My Latest Arty Things

As the days roll faster and faster towards the new year

events and activities are beginning to run into each other,

leaving not a whole lot of time for art. I am posting

early and entering this post for Paint Party Friday

coming later in the week. I have no idea if I will

post on my blog again in 2015. Perhaps I can.

First, notice I still have very green grass here in

Virginia. It has been in the 70's F. this week.

Next is a very simple Christmas card that even a

child can make. I thought it turned out really

nice, especially with the glitter glue on it.

Then I used one of my poinsettia paintings and

altered it a little in my Photoshop Elements.

I made some wrapping paper out of painted papers…

Then here are three watercolors I did. The poppies were painted

while watching the frugal crafter's YouTube video. Her photo

came from Paint my Photo site.

This woman was painted using my watercolor teacher's 

photo she provided the class with.

The sunflower was done recently in the

watercolor class.

And lastly for those who celebrate Christmas,

here is my wish for you…

Luke 2:14 says:

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace

to men on whom his favor rests.

My Back Yard

My burn bushes are late turning red this year but they 

look so gorgeous now, even redder than last year.

Thanksgiving Day Post

These are what I worked on this week. I am feeling better

but not back to normal yet.  Hope you will visit

PAINT PARTY FRIDAY to see some great art.

Missed you all

I missed the party because I have been sick with sinusitis.

Here is what I made in Monday's watercolor class a week ago.

I am still under the weather with sinusitis and congestion.

I do not feel like doing any art, but I will try to get by

to see who is at the Paint Party Friday.

Paint Party Friday

I finished up my mixed media girl in Jo's Saturday art class.

Connie has been teaching us to draw faces. None of our

faces look alike, though, but the method is the same.

I decided my girl with the attitude needed a darker background

so here she is again for you to see.

Yes, another one of these flowers. I did 3 bookmarks

with these flowers on them to give to my 

cleaning crew tomorrow. They seem to enjoy 

looking at my art as they clean.

A quick watercolor to show friend Laura

how to make the trunk of the tree stand

out with a dark background.

A vase of cut flowers was sent to me by my

new and wonderful next door neighbors

on dh's departure anniversary.

Visit Paint Party Friday.

Keeping Busy

October 30 is the day before Halloween for most people.

To me it is the anniversary date for my dh's "homecoming".

Two years. Sometimes it seems like yesterday. I am 

beginning to forge a new normal life. I am so thankful 

he let me be me and encouraged me in whatever I

wanted to do. I am grateful to God for allowing us

to have 56 years together. I am also so thankful for

the friends I have made on Paint Party Friday. You

have helped keep me sane while allowing me to

learn from you.  I love my visits to your blogs.

Below are some things that I have been working on.
The watercolor flower was used in a greetings card.
The first acrylic paint face is a WIP for Jo's class,

where Connie is helping us learn to do portraits.

the second one is something I tried on canvas.

PPF - Oct. 23

This week I started cleaning out my attic and found an interesting

folder from some conference center. The paper of the folder was

similar to watercolor paper but with big "pores". I did a couple

of small paintings on it to see if it would work. The results

are my entry for Paint Party Friday this week.

While tossing old greetings cards, I found this photo

nestled in among the cards. It is a 60 year old shot

of my future husband and me taken at a dance at

my college. I think I remember the dress was blue.

I know that I had had to borrow one.

Barn

I didn't do much art this week so I am not really

attending the PPF as thoroughly as I usually do. However, I did 

do a barn painting in watercolor. I love doing clouds.

And here is another intuitive watercolor that 

I have made into a greetings card.

PPF

This is a intuitive watercolor and pen/ink

piece I made to give away in the

Art Abandonment Project.

This is my entry for PPF this week.

Another Fun Art Play Day

Another art day with Laura at my house.

First we played with alcohol inks on glossy

cardstock, blowing the inks with air through

drinking straws. Then we switched over

to watercolors. The first 3 are mine and

the last one is Laura's. I still haven't got

the hang of painting birds yet. I think I 

can paint but not draw very well. That could

be the problem. Anyway, this is my

contribution to Paint Party Friday.

Foam Board Painting

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Last Saturday in the Mixed Media class, Jo gave us each

a 12"x30" piece of foam board to play with. I have done

an acrylic paint rendition of a skirt a friend wore to church

a couple of weeks ago. I tried mainly to capture the colors

and think I got pretty close. My painting looks much more

like the skirt than I can make it show up on my blog.

Below is the skirt. This is my entry for Paint Party Friday.

I think I could have put more dark green in my painting,

but at this point I could easily ruin it by overworking it.

I'll probably just leave it as it is.

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Art for Paint Party Friday

This poppy was done by looking at the example

in the book by Wendy Tait called Watercolour Flowers.

She had tracings of her flowers, which I did not use, but

she encouraged new painters to use them. I followed her

step by step instructions and came up with this poppy.

This is a background that I made in the class I take

on Saturdays, taught by Joanna. I used part of a

newspaper flyer to do this, first coating it with gesso.

I made this Christmas card using stencils

and acrylic paints. It has lots of shiny areas.

These are my entries for Paint Party Friday.

Altered Book Plus

I did a little work in my altered book this week. I have

about half dozen double pages to go till it is done.

This quote by Busch says:

"Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say the unsayable."

Thanks to Jo for the neat quote.

And here are a couple of watercolors I made.

Visit Paint Party Friday to see some really wonderful art.

Watercolors this Week

 This is a flower I did on Thursday

while doing art with art friend Laura.

I should probably stick with flowers since

my birds look like comic book characters.

These are my Paint Party Friday entries.

This is what Laura, my art pal made today.

She has just started playing with watercolors so I was

so proud of her for this beautiful flower.

In real life the petals have more red in them

but I couldn't adjust the color without making

the green really weird looking.

And finally 2 more I did while watching TV tonight.

Entry for WAW

This beautiful scripture text was given to use

for this week's Word Art Wednesday entries.

This is a painting I did last year.