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.