Dog art

I'm so caught up in trying to sell my house that I

am not really doing much art at all. I do have this

sweet dog whose chin is resting on the porch rail.

I did this in watercolor class Monday.

I'm also showing a photo of the poinsettia from Christmas 2016.

It spent the summer of 2017 outside. When I brought it inside

last fall, the shock made all the green leaves it had fall off.

It did have tiny pink leaves at the ends of these long branches.

I have babied it by supplying lots of sunlight and artificial

light. I have 2 small poinsettias from last Christmas that

I will also plant outside if we ever get spring here in VA.

Joining my friends on Paint Party Friday with much

gratitude for the hard work of the hosts 

Eva and Kristin.

Art for Nursing Home

Not much art this week. I did color in an adult coloring book

and put glitter glue generously on to the pieces I cut out to use

for making greetings cards with the nursing home residents.

Here is a card from one of the above.

The one thing I painted at home was this portrait.

And the watercolor is from the Monday's class. I do not

like to paint structures so this class was not fun for me.

And finally a doodle I did while watching TV.

The cover photo is of me and my sisters when we had
brown hair (not sure if it was natural!).
I'm joining my friends at Paint Party Friday for
another great art get-together.

PPF

Several months ago I started altering a board book.

I only got as far as putting in some backgrounds.

Two of the backgrounds are below...

See, just some acrylic paint patterns.

Now here are three doodly designs I put on 

some of the other backgrounds last night.  I found spots that

looked like people so I enhanced them on a couple, added
flowers  on one,  and just plain doodled on one.

Join all the artists this week at Paint Party Friday
and see some fabulous art.

My header is a photo of a couple of my ancestors.

Spring!

Spring! I love it in spite of pollen. Everything seems
fresh and new again. This old  photo in my header area is
 of me (blonde) and my sister. It must have been summer
since we have on our summer "uniforms" (panties!). We lived
out in the country and had no one else to play with except
each other till we got a baby sister a year or two after
this photo was taken. I love to look at my old family photos.

Well, today it really seemed like spring! At this time of year

the warm weather quickly get wiped out by cold weather.

But just to say Happy Spring, I am showing for Paint Party Friday

a couple of daffodils I painted in watercolor class this week.

And because I paint faster than the rest of the class

(or maybe not as careful) I had enough time left

to paint this profile of a little girl.

Have a great Easter weekend!

Back in Class - Yay!

My header is a photo of my HS friends, just some of them,

since I can think of several close friends who aren't in the

photo. I'm not in it either since I took the picture.

This week's watercolor project was a hellebores plant.

I did a couple of sketches.

 

I did this in NeocolorII water soluble crayons

 

And lastly a doodle

I'm looking forward to the Paint Party Friday event

so I can see what my online artist friends have

created lately. Thanks to Eva and Kristin we

have this blog to enjoy each week.

Some Reruns

No art classes this week and no place in the house 

that I can paint in. I guess I could do some drawings,

but I really am missing paint!

 This is a pastel painting I donated to the church bazaar.

 A collage

 Watercolor of a butterfly

A Collage. This is me in the 3rd grade.

Paint Party Friday is such a great event,

hosted by Eva and Kristin each week.

A bit of digital tweaking...

No watercolor class this week and my house is prepped for

showing to potential buyers. I'm afraid to get out too much

artwork supplies for fear of having to quickly stow it somewhere.

So what I have done is to take a painting I had on computer

and  intensified the colors using Photoshop Elements.

The new header is a photo of something I made

using silver colored metal tape. I colored it with a bronze 

color alcohol ink to look like a different metal.

I think we all need to be more loving in our speech and actions even

when (and maybe especially when) we disagree.  Of course,

I am addressing myself as much as anyone else. The world

is a scary place these days and so different from in my youth.

For a rewarding way to spend some time, visit Paint Party Friday,

an online blog where artists post their works. Thanks to Kristin

and Eva for hosting this weekly event.

Koi

This week's project in watercolor class was to paint a koi.

I have never tried to draw a fish before so mine looks 

like it needs more food. This is my effort for Paint Party Friday.