Happy New Year!

Paint Party Friday

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Project from our last watercolor class of 2016.

Blog Anniversary

Nine years ago today I started this blog on

Blogspot and I dedicated it to my deceased

black lab Mitzi.

Before that I had a blog on Wordpress,

which I began in 2003.

Busy Times

Our watercolor class dabbled in paraffin this week to make

areas of resist in our paintings Here are two that I did,

which I cut into pieces to make several cards.

Showing my finished canvas in the embroidery frame

as it looks in my living room.

Here is a quick sunset painting.

and here I am using the above painting to enter

Word Art Wednesday.

And lastly, something that was pure play:

watercolors, wax, acrylics, Stickles, ink pen, etc.

Life is so busy that I may not be able to join the
wonderful Paint Party Friday again until after
the Christmas holidays. So I am wishing all my
blog buddies Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Horse

This is the watercolor project for the week.

My sister from Arkansas visited so I didn't do much art.

I'm posting this on Paint Party Friday.

Thanksgiving Day in the USA

Here I am stuffed from too much food, but it was so good.

My daughter-in-law is the best cook in this area so 

it is always such a treat to have her cooking.

Here is the class project for this week. The first one

is what I did in class. The second one was done at home.

Last Saturday we made wall paper in mixed media class.

The first one was made in class; the second one at home.
Correction: I meant wrapping paper, not wall paper!!!

Here is my journal I finished a while back. I don't think

I have shown the cover I did.

Last week I showed my hoop art - cloth caught up

in an embroidery hoop and painted with acrylics.

This week I am showing a close up. I still have

to trim the edges and glue them underneath.

There is so much talent at Paint Party Friday.

Be sure to drop by and leave comments so

the artists will know you have been there.

Watercolors and Mixed Media

Here is what we worked on in watercolor class this week.

I drew mine slightly larger than the photo the teacher provided.

Next I am showing my fabric in the embroidery hoop,

painted in mixed media class on Saturday. I am still not

finished with it. Getting closer.

Lastly, here is a rerun, except I have now added text.

This is one of the Christmas cards I am sending out.

I had painted the poinsettias earlier. Now I have 

printed it out on glossy paper to attach to cardstock.

I don't know where that black line came from. It is

not on the cards!  Joining in for fun at Paint Party Friday.

Mostly New Art

Here is the class project from last Monday:

Here is our homework assignment: find 3 leaves and

paint a picture of them. These are painted in watercolors.

And I changed hair and skin color on an old painting:

This elderly lady is Francine Christophe, a Holocaust
survivor. You can hear her story HERE . I did this
watercolor a year ago so it is a rerun.

A final note here: the cards sold well last Saturday
at the church bazaar. It was a fun time.

For some very fine artwork visit Paint Party Friday.
To see my entry in the Word Art Wednesday
challenge click HERE.

Word Art Wednesday

Here is my entry for Word Art Wednesday.

Paint Party Friday

This week has really flown by, just like the tons of leaves

falling off my trees, some just brown not even yellow or red.

My visit with my daughter last week was much too short,

but it was absolutely a wonderful time for me. 

She repaired stuff, changed smoke alarm batteries, etc.

And I think she enjoyed the time here, too.

My contributions to Paint Party Friday this week are below:

Mixed media fabric in an embroidery hoop - WIP

My two watercolor versions of a sunset video by The Frugal Crafter:

One uses phthlo blue, pyrol red and new gamboge.

The other one uses  ultramarine blue, permanent rose, and hansa yellow.

A quick watercolor of a face:

and my cards that will be in the church bazaar this Saturday.

Proceeds go to the church's missions.

Word Art Wednesday

Here is my entry for this week's 

WORD ART WEDNESDAY.

The Beach

This week's watercolor class did a beach scene from the

photo provided by the teacher. Below is mine and I am

entering it in the Paint Party Friday challenge.

Because my daughter, whom I have not seen for 3 years,

is visiting this week, I do not have more art to show.

I will try to visit after she leaves on Friday or Saturday.

Those Autumn Leaves Drift by my Window...

Those Autumn Leaves of Red and Gold...

Those of you who are still young may not recognize those 

song lyrics, but I used to play that record over and over

while I was in college. October is a month of many events

in my life including many birthdays, anniversaries, and even deaths.

Here is another autumn painting/sketch. I did this one yesterday.

Monday's watercolor class is getting to be more and more

of a challenge. I have never been around horses so I

don't know exactly what they look like, just sort of. The

class instructor owns horses and loves them dearly, so

that was our assignment. She supplied the photo for us to go by.

Here is my effort:

Last week I rediscovered Word Art Wednesday,

a challenge where a scripture is given to be used (or not)

in a piece of art. It doesn't have to have a scripture,

just be a positive sort of art post. Most of them are

cards, but mine is a watercolor plus digital text.

I showed this earlier for WAW but I also want to

have it here for Paint Party Friday.

And lastly is a digital collage I made. The flowers

are from a photograph that I digitally duplicated

over several layers of colors and the text added digitally.

Word Art Wednesday

Yes, I know Wednesday was several days ago,

but I just remembered that fun challenge I used to

enter: Word Art Wednesday. The hosts give a

suggested scripture to use but it is not required.

Here is my watercolor art with the digitally 

imprinted scripture on it.

A Variety of Arty Things I did this Week

Some cards I made with my Big Kick.

Some painted papers I made and will use for journaling.

Another of my signature Li'l Redhead illustrations,

based on my granddaughter who is now 28.

Li'l Redhead has been caught doing many household

chores in the last 25 or so years. One of my first images
of Li'l Redhead can be seen as my photo on FB.

This was the project Monday in my watercolor class.

The teacher provided a photo she had taken of a little

boy who appeared to be in his big brother's shirt.

This is a digital collage made with Photoshop

Elements' brushes as well as a brush I made from

my watercolor of the little boy.

I cut a stencil for the background and a stencil for

the face, sprayed blue ink, and then painted my

face with watercolors. This is so not me! But it was fun.

The last two pieces are reruns from about 4 years ago.

Join in the fun at Paint Party Friday.

PPF for October 7

This week's watercolor class was painting waves crashing

against the beach. As usual, the teacher provided a photo.

No one's painting looked like the photo or even resembled

waves crashing against a beach. Here is my attempt.

I painted Gracie, a friend's Beagle, from a photo:

Then I used my birthday gift card to Michaels to buy something

new and different for me: 2 tubes of gouache, orange and blue.

I used these plus regular watercolors to do this tree. Not sure I

will invest in more gouache since I don't know how to use it.

Next are the two sides of a 3-fold book we are

making in mixed media class on Saturdays.

These are both works in progress.

Here is the scene yesterday from my kitchen window:

And finally I am showing a family photo of my

late husband's grandmother and other relatives.

Grandmother is at the right end of the first row.

Anyone interested in copying this photo to use in art

is welcome to use it in a tasteful and respectful way.

Be sure to visit all the exciting art found at

Paint Party Friday.