
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Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-30416249787263785682015-01-22T13:33:00.000-08:002015-01-22T13:51:05.878-08:00PPF and Petro Carved RockHello PPFers! I think I'm finally done with "Cliff Guardian". I put some detail into the lizard's head and the dwellings. Maybe I will do more later but for now I'm going to say its done.<br />
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I started thinking it would be nice to make a larger painting for a tshirt on Zazzle since the first ones were all from ACEOs or straight from the Wacom pad. So I started this sketch of an iguana rock band!<br />
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Next week I will start painting it with watercolors...but I couldn't resist goofing around in Photoshop Elements before I put the real paint on. I photographed the sketch as I went along and here's what I did in Photoshop to the lead guitar player before I drew the rest of the band on the paper.<br />
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I finally found the bag with some of the carved rocks I did for the Etsy shop a couple years ago. I'm still unpacking from our two major moves,lol. Might still be a while till I get the shop back up but in the meantime I can show ya the rocks from here.<br />
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Happy PPF. Thank you Eva and Kristin for hosting our party every Friday !!!! Hugs, DebGeckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-47865983724927011542015-01-08T12:19:00.000-08:002015-01-08T12:19:37.626-08:00Petroglyphs and PPFHello everyone! First of all for PPF this week here is the collared lizard watercolor in progress, " Cliff Guardian". I got a little carried away practicing making watermarks but that became half the fun,lol.<br />
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Also I want to share another graphic I did on the Wacom pad for a new Tshirt design (same theme rockin lizards of course!). The new tshirt is available at <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/geckoguru?rf=238157499475324454">http://www.zazzle.com/geckoguru?rf=238157499475324454</a> The tshirt says on it "Reptiles Rock" but this is just a close up of the graphic.<br />
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And now for the petroglyphs...we saw these in Snow Canyon State Park on New Years Day. Happy New Year and Happy PPF and Happy Exploring everyone!!! Hugs, Deb<br />
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<br />Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-71884481143986121232014-12-18T09:28:00.000-08:002014-12-18T09:28:58.209-08:00PPF and Bloomington PetroglyphsHello!!!! Wow it's been ages since I've done PPF. I missed you all!!!! We are finally moved (agian)!!! First I want to show you the watercolor I've been working on for a long time now. I'll show you little by little so you can see the progress. As you can see, it's another lizard, this time a colorful Collared Lizard looking down at a cliff dwelling ruin!<br />
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Last of all I'd like to share with you some petroglyphs we found last Saturday right in the middle of Bloomington at a place called Bloomington Petroglyph Park. Cool, huh!!!!</div>
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Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-47788472176239860742014-12-15T12:49:00.000-08:002014-12-15T12:49:11.423-08:00Zazzle Store Open Come On In !!!Hello Everyone !!!! We finally made it to the beautiful Red Rocks of Southern Utah!! And I have to say we are in paradise, I mean hiking, climbing, rock hounding, petroglyph exploring PARADISE!!!! It took us forever to get here but we made it to our new (and hopefully permanent now) home! I thought I'd take advantage of this short time I have (before I find a job,lol) at home to get back to blogland. Ive always wanted to open up a Zazzle store and try designing some things for fun! One of these days I will get the Etsy store back up and running too but for now check out this link to GeckoGuru on Zazzle! I will try to post some pics of our hikes and all the TONS of petroglyphs we've found here practically in our back yard!!!!! (PS please note new email address above.) Love,Deb<br />
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<br />Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-37223169946704780812012-04-06T04:08:00.000-07:002012-04-06T04:08:24.873-07:00PPF, Chinese Dragon and Gem ShowHappy Paint Party Friday everyone! For this week I did a Chinese Dragon since this is the Year of the Dragon. And just for fun I'm including photos of my booty from the Roseville Gem and Mineral Show. Notice the ghost figure on the black stone in the center of the first pic, cool huh! The second pic is a close up showing the beautiful colors in the labadorite. OK PPFers, party on!!!!!<br />
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C'mon admit it! To tell ya the truth I never thought I would finish it either,lol. Its not finished yet but its almost there. I just have one more final touch to put in that I will show you next time. For now here it is with a couple pictures of my friend BJ's lizard gourd. Check out her Etsy store on the sidebar. I thought it would go perfect with the skink painting. Happy PPF everyone!Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-44518646138761187242012-02-02T17:14:00.000-08:002012-02-02T17:14:50.901-08:00Super Bowl Sunday and Paint Party Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaXcDhUoLCiyjlVQgbP342EN7sptuN-dDRJa6GPTBxeZLPl7P5vCKjvsYli5D3HvyTT9-cEe-8YhFj1cQbA7BJgb2ux6THLorkT9CDVsLqGnVQwM0g17DSv4dSEXMKUtBOhXpqlZCIU8Z/s1600/Gordon+Gecko+watermark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaXcDhUoLCiyjlVQgbP342EN7sptuN-dDRJa6GPTBxeZLPl7P5vCKjvsYli5D3HvyTT9-cEe-8YhFj1cQbA7BJgb2ux6THLorkT9CDVsLqGnVQwM0g17DSv4dSEXMKUtBOhXpqlZCIU8Z/s320/Gordon+Gecko+watermark.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>Ok , so I was saving this one for Super Bowl weekend in the hopes that the 49ers would be there. Well, they almost made it,right?! This little guy was my Christmas gift to our production manager, Gordon, a big San Fransisco fan. The G can be for Gordon or Geckostone, take your pick. Happy Superbowl and PPF, yahooooo TOUCHDOWN!!!Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-84966022161837860472012-01-19T04:37:00.000-08:002012-01-19T04:37:15.479-08:00Trust!Hello all you fellow Lizzy lovers and PPFers ( a day early if yer peeking!) I couldn't resist after seeing some of you choosing a word to live by for the New Year. The one that came to mind for me was "Trust", so I did this little aceo last weekend for PPF.<br />
Trust in Spirit<br />
Trust in Love<br />
Trust in Others<br />
Trust in Our Self<br />
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Yipeeeee!</div>Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-25933085873660151582011-10-06T04:11:00.000-07:002011-10-06T04:11:52.569-07:00Paint Party Friday Skink Close Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OgG6wcVaGvLShL4AKvjUgv_i8ir9hEPNKUgvV8zVCFqIIIi5Q-jVurHS_l4B2UEqoWHycNcHwICW27lj9au9FwckgdYZWICITBsaf6Ss2NNXu1gn74euAX0YdQbYektkODUdmg0zn6Tn/s1600/DSCF2374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OgG6wcVaGvLShL4AKvjUgv_i8ir9hEPNKUgvV8zVCFqIIIi5Q-jVurHS_l4B2UEqoWHycNcHwICW27lj9au9FwckgdYZWICITBsaf6Ss2NNXu1gn74euAX0YdQbYektkODUdmg0zn6Tn/s320/DSCF2374.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Wow everyone has been leaving such great suggestions. I want to try them all !!! And I can now because I got ink in the printer, yipeeeeeee! I really like the idea of making a shadow under him to make him pop out. I need to practice first though to see if I can pull it off without ruining the painting so no promises yet,lol! For now I will just show a close up of some of the details I did this week. It was bugging me that his head wasn't as pointy as in the original photo so I fixed that. Then I started putting scale designs in his tail. This painting has a long way to go still so I think I will start posting other things in between just to change it up a bit. Like, next week is Magaly's All Hallows Blog Party on Oct 13 ( see sidebar!) so stay tuned for Geraldine Gecko on her broomstick!!!! Happy PPF everyone!!!!Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-70161716696319945892011-09-30T04:40:00.000-07:002011-09-30T04:40:22.783-07:00Paint Party Friday Yep Yep Yellow!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwOTdN5fUAjXJud8vBm4BivktSUEkjzSYJe5xX6akU3eF2PqDeOUOmjgDo8_TVESb2-F1d1DgTfTqbOKiwF43Sb6tGvKP97sxsnjPaILVe6iEBtX6ngY3hssbwsgRVfFkxuGZ1HQtysy5/s1600/blue+liz+yellow+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwOTdN5fUAjXJud8vBm4BivktSUEkjzSYJe5xX6akU3eF2PqDeOUOmjgDo8_TVESb2-F1d1DgTfTqbOKiwF43Sb6tGvKP97sxsnjPaILVe6iEBtX6ngY3hssbwsgRVfFkxuGZ1HQtysy5/s320/blue+liz+yellow+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I want to thank all of you for your helpful suggestions last Friday. That's what makes this group so fun! I really liked Faye's suggestion about using a lighter "mottled" orange. I'm not sure but is that where you use a sponge and dab the paint in? That would be really cool ! And I really liked Elisa's suggestion about making the lines blue and white like a water effect. I loved the symbolism behind that idea and I almost tried it but I was afraid the blue tail would get lost. ( It got me thinking about a whole other painting idea though, so thank you Elisa! ) And Rushmore, you are so sweet for worrying ( right along with me,lol) about what to suggest like it was your own painting! We are too much alike my friend! ( I love how your blog profile says Chief Salamander Catcher!). I probably should have listened to those of you who said to print out a copy to try backgrounds on, but our printer is out of ink and I didn't want to go out so I dived in with the yellow paint! Yes I can see how the yellow in the lizard is getting lost because of it, but I was thinking I could put more detail into the yellow in the lizard ( like scales or lines ) to bring that back out more. Or I could try "mottling the yellow in the background to make it different from the yellow in the lizard. I still would like to get a little blue in too! Would it be too much to sponge in blue water effects lightly in the yellow? What do you think? Maybe I can get some ink this weekend and try the printer this time! Happy PPF everyone!Geckostonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680172335750704340noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206094170848935865.post-32758532611042673502011-09-22T16:15:00.000-07:002011-09-22T16:15:52.840-07:00Paint Party Friday and Thanks Dana!I'm so excited I have to share with you all a pic of the wonderful goodies I got in the mail this week from Dana at <a href="http://sinderella-studio.blogspot.com/">Sinderella Studios</a>. I won her giveaway a couple of PPFs ago ! The prize was the book Taking Flight by Kelly Rae Roberts (which is wonderful by the way!) but Dana even threw in 3 of her beautiful note cards and an adorable tag! Thank you Dana for such a generous giveaway and for picking my name! You are a sweetheart and very talented!<br />
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Ok, its back to the ole skink tease. I told you it takes me forever to finish a large watercolor! This is where I need your help too. I'm not sure what to do in the white areas. I kind of want to just do a gentle yellow stripe and maybe outline with blue like the tail. But the detail fanatic in me wants to go crazy and do wild zentangle stuff there too or southwest designs. I still need to put darker detail in the tail and darker outlines everywhere for more contrast. What do you think? Happy PPF everyone!<br />
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