Art by CRAllen

Poppies are colorful and bold.  They make a wonderful subject.  This piece was painted on my iPad Pro with a painting app called Art Set Pro.  Just one of many art and drawing programs on my iPad. Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton…

I had a Samsung Note with a stylus back in 2014. I found these pics I created with that phone. I had to get rid of it because I found myself doodling during meetings and at work. It was a total time waster and distraction. I am a doodler though,…

A group of us women were invited by a very dear friend to join her for a luncheon on December 12, 2015.  The day is celebrated by many of Mexican culture. The day is called The feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe.  On this day masses and celebrations honor…

I used to love to send my children with their father on the occasional fishing trip. This meant a time for me to clean house, sit and draw, do things that I couldn’t or didn’t want to do amid all the kids and husband. So fishing means something totally different…

“Brown Eyes” by Christina Rodriguez Allen Acrylic on canvas 24×20. Painting was selected for showing at the Box Gallery in downtown Kansas City. This painting was one of my first acrylic paintings on canvas where I tried to copy my face onto my subject  it looks nothing like me  in…

Earlier this year I invested in some Prismacolor watercolor pencils and colored pencils.  So I started some drawings using markers and pencils.  When confident in myself,  I joined a Facebook group that colors. I enjoyed coloring but I didn’t find very good content.  I created these out of my doodles. …

My Plein aire class went to Waterworks Park KCMO.  The park is in the beautiful Kansas City Northland and situated at the top of a hill that overlooks the Kansas City skyline.  The park is beautiful and scenic so there was no problem finding a good focal point for our…

I started painting peppers again!  I love peppers, in art that is.  I am not the hot pepper, burn your lips and tongue for hours, pepper lover.  I am drawn to them for their bold colors and shapes.  They are one of my favorite subjects!  The Prismacolor pencils and my…

I am so lucky to live where I do!  KC Art Institute is a very desireable institution where artists want to be associated. I was asked to join a Plein Aire class in the nearby town of Riverside.   Not because I am a famous artist, which I am not,…

I wanted to enter the Mattie Rhodes “Beauty and the Beast” art show for the June, first Friday art event.  I had to get busy painting.  I entered on the last day to drop off work.   I love painting in Frida Kahlo themes. It’s not what I normally paint…